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What to do with an old PC?

Ruostunut kokis
By Ruostunut kokis
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Desktop to server is like turning a VW Bug into a 18 Wheeler Truck :wacko:

I run my FTP server on an Itanium from like 2004. Heats my house in the cold New England winters too for half the price of regular heating.

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There is old computer and then there is ancient dinosaur.

That thing in the OP is an ancient dinosaur.

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There is old computer and then there is ancient dinosaur.

That thing in the OP is an ancient dinosaur.

That's nearly prehistorical. Not quite, though.

 

I guess I could maybe make it some sort of heater... (like my GTX 590 wasn't enough...)

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I would consider turning it into a media machine, hook it up to a tv and watch some Netflix, etc.

I bet it would struggle to run videos at 720p (or even 480p), but that idea wouldn't sound half-bad, even though I don't watch Netflix (yet). But this way I could get more use out of my TV that's just sitting there, gathering dust, and not getting used as a monitor (1080p TV, and my main rig's only monitor is 1280x1024...)

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i would do either a media PC or load it full of hard drives and have it as a dumping ground for your familys pics, docs, ect.

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dude, i want it. i love my old agp, ide, and vga ports.

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Use it as the most over sized paper weight there is. 

Or just set fire to it. 

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sacifice it to please gabeN.

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You can always turn the old pc in a server / data backup :D

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