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203235 No.203235 [Reply] [Original]

Just got an old Dell computer tower..fully operational has 1gb of ram (lol) Just wondering if i can do anything cool with it? I have a spare monitor too. Any ideas?

>> No.203237

Take all the components out, reassemble in an aquarium, fill with mineral oil, and have fun.

>> No.203253

>>203237
wat...any picture examples?

>> No.203260

>>203237
im curious as well

>> No.203277

>>203260
>>203253

Google/YouTube "mineral oil pc". Not previous poster but once I have the money I'm getting an aluminum chassis/case milled to use instead of a fishtank for this.

>> No.203295

No, not really... Turn it into an emulator-box, but they're usually supposed to be very small, like tiny laptops.

>> No.203309

- webserver for own testing purposes
- seedbox
- htpc
- donate computer calculation power to scientific research

DO NOT try the mineral oil "aquarium" PC.
My roommate had this for about 9 months, after this, he kept getting sudden blue screens, crashes etc. for no apparent reason. Turns out his hardware was broken. Week later he threw his entire PC away, not a single part functioned anymore, except the harddrives but they were not stored in the oil ..
If you decide to do this, expect the worst!
>warned

>> No.203343

>>203295
Think I'll do this..I don't mind about the size. Any good sites with guides on it?

>> No.203376

look into mythbuntu and crap

>> No.203622

>>203309
>old dell as a htpc

yeah, ok