What do you do with your old cases?

[El_Capitan]

I typically re-use them, mostly because they were slightly modded already in the past. I don't know what to do with my Lian Li Lancool PC-K62. I really like the case, but don't have an immediate use for it. Plus, it's heavy. I don't mind the look of the new cases, and I love that they're lightweight. But it's become saturated with the same look, and there's hardly any that have something like four 3.5" SATA drive bays.

 

[pendragon1]

i have a pile sitting in the corner of my storage room, i have yet to reuse one...

 

[TheHig]

I have several spares on the shelf and try to use them for requested builds. The last year has been slow with the prices of everything going to poo. I’ll probably list them locally for peanuts to get them gone.

 

[djstarfox]

PC cases I try to get rid of ASAP, except one I'm saving for a special purpose. Raspberry Pi cases I have a bunch of, but they are not worth shipping anywhere. Free to anyone who asks, I suppose.

 

[Nobu]

They have computers in them. I either give away or sell the computers whole. If I get a new case, and reuse the parts from the old one, I either build a new system in the old case or sell/give it away

 

[CAD4466HK]

I use to have a whole garage full of cases, then I gave away/scrapped/sold them all, and now I have hardware falling out my ass with nowhere to mount it smh .
I would like to thank my wife for that awesome decision of hers.

 

[El_Capitan]

I use to have a whole garage full of cases, then I gave away/scrapped/sold them all, and now I have hardware falling out my ass with nowhere to mount it smh .
I would like to thank my wife for that awesome decision of hers.

Lol, I can relate...

 

[Mad Maxx]

I'll build PCs for family/friends with old cases (and components) or donate them to a local school, church, or charity. In one instance, I built 3 PCs and did some tech support for my little brother's school. Met a smoking hot guidance counselor, too. She wanted babies so it didn't last, but we had fun for about 6-7 months.

 

[SeymourGore]

Usually family or friends will make use of my old case. However, I had a Lian Li PC-011 which made it into a garage sale.

 

[kram182]

I've thrown out most of my cases from the past but they were always cheaper $50 ones (save for my last small inWin ITX HTPC case I bought for my last WMC build, which I kept) - the 2 cases I've bought since I'll reuse (current HTPC/Silverstone GD-09) or hold onto in storage when done (Phanteks Enthoo Pro)

No definite idea what my next main rig build case will be yet (won't need to house all my spare Plex backup HDDs, so that's why I won't be reusing the Enthoo Pro), but my next server is going in a Rosewill RSV-R4200U, and I'll also probably just resuse that with future server builds

 

[DogsofJune]

I used to keep them, and still have a couple late 90's Aopen cases. One still houses a Soyo board with a Presshott attached to it. Been to lazy to see if it fires up. I had to pitch a few cases over the years though.

I still have ISA video cards and old SB sound cards from Win 3.1 days.
Probably time to clean out some tubs and chuck some stuff.

 

[mullet]

I can't get myself to throw out my old aluminum cases.

 

[tordogs]

Generally give away the whole system (case and hardware) to someone who can use it.

 

[kyang357]

If I don't plan on using them for my very next build, they get thrown away, given away but never sold; wouldn't be worth it as I hardly buy any case over $100.

 

[DanNeely]

I've averaged 2-3 uses out of most of my cases, eventually most end up obsolete and end up scrapped. Lack of cooling has been the biggest killer. All my 80 and 92mm fan ATX cases ended up junked for that as did early single 120mm front models. A few older 2x120mm front ones had lifespan extensions after chiseled off riveted drive cases to support GPUs longer than the mobo. I did end up having to get rid of a (Silverstone?) case that had a 12x12" (just enough internal space to fit 25mm fans in front of the mobo) footprint but was extra tall with 3.5/5.25" bays up top. It had theoretical space for an mITX board in the second bottom chamber, but since there wasn't room for a second PSU that part wasn't well thought out. I used the extra space for my pump and reservoir.

I live in the middle of nowhere, so actually selling anything that's nominally too expensive to ship isn't a reasonable option. Maybe the weird tall tower would have sold if I posted on a case collectors site, but not being compatible with newer GPUs had me convinced it was junk so I never tried.