What to do with my old system

[JohnGabriel]

Just upgraded my system and I have the motherboard, cpu, and ram available. Free but you will have to pay all shipping charges or pickup from the Seattle/Tacoma area.

EVGA NFORCE 680I SLI MB REV D
D- CORE 2 QUAD 2.40GHZ Q6600 8M 1066MHZ STEP G
8GB RAM, 4x 2GB.DD2.DIMM.I

It was usable for 5-boxing with a (not included) GTX 465 graphics card, but it would lag quite a bit with all 5 toons in a busy town such as Stormwind.

[EaTCarbS]

Free? If I read that right, I'll take it!

[Norrin]

I have a son that could use it, if Carbs hasn't snatched it yet.
I am in Olympia.

[JohnGabriel]

Well its just going to sit here in a storage box forever unless somebody takes it. Doesnt matter at all to me who, its better than it going to waste.

[Norrin]

I can come by and pick it up anytime. Just need to know where.
I don't want to take from Carbs though if he really wants it.

[EaTCarbS]

Go ahead and take it norrin. It sounds like you need it more than I.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Old systems can always be turned into linux backup servers. :)

[Ashley]

Or, get a video capture card, a DVI/HDMI/VGA-splitter for your monitor cable and use it as a fraps machine/streaming encoder.

That's what I'm planning to do :)

[EaTCarbS]

Or, get a video capture card, a DVI/HDMI/VGA-splitter for your monitor cable and use it as a fraps machine/streaming encoder.

That's what I'm planning to do :)

Exactly what I was planning to do.

[pinotnoir]

Turn it into a HTPC. Hook it to your TV and enjoy!

[Peli]

Turn it into a HTPC. Hook it to your TV and enjoy!

This is what I did with my old tower. The wife likes to watch her not-so-above-the-table TV show streams on it. It is an integral part of our cord-cutting home entertainment package.

[Norrin]

Backup servers, Secondary Video Capture/Fraps machine, and Enterainment Center are excellent uses.

My son does a lot of programming. Mostly 3D engine lately. He just started on a Minecraft clone.
Anyway, he is on a mac mini right now. Good machine for just about everything except for what he wants to do with it.
He does do IPhone/IOS development too which is why he has the mini in the first place.

I was going to piece together a simple gaming rig for him. Since he doesn't do much boxing yet he doesn't need to much power right now.

[pinotnoir]

If you make it an HTPC you can use it as a server for all your dvd's and videos. Plus you can put all your music on it and play it from your tv. Browsing the net from the tv is great. I turned my old boxing machine into an HTPC and love it.

http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthread.php?t=45299 Check it out. System specs are very similar to yours.

[daviddoran]

I kept mine, and I'm glad I did. I have it hooked up to my old monitors, old keyboard etc etc My motherboard died recently, so it got some use while I fixed my main rig. Hard to believe it is already so out dated, yet still is pretty fast for most tasks. Q6600 has some staying power for sure.

I plan on upgrading my x58 as soon as the x79 boards are a bit more mature, so the trickle down effect will be in full force.