[Hardware] Your old graphics card can be the new jewel of your setup with this great idea.

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Hardware has a limited lifespan, and software changes mean it's increasingly difficult for an old component to be useful in a computer. Technologies evolve, and this means that older computer parts often need an upgrade, but if you don't know what to do with them, you can always save them as a souvenir.

If you've upgraded a computer's parts in recent years, you've surely noticed the difference between older designs and modern ones. In the case of graphics cards, we can see how the heatsink has evolved in models like those offered by NVIDIA. While it's true that this hasn't undergone major changes since the RTX 30 series, the company previously released FE models with very different aesthetics with each graphics card. But the same thing happens with the assemblers that collaborate with both AMD and NVIDIA; their designs have changed over the years.

For this very reason, many users have sought ways to give their hardware a second life, trying to find a use for those parts that no longer offer optimal performance. The most original way we've seen is to turn them into paintings to use as decoration in a home.

 

Reusing components by turning them into works of art, a way to preserve hardware
It's currently difficult to find parts from an old computer; due to changes in technology, many of these were discontinued years ago, which prevents users from recovering components that were part of the history of a generation. This is the case, for example, with the GTX 1060 graphics card, a video card that dominated Steam hardware surveys for five years. GPUs represent one of the largest investments in a computer, along with the processor, which is why some people prefer to keep them at home rather than get rid of them.

And to do so, they employ a technique that involves disassembling the graphics card and framing it, displaying all of its components independently within a single frame. This is how users like Natvika present their creations on Reddit, giving these components the second life they deserve, even when they can't be used on a computer due to technical limitations.

Disassembling a graphics card is a meticulous project that requires more patience than strength. While the goal isn't to reassemble it, each step must be performed with precision to avoid cosmetic damage to the components you'll be displaying. In addition, the layout of the frame is also important; depending on how the components are positioned, you'll see one side of the graphics card or the other.

 

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