Ideas for some old hardware

[YedZed]

So I have an i3 2100 and a compatible motherboard lying around. Can the 2100 still be worth it to go out and buy some DDR3 and make myself a good secondary PC, or should I just sell it?

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

It would be good if you wanted to make a nas or host some websites or a personal cloud or something like that. 

[YedZed]

Just now, Alaradia said:

It would be good if you wanted to make a nas or host some websites or a personal cloud or something like that. 

Do you think it could rival a G3258?

[YedZed]

I'm wondering if it could make a good base for a media PC or perhaps a weak gaming system.

[Tape]

Depends, the i3 is pretty decent, but if you have the money upgrade it to an i5 compatible with the chipset (or i7) and add a decent gpu (if you are looking for something to game on, maybe a LAN PC or something.)

[KeemoSabe]

1 minute ago, YedZed said:

I'm wondering if it could make a good base for a media PC or perhaps a weak gaming system.

This set up can still game. Just add a mid tier GPU and you're good. 

[YedZed]

Just now, Tape said:

Depends, the i3 is pretty decent, but if you have the money upgrade it to an i5 compatible with the chipset (or i7) and add a decent gpu (if you are looking for something to game on, maybe a LAN PC or something.)

If I was gonna build a gaming system, I'd just get a GPU for my current. I'm just wondering if I can get something for really cheap with what I have already.

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

7 minutes ago, YedZed said:

Do you think it could rival a G3258?

i wouldn't say rival their specs look identical https://ark.intel.com/compare/53422,82723 the G3258 is .1 faster then the i3

[Tape]

Just now, YedZed said:

If I was gonna build a gaming system, I'd just get a GPU for my current. I'm just wondering if I can get something for really cheap with what I have already.

Well, with what youve got, some ram and a weak gpu as you mentioned "  a weak gaming system " would be pretty cheap, just get a used gpu, nothing fancy, and a mdeia PC could be easily made with no gpu just add some ram and you technically are ready to go if you have the other crucial components

[YedZed]

1 minute ago, Tape said:

Well, with what youve got, some ram and a weak gpu as you mentioned "  a weak gaming system " would be pretty cheap, just get a used gpu, nothing fancy, and a mdeia PC could be easily made with no gpu just add some ram and you technically are ready to go if you have the other crucial components

Cool, thanks!

[leaderroy]

Steam in home streaming?
You cold use it to stream games to from your more powerful gaming PC.

Hosting a game server for you and a few friends (most game servers only really use one cpu core).

A media storage server for streaming videos over the local network to your TV, other devices and PCs.

Anything goes really