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maybe you could make a proxy?

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(I'm sorry if this topic is in the wrong place, it kind of spans across a couple different topics.)

Hey, my LTT friends!

So I just aquired an old Dell Dimension 3000 from one of my grandparent's neighbors. Now, I LOVE these computers. I want to be able to do something pretty cool with it. Right now, it has a Pentium 4 and 512gb of working RAM (one of the sticks is dead). So I definitely want to find some more ran for it. I also might want to get an old graphics card to plop in there, just for fun, but it's all up in the air right now. What I really want to know is: What OS should I load? Should I load something easy like Lubuntu? Or should I go old school and load Windows 98? I'm not sure. What are your thought on what I should do with this system?

You know that guy that games on a MacBook? I'm that guy.

 

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(I'm sorry if this topic is in the wrong place, it kind of spans across a couple different topics.)

Hey, my LTT friends!

So I just aquired an old Dell Dimension 3000 from one of my grandparent's neighbors. Now, I LOVE these computers. I want to be able to do something pretty cool with it. Right now, it has a Pentium 4 and 512gb of working RAM (one of the sticks is dead). So I definitely want to find some more ran for it. I also might want to get an old graphics card to plop in there, just for fun, but it's all up in the air right now. What I really want to know is: What OS should I load? Should I load something easy like Lubuntu? Or should I go old school and load Windows 98? I'm not sure. What are your thought on what I should do with this system?

Damn 512GB of ram. :o 

 

 

sarcasm.. 

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Yeah, I have my eye on a crucial 2gb kit on Amazon.

Nice. You've said 512GB instead of 512MB. :P  :ph34r:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | CPU Cooler: Stock AMD Cooler | Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) | RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (4x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 | GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB Zotac Mini | Case: K280 Case | PSU: Cooler Master B600 Power supply | SSD: 1TB  | HDDs: 1x 250GB & 1x 1TB WD Blue | Monitor: 24" Acer S240HLBID | OS: Win 11 Pro.

 

Home Lab:  Lenovo ThinkCenter M82 Hyper-V Server 2022 | Dell OptiPlex 9020 Hyper-V Server 2022 | TP-LINK TL-SG108E | Cisco Catalyst C2960CG 8 Port Switch | HP MicroServer G8 SCCM Server | 2x Dell PowerEdge R630 Hyper-V Server 2022

 

 

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here is an idea , Turn the old PC in to a WIFI router .

just download Pfsense into youre old computer , Here : https://www.pfsense.org/

 

thats what logan did :

 

stay groovie :D .

 

Edit : i sugguest upgreading youre ram.

(⌐■_■) 

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Vista... don't ask... just do it..

 

puppy linux or damn small linux to test its capacity for work... go here for quick reference on distros...

 

Go Win XP if you'd like to play some older games...

Go Win10 if you're feeling adventurous...

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maybe you could make a proxy?

My pc:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dvcw23 

(Black Glacier)

 

My server:

Dual xeon x5679 processors, 24gb of ECC memory, Nvidia quadro 295 NVS and 48tb of storage.  (z600) 

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