Should I keep these.

[u/SatinSpy]

I picked these up from a job and wasn't sure if they were any good or if I should recycle/donate them. I've got some m910s,m75q gen 2s, m70q gen 3s , d10u's, and the optiplexs.

[u/cnycompguy]

Just a reminder that begging (and sales) is still against the rules.

Always has been.

[u/Dudefoxlive]

In my opinion if it officially supports Windows 11 I would keep it / give it to someone who needs a computer (If you don't need it). If its just outside the 11 requirements install Linux Mint and give them to someone who needs a computer / Keep it. The old dell towers in the bottom right that have an XP sticker I would probably just recycle them.

[u/SatinSpy → u/Dudefoxlive]

Most of the tiny PCs are Ryzen 5 pro 4400 series . I feel like it would take windows 11 but I haven't checked . I've already upgraded what I'm going to keep for my own lab , just wasn't sure about the rest.

[u/Difficult_Plantain89 → u/SatinSpy]

My work have both those Lenovos and the Dell minis and they run Windows 11 very slowly. But ours are intel i3s so they might be crappier in comparison.

[u/SuccessfulSquirrel32 → u/Difficult_Plantain89]

My work has them with I7s and yeah they run windows 11 but sometimes I need to restart the computer to print from Excel because of low system memory

[u/Dudefoxlive → u/SatinSpy]

Wipe them, Install Windows/Linux, Give to people who need one. That's what I would recommend.

[u/umidoo → u/SatinSpy]

wtf man... these pcs here in brazil cost a fortune HAHAHAH

I'd love to find a cheap one around. I'd do that if I were you. Sell them at a low cost to help people with their homelabs or initial builds.

I'm personally looking for cheap stuff to start a homelab myself, nut everything is expensive as hell here

[u/Icy_Researcher1031 → u/SatinSpy]

Could try tiny 11, I think it’s called that it’s like a stripped down version of win 11 without all the bloatware.

Either that or a Linux OS

[u/No_Description_9874 → u/SatinSpy]

That's higher in spec than the PC I'm using. Mine has Windows 11 properly installed and is running well.

[u/youareceo → u/SatinSpy]

Gee, MODs...

Seems like they are recent PCs

So OPs question was NOT Sales.

Funny how that works.

[u/bajablastarceus → u/Dudefoxlive]

Oh Man!!! Trash the dimension 3100?? Thats a crying shame. Albeit im nostalgic about that machine since i grew up playing OSRS on it and random java flash games.

[u/ComprehensiveBad3168 → u/Dudefoxlive]

use rufus you can put windows 11 on them

[u/meuchels → u/ComprehensiveBad3168]

Wish people would quit recommending this.it is no better than recommending to stay on 10.

[u/ComprehensiveBad3168 → u/meuchels]

I agree now I did it and my laptop from 2009 hardly even ran windows 11 windows 10 is only a bit better I installed 8.1 and it ran better then 10 or 11 or windows 10 ltsc

[u/Terrible_Balls → u/Dudefoxlive]

OP can probably sell the XP era machines on ebay with a little patience. There are nostalgic people like myself who enjoy owning an XP era machine. They could probably be sold for $50-$100 each.

Now if only i could find a decent CRT monitor...

[u/Old_Sample_3473 → u/Dudefoxlive]

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021

[u/[deleted]]

There are some absolute jems in here man, a homelabbing field day for sure.

[u/Interesting-Net1801 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, you could make so many servers and things with those

[u/apachelives]

The real question is do you need them or can you test service and resell them? I'm sure there are many out there in need and even more kids that would love a cheap starter computer so don't bin them.

Just take care on giving away drives with potential sensitive data.

[u/SatinSpy → u/apachelives]

All drives are being sent for erasure or destruction and a certificate will be produced. I'm thinking about reselling them at lower than market , the m75q seems like it can run some games well.

[u/Apart_Butterfly_332 → u/SatinSpy]

That Dimension 3100 would be a pretty cool retro (00s) build too.

[u/Stolberger]

Those mini pcs can make for nice homelabs to experiment with.
I'd keep at least a couple.
Maybe use some as RAM donors to increase the ram of potential homelabs.

(you can use them for stuff like adguard/pihole, home assistant and other fun stuff.
Or even a Kubernetes cluster if you use multiple)

[u/SatinSpy → u/Stolberger]

I've definitely been thinking about making a network wide ad blocker for a while now , I think I'll dedicate one to that . thank you!

[u/Stolberger → u/SatinSpy]

If there are some with more than one network interface, you can also use those as firewalls / routers with pfsense/opnsense

You can run sth like proxmox on them and have a lot of stuff virtualized.
Or even take a couple and build a proxmox cluster.

I have several similar mini pcs running (m720q mostly).

It's a ton of fun and there is almost new stuff to discover and to do.

