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Specs 280watt psu loud psu.

I think single (might be dual gotta check) core Cleron D at  2-2.7ghz

4gbs of gettho ram

2 hdds

(ide drives) 20gb and 160gb.

 

and a shit ton of usb 2.0 ports.

 

vga and dvi only outputs.

 

 

Anything i can use for without spending$$$$

 

 

It can' run any windows newer then xp.

which home server was based of xp?

i was wondering if windows home server would run on it?

Any way to check if it will?

 

 

 

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Specs 280watt psu loud psu.

I think single (might be dual gotta check) core Cleron D at  2-2.7ghz

4gbs of gettho ram

2 hdds

(ide drives) 20gb and 160gb.

 

and a shit ton of usb 2.0 ports.

 

vga and dvi only outputs.

 

 

Anything i can use for without spending$$$$

File Server. Install Ubuntu or over verisons of it. 

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F@H or BOINC

I have several old Celeron/Pentium 4 systems that I have been working on setting up and I just have them run F@H 24/7. They're nothing powerful, by an means, but it's really the only thing their good for these days.

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NAS is what I would do.

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I think it can handle pfsense so that's a lot of fun

 

Throughput will be garbage.

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Use it as a file server.

CPU: Core i7 4770K @ 3.5GHz Motherboard: ASUS Z87-EXPERT RAM: Corsair Vengeance 32GB (4x8GB) 1600 MHz GPU(s): EVGA GTX 980 Classified SLI Case: Coolermaster HAF X Storage: Samsung 256 GB 840 Pro, 2x2TB WD Caviar Black, 2x4TB WD Green PSU: Corsair AX860 860W Display: LG 31MU97-B 4K(4096x2160) and Dell S2716DG 27in 2K 1440p 144hz, Cooling: Noctua NH-D15 Keyboard: Corsair K70 with Cherry MX Blue switches Mouse: Razer Naga Epic Chroma and Death Adder Chroma Sound:Audioengine D1 Dac and Sennheiser HD650 Operating System: Win 10 Pro

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