Disposing of old computer parts

Turkson

Good morning all!

I'm going to be stripping out several old pieces of my computer and replacing them tonight. What do I do with the old parts? They're still functional, just a few years old. I really don't want to throw them into the garbage.

Robes

how old? Q6600 processors/mobos can be sold on ebay for a few bucks.

Weretaco

If you can't sell them, there are electronic recycling places. You'd have to google for one in your area.

Turkson

Robes wrote:

how old? Q6600 processors/mobos can be sold on ebay for a few bucks.

It is a Q6600, can't remember the mobo model number. It's an ASUS. And a GT8800 graphics card.

Donovan Puppyfucker

Used Q6600s still go for over USD$100 on Ebay.

And to think MrMonroe just up and gave me his. He even paid for the postage from New York to Western Australia!

A class act, that man.

Synthesis

I sold my 8800GT cards (from EVGA) for between $40 and $70. However, that was back around....May?

Tef

If you're so inclined, you could definitely find charities to donate parts to. There's plenty in australia, so I imagine the us and a has similar schemes

Turkson

I just called Goodwill and they're more than happy to take computer parts. No cash for me, but some satisfaction for being green(er) and helping out.

Thanks all for the replies!

Tef

:^: what a classy gentleman

Ego

Donations are a good idea, but it's handy to have spare computer parts lying around. Makes it much, much easier to figure out hardware problems when you have components you can swap in and out.