What Do You With Your Computer Part Boxes?

speedx77x

speedx77x

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Cleaning up my room today and I'm not sure what to do with all these computer part boxes. I know I should throw them away, but they all represent memories and some actually hold important stuff in them.
 
Though most of my parts are out of warranty, I normally keep the boxes for the case and mobo around. Memory not so much.
 
Twiki said:
I kept mine for the warranty period then tossed them.
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That's what I did too.

Until recently I had the boxes for my motherboard, CPU, RAM, PSU and graphics card. But I got rid of the boxes for the PSU, SSDs and graphics card because I'm unlikely to ever sell the PSU or the SSD and I bought my HD 5870 second hand 2 years ago and it's now nearly 5 years old so WAY over warranty sell-by date.

I kept the box for the board and the CPU though because if I ever sell my motherboard as Oke said, it's easier to package (and more appealing in a way) and the box for my 2500K contains the stock cooler which may be useful one day.

If you have the room you can keep them but otherwise you can throw out. Not to mention that most of my cupboard is taken up with the box my Lenovo ThinkPad came in (which is big) and all of the boxes for my Nikon D3200 and the lenses and stuff now - all of which are still under warranty - so worth keeping. I had to throw out some stuff to make room for those.
 
I like to keep mine for whenever I want to sell them, but I keep boxes for EVERYTHING lol.

Come home from college a few months ago to find my mum burning all the boxes to create room in the loft. Oh well lol
 
I put them on my closet shelf. I can see them everytime I open my closet (and judging by the way you act, I would think you like to see them) and they aren't scattered all over the place.
 
You seem like the kind of person who likes seeing boxes for the stuff you like. Guess I'm wrong though. I know I like to see the boxes :P I guess I admire good packaging.
 
i saved the boxes for a long time w/o any use, sometimes when i needed some cardboard i just took a piece of a box.. but had boxes from 3 computer builds soo....
They came in handy when i was moving to my own apartment, got much of little stuff into them and now they are still fully packed in my closet.
Well, the case box is so big so that i can't put in the closet, but i use that as a little table when i'm eating at my computer (nice height and all), and inside i put all bottles i'm gonna recycle sooner or later (mostly recycle them when i can't fit any more in the case box :D )
 
Depends on the room available. I like to keep old boxes and then find them years later like 'ermagherd Epox 8rda, such memories'.

Our house is getting overfilled with crap so they're getting chucked though.
 
We have a room in our basement that's twice the size of my bedroom and all it has is cardboard boxes in it as well as some shelves of storage on the walls. I have most of my old part boxes in there. I need to find my Phenom box since I'm about to sell it.
 
WeatherMan said:
I like to keep mine for whenever I want to sell them, but I keep boxes for EVERYTHING lol.

Come home from college a few months ago to find my mum burning all the boxes to create room in the loft. Oh well lol
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Ouch lol!
She could have at least asked you before doing it. :D

Heku said:
i saved the boxes for a long time w/o any use, sometimes when i needed some cardboard i just took a piece of a box.. but had boxes from 3 computer builds soo....
They came in handy when i was moving to my own apartment, got much of little stuff into them and now they are still fully packed in my closet.
Well, the case box is so big so that i can't put in the closet, but i use that as a little table when i'm eating at my computer (nice height and all), and inside i put all bottles i'm gonna recycle sooner or later (mostly recycle them when i can't fit any more in the case box :D )
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Hahaha my brother used to do the same thing with his case box.
I on the other hand do not eat in my room.Ever!Only in kitchen or sometimes in the living room.
Why?
Because of these little monsters:
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As soon as there is some food,they are like...RIGHT THERE WAITING TO ATTACK! :D

But anyway here is my collection:
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Hahaha I am just kidding.It's not that big. :P
 
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If it's anything I don't consider a consumable or not worth my time to sell or return, I'll throt the box out. Otherwise I keep them for a few months and once either the warranty is out, or it won't be worth enough to sell, I throw them out.
 
AnonNone said:
I keep them...I am a box hoarder...I have a problem.
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There are shows on the TLC channel where they actually show those hoarders who are collecting things for no reason.I watched it for a couple of times.Maaaaaaan you would not believe how much that sucks.They have SO MUCH staff that they actually sleep on them and can barely move through the house.
So trust me that AS LONG AS you are not like this:
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...then you do NOT have a problem lol. :D
 
AnonNone said:
I keep them...I am a box hoarder...I have a problem.
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Hahahaha Dude I have the same problem. I have a shelf above my gaming rig with the boxes of the components inside it for decoration.
One thing you can do, which many people don't seem to do, is put your boxes inside other boxes to save on space :)
I vote, keep them until you come to sell that item, it will help sell it and maybe get you a slightly better price.
 
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Shlouski said:
Hahahaha Dude I have the same problem. I have a shelf above my gaming rig with the boxes of the components inside it for decoration.
One thing you can do, which many people don't seem to do, is put your boxes inside other boxes to save on space :)
I vote, keep them until you come to sell that item, it will help sell it and maybe get you a slightly better price.
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That doesn't help me anymore.I have them too much. :D
 
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