Do you have a large "Spare Parts" area in your house?

[dorsetknob]

3rd Pic
May contain Awsome Box = Intrigued

Ps nice stash

 

[JATownes]

Waking up the thread for an update.

Well, it's been right at a year since the wife caused this thread by griping about my computer closet, and she now she finally made me clean it this weekend. I admit I had a good time going through a bunch of old hardware, but would have rather been doing something else on a Saturday. Anyway, I thought I would share a few pics of it cleaned up and throw in a couple pics of old hardware I stumbled across along the way.

First Step: Empty the closet. This is everything, and I am kind of shocked it all fit in the closet to begin with.

Box of old games. I really need to get a few of these out to play when I have the time.

DFI LanParty 790FX...I used to love this board.

Reference 4850 (Single Slot) with Zalman Cooler from many years ago.

AMD Processors everywhere, including an old K6-II.

Final product.

This concludes the tour of the computer closet. The wife is happy, so now I am happy again as well.

Anyone else had to clean the spare parts area in the last year at the "request" of a significant other?

JAT

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Its like a gallery of modern art. The top one could be a piece by Tracy Emin.

Anyone else had to clean the spare parts area in the last year at the "request" of a significant other?

shes given up asking.........

 

[Durvelle27]

Waking up the thread for an update.

Well, it's been right at a year since the wife caused this thread by griping about my computer closet, and she now she finally made me clean it this weekend. I admit I had a good time going through a bunch of old hardware, but would have rather been doing something else on a Saturday. Anyway, I thought I would share a few pics of it cleaned up and throw in a couple pics of old hardware I stumbled across along the way.

First Step: Empty the closet. This is everything, and I am kind of shocked it all fit in the closet to begin with.
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Box of old games. I really need to get a few of these out to play when I have the time.
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DFI LanParty 790FX...I used to love this board.
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Reference 4850 (Single Slot) with Zalman Cooler from many years ago.
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AMD Processors everywhere, including an old K6-II.
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Final product.
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This concludes the tour of the computer closet. The wife is happy, so now I am happy again as well.

Anyone else had to clean the spare parts area in the last year at the "request" of a significant other?

JAT

I'll take some off your hands

 

[Ahhzz]

Waking up the thread for an update.

Well, it's been right at a year since the wife caused this thread by griping about my computer closet, and she now she finally made me clean it this weekend. I admit I had a good time going through a bunch of old hardware, but would have rather been doing something else on a Saturday. Anyway, I thought I would share a few pics of it cleaned up and throw in a couple pics of old hardware I stumbled across along the way.

First Step: Empty the closet. This is everything, and I am kind of shocked it all fit in the closet to begin with.
View attachment 91105

Box of old games. I really need to get a few of these out to play when I have the time.
View attachment 91106

DFI LanParty 790FX...I used to love this board.
View attachment 91107

Reference 4850 (Single Slot) with Zalman Cooler from many years ago.
View attachment 91108

AMD Processors everywhere, including an old K6-II.
View attachment 91109

Final product.
View attachment 91110

This concludes the tour of the computer closet. The wife is happy, so now I am happy again as well.

Anyone else had to clean the spare parts area in the last year at the "request" of a significant other?

JAT

*sigh* i need to maybe this weekend.. if so, I'll snap some shots

 

[Mussels]

i have an entire room dedicated to my spare PC parts

wife only allows it because i sell/repair a bunch of PC's and she gets some of the cash

 

[Toothless]

Waking up the thread for an update.

Well, it's been right at a year since the wife caused this thread by griping about my computer closet, and she now she finally made me clean it this weekend. I admit I had a good time going through a bunch of old hardware, but would have rather been doing something else on a Saturday. Anyway, I thought I would share a few pics of it cleaned up and throw in a couple pics of old hardware I stumbled across along the way.

First Step: Empty the closet. This is everything, and I am kind of shocked it all fit in the closet to begin with.
View attachment 91105

Box of old games. I really need to get a few of these out to play when I have the time.
View attachment 91106

DFI LanParty 790FX...I used to love this board.
View attachment 91107

Reference 4850 (Single Slot) with Zalman Cooler from many years ago.
View attachment 91108

AMD Processors everywhere, including an old K6-II.
View attachment 91109

Final product.
View attachment 91110

This concludes the tour of the computer closet. The wife is happy, so now I am happy again as well.

Anyone else had to clean the spare parts area in the last year at the "request" of a significant other?

JAT

You're uh, gonna sell some of that right? I might have some spare change in one of my pockets.

 

[Keullo-e]

LOL, I guess I need to clean my closet for all that hardware and take some pics.

My ex-fioncee used to nag about all that spare hardware, but now that she's out, there's nobody complaining.

