Cheap PC for Linux and Netflix

[namarino]

Hey guys, my parents are getting replacing their old computer and I was thinking of stripping it of some of its parts and building a super cheap machine for Linux (just to play around with stuff like SSH, proxy server, stuff like that, just to learn) and then I may be streaming Netflix in the living room (I don't need it...but I feel like building something). The old computer has a Pentium D in it. I know that this processor is old and likely crap compared to today's standards, but would my experience be totally horrible if I were to use it, especially with it's on board graphics? I found an itx motherboard for it that doesn't have a PCI slot for a discrete GPU. Thanks so much for the help.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Linux will fun fine. Netflix may be okay at sd, but probably not in hd.

[namarino]

26 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Linux will fun fine. Netflix may be okay at sd, but probably not in hd.

If I were to get a mobo with a pci slot for a cheap gpu, would that help stream HD video?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, namarino said:

If I were to get a mobo with a pci slot for a cheap gpu, would that help stream HD video?

probably not. Its mainly a cpu limit. 

[namarino]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

probably not. Its mainly a cpu limit. 

Understood. Thanks so much for the help.