Opinions - X79 Build?

[Jay Deah]

I've got a few spare servers with E5-2670 Processors (8c 2.6ghz) and DDR3-EEC memory and i'm tempted to take one and build a PC out of it. Thing is i literally have no use case for another PC, its more of a "i'm bored and i want to tinker" kind of project.

 

i've got some SSDs and Fans knocking about

 

thing is, just a basic case, cooler, PSU will still set me back £100 ontop of a £100 AliExpress chineese x79 board. so thats £200 to build a PC i dont actually want/need. plus i'll need a GPU of some description, best i've got spare is a Quadro NVS!

 

any thoughts on this? Would an 8c 16t 2.6Ghz Xeon System be worth anything on the 2nd hand market? maybe i could build it and flog it?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper H412R 34.1 CFM CPU Cooler  (£19.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.42 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£46.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £104.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-25 15:10 GMT+0000

[BobVonBob]

Definitely worth something, but a tower based on it probably isn't going to be all that valuable, and possibly not even valuable enough to make up the cost of buying parts to turn it into a PC over just selling the chips/server outright. You could turn the server into something like a NAS or Plex server. Maybe a home firewall or VPN? Super OP router? 50x100cm "Arduino"?