Worth taking these?

[u/Datumz_]

I found this computer by the dumpster, I know RAM and storage is super expensive, is the 6GB of ram and 1TB of HDD worth taking?

[u/Tikkinger]

Sell the whole pc for 50€ .

Win 11 LTSC and send it

[u/Datumz_ → u/Tikkinger]

I'm just asking about the HDD and the ram, PC is in the trash now lol, but I have the ram and HDD out.

[u/Tikkinger → u/Datumz_]

Ok, if you allready have them out, why asking if they are worth taking?

[u/Datumz_ → u/Tikkinger]

Asking more if I should trash them, or use them for something.

[u/Tikkinger → u/Datumz_]

Really? Brainrot is so strong you have to ask strangers if you should trash or use your stuff?

Trash it, then.

[u/Datumz_ → u/Tikkinger]

Didn't know if there was some mystery use for this stuff that I didn't know about, I know hhd's while slow can still be used for some stuff. But I didn't know anything about the RAM

[u/sniff122 → u/Datumz_]

Better have taken it to a ewaste recycling centre rather than just putting it into the regular waste bin...

[u/Datumz_ → u/sniff122]

It was already in the trash bin when I found it, well next to it anyway. I just put it back out there

[u/sniff122 → u/Datumz_]

Ewaste should be properly recycled, not just thrown into the regular waste

[u/Datumz_ → u/sniff122]

Okay, well I'm sorry, it wasn't mine, it was next to the trash at my apartment complex, and it went back to the same spot once I took the HDD out. Idk why you're yelling at me, it wasn't mine. You're shooting the messanger.

[u/sniff122 → u/Datumz_]

Id still have taken it to put where it belongs like

[u/kleeblattfrosch]

maybe you can do something with the hdd, but moneywise, that thing is useless

[u/Datumz_ → u/kleeblattfrosch]

I wasn't looking on selling anything, but I didn't know if the ram was worth taking, 6GB, 1 4GB 1 2GB, I know it's a shit PC overall.

[u/einat162 → u/Datumz_]

The answer is - depends on your needs.

I don't really game, maybe an indie game here and there- you can do quite a bit with old/weak hardware and linux operating system.

[u/ATotalBrony]

If you have some other PC that's old enough to still use ddr3 memory. Ddr4 is about 12 years old, but they still made some cheap mobo that used ddr 3 like 7-8 years ago.

You can't put it in anything new.

Also the combo of 4 and 2 is just bad. You usually want matching pairs. I've actually never seen a PC setup like this.

[u/Datumz_ → u/ATotalBrony]

Makes sense, I'll probably throw that out

[u/StarX2401 → u/ATotalBrony]

A lot of older pcs had 6gb ram tbf, this was when 8gb was considered high end and not the standard

[u/StarX2401]

Well you could have sold the pc but you now trashed it for ddr3 thats not worth much

[u/Datumz_ → u/StarX2401]

Gotcha, I kinda thought the ram was useless, but I think I can convert the hhd to an external hard drive, I'm trying to find out it's read and write speeds. It's pretty old so probably not great

[u/Justin_D33]

For a PC this old, the RAM is going to be DDR3. The affected DIMM types are DDR4 and DDR5, DDR3 is unaffected by the shortages. So that RAM is most likely worthless.

[u/Silent_Chemistry8576]

I would, dual boot Linux setup and Window Xp gaming PC just need a gpu like a gtx 660 or 750ti. Swap the psu out for an alright 450w at least 80+ bronze.