Alrighty.
So I just got my "old rig" back (some of it atleast) from my brother since he got a new pc now. This is some of the parts i had in my Antec p182 etc, + a nice Corsair 550w PSU.
C2D E8400 CPU (ohh I remember back to RTW days when we were bickering over E8400 and Q6600 cpu's)
4GB DDR2 1333mhz ram
DFI Lanparty mobo(can't remember the exact model right now, but damn I've missed those sweet colors)
GTX260 gpu
Antec 300 case
All I need is a harddrive to have a functional average pc. But I don't need a second pc.. So I am posting this because I want some input on what I can do with this hardware in a nice setup.
Or should I just buy some accessories to "pimp" it up and make it look really nice?
Pic from when I used some of this hardware last time:
i would turn it into a home network pc
You've really gotta miss the old color schemes from the high end motherboards back then. Not really sure what you would do with the old build though. It looks sexy, but the parts are kind of outdated by now. I'm sure you could still play most games on it though.
turn that thing into a Folding at home spaceheater, I know its like winter 11 months of the year over there
for optimal heat disapation turn the case vertically upside down, this puts more pressure on the chip from the heatsink, also the heat pipes will work better in that orientation
I'm currently looking for the almost exact specs so I could build a test PC. Just get 2nd hand parts and build em.
I do have one test PC, but it's very outdated. Trying to sell it.
Yea, that would be a good idea.. Pimp it up for the amusement, and then sell it off... Hmmm I'll think I'll go with that. Could be fun : )
EDIT:
Daaamn, I just remembered I also have a EVGA x58 SLI M-ATX card lying around aswell.. Could migrate my current 1366 system into it.. and upgrade my main pc :D:D:D...
Getting this in today. Making it a badass server running legit Windows server 2012
