What to do with old rig?

[roguerower]

Parents are upgrading their pc from the custom built I made for them 5-6 years ago to a dell. They will be giving me the old one to do w/e the hell I want with it. Specs are:

ASUS P4P-800E Deluxe Mobo
Intel Prescott @ 3.0
2gb DDR-400
ATI X800 Pro
DVD Burner
DVD Drive
350W PSU
Mid-tower case

I was thinking about scrapping it and picking up a netbook for school or scrapping it and making an HTPC with an ITX board or something along those lines. The HDD is going into an external enclosure to act as a backup drive for the parents new PC.

EDIT: New idea, buy Xbox 360 Arcade and a 20gb hdd with the funds (or offset the price)

 

[z1ggy]

I used a website a few years ago to see how much I could sell my 2 year old athlon 64 right. 2 years ago it was about 100 bucks..including everything. So dont count on anything more than that. Best bet is try craigslist or something try selling it to someone there. If not maybe keep the case and optical and HD like you said and recycle the rest.

 

[corkyg]

Many cities have businesses that specialize in refurbing and selling used equipment. We have such a place here in Tucson - Computer Renaissance.

CR

Or, you can dismantle it and sell the parts you have no use for. Or set it up as a backup data storage unit and have your own LAN to play with. Or, just give it away to someone less fortuinate than yourself.

 

[mmntech]

It's a bit power hungry to use as a home server and if you sell it, you won't get much for it. PC hardware doesn't hold onto it's value vary well. You might get $150 at most for the entire system assuming you paid $1000 for it when it was new. A lot of charities will take old computers. They give them to needy families. Schools will also take them.

 

[mc866]

WHS server or HTPC?

 

[Eureka]

A DIY server.

Scrapping it is also a better, since people may need individual parts but not the whole thing.

Let's guesstimate:

ASUS P4P-800E Deluxe Mobo: $20
Intel Prescott @ 3.0: $20
2gb DDR-400: $10
ATI X800 Pro: $20
DVD Burner: $15
DVD Drive: $5
350W PSU: $30
Mid-tower case: $20

And those might be high estimates...

 

[JackMDS]

Shipping cost make it Not practical to sell over the Internet.

The best is (if you are lucky) a local sale with hand delivery for about $100 (especially if it has a valid OS on it).

Otherwise, selling it by parts as posted above might yield about $60 (Old PSU, DVC/CD, and Case cost too much to ship).

If you do not care much about the power that it takes, or it works well under clocked get this and have fun for few months, then make a decision.

http://www.microsoft.com/windo...wshomeserver/eval.mspx

http://www.ezlan.net/WHS.html

 

[roguerower]

I have no desire or need to make it into a server but thanks for the idea.

I was hoping for a little more but realized that it's a large piece right now. If it wasn't a prescott I'd be tempted to give it to my grandmother to use and replace her old laptop pos. Any idea how much I would have to pay for a cool running S478 P4 or should I just underclock it (3.0 to 2.0 or 2.2)?

I might grab a 100gb hdd, replace the case, and put a barebones installation of XP on it for the old lady. What would be a good but cheap case (<$30-40)

If that isn't an option, I'll donate it.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: roguerower
How much could I get for this rig, either as a solid unit or individually?

Sorry, but...

AnandTech Forum Guidelines
"14) No price checks allowed"

 

[InflatableBuddha]

This is actually similar specs to my work PC, but with more RAM and a better video card :Q

Refurb it and donate to a charity. It's old but still has enough horsepower for most programs today (except newer games and serious video editing), and it isn't worth very much if you sell it.

 

[Slugbait]

I love my P4P800E Deluxe...been running my Gallatin at 3.5 for years, along with an unlocked 6800, a gig of HyperX, Audigy2, etc. Damn solid board. It's been my sandbox machine for well over two years now and is about to be retired (I just did a major upgrade, so the current primary is taking the sandbox place). I'm thinking about cleaning it up and giving it to my nephew. If I didn't already have a 3400+ machine for the garage, that's where it probably would go. Or maybe I'll get another desktop case and make another HTPC for the living room or bedroom. Eh, the wife would kill me if I spent more money on a case, remote control, and string cable all over. Hmmm...

 

[ravsimvan]

Donate it to the needy!

 

[roguerower]

Does that CPU/Mobo have the power to decode Blu-Rays if I threw in a newer AGP card?

 

[ravsimvan]

Throw in lighted matchstick and it would sure play a Red Ray.:laugh:

 

[Denithor]

Donate to charity & take the tax write-off.

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

I have a build similar to that. I use mine as a testing computer. It is always wise to have a backup pc anyway.

 

[roguerower]

Originally posted by: WaitingForNehalem
I have a build similar to that. I use mine as a testing computer. It is always wise to have a backup pc anyway.

Old laptop

 

[Avatar28]

If you can't use it yourself (or give it to your grandmother) or part it out, I would donate it to a school. I work in IT for a school system and decent computers are hard to come by. That is speced much better that most of what we have. I wouldn't count on a cooler proc, Newegg had exactly one S478 CPU and it's the same one you have already.

 

[F1shF4t]

Put F@H on it and use it as a heater

 

[Spikesoldier]

seconding the store it in the closet for use as a heater during winter idea

 

[piasabird]

Back up your files and then turn it off. Lasts longer that way and it does not use power. Never know when your main box will just give up.

 

[0roo0roo]

components are obsolete.
and power consumption is not nice
so leaving it on is a waste for a server etc.
and yea as said its not worth squat when a netbook these days is nothing, and enthusiasts who need more power wouldn't buy that either so its neither good low end or high end. donate or keep as a secondary backup pc.