reusing old PC?

[deleteduser1535945]

i have a very old pc

is there any way to reuse it?

not as my main pc

[Slottr]

Depends whats in it..

 

Could be used as a nas

[Electronics Wizardy]

Specs. 

 

Depending on how old you could make a nas or server, but often the extra power costs will make it cheaper just to buy a new system. 

[SCHISCHKA]

use it as a door stop

[Clanscorpia]

HTPC. I see NAS coming up alot and I find it quite stupid. Youre using a large amount of power when its just easier to install a new hard drive in your PC, and if you need access across multiple devices just put it on a portable HDD, its cheaper in every way and doesnt cost power

[Megah3rtz]

5 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

HTPC. I see NAS coming up alot and I find it quite stupid. Youre using a large amount of power when its just easier to install a new hard drive in your PC, and if you need access across multiple devices just put it on a portable HDD, its cheaper in every way and doesnt cost power

NAS has it's own uses, it doesn't specifically mean extra storage. 

[Clanscorpia]

1 minute ago, Megah3rtz said:

NAS has it's own uses, it doesn't specifically mean extra storage. 

For example...

[Megah3rtz]

20 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

For example...

You can be imaginative can't you? It's called a Network Attached Storage, if you constantly move files from computer to computer its easier than carrying around a portable harddrive. For every single person it might not be practical, but some workplaces it's almost essential. 

[SCHISCHKA]

22 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

For example...

its good if you have a number of people who want to stream your illegal pornography collection. i agree with your post above, most homes do not need a NAS over an USB drive. is it however very essential for working in teams. folder sharing is just too slow

[Clanscorpia]

22 minutes ago, Megah3rtz said:

You can be imaginative can't you? It's called a Network Attached Storage, if you constantly move files from computer to computer its easier than carrying around a portable harddrive. For every single person it might not be practical, but some workplaces it's almost essential. 

 

21 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

its good if you have a number of people who want to stream your illegal pornography collection. i agree with your post above, most homes do not need a NAS over an USB drive. is it however very essential for working in teams. folder sharing is just too slow

I do highly doubt a 12 year old needs this. And if he does I assume he would have already known to use it for that

[mad dudy]

murder weapon. use it to smash the heads of your enemies.

[biker]

donate it

[deleteduser1535945]

what is nas?

[deleteduser1535945]

server would be kind of goof but not great since my internet sucks

[Sprawlie]

NAS = Network Attached Storage.

 

it's just basically a fancy way of saying a server of some sort that has a primary responsibility of hosting files and data, that is accessible over your network. (doesn't have to be internet facing)

 

You could always make this into a small server. Teach yourself Linux or windows administration. build yourself a fancy firewall. A home theatre PC, a game server. storage server, remote processing server? Streaming machine? 

 

seriously. a spare PC can do just about anything any other computer could do.

[deleteduser1535945]

3 minutes ago, Sprawlie said:

NAS = Network Attached Storage.

 

it's just basically a fancy way of saying a server of some sort that has a primary responsibility of hosting files and data, that is accessible over your network. (doesn't have to be internet facing)

 

You could always make this into a small server. Teach yourself Linux or windows administration. build yourself a fancy firewall. A home theatre PC, a game server. storage server, remote processing server? Streaming machine? 

 

seriously. a spare PC can do just about anything any other computer could do.

Thanks for suggestions I will try to host a storage services like dropbox but 50 gb or more  

[Sprawlie]

1 minute ago, 27md said:

Thanks for suggestions I will try to host a storage services like dropbox but 50 gb or more  

Thats a great starting point for learning Servers and using an old PC.

 

Set it up with either an out of the box NAS solution (like freeNAS) or if you're feeling really adventurous and want to learn, Pick up a full linux distro and try to learn how to build a NAS from that. 

[deleteduser1535945]

which distro do you recommend for the server and for my pc because I am thinking of switching to Linux

[Sprawlie]

2 minutes ago, 27md said:

which distro do you recommend for the server and for my pc because I am thinking of switching to Linux

This is a tougher question, there are a LOT of distro's out there and they all do different things well. People will chime in with their favourites for different reasons. I recommend checking out the linux / other OS's subforum here. there are a lot of questions already asking what people's favourite Distro's are.

 

For me though:

Server: CentOS

Desktop: Linux Mint

 

[deleteduser1535945]

never heard of cent os

but I will make a search for it  

[Timbs]

Really depends on what is in it. If it's got some decent RAM, and a CPU, you can always use it as a Netlfix/YouTube machine. I'd try doing some 1080p video on it.

[deleteduser1535945]

thanks a e s t h e t I c a s but it is so old I will consider using it as  minecraft server

[TVwazhere]

On 2/6/2017 at 3:41 AM, biker said:

donate it

 

On 2/5/2017 at 11:21 PM, mad dudy said:

murder weapon. use it to smash the heads of your enemies.

There are two kinds of people

[Tieox]

Surround it with cheeseburgers on a shrine to Todd Howard and Gabe.