Worth salvaging i7 laptop ?

[peterchan75]

Hi All,

Is it worth salvaging the laptop cpu, RAM and HDD at a cost $400 (mini ITX & casing) ? I could use it as a spare desktop or HTPC.

BTW, I am looking at a Jetway mini ITX socket G motherboard. Those who have used it please help comment.

Thanks in advance.

 

[wwenze]

You can use laptop CPU nor motherboard in desktop casing.

The best you can do is disassemble everything and leave the motherboard in the chassis/keyboard

 

[klap_hanz]

Your laptop cpu is solder to the mobo one or not ?

You can reuse the rams if u can find a mobo that haf sodimm slots instead of normal dimm slots...

U can oso reuse the 2.5 inch hdd in your laptop if u want to...

 

[klap_hanz]

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[peterchan75]

I am looking at Jetway NF9G-QM77. Confirm my current faulty laptop is using i7 socket g m processor. This motherboard should be able to reuse the cpu, ram and hdd. But is it worth shelling out $400 just to salvage these 3 items ?

 

[klap_hanz]

IMHO, I tink it is not worth it...

But if u got the money den why not ?? Can do it as a mini project, u can start a thread here or do a YouTube video or write a blog to tell everyone about your experience n wat u learnt n whether it is a viable as a mini itx PC for day to day tasks or not...

I diy my own NAS, hackintosh PC, bought a HP Microserver Gen8 and completely rebuild it, now trying to install Promox VE on a old PC n play with it, ppl tell me not worth it n waste of time but I find my sense of achievement from doing all these mini projects...

 

[peterchan75]

Your first sentence confirm my hesitation..

Years ago I set up P4 mATX HTPC with ShowShifter and x10 remote. It worked fine for 3 months before the scheduled recording crapped out. Compliant to the developer and they gave me a patch that worked for a few months. In the end, the developer crapped out. A LG TV recorder solves all these nonsense.

No a pro. So cannot share on Youtube.

Mindless quest of salvaging the 3 laptop parts may not be wise financially.

Will hunt around ebay for mini ITX socket G mobo and see if luck is on my side.

 

[klap_hanz]

If u work in IT line one, u know that ppl become pro and expert by hands on, troubleshooting n solving problems, not by thinking n toking about it...hahaha

 

[Entry Level PC]

Hi All,

Is it worth salvaging the laptop cpu, RAM and HDD at a cost $400 (mini ITX & casing) ? I could use it as a spare desktop or HTPC.

BTW, I am looking at a Jetway mini ITX socket G motherboard. Those who have used it please help comment.

Thanks in advance.

I think a new ITX HTPC will cost less or around the same lor.

 

[Encrypted11]

Hi All,

Is it worth salvaging the laptop cpu, RAM and HDD at a cost $400 (mini ITX & casing) ? I could use it as a spare desktop or HTPC.

BTW, I am looking at a Jetway mini ITX socket G motherboard. Those who have used it please help comment.

Thanks in advance.

At most, you may salvage RAM (Laptop SODIMM) and 2.5" HDD for use in an Intel NUC other NUC-like barebones PCs.

After Ivybridge, all laptop CPUs are soldered.

 

[watzup_ken]

I used to think it will be nice to salvage parts from a failing laptop. However after considering the hassle and cost, I was put off from pursuing the idea. It was the motherboard that failed and it was very costly to replace.