I got this PC from my dad when he upgraded in like December ish. I’ve been running Kubuntu on it and just using it like a sort of general purpose desktop for me and my wife, but I’ve got a hankering for some tinkering and feel like it has more potential, so I’d love some project ideas!

  • Petter1@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    This looks very similar to my MacBookPro 2013 but running on endeavourOS

    Just don’t try to install the patched proprietary nvidia drivers on recent kernel and relay on nouveau. Then all works pretty good so far

    😮but definitely enough RAM

  • PushButton@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I have something similar, but with an old nvidia 1070.

    I run a file server, nginx for my web dev, git server, postgres and, surprisingly, ollama.

    The old nv 1070 is CUDA capable and it’s doing an OK job for my usage.

    Check if you can put your hand on an old NV card for an AI agent.

    Cheers!

      • notthebees@reddthat.com
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        2 months ago

        My friend has a 2080 in his and he’s been able to play monster hunter wilds without much issue. It does support nvme.

        (He’s on pop os)

  • Creat@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 months ago

    If you want to get into running a home lab, this world probably be a nice start. So throw proxmox on it and host all the services you want (in containers or VMs). Media server like jellyfin, maybe a nextcloud, storage/Nas services, automate your home with home assistant.

    It has a relatively large amount of memory for that generation of system, but also will probably not exactly sip power for the performance your getting. So if power is expensive where you are, think twice about it.

    • jrgn@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      What is the benefit of running it in Proxmox rather than just containers on bare metal?

      • Creat@discuss.tchncs.de
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        2 months ago

        Depends what you want to do. If you want only docker containers, it’s the wrong tool. If you want to run a mixture of VMs and LXC containers, it’s literally a management interface made for it. So it’s pretty good at it.

  • PieMePlenty@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Imo too high power consumption for 24/7 operation so I wouldn’t use it that way. If I only had this machine to work with, i’d probably use it as a media server or NAS but turn it on only as needed. Wake on LAN to turn it on and configure it to auto turn off.

  • buwho@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    “same thing we do everyday, pinky. try and take over the world!”

  • notthebees@reddthat.com
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    2 months ago

    That’s the last ATX compliant xps PC. I’d swap the wifi card for something else. It has some issues. That bug was patched out afaik.

    (Friend has an xps 8900 and it was a unique experience)

    I’d also find a cheap gpu to put in it. There is a mount for a 92 mm fan in the front. You just have to remove some tape in the front of the PC covering a vent.

    Admittedly my friend games and does dev work on it.

    Also it could do with a repaste.

    As far as I know you can’t upgrade the CPU on that past the 6700.

  • fachpersonal@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    With that amount of ram you could make it a hypervisor and host a lot of containers and vms. Maybe proxmox would be a good fit?

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Jellyfin server? it’ll do hardware transcode handily! Lots of RAM is good for something like TrueNAS since ZFS will use it as a cache.

  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It’s a bit behind the times for gaming though it’ll probably still play a decent round of Counter Strike.

    I used a system even older than that (A core i7 with a three-digit part number, circa 2010) a couple years ago to rip DVDs and run MakeMKV/Handbrake, it did the job fine. Decade old computers aren’t the problem, Windows is.