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What to do with older intel build?

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Welp, the other night I built a Pentium 4 system of spare parts I had laying around. I don't want to fold with it and probably won't game much on it since I already have a current and retro build. Other than just having a backup computer around don't know what else I should do with it. I can't make it a HT setup cause I only have a 27" CRT SDTV with component which doesn't look that good unless someone else has ideas to make it look good?

System Specs:
Pentium 4 2.8ghz 1m 533mhz Prescott (dang thing overclocks to 3.2ghz on 1.08v!)
Nvidia 7800GT 256mb PCI-E 16x
4x512mb DDR400
120GB WD SE HDD
Windows XP Pro


I ordered a 3.2ghz Northwood w/HT off ebay for cheap, hopefully will show up soon.
 
My third gen "spares" go to a family members kid or small charity. Sounds like a good workable machine, a food bank, small church, legal aid, etc. would love the heck out of it and you could write it off your taxes. I would guess you could easily value it at $800+ for tax purposes. (dont forget the value of the software on it)

Never hurts to have some good karma in the bank.
 
I had the same thoughts as Bill. Last summer I rebuilt my grandparents' machine using my old 1.8GHz P4 setup. My parents just got my c2d setup. If you don't have someone to pass it on to, check with a local church.
 
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