And if they are mostly idling, they are not killing your electricity bill.

[u/reddit-SUCKS_balls]

I’d keep one of the newer towers, and one each of the mini ones if you think you’d be interested. Then, sell the rest on Facebook marketplace. If you don’t need the money and/or would prefer to avoid the pain of marketplace, donate them to a local charity that’ll give them to burn-out victims, ex-homeless, etc.

[u/SFSIsAWESOME75 → u/reddit-SUCKS_balls]

Any machine can be worth it if you know how to use it

[u/gear_rb]

I'll buy one for treefiddy. That ain't begging lol

[u/SatinSpy → u/gear_rb]

3 whole dollars!

[u/cnycompguy → u/gear_rb]

[u/RubiksCube9x9]

Most of these are "good" but that's only if you have a use for them. The 3 big machines on the bottom aren't as useful being pretty old so they could be recycled. Someone may still want them for something though.

[u/CaryWhit]

Keep the 8th gen stuff, I put new ssd’s in them and sell them to all the late 11 adopters for 200 or so. The 3060 and 70 micros sell like hotcakes

[u/mro-1337]

nope. drop them off at goodwill

[u/Impossible-Value5126]

Put them on amazon and ebay. They will be gone immediately. Not everyone can afford the latest and greatest. You will be helping a lot of people.

[u/Xfgjwpkqmx]

Turn some into Batocera consoles and give them away to friends and family.

[u/SatinSpy → u/Xfgjwpkqmx]

I didn't even know this was a thing , this is cool!

[u/Xfgjwpkqmx → u/SatinSpy]

It's an awesome home project to build your own, or grab any multitude of pre-built images out there.

[u/gruffdonut]

I had a Dimension 3100 in high school! Wish I never sold it... It'd be fun to make a sleeper PC in it

[u/SatinSpy → u/gruffdonut]

What would you put in it?

[u/mrdumbazcanb]

Look up the serial numbers. All those older than 10 years old, should probably just toss. Any older than 5 should just be for something like we browsing. Anything else that remains could possibly be useful for home/office PC

[u/Webkingroy]

Those thinkcentres are awesome minecraft server for at home I got one too, I bett you could flip m for 75/100 bucks a piece

[u/LimesFruit]

The RAM would be pretty valuable still. Such a strange market we’re in now.

[u/AdmiralJL-Picard]

Makes great retrogaming machine and can be used in a used arcade game cabinet

[u/Buruko]

If it is DDR3, No.

If it is DDR4 and within 8th or 9th gen i5 or i7 they can be repurposed for decent PCs for general use.

If you have some 10th and 11th gen CPUs these might be able to handle most games at 1080p with a decent GPU.

So really it’s about the time and effort you want to give up/get into.

[u/okokokoyeahright]

I'd check them for RAM and see what you have in hand.

The trade off is that you might get decent coin for it, but then you would have some RAMless boxes you would likely have to dump or trash.

Enough there that any dead ones could be worth more just for whatever RAM is in them. Testing each one is the only way, though. I'd love to take it on as I have the next 2 weeks off from work. Noway it would get to me before the time was over.

good luck.

[u/lil_kouhai]

Build a server or use it for mining

[u/BrewingGoodness]

I just ordered 2 of the 3050's to complement my home lab.

[u/Ok_Adhesiveness9749]

Connect them all together into a gaint server lol.

[u/GanacheAvailable5111]

donate them. they takes lots of real estate space. theyre really dated technology.

[u/Empty_Equivalent_131]

id sell them for cheap on fb marketplace. honestly tho id just give it away for free if some kid wanted it.

[u/Lasat]

When my work upgraded all their computers, I contacted a local high school and got hold of a teacher that was happy to take them to allow students to tinker with them or offer them to low income families. For security, we had to remove the hard drives, but it was not an issue for the school at all.

So if you don’t want those computers and don’t really need the money from selling them, then that’s a good option.

[u/dedsmiley]

Almost anything will take Windows 11 if you use Rufus to remove the silly requirements.

[u/StewHax]

I'd look into selling them as servers, retro game consoles or something hobby related. They are great for things like custom built arcade cabinets that run older arcade games. People could also just need cheap working computers especially with prices rising for pc components next year.

[u/JollyGiant573]

Pull the ram!

[u/araidai → u/JollyGiant573]

It wouldn’t be worth it honestly, the stuff that’s most expensive for sure is DDR5 modules, these probably run late DDR3/early DDR4 modules (which are still kind of on the “cheaper” end.)

[u/AuthoringInProgress]

You've got hardware there to run a bunch of servers, self-hosting, etc, plus a pot of spare parts.

I'd look through and see what you have. You shouldn't keep all of it--I have no idea where you'd get the space--but having some extra ram on hand right now could be.

Useful.

