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So I have two old systems sitting here around me

 

The first is a p4 system that only had 512mb of ram

 

The second is a celeron 440, with 1gb of ram

 

Are there any practical uses to these machines aside from selling them or parting them out and selling them that way? (maybe I could make one of these into a htpc or home server?)

 

If so,

-what use

-what OS

-How well would it do at that use

 

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Maybe a FreeNAS server.

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Bitcoin!!! Make 0.000000001 bitcoin per year wooo!!!! lol Take out the parts that aren't outdated and put em somewhere or sell em. I can't think of any servers that you would need.

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Maybe a FreeNAS server.

pretty plausible, I was looking around and found a few ideas was wondering how plausible they are

 

-print server

-linux htpc

 

Here are the Celeron specs and the 775 mobo I have for it,

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116038

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135068

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pretty plausible, I was looking around and found a few ideas was wondering how plausible they are

 

-print server

-linux htpc

 

Here are the Celeron specs and the 775 mobo I have for it,

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116038

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135068

If you want to get into modding, you can use the FreeNAS server as a printer server.

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

"I didn't die! I performed a tactical reset!" - Apollolol

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