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What should I do with this old computer?

EvilWiffles
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I gotten a Dell 520S equipped with an LGA 775 Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo E5200, 4GB of RAM, unknown graphics (I'm not able to check because OS needs a reinstall), 500GB HDD, some Packard motherboard, a 250W PSU.

 

It's a pretty neat desktop, I'm just debating on what I should do with it.

Mid-range Emulation Gaming and Video Rendering PC

[CPU] i7 4790k 4.7GHz & 1.233v Delidded w/ CLU & vice method [Cooling] Corsair H100i [Mobo] Asus Z97-A [GPU] MSI GTX 1070 SeaHawk X[RAM] G.Skill TridentX 2400 9-11-11-30 CR1 [PSU] Corsair 750M 

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I gotten a Dell 520S equipped with an LGA 775 Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo E5200, 4GB of RAM, unknown graphics (I'm not able to check because OS needs a reinstall), 500GB HDD, some Packard motherboard, a 250W PSU.

 

It's a pretty neat desktop, I'm just debating on what I should do with it.

You could send it to me (dead serious)

Or you could use it as a server or media center pc

My Cheap But Good Rig: I7-3770s, Intel Motherboard (actually made by intel), 16gb DDR3, Nvidia Gtx 1070, 250gb Samsung 850 EVO SSD, 750gb HDD, Evga 500 BR power supply

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Make it a router with Wi-Fi that keeps your PCs safer.

 

I don't have a wifi card with this desktop, could I use ethernet to my primary desktop with WiFi for this? I'm actually quite interested in this.

Basically, I have my router in the living room and my two computers in my bedroom. If I connected Ethernet to the desktop to my primary desktop, would the Dell desktop use my primary desktops wifi for this? Would it impact my primary desktops wifi connectivity if I made my Dell a router?

Mid-range Emulation Gaming and Video Rendering PC

[CPU] i7 4790k 4.7GHz & 1.233v Delidded w/ CLU & vice method [Cooling] Corsair H100i [Mobo] Asus Z97-A [GPU] MSI GTX 1070 SeaHawk X[RAM] G.Skill TridentX 2400 9-11-11-30 CR1 [PSU] Corsair 750M 

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I don't have a wifi card with this desktop, could I use ethernet to my primary desktop with WiFi for this? I'm actually quite interested in this.

Basically, I have my router in the living room and my two computers in my bedroom. If I connected Ethernet to the desktop to my primary desktop, would the Dell desktop use my primary desktops wifi for this? Would it impact my primary desktops wifi connectivity if I made my Dell a router?

You would connect your motum directly to the old PC then have a networking card hocked up for your wired connections and a WiFi networking card for your Wi-Fi connections.

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