What to do with my old system

[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.