Westech Recyclers

It is what it is. Mostly broken PC components that were too old to bother with even if they did work. The few reasonable things they had, like decent AMD chips and motherboards, were massively overpriced. They were selling one decent AMD CPU+motherboard for $ 200, whereas you could easily buy the same set off eBay for well under $ 50. Hell, you could get a brand new and higher clocked newer generation set for under $ 200, if you shopped around. They were selling ancient (barely usable) Intel chips for $ 20 that normally go for $ 3(free shipping) on eBay.
This place may be good if you are looking for a cheap PC to mess around with Arch Linux on, or something along those lines (where you don’t even need/​want to use a GUI), or to build a server or LAN on, just to get a feel for the process (just for self teaching). Also, some of the old heat sinks and power supplies look really cool, even if they are worthless for practical use. I bought one of both for art display in my home. You could also buy a $ 15 unusable or broken PC just to take it apart and get a look at how everything works. I may come back to spend $ 15 for those purposes. Maybe they usually have decent stuff for decent prices, but certainly not when I went in. Based on my visit: Arch Linux, teaching hardware for server or LAN setup (not for real work), heatsink art, cheap ancient PC’s to pull apart for fun.
EDIT: I think that you could probably build a very low budget gaming or media workstation from parts found here, but you have to be creative, and check new parts as often as possible. I have also noticed people buying RAM sticks on the cheap, so a fever whose only cure is more DDR3 could be another reason to come. My only concern was that they were rather vague when I asked about how they test their components, whereas you know that a highly rated eBay seller will test the crap out of their components in order to retain their high rating.

I have gone in many times for computer parts, monitors, whole computers and will be back again soon cause I refuse to pay crazy prices at the «big box» stores for a new computer when I am just going to put Linux on it. Plan on building a LVM cluster soon too.
Great service, clean place and straight forward with what they have and what it costs. Love perusing the aisles for what has come in recently.
Love love love this place!

Well let me start by saying that I am pretty impressed with this place.
They are a great place to take your recycling.
Of all things they will take computers and other electronic divices!
If you knew how to fix computers (I do not) they have all the parts here, and the price is great.
A really good thing that they do is hold events where you can bring all the items to a location for drop off and you do not even have to go to the Madison location.
They do events for Schools, and the Boy Scouts, as well as other charites.
I was glad to get rid of my things and not throw them in a land fill.
Also batteries off all types.
Easy to get to as well if you just want to drive over there.

One excellent way of following the Reduce and Reuse parts of the 3 Rs especially when you are on a budget is by getting replacement parts for your computer system for real cheap here. For example, you can get optical drives or PC power supplies for 5 to 20 bucks. Want an extra PC system or laptop, or need but don’t have one because of the cost? Browse the inventory here and you’ll likely find what you need and not put a strain on your budget. It’s obvious that Westech makes electronics easily available to those who normally can’t afford it and those who just don’t want to spend much; but also, their resales and donation to local charities and schools keep the electronic equipment out of landfills, thus helping tackle the problem of e-​waste (electronic waste), one of the biggest categories of solid waste. Getting great bargains for electronics while helping the environment — who wouldn’t feel good about that?

Wow, first to review.
This electronics recycler was a pleasure to deal with. I spoke with Tom Holland who was very professional. The pick up went smooth and they took everything from CRT’s, old computers, old batteries, and circuit boards. Another bonus is if you mention the school that referred you (Hancock Elementry), part of the money goes to the school.
Just trying to do my part for the environment.