Q6600 worth keeping?

[LordLeewee]

i have a Q6600 in a drawer doing nothing but its pretty much the only component ive got spare. i have a 250w power supply and some 512 ddr2 sticks and a spare 4gb ddr3 i think but imagine theyd be pretty useless nowadays. 

does anyone have any suggestions for anything i can do with the cpu?

[Edelrat]

1 minute ago, LordLeewee said:

i have a Q6600 in a drawer doing nothing but its pretty much the only component ive got spare. i have a 250w power supply and some 512 ddr2 sticks and a spare 4gb ddr3 i think but imagine theyd be pretty useless nowadays. 

does anyone have any suggestions for anything i can do with the cpu?

I would keep all the hardware just for having it

Maybe it is just me, but I love having old hardware, especially if it´s something from my old PCs

[Hero7750]

Make a display shelf and start displaying your old hardware (what I plan on doing :D)

[Monkeypeas]

necklace!

[LordLeewee]

ha i dont know that it's quite worth displaying, i think its quite an iconic processor but doesn't particularly look anything special 

[vanished]

you might be surprised - a Q6600 is still a decent CPU for general use and even some older games.  Even though the motherboard will be SATA II, you could throw an SSD in there and something like 9800 GT and play older games just fine, and for general use it would be as good as any cheapo machine you could build new

[DevilishBooster]

If you don't want it, I'll take it. I'll pay for shipping....

EDIT: I'm collecting parts for building a Beowulf cluster for F@H.

[narrdarr]

custom build a router or a seedbox/torrent box to support 3rd world countries in getting media. you could grab a gpu and crytocoin mine or sign up with folding homes. there are lots of thing you can do.

[Castdeath97]

A Q660 isn't useless, at all. You can probably sell it or use it.

[Bananasplit_00]

im looking for one lol, i wana use it in a LAN box lol. i would sell it if you dont need it 

[TidaLWaveZ]

I still have Q6600, i7 920, 680i SLi, and Bloodrage X58.  I keep them for nostalgia.

[LordLeewee]

well as an example, i have a very good gaming rig in my office, in my bedroom i have an itx build with athlon 5350 and gtx650 and in the lving room i have a nuc as an htpc and an xbox one. im fairly set for media and gaming.

was thinking i may sell it while its still of use to someone else if its still a capable processor and i keep seeing people discuss them so that may be the option to go with. id hate to waste it when someone else could enjoy it.

 

whats the advantage of building a router, and how would i?

[suchamoneypit]

I turned mine into a de-lidded CPU keychain for my car keys

[narrdarr]

pros:
no cap on the amount of device that can be connected at one time. just add nic's as needed

more customabilty then your standard router

better security options making hashes and encryptions, whatever

can run antivirus software through your router protecting multiple devices from one location.

community support for whichever firmware you choose make troubleshooting issues much easier.

better network monitoring

cant forget its fun to do

 

con:

the biggest and most relative con is the custom built router is going to pull more power from the wall vs your standard router.

 

to set it up. all you need is a firmware. then configure it to your liking.

some firmware's would be:

pfsense

smoothwall

untangle

clearos

ipcop

tomato

zentyal

 

all of these firmware work it just depends on what extra features you want and weather or not you what a GUI.

 

 

[Crossbred]

I have the same situation (Even the same chip, actually) and plan to make a home storage server.

[aisle9]

I've got an i7-920 that may or may not still work (it's Schrodinger's i7) and the tower cooler from the HP box it lived in from 2009-2016. They sit in a place of honor on my desk hutch.

[Waqas409]

Sell it for $20, like other people are doing on amazon.