Dod101 wrote:moorfield wrote:Don't junk it just yet! If it's in decent nick and you are able to reformat the hard drive there are plenty of charities who could make use of it even without the peripherals, you'd be surprised. My nephew recently repurposed an old pc into what is essentially a Chromebook, now donated to a local playgroup.
Thanks. Good thinking. Will try to get a good home for it.
It's definitely a good idea, if you can, but do start off by getting the full specs of your PC first, as many charities have minimum-spec requirements. E.g. https://www.computersforcharities.org/donate have a Windows 10 requirement, others may take older machines but still require a minimum CPU, or a SATA drive, or ....
If you enter the "Service Tag" at the link below it should hopefully give you the specs. If you click Enter Service Tag it will show you where to find it or give you the option to auto-detect it.
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-uk/product-support/product/optiplex-330/overview
You'll almost certainly need to know the exact CPU, the amount & type of memory, and the size & type (IDE/SATA/etc) of hard drive. Copy'n'paste the specs here if any of it confuses you.
There's a list of local reuse places here: https://therestartproject.org/where-to-donate-your-computer/#scotland; some of the smaller ones may find use for lower spec machines by turning them into something else (like a Linux box).