 

[blobster21]

Loz @CAPSLOCKSTUCK, what a pile of hardware

Diplomatic choice of words !

 

[verycharbroiled]

Anyone else had to clean the spare parts area in the last year at the "request" of a significant other?

My stash of parts is in the basement. And the basement is purely my domain

 

[JATownes]

Sadly I got rid of a bunch of older stuff to a few friends, and threw some stuff out in the garbage. I did keep a single 4850, 6870, 290x and a MB from each generation of processor I have (other than the K6-2). I also refuse to get rid of my HP Servers, though I admittedly haven't used them in years, simply because all of those SCSI drives cost a ton back in the day. I kept a couple spare keyboards and mice, as well as 2 spare SSDs and a few backup HDD's plus I never get rid of any watercooling gear, just in case.

My wife is happier, but still doesn't understand the sentimental value some of this gear has to me, and the need to keep it in good condition.

JAT

 

[Papahyooie]

I have a closet full of parts that is attached to our computer room, but it always inevitably spills out into the room when I need something specific and pull it all out... then just leave it out...

My wife doesn't mind, because she knows that every time her gaming machine or laptop goes down, it doesn't get fixed by magic.

 

[dorsetknob]

My wife doesn't mind, because she knows that every time her gaming machine or laptop goes down, it doesn't get fixed by magic.

Wize Woman

 

[Keullo-e]

The best thing is that I have over 40+ spare SATA cables. Never going back to those times when I didn't have even one spare cable and when one broke, I was like daaaaaamn..

Also those can be selected to match color themes, though I like those B&W Asus cables the most.

 

[jboydgolfer]

Why is it that the wife always complains about these computer parts Depot's? I can just imagine the exact same speech coming from many different women about the exact same issue

 

[dorsetknob]

Why is it that the wife always complains about these computer parts Depot's?

Honey i got all these Parts so when i need something i don't have to drive 10 miles to get it " that's so i can spend more Quality time with you "

"From Computer marriage Counseling Chapter 3"

 

[blobster21]

Honey i got all these Parts so when i need something i don't have to drive 10 miles to get it " that's so i can spend more Quality time with you "

"From Computer marriage Counseling Chapter 3"

She won't buy that

 

[RealNeil]

She won't buy that

Mine wouldn't either.

 

[therealmeep]

i have an entire room dedicated to my spare PC parts

wife only allows it because i sell/repair a bunch of PC's and she gets some of the cash

Amateur, my entire house has become a parts stop, from the garage to upstairs to the basement, there's random crap everywhere and of every sort, I really need to organize the entire house one day.

 

[debs3759]

My entire bungalow is a spare parts warehouse. Only spaces that aren't covered in boxes of graphics cards, CPUs and other parts are the sofas, bed and a small area for wholesale food purchases

 

[ithehappy]

My whole house is becoming a spare part area actually.

PS: LoL literally just the comment above me is same

 

[THE_EGG]

When I moved into an apartment I ended up throwing away or selling the majority of my spare parts (read, old and never to be used again parts). These included old socket 775 mobo combos and so on. I think I had about a closet full of stuff - maybe 5-6 systems worth of stuff?

I kept a graphics card from every 5 years just for fun though. And I do have a Z68 ITX mobo lying around with an i5 something in it as a platform I can use if my main rig goes down and I can't afford replacement parts.

EDIT: I love how in many of the photos above there seems to be a Coolermaster CM690 II. Obviously we have some good taste in PC cases. I've still got one that I repurposed for my folks' home server. It used to be my gaming PC case haha.

 

[ithehappy]

When I moved into an apartment I ended up throwing away or selling the majority of my spare parts (read, old and never to be used again parts). These included old socket 775 mobo combos and so on. I think I had about a closet full of stuff - maybe 5-6 systems worth of stuff?

I kept a graphics card from every 5 years just for fun though. And I do have a Z68 ITX mobo lying around with an i5 something in it as a platform I can use if my main rig goes down and I can't afford replacement parts.

EDIT: I love how in many of the photos above there seems to be a Coolermaster CM690 II. Obviously we have some good taste in PC cases. I've still got one that I repurposed for my folks' home server. It used to be my gaming PC case haha.

Yeah it was good but I hated that small cut out for the cooler mounting at rear side, so sold it.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Once upon a time my wife complained about my boxes of clutter so i showed her a box full of kettle leads and explained that there would never be a time when the kettle would not have a usable lead. In my wifes eyes, the kettle is the most important piece of electrical equipment in the house and she promptly learned the importance of boxes of "stuff"


and we all lived happily ever after.

 

[micropage7]

i have some, many oh i cant recall