What to do with lower level weapons/armors

So I have just turned to level 50 and finally can equip the level 50 weapons/armors that I have got so far.

What is the strategy on managing weapons/armors? Do you all just sell/scrape lower level items, even those that have stars on them?

I have some lower level items that also have stars and some of them somehow have better stats/perks then the higher level ones.

I dont want to accidentally scrap/sell something that is actually good/rare.