Useless hoarding things?

[Dyn99]

Like many people out there, I have accumulated some spare parts. Like several video cards that I have no idea if I should just toss or keep?
-BFG GeForce 9400 GT Video Card
-GeForce 8800GTX
-Radeon X859 XT

Now these cards "were" working at the time on storage. Removed from cases or my old builds, they now sit in their original boxes/cases. I know I may probably never reuse these but what would you do?

 

[TechnoD]

If my memory serves me well, i think the 9400GT is a pci-e graphics card. I would hold on to that one (assuming it works) so that should your primary card fail you have a backup you can install. Then toss the other two.

 

[Dyn99]

Yea both the 9400GT and 8800Gtx are pci-e cards. Since being stored so long can they have any chance of failures being dead?

 

[synphul]

I do the same thing, hang onto things just in case. Less than optimal and working is better than unable to get back up and running at all. It shouldn't kill the cards, especially if they're stored in their boxes. Worst case scenario, you try to use one down the road if/when you need it and it's dead, toss it.

 

[nostall]

TechnoD and Synphul have very good suggestions, you never know. If that 859 card is an AGP, you might want to hold on to it also; just in case you have to work on a really old machine (per-chance a relatives) and you need it for testing the AGP slot or fixing the PC.
Another suggestion: sell the cards. You can post in the 'Deals" section or try eBay. Maybe make a little extra money for Christmas.