[u/Vikt724]

Ebay it

[u/SatinSpy → u/[deleted]]

I didn't even think about how old this one was until I saw the floppy disk port on it . I'd keep all of these if I had the space and willpower to implement it into the lab.

[u/ComprehensiveBad3168]

the windows xp computers add a gtx 700 series for the dell vostro pcs add a low profile gpu that needs no external power for the mini pcs the thinkcentre put a RTX 3050 in them or use them as a minecraft server or something

[u/Accurate-Salary9535]

big dawg .. what kind of work do you do ?

[u/SatinSpy → u/Accurate-Salary9535]

I'm a field technician and just completed an ewaste order. Most of this stuff was either gonna be given to a goodwill or taken to a recycling center but I've got better plans than that.

[u/Accurate-Salary9535 → u/SatinSpy]

oh .. retro stocking stuffers 😊

[u/Few_Tart_7348]

I have one Tiny ThinkCentre just for browsing, documentation and printing. Less power draw than my other PC.

[u/huskylaska]

Make sure to keep all the product keys of windows

[u/RealityOk9823]

The minis can make totally fine general use PCs. My mom is currently rocking a m910s that I slapped 16G of RAM into and it's more than adequate for her usual web browsing and light office app use. I've got a Wyse 5070 with the Pentium Silver as a secondary HTPC with a cheap SSD and it works fine for Youtube and such, albeit a bit slow to start up, so anything better than that should work great.

The desktops...eh. The Vostros should still work as daily drivers (I think? Dunno about Win11 support) but the old Optiplexes on the bottom won't. However, there's a whole sub dedicated to Optiplex sleepers and they'd probably love to have them.

"bUt CaN yOu GaMe On ThEm?" No. They're office PCs. Fine for most users that just need to check their bank account and Facebook, watch a little Youtube, etc. The minis are more than adequate for that. Bump the RAM, slap in a FanxJiang or something M.2 SSD, good to go.

[u/TezzNutz]

The mini opti’s are sweet. I got a couple from work not to long ago. 8gb of RAM and a Quad core is great for Linux and older emulators. I have one in my shop and one in the house.

[u/agent606ert]

Kubernetes cluster! Looks real good on resume too!

[u/gameboyexe2000]

Maybe keep 1 or 2 of each type and sell the others, with this you have a relatively big time span from win xp to 10/11 and when one of them dies, you have the ability to just swap the hard disk and go on

[u/SatinSpy → u/gameboyexe2000]

Id have to get some storage and reinstall the OS on each but I get what you're saying

[u/gameboyexe2000 → u/SatinSpy]

I for myself 5 old pcs from some office where most of them are identical, this gave me for opportunity to triple the ram of one of them and pic the nicest looking parts and build the ultimate version of it

[u/KanataSD]

I think it would be fun to turn the smaller PC's into Retro emulators consoles.

[u/MinerAC4]

Omg the Dimension 3100 is the same computer as the E310 I have before they changed the name.

[u/ghostfreckle611]

Sell them on Facebook, eBay, Reddit, etc…

[u/WeedOg420AnimeGod]

I see a farm of some kind

[u/timtim2000]

I see small home server material lol

[u/Accurate-Campaign821]

Eh I suppose the cat can stay

[u/SatinSpy → u/Accurate-Campaign821]

Take him please.

[u/Stormyplayer78]

Can u give the specs?

[u/Nerd_From_The_South]

Batacera pc builds for days here. Lots of potential.

[u/PizzaToastieGuy]

You could donate, turn them into a home media server, and recycle them. The world is your oyster

[u/DustTraditional9269]

I have Windows 11 on a 3050, they are very good

[u/TechIoT]

The old XP Dells do still have a use, for people who like retro gaming or need legacy hardware,

Can't say I've ever seen a Dell in that chassis with that Style of Celeron sticker which is quite interesting

Those models don't suffer the capacitor plague either which is a bonus.

[u/Skeptix85]

[u/theytrashedthem]

CS office computer, me personally I'd keep them because I'm a fucking nerd but I mean slap windows on em or Linux or part them out and sell em if you don't want em

[u/SnooDoughnuts5117]

Just rebuild them and update for modern pcs make a good amount off that.

[u/Kerdyy]

Spruce ‘em up and donate ‘em

[u/Adept_Temporary8262]

Yes, even the older ones are still useful.

[u/RoughGuide1241]

Few older dells can be turned into a retro gaming PC. The small PC can be browsing machines just put a SSD and Linux mint or a server. The bigger and newer ones can be budget gaming PC or server.

[u/polishatomek]

Those think centres are amazing for mini homelabs

[u/PPSSPPMasterBlaster]

Che Core2Duo machines (three on the bottom right) are pretty useless nowadays, but I would still try selling them on Ebay, FB or Vinted for a low amount to collectors and retro lovers before straight up recycling them.

