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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!

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[โ€“] just_another_person 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's overpowered for just simple network services, and underpowered for gaming. GPU lost driver support a many releases back as well.

CPU will draw a lot of energy just sitting idle, so if you don't have something solid to throw at it, just leave it.

Could be used for something like a Batocera console I guess, but I wouldn't leave it running 24/7.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

CPU will draw a lot of energy just sitting idle, so if you don't have something solid to throw at it, just leave it.

Where did you get that idea from? i7-6700k can idle at lower than 4W