Should i turn my old laptop into a server

[qxZap]

As a programmer i came across the same  question in the last couple of years: "time to test it deployed" and either i used AWS or other deploy web services depending on the project. I had the idea to turn one of my old laptops into a in-house server, so i`m tryna get some answers.

Specs:

Dell latitude D620

• CPU: Intel Core Duo T2500, 2.00Ghz
• Memory: 2.0GB, DDR2-667
• GPU: Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950 
• HD: Samsung 500GB 7200rpm SATA3

Is it worth it to turn it into a server? I`d like to hear so pros and cons. Has anyone tried this before? If so how does it run? yay or nay?

 

[RadiatingLight]

Maybe a minecraft server if you're lucky, but for any real work it's not powerful enough.

If you want a server, get a Ryzen 1600-based system. They're super cheap nowadays, if you're thrifty/wait for good deals you could probably get a headless one (no GPU) for under $200USD (Amazon used to sell the Ryzen 1600 "AF" SKU, which was basically a 2600, for $85) and performance is still incredible especially if you don't need the high IPC of 3000-series.

[qxZap]

3 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

Maybe a minecraft server if you're lucky, but for any real work it's not powerful enough.

If you want a server, get a Ryzen 1600-based system. They're super cheap nowadays, if you're thrifty/wait for good deals you could probably get a headless one (no GPU) for under $200USD (Amazon used to sell the Ryzen 1600 "AF" SKU, which was basically a 2600, for $85) and performance is still incredible especially if you don't need the high IPC of 3000-series.

Well, it`s for small projects, less than 20 users. Since the bigger ones i shall deploy at work.

[mtz_federico]

I would for small things, it doesn't have good specs but headless linux doesn't require many resources. I used to use an old Dell desktop with similar specs that I installed ubuntu server on and It could handle a mail server, web server, and a minecraft server, although I didn't leave it running 24/7