what to do with old pc

[tedjani]

ok so i got this old pc that my friend give me the specs are

cpu intel dual core e5700

gigbayte G41

RAM : i have do idea i think it's chinese

power supply is old cheap one its chinese too

old case

GPU is hd 5450 2gb

what can i do with it

[Paralectic]

You could use it as a server.

[tedjani]

You could use it as a server.

what kind of server????

[Polyvalent]

what kind of server????

 

One that runs things / stores things

[vaerk]

what kind of server????

The kind you do server stuff with

[DoubleY]

One that runs things / stores things

Nooo you edited your post. I liked the old one more

[MuffinTopMike]

what kind of server????

A file server or maybe even a media server, all you need is some free software.

[Lord Pantaloons]

If it's connected to the internet you can set it to fold, it won't get much but every little bit helps.

[VulsaviiK]

Use it as a media/file server

[madscientist56]

I found something like that once. I threw a 6570 in it and sold it as a "mine craft gaming pc" to my cousin for $200
 because that was all he played and also all the pc could run

[Stephen Chou]

You could make a back up server, where you could back up your info in your current PC/Mac.

[tedjani]

One that runs things / stores things

[tedjani]

The kind you do server stuff with

[Coconut Money Affiliates]

When I have no use for old PC's I either mod the hell out of them, or I see how long it will take me to get a BSOD, and then try to beat my time. It seems like a stupid thing to do, but its quite entertaining. 

[qwertywarrior]

pfsense

XMBC     that GPU is pretty good

freeNas

[flibberdipper]

FOLDING!

[nixproducer]

i use my old laptop for using ubuntu so i guess you could use it as a linux machine well you would have to use a light version of linux, i would look at linux mint 

[Cubit481]

cpu intel dual core e5700

gigbayte G41

RAM : i have do idea i think it's chinese

GPU is hd 5450 2gb

Throw there a gpu and use it as a htpc...or if u dont want to then use it for folding....

[YeroJero]

I would probably hook it up to a tv and use it as a media PC.

[Hecknologist]

Run a VOIP server off it, always handy for host ts when playing with mates.

[DefinitelyNotAPedophile]

Use it for porn I mean a media PC....

[TetraSky]

I use an old PC as a feet rest under my desk. It's the perfect height~

Other than that, I guess try to sell the parts. My old PCs generally consume too much power for them to be worth using as HTPC.