Real annoying if they expect you to support any and all issues they hit using that PC
If i did get a new computer while my old one still works I would 100% pass it down to friends who dont need the latest and greatest. I have to many friends that have 20 year old computers that just do basic stuff, so even a 5 year old computer is a blessing to them.I just realized my attic is becoming quite full with old computers, every 2-3 years I tend to buy a new computer with latest and greatest hardware. Like i have just put away an 5800x3d computer with rtx3080 nvidia the other day, since I have upgraded to 7800x3d with 7900gre. I always keep my old computers, since I have a lot of room and no need to sell for funds. Does anyone have experience reselling computers? Do you keep the ssd's in or sell without? Is it actually worth selling? What prices would like my 3rd oldest system get it consists of a I9-11900k , 32gb, 1tb nvme ssd, with 6800xt amd. In a rgb case I don't know the name.
Just pull the drives and sell the hardware. There's always budget component seekers out thereI just realized my attic is becoming quite full with old computers, every 2-3 years I tend to buy a new computer with latest and greatest hardware. Like i have just put away an 5800x3d computer with rtx3080 nvidia the other day, since I have upgraded to 7800x3d with 7900gre. I always keep my old computers, since I have a lot of room and no need to sell for funds. Does anyone have experience reselling computers? Do you keep the ssd's in or sell without? Is it actually worth selling? What prices would like my 3rd oldest system get it consists of a I9-11900k , 32gb, 1tb nvme ssd, with 6800xt amd. In a rgb case I don't know the name.
The comments on the article are probably more up to date. The comments say that "current technology" on HDD overwrite is enough, and for ssds, using the bios overwrite works, when available.This is a good article for info about how to securely erase your data from your drives.
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Another good idea is to buy an SSD adapter and use the old SSD as an extrnal drive - very fast, very handy, much better than an external HDD.
Pretty true especially if you are buying a top end cpu/ram when you do the initial build.Technology gets old very fast which makes it hard to sell. Why don't you invest in a really good chassi, really good PSU, after that you basically only need to upgrade GPU as often as you feel it's needed. CPU, motherboard, RAM etc will not bottleneck in a long time if you invest money on that aswell.