What do you do when your hardware is obsolete (6-7 years?)

[CinnamonCakes]

I’ve got an okay laptop for now (Optimus X, i7-9750h and 2060), and for 40-60fps 1080p high-medium settings it should last like 3-4 years.
But what next? Once it’s oBsolete what do you do with an obsolete, but alive and functional, laptop?

where can you sell it?

 

[Charlas]

Ebay, retask it as a plex server or home automation machine/virtual server or similar?

 

[CinnamonCakes]

Ebay, retask it as a plex server or home automation machine/virtual server or similar?

Bruh I’m a student. 3-4 years from now I’ll be in my final year and I’ll have no use for such a thing😂

eBay sounds good.Although why would anyone buy 4 year old HW?

 

[Charlas]

For all the uses I've just mentioned, also kids in school etc need machines that work, always be able to sell it, even if not for much. I tend to keep at least my last one or two depending on hardware, as if something happens and you need to use a machine at least you have one. And remember cutting edge now won't be cutting edge in 4 years, but it's still going to be competitive enough for most things,

 

[CinnamonCakes]

For all the uses I've just mentioned, also kids in school etc need machines that work, always be able to sell it, even if not for much. I tend to keep at least my last one or two depending on hardware, as if something happens and you need to use a machine at least you have one. And remember cutting edge now won't be cutting edge in 4 years, but it's still going to be competitive enough for most things,

Thanks.

 

[ubuysa]

Donate it to a charity shop or give it away to someone who can't afford to buy one. If you think it's obsolete then it clearly has zero value to you, but it will to someone else. Just give it away to someone/somewhere that can make good use of it.

 

[Paddy Baxter]

As long as a laptop can play fortnite and csgo at high frame rates, they will always hold a certain value. On eBay right now there are laptops with 960m selling around 300 quid

 

[Stephen M]

Even very old machines can be useful. For someone who just wants to surf the web and do basic word processing and other tasks and old machine, even an old XP can be used with a lightweight Linux distro, these are designed for lower powered machines and can be very good and quite quick.

 

[CinnamonCakes]

Thanks for your advice guys.

 

[CinnamonCakes]

As long as a laptop can play fortnite and csgo at high frame rates, they will always hold a certain value. On eBay right now there are laptops with 960m selling around 300 quid

sounds like a good idea. will pronanly do this if i'm cash strapped (like most students XD) , if not i'll do @ubuysa 's suggestion about donating it to charity, that's the most noble option.

TBH i'm not sure whether the RTX 2060m will be obsolete 4 years from now. i'm really new to gaming as a whole so i dont know how long i should expect these specs to last. i assumed obsoletion as the worst case scenario. any ideas y'all?

 

[Paddy Baxter]

sounds like a good idea. will pronanly do this if i'm cash strapped (like most students XD) , if not i'll do @ubuysa 's suggestion about donating it to charity, that's the most noble option.

TBH i'm not sure whether the RTX 2060m will be obsolete 4 years from now. i'm really new to gaming as a whole so i dont know how long i should expect these specs to last. i assumed obsoletion as the worst case scenario. any ideas y'all?

It all depends on the games you play and what you perceive to be an acceptable performance. Some people don’t mind playing games with lower settings at around 30-50 FPS while others want 60 plus FPS at max settings and resolution. For me personally I keep laptops usually just until the new graphics cards come out, so every 18-24 months lol just cuz I like new stuff 😝

 

[CinnamonCakes]

It all depends on the games you play and what you perceive to be an acceptable performance. Some people don’t mind playing games with lower settings at around 30-50 FPS while others want 60 plus FPS at max settings and resolution. For me personally I keep laptops usually just until the new graphics cards come out, so every 18-24 months lol just cuz I like new stuff 😝

I see. Thanks for your input.

40-60fps is definitely enough for me,high to ultra settings in RDR2 gives me that right now. Most games aren’t as poorly optimised so hopefully I can keep that expectation at medium to high settings in future

 

[Paddy Baxter]

I see. Thanks for your input.

40-60fps is definitely enough for me,high to ultra settings in RDR2 gives me that right now. Most games aren’t as poorly optimised so hopefully I can keep that expectation at medium to high settings in future

Then your machine should keep you happy for a fair few years yet 😊

 

[Tony1044]

Generally I give my old kit away. My almost 5-year old Defiance II though, I sold on the online tat bazaar and got a decent sum for it. I was very pleased and not a little surprised.

 

[richardnpaul]

My 6 year old Defiance was bought with use for a long time in mind (quad core processor FHD with two msata slots as well as 2.5" Ssd). I have 2.5TB of SSD storage and 32GB of RAM in it these days. I do my Dev stuff on it in Linux.

Yeah the 860M isn't really great for gaming, neither is the 60Hz screen but it's really fine for the tasks I use it for and will be for some time yet. Same with your "obsolete" laptop it'll probably be a good workhorse off a machine for longer than you think or give it credit for.

 

[Tony1044]

My 6 year old Defiance was bought with use for a long time in mind (quad core processor FHD with two msata slots as well as 2.5" Ssd). I have 2.5TB of SSD storage and 32GB of RAM in it these days. I do my Dev stuff on it in Linux.

Yeah the 860M isn't really great for gaming, neither is the 60Hz screen but it's really fine for the tasks I use it for and will be for some time yet. Same with your "obsolete" laptop it'll probably be a good workhorse off a machine for longer than you think or give it credit for.

My DII was. to be fair, "pimped out" as well. 32GB RAM. 2x512GB mSATA SSD's in RAID0, 1 x 1TB SATA SSD and an excellent (although I hated it in practice - more Windows/MS's fault in how it was handled than anything) 4K display. It had the 980M GPU which was still ok for even modern titles if you didn't mind reducing the detail etc.

 

[CinnamonCakes]

Then your machine should keep you happy for a fair few years yet 😊

ok so, my post has changed as this guy pointed out my laptop can last longer than 4 years. around 6-7 probably but by then i'll be able to afford an upgrade.
thanks for your input, guys.