- cross-posted to:
- linux@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- linux@lemmy.ml
I got this PC from my dad when he upgraded in like December ish. I’ve been running Kubuntu on it and just using it like a sort of general purpose desktop for me and my wife, but I’ve got a hankering for some tinkering and feel like it has more potential, so I’d love some project ideas!
Original question by @bpt11@sh.itjust.works
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Run a homelab/server and do random stuff with it. Maybe even run a small LLM for the funsies. But it’s perfect for tinkering for sure!
I bet with 60 GBb RAM it could run Android Studio with almost no lag.
almost no lag.
Download Wikipedia, seed Anna’s archive for a ratio of 2.1+ and then turn it off.
Turn it on again in 2 years time and observe.
Sounds like there’s a story behind this, where could I read more?
A graphics card that old isn’t really useful for modern applications (not even AV streaming since it doesn’t support modern codecs and therefore would be slow). So I’d have no use for it myself.
It’s overpowered for just simple network services, and underpowered for gaming. GPU lost driver support a many releases back as well.
CPU will draw a lot of energy just sitting idle, so if you don’t have something solid to throw at it, just leave it.
Could be used for something like a Batocera console I guess, but I wouldn’t leave it running 24/7.
CPU will draw a lot of energy just sitting idle, so if you don’t have something solid to throw at it, just leave it.
Where did you get that idea from? i7-6700k can idle at lower than 4W
Thats my secondary/backup Proxmox server (but don’t rally need that nVidia gfx card).
For the actual (and off site) backups backup server I have an even older one.
The old PCs I don’t gift away just join the homelab, and homemuseum eventually.
Why re-post this? I hope bpt11 reads the answers here or it’s kind of a waste of time.
Bit of an experiment on cross-posting discussion based posts to hopefully encourage more discussion type posts on !linux@programming.dev over !linux@lemmy.ml
I kind of dislike it. I mean it’s a good thing if they read it. If not, it just takes 5 minutes out of my day if I come up with a good nuanced answer here, and that’s time I’m not going to spend answering other people’s Linux questions. But it’s alright, you made it completely transparent that this is a re-post. And it’s a good thing to diversify. People often just ask in one big community, or even discuss everything in the super big technology communities even we have dedicated ones for certain specific tech topics.
Yeah true, but don’t feel discouraged if OOP never reads it in similar situations, a good answer is a good answer somebody will read and appreciate it, especially for this common-ish “What can I do with X old hardware?” type questions lol
I can’t tell you how many times I myself was able to glean some insight from ancient forum threads where I was never the OP lmao
Fair enough. I’m a bit unsure whether that happens on Lemmy. My old posts and comments rarely get any votes, interactions or corrections after say two weeks. These people must either be completely passive, or no one reads it after that. With a few minor exceptions. But you’re right. This has happened to me, too. So you have a point here.
@bpt11@sh.itjust.works hmm it’s got good amount of RAM, id probably throw Proxmox on it and run it as a server
You could also do some light AI stuffs, but iirc you’ll need to upgrade the GPU to at least the 10xx series for CUDA
Guest computer?
Dedicated server for multi-player games?
Retire the Nvidia card, put the rest in a small case, and make it a Kodi box?
My daily driver is a 6500T with 32GB RAM running Mint.
Pycharm, Lemmy, FF and Godot runs like a charm.
I’d add it to my proxmox cluster and start getting services setup on it. Plain and simple.
Run BOINC! Moo wrapper will happily serve GPU work units for a GTX 745
