I've got two old PCs sitting in the house and I want to get rid of them.

The first one is an old Dell running on an Intel Pentium 3 I bought in 2001. It still works accept that there is no OS. It has 128Mb RAM.

The other one is a clone I bought in Low Yat in 2004. Its an AMD Athlon, has 512Mb RAM. Its not working and I suspect its a burnt motherboard. I've also salvaged the hardisk for use in my new PC. The rest of the components including an old NVIDIA FX5200 with 128Mb VRAM still works.

I don't want to throw them away because it seems a waste. At least one PC still works and the other still has salvageable parts. I'm just wondering, is there a place I can sell them for a nominal price or donation box of some sort that accepts old PCs or maybe even a recycling centre where the parts can be reused for repair work on other old PCs?

Suggestions appreciated.

maybe get it to work...donate to charity homes/.?

The Dell is working. Just needs an OS. I suppose that can be donated. What about the AMD machine? Any suggestions?

install linux & give it as charity..
or make it as your home server to serve multimedia hook to your TV etc..
mine is Pentium2 400Mhz with memory 512MB..

normally i will fix it with minimum budget and install os and pass to my small little cousin.

Salvage watever usable from d old pc...add-on on d new pc n throw d rest away...
they wont last long if u donate them..plus if they fry most of d time d market will b out of their spare parts!

Thanks for the all the suggestions:

Not a bad idea. I'll need to find an OS for the Dell but definately can convert to a media PC for the TV. I have no TV yet but I suppose I can hold on to the PC first...


Thanks for the suggestion but all my cousins PC more canggih then mine. Even their phones are better wei. Kids these days...


Can't really salvage for spare to use in my new PC. The old PCs still using SD RAM. The only thing can use as a spare is the graphic card which I recently lent to my friend until he can buy a new one to replace his KO card. The HD already salvaged. What else can I pull out of those old machines? Hmmm...

good tool for kids to play and learn.. not to worry if it gets faulty again..

Where's Terion? I expect him to have the answer for this...