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!

  • Tiuku@sopuli.xyz
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    4 days ago

    Uptime: 29 seconds

    Don’t worry about it, you’re not in a rush to do anything. How about getting a cup of tea for starters?

  • philluminati@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    I had a 6700k until December just gone. For Linux it can do everything and anything. It’s totally usable! I only gave mine up because of CS2.

    • sntx@lemm.ee
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      3 days ago

      It even has integrated graphics - so throw out that GPU, I have my server with a 6700k pull less than 20W at idle!

      • BCsven@lemmy.ca
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        3 days ago

        I have 7700 went with fanless case and ssds, 25w underload, 15w idle. 750w PSU doesn’t use its fan until you hit 30% load.

  • Veraxis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    That is a lot of RAM. Only a quad-core processor, but I imagine should still be fine for general-purpose desktop use.

    What would you want it to do? Honestly I would call that over-specced for something like a file server and would probably consume a lot of power if left on all the time. Maybe a media server which can use the discrete GPU for video encoding?

    • bpt11@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      4 days ago

      I really don’t have anything specific in mind, but a media server is definitely something that’s been on my list of things I’d like.

      As for the ram, it kind of is an absurd amount. I think it only started with 8 gigs (maybe 16), but since it was just my family computer growing up it would get continually more and more bloated and slow, upgrading the ram was the only way my dad knew how to upgrade it so he’d do it every now and then to try and speed it up lol.

      • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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        3 days ago

        definetly bazzite gaming htpc if you get a sufficient gpu in it. stream games from it ota.

        if you take advantage of this amount of ram to virtualize, you could do both that and a server simultaneously, maybe more, you have 2 gpus and network that can be assigned independently.

        the only downside would be power consumption if kept on, but that cpu can definetly handle more server stuff than you would expect.

        i think you can also get one of those chinese xeons for dirt cheap on aliexpress and it might work as a hefty upgrade if you really need more cores for a few coins.

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Jellyfin server? it’ll do hardware transcode handily! Lots of RAM is good for something like TrueNAS since ZFS will use it as a cache.

  • Akito@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Can’t do much with these specs. You could make it headless and lose the desktop environment to make it much more useful.

      • Akito@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        4 days ago

        XD I mean, there are also discreet GPUs from the 90’s, yet pretty much all integrated GPUs are far more performant than that.

        Your discreet GPU is over 12 years old and even back then it was an entry level card. So, actually, it is very weak and, for many use cases, weaker than many current integrated ones. Not to mention possible lack of current driver support, etc…

        You could also look up the other parts, I won’t do that for you. But the same counts for the “i7”. If the i7 is nearly as old, it’s weaker than some i3s from today and definitely weaker than lots of i5s, nowadays.

        Again… Same goes for the RAM, etc… If your RAM is really slow, then the size of the RAM will only be useful for certain use cases.

        Again and again… You have to research for every part, to really know, what they are capable of. Just saying “i7” and “discreet” does not make the PC any better, whatsoever.

        In short: you can use the computer for a lot of stuff, but only very limited. If you want to do something very specific, really well, then you need to find the right niché, where it might work well. Otherwise, as I initially foreshadowed, there is actually not much you can do with those specifications. ¯_(ツ)_/¯