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So I recently acquired an extremely old computer from a relative. I'm pretty sure the GPU is literally a stick. Pic is related.
I was wondering if I should clean it up and try to turn it into a backup server? Would it be power efficient, as in, not eating into my power bill? Would it also be worth it, since there is a 160gb hard drive on it already and I have two old ~100gb drives lying around.
I don't have any experience in making a sever but I am proficient with hard ware since I've built a computer before. Should I do it and where should I start?
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As a backup server? No that's retarded. Get a cloud backup solution from one of the many provider and an external HDD.
By the heatsink it seems to be some 1998-2000 processor which could be okay for some retro shit, all of the stuff in there should still have dos drivers, and maybe even ISA cards.
Using it for any modern/productive task is literally a waste of time/energy.
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>>1039215
Cloud backup is botnet and external HDD is too expensive. Could I perhaps salvage the components/fix up the computer and sell it for some money?
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>>1039216
Different anon, but unless you are expecting to get about 10$ max for it, it's not worth the effort. Probably cheaper to take to a junkyard to try and sell for scrap.
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>>1039216
I dunno check ebay for sold listings
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>>1039216
>Could I perhaps salvage the components/fix up the computer and sell it for some money?
The drive will sell for 5-10$ on eBay, but that's probably it. Processor might be worth a few bucks too. Everything else, probably not worth the drive to the post office.
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>>1039215
>By the heatsink it seems to be some 1998-2000 processor which could be okay for some retro shit,
Really?
Its an AM2 or AM2+ masscool heatsink. Its an Asus motherboard. It has a Sata hard drive.
Its probably a circa 2008 dual core machine.
It could be a perfectly find facebook machine for someone.
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>>1039227
Oh, you're right. I thought the yellow/blue bar towards the top was an unused IDE header, I didn't see the red SATA cable at first. Picture is potatoes.
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>>1039227
I made an imgur album of all the pictures I could take if you're still interested in the computer. The processor is hard to see but it appears to be a pentium @ 2.4ghz. That is all I could read from the processor. There are 2x 512mb ram sticks.
https://imgur.com/a/louIq
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>>1039227
Well according to the board label, it's a Socket 478 board.
So, useless really.
Had it really been AM2+ it might've been interesting.
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Install Ubuntu or Linux mint and it's a functional Internet box but low power server it'll never be
Old laptops work better for home server needs
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Pentium 4? Power hog.
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