Daniel,
I read about a major company, I think it was HP, that has created a Beowulf
cluster (a group of cheap PCs linked together to create a supercomputer)
that qualifies as one of the more powerful supercomputers in existence.
If that is the case I doubt that they are using very old computers.
And it would seem wiser to dump everything but the system board.
A few larger power supplies are better than many small ones.
Jim