Highlander89
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Hello peeps! I've been wondering what to do with my golden oldie. If I would just scrap her, or give her away or make it into a HTPC.
Thing is, converting her into a HTPC would give her another purpose before silicon heaven. Which I would like, since I worked my ass off to be able to buy her one summer, soon 8 years ago.
I would like to use her as a Media platform to play movies in 1080p and to play music aswell. She would be hooked up to an AV receiver via HDMI.
So specs are as follows:
CPU: AMD Opteron 165 1,8 Ghz Dual core, Socket 939
Mobo: Asus A8N32 SLI-Deluxe Nforce 4
GPU: Geforce 7600 GT
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM 2GB DDR400
Case: Antec P180
PSU: Aspire 520W
CPU Fan: Thermaltake Big Typhoon
GPU Fan: Zalman something
So basically my questions are...
- Is it worth it? Putting time and effort in a 8+ year old rig
- Can she run 1080P? I remember having lags when playing FullHD movies before, dunno if it had to do with old OS (winXP sp2) or GPU or what?
- Am I better off spending ~350€ on a brand new one? Thank you Feronix for your ultimate guide
The Antec P180 is a beast, waaaay to big for HTPC use. So I plan to scratch build a wooden case from plywood about ATX size and just make it epic.
Thoughts and suggestions welcome.
Thing is, converting her into a HTPC would give her another purpose before silicon heaven. Which I would like, since I worked my ass off to be able to buy her one summer, soon 8 years ago.
I would like to use her as a Media platform to play movies in 1080p and to play music aswell. She would be hooked up to an AV receiver via HDMI.
So specs are as follows:
CPU: AMD Opteron 165 1,8 Ghz Dual core, Socket 939
Mobo: Asus A8N32 SLI-Deluxe Nforce 4
GPU: Geforce 7600 GT
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM 2GB DDR400
Case: Antec P180
PSU: Aspire 520W
CPU Fan: Thermaltake Big Typhoon
GPU Fan: Zalman something


So basically my questions are...
- Is it worth it? Putting time and effort in a 8+ year old rig
- Can she run 1080P? I remember having lags when playing FullHD movies before, dunno if it had to do with old OS (winXP sp2) or GPU or what?
- Am I better off spending ~350€ on a brand new one? Thank you Feronix for your ultimate guide

The Antec P180 is a beast, waaaay to big for HTPC use. So I plan to scratch build a wooden case from plywood about ATX size and just make it epic.
Thoughts and suggestions welcome.
