q6600 project idea brain storming

[Heesleemer]

hey guys, need a little brainstomring I got my hands on an old HP motherboard, cpu, and 8gb of ram (ddr2). teh CPU is a q6600. It's hooked up to an ancient 250w psu (FIRE), But i want to do something with this little motherboard.cpu. 

Too much power draw to be a nas, i could make it into an actual HTPC, but the silverstone case/psu combo I have has a 275w TFX psu, with even a GTX 750ti, the powerdraw may be too much (maybe?? 80w for gpu, and 110 for q6600). But then Id have to acquire a 750ti (which I actually just sold) because the board only has VGA outputs. 

 

Right now its just in my garage running some Linux distros I've been messing with. 

 

 

[manikyath]

if the PSU is what HP had originally hooked up to the mobo, it's most likely a very good quality model, they just look like absolute shit because HP.

 

i'd suggest something along the lines of a GT740, those cards are great for HTPC use, and with some tweaking even do some mild gaming just fine. (probably will do better than a Q6600 can drive anyways.)

[Heesleemer]

3 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

Underclock+undervolt it to reduce power cunsumption?

If the 750Ti doesn't need 6pin, it will only take 75W from its PCIE slot.

yup that is the idea, just added 80 for napkin math

 

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

if the PSU is what HP had originally hooked up to the mobo, it's most likely a very good quality model, they just look like absolute shit because HP.

 

i'd suggest something along the lines of a GT740, those cards are great for HTPC use, and with some tweaking even do some mild gaming just fine. (probably will do better than a Q6600 can drive anyways.)

it is, but it's also 10+ year old, its from one of my family's first PC (amd dual core I believe) 

[Heesleemer]

4 minutes ago, manikyath said:

if the PSU is what HP had originally hooked up to the mobo, it's most likely a very good quality model, they just look like absolute shit because HP.

 

i'd suggest something along the lines of a GT740, those cards are great for HTPC use, and with some tweaking even do some mild gaming just fine. (probably will do better than a Q6600 can drive anyways.)

also an $ to performance issue maybe that the 750 costs as much as a 740 (used)

[manikyath]

5 minutes ago, Heesleemer said:

also an $ to performance issue maybe that the 750 costs as much as a 740 (used)

well, if you want to buy used there's plenty of other things to look into.

 

but i'd mostly recommend the 740 because of it's lower wattage, to avoid pushing that poor little power supply too far

[Heesleemer]

On 7/10/2016 at 6:20 AM, manikyath said:

well, if you want to buy used there's plenty of other things to look into.

 

but i'd mostly recommend the 740 because of it's lower wattage, to avoid pushing that poor little power supply too far

hmm different note and different path on this project...  you think having this set up as an audio recording rig (just voice overs) would be a waste? I have an extra nh-u12s I can throw on instead of my h60 for optimal silence... just need to find a case and PSU then