Found an old PC

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Okay so randomly going to a yard sale I found this Dell Optiplex 755 for $10.

Specs: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz

1GB DDR2 

Slim DVD Drive and a media card reader

No HDD (for who knows what reason)

Some ATI card I that I still can not identify. Here is a picture of the ATI card and has what looks to be a DVI connector but does no have the usual DVI interface we are used to seeing.

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Well what could I do this machine? I ran Mint on it for the hell of it to see if it was still working and no problems, but could not see if the video card is functioning since I don't have proper DVI cable to fit.

 

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oh nice, that sounds like fun, I have been wanting to mess with a hackintosh but have not gotten around to getting parts. Thank you for the suggestion.

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You could use it as a retro game machine

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add a second nic and load pfsense for a killer firewall, router, gateway. 

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These old machines are great - just add new hdd (wd blue) or ssd. Run linux. You can pick up ddr2 stick for f*all or in a bin somewhere if need be.

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That's an old dual monitor connection.  *googles exact name*  DMS-59.  It uses an adapter that splits off into two connections.  They used them a bit a few years back to keep from having to place two full inputs on the backplate of the video card.  It was a space saver.  I don't remember ever seeing them outside of an office setting though.  Don't think  they were terribly popular in home use...  or at least I never saw any on a home computer.

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Yeah it is like SVOD out or something. And like he said, only used in office for people to have dual monitors not to game.

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Oh yeah I found that out earlier from another forum with a very similar card as the one I posted and purchased this adapter here

Hope to do some more testing with this little PC when the adapter arrives. I only got into computer back in 2013 so I am very intrigued by older hardware regardless if it runs less efficient.

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I also have an extra Core 2 Duo E6550 if anyone wants it. If not I will turn it into a key chain.

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another note. i had an old 755 and the cooler was quite loud. i ordered a rosewill off of newegg for like 14 bucks. it was as quiet as a mouse. but when the caps blew on that intel made board, i took the fan and mounted it as an egress fan in a case. it fit perfectly.

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How do you turn it into a keychain? I have an old Pentium.

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That would be such a waste. You can have a decent HTPC or gaming rig if you OC that.

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I took it out of an old pc at a electronics recycling place. It is really old and probably does not work. It is not even dual core.

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Well if you have no other use for it go ahead. But it was something a couple of friends did a couple years back where they shaved the PCB to be flush with the TIM and then used a drill bit to create a small hole through it.

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Pretty sure he was talking about the E6550, not your P4 : )

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Should be a decent little setup, though and ignifigant overclocking is likely out of the question due to the motherboard Dell likely put in there, and what I'm sure is a fairly low powered PSU...  But dump some more ram in her, add a HDD and it should work well for a HTPC/retro or indie gaming setup, a file/media/web server or just a spare low end gaming PC for when friends come over or whatever.  

I had an old C2D setup that I gave to my mom years back.  It's running Ubuntu like a champ as her daily driver to this day.  So those outdated setups still have purpose.