What to do with an old HDD and CPU???

[Hot_Swap_Fries]

So, I had to tear apart an old tower for a friend who never used it. I kept the old Pentium 4 2.6Ghz CPU from 2001 and an old WD 80GB hard drive. I figured I'd keep them because I wanted to do something DIYish with them but I'm out of ideas. Anybody have a good suggestion for me?

[The Sloth]

make a nas with the hdd

make a keychain with the cpu 

[aisle9]

A few ideas (I've done all of these):

• Retro gaming box for all your 8-bit and 16-bit games of years past that don't work with 64-bit Windows
• Throw Puppy Linux on it and watch your computer fly
• Buy a really flashy case with a window then show off your new "gaming PC" to all your friends.

[shadowbyte]

if the hard drive is SATA, stick it in your PC for moar storage

for the CPU, start a collection

[ShadySocks]

Run a file/web server?

[Murilo_A]

If the HDD is SATA you can put in your PC, for the CPU you can do something cool (or warm) like this:

 

[manikyath]

5 minutes ago, Murilo_A said:

If the HDD is SATA you can put in your PC, for the CPU you can do something cool (or warm) like this:

 

that's more of a waste than turning it into a keychain...

 

that said, turn the cpu into a keychain, if you have no immediate use for that hard drive, either shelf it, or use it as a coaster.

[Murilo_A]

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

that's more of a waste than turning it into a keychain...

 

that said, turn the cpu into a keychain, if you have no immediate use for that hard drive, either shelf it, or use it as a coaster.

If he doesn't have nothing to do and don't want turn it into a keychain, it's not a terrible idea

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Start a collection of CPUs

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, Murilo_A said:

If he doesn't have nothing to do and don't want turn it into a keychain, it's not a terrible idea

except that you can do the exact same thing with a 5 ohm resistor, and have it be smaller, and more reliable (because i wouldnt be surprised that if you actually plan to use that thing, it'll eventually fry the traces you're using as resistance)

[ProjectBox153]

I'd just make the CPU a display piece, and because the hard drive is most likely IDE, just use it in an old computer or use it in the system it came out of (that's not a bad system FYI). If you can't do that, just use it as a display piece as well. 

[PigWithAMustache]

Light them on fire and see what happens

[Cyracus]

Rip the drive apart and have fun with the magnet

[Wix]

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