Old PC Being Symbolically Destroyed (happy now?)

[astv25]

So here's the story:

For the past 2 years or so, my desktop PC has been steadily degrading into a horrible putrid mass of useless electronics. The graphics card is defective (something I didn't know about until the warranty expired and PNY decided to ignore the fact that it had been defective from the purchase date), and there's some other software-level issues I can't resolve.

EDIT: To make it clear I do plan on stripping out anything useful before destroying what will basically amount to a faulty motherboard, a corrupted (and small) HDD, a CD drive that won't open (unless someone I know wants it), and the case.

The dark days of 100% cpu usage just looking at the desktop are about to be repaid in kind.

My new laptop arrives Thusday, one day after this is posted.

I require revenge ideas. Things within human reason.

One suggestion (and the good ones will be compounded and listed here) comes from iDieforEXP:

Suggestion: "window"

Actual Action: Video of the offending machine tossed from a 20ft ladder into the woods behind my house. (It will later be retrieved and recycled so as to not pollute like an arsehole).

Position in the grand revenge scheme: Final Insult


Suggest more things for me to do and request EITHER (not both) pictures OR video.

Accepted suggestions will be listed in the OP with the format:

Name:
Suggestion:
Actual Action:
Order:

tl;dr I want to break my old PC, tell me how.

Parts list:

Spoiler (Click to View)

2 x 1 GB DDR-2 Desktop RAM cards (to be installed into my parent's computer)

1 x NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512mb VRAM w/ unknown clock speed, PCI-e (I'm 90% sure it's defective, though the trouble only presents itself when playing certain video file types, .mkv as one example. That, and the fan doesn't run on it.)

1 x 144 GB Internal SATA HDD of unknown make and model (came with computer, semi-corrupted from use/viruses/physical damage)

1 x 700 GB Internal SATA HDD made by SeaGate (To be used as an external backup)

1 x CD/DVD Drive with CD burning capability (occasionally fails to open)

1 x CD/DVD Drive with CD/DVD burning capability

2 x 512mb DDR-2 Desktop RAM cards.

1 x NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE integrated into the motherboard

1 x [power supply data pending]

1 x AMD 2.2ghz - Dual Core processor

1 x Case-integrated cooling fan with an enormous heat sink.

[yottabyte]

I set up my old desktop as a media streaming PC for my TV running xbmc. I'm not really good at destroying computers, I save them cause "they could be useful in the future".

[Crashlander04]

Change the title, dumbass.

[Leech]

Before you destroy it, what's the power supply? You should send it to me

[partyars]

As Crashlander said, the thread title is a little bit misleading.

As for an idea, strip it of all cooling, overclock if possible and cook something with it. Pictures are fine.

If I were you I'd save some useful stuff though, RAM, HD, DVD drive, fans, etc, always usefull to have lying around.

[astv25]

Before you destroy it, what's the power supply? You should send it to me

Depending on where you live I may do that. I'll PM you what info I can get from it.

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Also, the OP has updated with:

A) A less idiotic written-at-midnight title

B) Something I left out due to writing it at midnight.

I set up my old desktop as a media streaming PC for my TV running xbmc. I'm not really good at destroying computers, I save them cause "they could be useful in the future".

The thing barely works as is. I had planned to host a private game server on the thing, but recent performance indicates that setting that up would be more trouble than the end result would justify. Also the TV is about 20 years old and is embedded in a wooden cabinet that weighs about as much as a mid-sized car.

[iDieForEXP]

Huzzah I get mentions

[partyars]

Here's an idea

1. apply flammable substance
2.

[Crashlander04]

Here's an idea

1. apply flammable substance
2.

woah woah, do not do this!

me and skote used to set fire to plastics until black toxic smoke almost killed us.

blow it up if you must, but don't burn it.

me and skote used to blow things up, until we almost blew our eardrums out and almost blinded skote.

[partyars]

Here's an idea

1. apply flammable substance
2.

woah woah, do not do this!

me and skote used to set fire to plastics until black toxic smoke almost killed us.

blow it up if you must, but don't burn it.

me and skote used to blow things up, until we almost blew our eardrums out and almost blinded skote.

It should be fine if you fwoosh it otdoors, not in a forest ofcourse.