I’ve got a problem. I’m a technology hoarder. I still have the first PC I bought myself some 15 years ago cause “I might use it for something!”
My desktop after that one is an unRAID box. The one after that is my “lab” PC (3d printing, embedded projects etc) and then finally, my current generation main PC.
I want to upgrade my main PC soon (can’t run new games, CPU and GPU limited), which means potentially kicking everything else “down the chain” to a new purpose as it gets a slightly better version of itself. I find the thought of this exhausting though. So much configuration/setup to give upgrades to things whose existence is only because I didn’t want to part with functioning hardware.
My current thought is to “break the cycle” by condensing all non-primary functions to my current PC, as an unRAID box hosting everything other than main gaming PC. From there, the rule needs to be tech goes into one of those two boxes, or it gets sold/donated.
What do you all think. Is that reasonable? How do you manage your spare equipment post upgrade?
If it’s no longer usable to you, either sell or donate it. Simply because you don’t have a use for it anymore doesn’t mean you have to make a new use for it.
If you haven’t touched it or needed it after a few years, time to go.
I used to try and donate to hackers for charity but I wound up tossing most of it. I used to have fucking 5 ft tall boxes full of shit. Just gotta let that stuff go.
I’ve still got all my old GPUs from my GTX 260 onward sitting in my basement (even came with me through a move), so I’m probably not one to provide input. 😬
I like to think I sell them or give them to friends. Realistically I either put them in my server (started when I build a new PC) or put them in the way until my wife gets mad and puts them in the basement where I never remember them again.
*gestures broadly to the several stacks of psus and cases from the early 2000s in the corner of the boiler room* 🤣
d) I’m in this photo and I don’t like it.
My hoarder pride does not allow it. It is such good feeling if you suddenly years later get the idea how you can reuse it once again. Even if you later come to conclusion it is a terrible idea.
So many memories. It’s like being young again.
