Uses for an extra PC....

[Godfather950]

I just recently aquired an extra dell pc from a friend who bought a new one when they got hit with spyware, their mistake = my benefit, I cleaned it up and was wondering what i should do with it? It is a dell dimmension 8250, P4 3Gigs and 256 MBs of Ram. What should I do with this gift...possib;y an exchange server, or a web server, I have 2 websites, but are currently being hosted by doteasy.com. I am unfamiliar with windows server 2003, and with hosting things in general. Anyone got any suggestions or direction to go with this?

 

[AMD RULES1]

you could host your websites from it or use it as a server for your home to store photos and apps for everyone to use and see.

 

[Godfather950]

any good website or book to learn how to turn it into a webhosting box

 

[mammikoura]

I'd just make a server, no idea what I'd host but still
And I'd install linux on it.

 

[AMD RULES1]

i have a second pc i use as a file server on my homenetwork

 

[Nik00117]

I'd use it as a torrent machine. Tell your friends if they have any more "broken" pcs because of spyware i'll be more then glad to take it free of charge.

 

[Godfather950]

what do you mean torrent machine?

 

[Gamingfreak]

wow way to take a pc from a friend that u know can easily be fixed lol, a torrent machine = a machine u download torrents on...

 

[The Amish Kid]

I would just use it as a dedicated folding computer. If you dont know what folding is
http://folding.stanford.edu/

 

[Nik00117]

Yea, a normal torrent machine invovles

Low end CPU Somthing below 150 bucks
Low end GPU Lower then 50
DVD burner
mobo
BIG HD

Also a fairly good PSU since it ruuns 24/7. And basically you jsut run that 24/7 and its only job it download and upload torrents.