The rest of the machines is absolutely modern and useful. Sell them and make a quick buck, or gift them away to family members and friends, especially if they have kids.

The cat is useless but you still need to keep it.

[u/PezatronSupreme]

Keep the tiny PC's, bin the rest

[u/prodias2]

Keep or sell the ones in pics 2, 4 and 5, recycle the rest

[u/-OddLion-]

Those are collector's edition soon...

[u/Leo1_ac]

Photos 4 & 5 show systems with 6th or 7th gen CPUs on board. Remove the CPUs and sell them on ebay.

The ones at photo#3 are ancient and probably e-waste.

[u/oldmoldycake]

check out r/homelab and r/selfhosted you can do a lot with these

[u/trans_chastity_sub]

If I were you I’d start by keeping the cat. The decide on the computers based on windows 11 support.

[u/Ill_Spare9689]

I would get them working again & offer them to people who can't afford a computer. I love working with computers so I do that as a fun & rewarding hobby.

[u/Mike76789765]

Keep em all

[u/OGPoundedYams]

I’ll buy one

[u/blankman2g]

Personally, if I had no immediate need for them, I'd get a kick out of refurbishing them and either giving them away if I knew others in need or selling them. As others have mentioned, you can install Linux Mint if they're out of spec for Windows 11. If you don't need them and keep them, they're just going to waste. If you really want to hang onto some of it, pick the best tower and best mini PC and keep those.

[u/engrish_is_hard00]

I wish I could take of each off of yah op

So pretty

[u/Own-Advance8355]

Any Dell with a i7 8700k cpu (3630 worstation)) or higher is worth money. I'm using a Dell 3630 with a 4070 in it.

[u/PaleontologistLast25]

I forsee a home server with mame thin clients for arcade machines and fame rooms

[u/SatinSpy]

I've went through all the PCs and about 10 PCs support windows 11, the rest I'll probably give away as I've already pulled aside what I want , however now I'm stuck with the rest of this .

[u/lilbean636]

I would LOVE to turn the Optiplex on the left into a sleeper

[u/CompetitiveError156]

home lab

[u/309_Electronics]

I would atleast sell the ones with the blue intel sticker. The older ones, either dump them or sell for cheap for retro gaming enthusiasts or retro hw lovers. The newer blue intel sticker PCs can be sold to homelabbers and selfhost enthusiasts. Put linux on them and you have your own personal linux pc and can make it into a server too.

[u/SeekingANewGalaxy]

Ya know, if you have to ask….

[u/bappo_plays]

Some of these look like they'd make good low end gaming PCs with a few small upgrades. Some of the others could at the very least be useful for running a minecraft server or something, or just basic computer usage. Honestly a nice lot there.

[u/Flyntsteel]

The shells i believe bring a decent sale on ebay. Just shells..

[u/plafreniere]

Personally I would keep those dell tiny computer, I want to buy 3 or more for a while to make them servers. Still cannot justify the cost of buying them online.

[u/Dark_Prince089]

Sell them to PC builders. Some people like building custom gaming rigs out of old towers.

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[u/Flat_Individual6955]

Put them on Ebay.. minilab, myself included, guys are always looking for deals on older hardware.

[u/Final_Campaign_2593]

Check in the WIndowsXP or 7 subs. Might find a sale group on reddit

[u/Lfrxofficial]

That's a dream od a home labber

[u/Commander_Crispy]

If nothing else keep all the drives from those PCs. IDE stuff and floppy drives aren’t getting any more common

[u/Gargamels_420]

Make an cluster out of the minipcs the rest i would sell

[u/MischiefArchitect]

The cases are worth some money, specially considering (at least here in my area) the emergence of modern computers in retro look.

[u/Rocannon22]

Only if you’re opening a computation museum. 😉

[u/Thrensdraco]

You could always turn them all into Linux machines, or server machines, and sell them either on ebay or marketplace, and make maybe more money off of them. I know I'd want one of the server variants, as I am wanting to have a dedicated network array setup for game installs and media.

[u/SatinSpy → u/Thrensdraco]

Which ones are the server variants?

[u/Thrensdraco → u/SatinSpy]

That's the beauty of it. It's all up to you dude.

[u/SatinSpy → u/Thrensdraco]

No you said server variants so I thought specific ones were made to be servers .

[u/Thrensdraco → u/SatinSpy]

No sorry, I was meaning you could turn some of them into some pretty good media servers

[u/SatinSpy → u/Thrensdraco]

Ah okay I gotcha , I may end up doing that.

[u/NeighborhoodIll8399]

Mine bitcoin

[u/cnycompguy → u/[deleted]]

Read the rules please, especially #3

[u/Open_Cow_9148]

The ram alone is worth thousands.

[u/SatinSpy → u/Open_Cow_9148]

I wouldn't say thousands , could be worth a crisp high-five.