If you’ve recently upgraded your computer or have 1 or 2 lying around, you may be wondering what can you do with your old PC.
Here are a few ideas on what you could do with your old hardware:
- Find another use for it
- Use it as is or upgrade it to be used as a guest computer
- Install an older OS to be used as a nostalgia PC
- Turn it into a server
- Game server
- HTPC
- Media server
- Smart NAS
- Web server
- Gut it
- Mix and match parts to create a “newish” PC
- Sell the parts individually online
- If the parts are useful, keep some or all parts as spares
- Any combination of ideas in this post
- Give it to a family member
- Most likely you’re family isn’t as technical as you are. Your old machine might be able to do everything they would ever need it for
- Donate it
- Make sure your favorite charity can accept a used computer
- Otherwise, find a suitable charity online
- Recycle it
- You can check out the EPA’s website
- Use it for an art project
- This one is up to you!
If your stuff is super old, reminisce about when it was new and leave a comment on this Things That Show Personal Computing Has Come A Long Way post!
