Do you salvage anything from old computers? I take the power supplies, the batteries, and the fans and heatsinks from old computers.
>>101552856>How do you decide what hardware is useless?errwhen it doesnt work anymore?i wouldnt be running anything before P4, but am currently using an old ass currybook from 2008 as internet facing machine/scraper
>>101552886I have a bunch of old desktops that work but aren't power efficient. I don't really have a good use for them and there's a lot since I was gifted a few. I have some c2d, i3-i5 from 2000,4000 and I calculated the power efficiency, I can use a modern PC and the vms it could run are better than with these. Is the device you use now good enough for you?
>>101552961yeahits not the only device i use thoim actually shitposting from a DT i usually use for gayming, and some light work, and have one more machine i use for serious work onlythe currybook is the only old pos im currently using, but before my last DT gave up, i was using an fx 8350 in that role.i also have a P4 somewhere im keeping for when im gonna play around with robotics.i keep it for my usb experimentations specifically- i wouldnt want to fuck up a machine i actually need with my first attempts at usb port protocol (i might have to get something even older if i go the lpt connector route)i dont care much about electricity so i tend to re-use older hardware where i dont need actual computing powerotherwise home servers are a popular use of obsolescing equipment.
>>101552856Ever come by a rotting war machine from WWII or some other war and feel bad for that once formidable machine slowly being claimed by entropy?Just got that feel when I saw that picture.
>>101552856Hardware is kept together in the same package until it can no longer perform it's given task. Then I chuck it and put a different computer in it's place. Rarely I can salvage an atx power supply or fan.Laptops, desktop, rpis even phones can be used until they physically break.
>>101552856>How do you decide what hardware is useless?Does it work for my use-case? Yes? Then it's perfectly useful
>>101554640>Ever come by a rotting war machine from WWIIno
>>101553108I'm retarded I don't know how to use processing power besides chrome and games lol gotta start somewhere.
>>101552856>power suppliesYeah, but only until I've got a decent amount. Newer ones are more efficient. Still handy if you need to help somebody with a fucked CPU out.> batteriesWhat for? Chances to encounter this exact same kind of laptop again are usually slim. Or do you mean RTC batteries? In a salvage machine these are usually old enough to only have a trickle charge left, if that.> fans and heatsinksYeah.You also forgot> RAMDoesn't take up a lot of space and may come in handy for fixing/upgrading a different machine later.> Graphics cardsIn a somewhat modern computer you may find ones usable for stable diffusion.> drives of any kindHard drives are always useful for lab machines. Other drives can come in handy when the need to read/write exotic media such as CDs, floppies or even fucking ZIP disks arises.> caseYou can put any contemporary board in a ATX case so fuck paying the china case kikes 50 bucks every time you build a machine that just needs to go into something.> SATA cables, PSU Y adapters and the likeMainboards/CPUs I usually bin because nobody here tosses anything younger than 3rd generation i3/i5/i7. 8th generation i3/i5/i7 I'd keep, but older stuff isn't worth it due to shitty power draw/performance ratio.
>>101557559The PSUs can be used for other reasons like to power other devices. I usually take the batteries out of laptops for 18650s, ram and cpu are already taken
>>101555798Go to a museum, it'll do you good
>>101552961>power efficientThat's kind of the rub isn't it. I have a few older systems that I could use for self hosting projects, but they're so ineffective that if I ran them for any longer than a year it would be more economical to just buy newer, low power, hardware. Of course fans can always be reused after a cleaning, old HDDs can be used as a backup/temporary storage, and PSUs can be good to have around as spares. But as for MOBOs, CPUs, and old RAM there's not much use I've found.
>>101554640I have a book that was written and printed before WW2, and I know it will degrade eventually. It was at a used book store, I didn't find out how old it was until after I bought it.
>>101552856I just keep the whole old machine, it's good to have a spare PC for emergencies.
The.. batteries?
>>101552856Everything until I decide its just taking space for years.
>>101552856hardware is never useless, unless it's broken, but you can outlive it.could still be good for someone else though.
>>101552856If it works, I put it in an ESD bag. If it doesn't work and I can't fix it with basic effort (replacing caps, etc), then it gets recycled.
>>101552856I never sell anything
>>101552856Everything I do not reasonably expect to use which is a lot of shit. I paid for my space when I bought my home and intend to enjoy it. I keep choice components but hoarding everything just wastes space then someone else will scrap it later.
