I guess somebody could be interested in that SE!

Sure, it needs an hard drive, but it's not a huge problem... It might need a precautionary recap, though, as we all know those caps like to fail. 

So I'd say - don't throw that SE into the recycle bin, it can still be good for someone! If you don't really want to fix it, I'm sure someone will (at least I'd do that, if only shipping wasn't such an overkill).