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What to do with an old PC?

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So I've had this old PC for few months already, got it for free and it hasn't had much use. What could I do with it? It could be too old to sell it away for even under 20€ and I don't know what could I do with this...

 

The internals look like this:

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According to the specs sheet in the front of the case it says it has:

 

-AMD Athlon XP 3000+

-256 MB of DDR RAM

-80 GB IDE HDD

-HP DVD writer

-And some random GPU that would honestly be beaten by a GPU in a mere smartphone...

 

Additionally: the PSU states it's 250W (non 80-plus. I don't think that certificate even existed back then), and the motherboard is so old it doesn't have any PCI Express lanes (shame, as I can't just slap my old 550 Ti in there). There is one SATA port, though...

 

Could this be made into anything useful at all? I highly doubt it... Even if this could be made into for example, a NAS, I don't think I'd have any use for something like that.

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Install a linux distro or 20. Decide they all don't like old hardware as much as they claim. Let it get dusty.

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Can be a NAS as it has no extra ports and it's IDE, I would say either junk it, sell it, or put it away just in case someone you know ends up needing a PC for very basic stuff.

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Turn it into home server to store music and stuff on 

This would be my suggestion, too.

perfect repurpose. It can extend beyond music, however.

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Some good suggestions here. I might try some of these.

 

 

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Just post your shipping address and pay the shipping. :lol:

 

lolno (or actually, maybe...)

 

 

 

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I don't think it can run emulators all that well... Even my Windows 8 tablet could be better at that.

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Having Fun :D

 

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Having Fun :D

 

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Heh... Maybe not... I'm not so rich that I could destroy still functional stuff... :lol:

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Heh... Maybe not... I'm not so rich that I could destroy still functional stuff... :lol:

 

Minecraft Server. Even as a NAS, one Sata ain't gone cut it. 

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Do a video on how to recycle it. ^_^

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Minecraft Server. Even as a NAS, one Sata ain't gone cut it. 

I don't think it would be good enough to be a game server. And also I don't quite play games where I would be a server host (like Minecraft, TF2, CS:GO etc.) and... Well.. I don't have friends so... A private server would be a bit useless.

 

 

Do a video on how to recycle it.  ^_^

Hmm... That way, I could get use for both, that PC, AND my camcorder that's just gathering dust. :D

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Well, I'll give you a hammer and you can decide what you want to do with it? :P JK

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Experiment with Linux and pfSense home router stuff. Heaps of things to try.

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Well, I'll give you a hammer and you can decide what you want to do with it? :P JK

Or just beat it to death with a tripod instead of a hammer? :lol:  A hammer is just so obvious and uncreative...

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Or just beat it to death with a tripod instead of a hammer? :lol:  A hammer is just so obvious and uncreative...

LMBO :lol:

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Double Post 

Triple post. :D

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Turn it into a home server.

I would if I had use for one. Can't figure out where would I use / need a home server and what would it be used for.

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I would if I had use for one. Can't figure out where would I use / need a home server and what would it be used for.

You could move some of your files there, so you have more room for games (or whatever you need room for).

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