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Hey folks, I've got another question for the good ole H&S forum.
I've got an old PC sitting around around with 2.2Ghz Celeron, 1 gig of ram and 250 gig of space. So my question for you HLF is what should I do with the PC? So far I've gotten sell it from HotGore and turn it into a media server from Reddington. Any others?
What to do with Old PC
#1 Posted 08 April 2010 - 12:13 AM
Artist formerly known as AzleGamer & AggieGamer
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#2 Posted 08 April 2010 - 12:31 AM
take out the hard drive, get a hard drive to usb adapter (these are usually 7$ or less), and you've got yourself a portable/external hard drive.
that's what i did with my old laptop.
that's what i did with my old laptop.
#4 Posted 08 April 2010 - 12:40 AM
HotGore, on 07 April 2010 - 06:36 PM, said:
I don't see what you would use it for.
To somehow increase my nerd e-peen.
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#5 Posted 08 April 2010 - 12:46 AM
Send it to me so I can add it to my Beowulf cluster for BOINC work.
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#6 Posted 08 April 2010 - 02:10 AM
If you're willing to buy a TV capture card you can turn it into a DVR too
#7 Posted 08 April 2010 - 02:23 AM
Eh I'd say donate it to Goodwill or the Salvation Army. You never know who really could use a PC
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#9 Posted 08 April 2010 - 02:44 AM
Look Azle, the PC is best to be used by people who cant really afford PCs.
Do not use it as a media/file server, for one, you will waste countless hours trying to set it up right, and two, its a massive power consumption for a full blown PC to work as a server without it being regularly used.
I really haven't had much reasons to use a file server beyond hobby experiments. Either I use my 500 gig usb hard drive, or I uploaded on the clouds for retrieval from any computer.
Give it to someone who needs the internets, it will be good for your karma.
Do not use it as a media/file server, for one, you will waste countless hours trying to set it up right, and two, its a massive power consumption for a full blown PC to work as a server without it being regularly used.
I really haven't had much reasons to use a file server beyond hobby experiments. Either I use my 500 gig usb hard drive, or I uploaded on the clouds for retrieval from any computer.
Give it to someone who needs the internets, it will be good for your karma.
#10 Posted 08 April 2010 - 10:10 AM
Ya, be a good karma boy, donate it, or sell it cheap.
If you want to turn it it into a media server, the idea will hover on the edge of your mind for a while, and you'll never get around to actually doing it right.
If at first you don't succeed, you fail, so just get rid of the thing.
Alternative:
Got any relatives with kids who could use some nerd training?
Install openBSD on it and give it to them, in only a few years, a monster will have emerged.
If you want to turn it it into a media server, the idea will hover on the edge of your mind for a while, and you'll never get around to actually doing it right.
If at first you don't succeed, you fail, so just get rid of the thing.
Alternative:
Got any relatives with kids who could use some nerd training?
Install openBSD on it and give it to them, in only a few years, a monster will have emerged.
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#13 Posted 09 April 2010 - 10:01 PM
snorkrat, on 09 April 2010 - 02:38 PM, said:
Blend it.
but will it blend?
#15 Posted 05 May 2010 - 07:37 AM
BillOwnz, on 05 May 2010 - 07:05 AM, said:
load linux, enjoy
that system will be snappier with windows xp, and you wont have to deal with linux installation & compilation atrocities