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If you can't install it into the new system or have beyond 1 or 2 parts in a category only existing as a backup it's probably junk. If you have old ram or something that could still work on the newest board it might be useful but you probably don't need 5 builds worth of ram. Especially if 95% can't even be installed on to the new board.
If you're updating parts to have the latest all the time you probably need to sell your old parts just to afford new parts. And sooner the better to maximize the sell price. Personally I'm still using 6 year old hardware and will probably worry about upgrading when it bursts into flames or windows stops pushing security patches to the OS supported by the hardware.
Drives would probably be based on size and age if they aren't already in the system or on a NAS.
Drives thankfully can easily have extended utility, I don't feel bad about those cause I haven't hit my bay limits yet. Using them in the unRAID box also means I don't really worry about them dying and losing anything valuable.
Speaking of 5 builds worth of RAM... I found and disposed of a couple 128MB sticks the other day. Progress 😅