After upgrading to a new video card, CPU, or whatever, and running it for a day or two, I’ve never had a component fail on me … and I’ve been building PC’s for over 30 years!!!
Sure, @BeachAV8R has his boys and wife to hand his older equipment down to but if you have no other PC enthusiasts in your household and you’re just throwing your older components in the closet after upgrading, you might as well be throwing thousands of dollars out the window!
I thought you of all people understood this after giving me the first like on this post! 
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