Now what? I feel like it has some potential, I know it's not a 2600k or anything, but I want to do something with it, considering I dunno if it is even worth selling.
Any thoughts? Is it HTPC worthy?
Edited by mojunikey7, 09 March 2012 - 09:59 PM.
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 09:56 PM
So a friend gave me some of his old computer for free today, he just bought an i7 and a LGA2011 board for it. He said he thinks the CPU on the old board is decent and might work for the HTPC ive been talking about building, so I say sure. I open it up to see 4gb of OCZ reaper, an Intel QX6850 cpu, and two 9800GT's on a XFX nForce 680i sli series Mobo.
Now what? I feel like it has some potential, I know it's not a 2600k or anything, but I want to do something with it, considering I dunno if it is even worth selling.
Any thoughts? Is it HTPC worthy?
Now what? I feel like it has some potential, I know it's not a 2600k or anything, but I want to do something with it, considering I dunno if it is even worth selling.
Any thoughts? Is it HTPC worthy?
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 09:57 PM
THat was a pretty nice system in its day!
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 09:59 PM
Oh and it is all packed into a Coolermaster Cosmos case (silver)
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 10:00 PM
Fold!
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 12:24 AM
not a bad system at all. would still be able to play almost everything out today given it would not be at max graphics settings.
i like the case
i like the case
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 12:26 AM
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 01:33 AM
Overkill for HTPC IMO.
QX6850 used to be ~$900 (forgot the price). A $900 processor is totally waste for HTPC.
And it may be even faster that your 965BE.
So, use it as a secondary PC.
QX6850 used to be ~$900 (forgot the price). A $900 processor is totally waste for HTPC.
And it may be even faster that your 965BE.
So, use it as a secondary PC.
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 01:33 AM
Or join Folding@home team. 
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 02:56 AM
Two 9800GTs?
Fold baby fold!
Fold baby fold!
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 05:21 AM
give a fresh install and play with it... should do pretty good
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 03:29 PM
Basically I'm going to do one of three thing with this. I'm either going to make a decently overpowered (and probably overheating) HTPC for my living room, turn it into a school computer for my wife (which she really won't need once I go on deployment anyhow) or try to sell it on the cheap and purchase parts for a phenom HTPC build with on board video
Any ideas? I don't fold or anything like that, but if I can scrounge up the extra cash to make a second computer I might do that.
Any ideas? I don't fold or anything like that, but if I can scrounge up the extra cash to make a second computer I might do that.
AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE (currently OCing)
ATI Radeon HD 5770 x2 in Crossfire
8GB GSKILL Ripjaw series PC 10700 @ 9.9.9.25 (currently OCing)
Corsair TX650W PSU
Coolermaster HAF932
Corsair H50 in Push-Pull Config
Asus DVD Burner
Seagate 1TB HDD @ 7200 RPM
ATI Radeon HD 5770 x2 in Crossfire
8GB GSKILL Ripjaw series PC 10700 @ 9.9.9.25 (currently OCing)
Corsair TX650W PSU
Coolermaster HAF932
Corsair H50 in Push-Pull Config
Asus DVD Burner
Seagate 1TB HDD @ 7200 RPM
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 03:48 PM
Sell it! 
Buy some GPU's or something with the money. Screw folding, it does nothing but run up you electricity bill.
Buy some GPU's or something with the money. Screw folding, it does nothing but run up you electricity bill.
Edited by MJCRO, 10 March 2012 - 03:49 PM.
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