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What to do with (very) old parts ?

  • 06-10-2013 2:14pm
    #1
    horgan_p
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 2,610 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Recently upgraded my desktop machine with a 7870 and an SSD (how did I cope without an SSD ?).

    My old graphics card is a 1gb 5770 :o , The 1tb drive , I'm still using for data (and I would never sell a hard disk, I've seen what some data recovery tools can do)
    I reckon the 5770 is too old to sell , Oxfam would be looking at me stupid , so I guess the question is , what do you fine folks do with old cards ?


Comments

  • #2
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    5770 is perfect for a HTPC.


  • #3
    Bepolite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭Bepolite


    Adverts.ie, charity shops cant take electrical items (generally).


  • #4
    uncle_sam_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,191 ✭✭✭uncle_sam_ie


    It's free to try it on Averts.ie I reckon it would sell.


  • #5
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,812 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    I've put old PCs and parts on freecycle in the past, people are always chuffed to get something for free in these hard times and less hassle than selling.


  • #6
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,088 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    You'd definitely get €30-40 for it on adverts, its still decent enough for a some casual gaming/HTPC usage.


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  • #7
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    You'd still get 50 euro for it on adverts, going by trends.

    It's also still OK for gaming, if you're either playing certain types of games, or even playing the latest and greatest at low enough resolutions on older monitors.


  • #8
    Fazer6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 161 ✭✭Fazer6


    Please see PM


  • #9
    farna_boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭farna_boy


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    You'd still get 50 euro for it on adverts, going by trends.

    It's also still OK for gaming, if you're either playing certain types of games, or even playing the latest and greatest at low enough resolutions on older monitors.

    I have crossfired 5770s and still manage at the very least 30-40 fps at 1920 x 1080 in most games and that is without even overclocking them and I am still using a P45/775 system. If I had a newer system I could probably get a lot more out of them.

    @OP. Like Terror said you could sell it fairly easily on adverts for about €50 or if you went to ebay you might even be able to get a bit more for it.

    A quick look on ebay and it seems you could get anywhere between €40 and €120 for one.


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