11 Things to Do With an Old Computer!

[@freshtomato834]

I stopped using old pcs as servers. Now you can just get an external hdd and plug it into the router...and older films can be stored in hundreds on cheap usb keys. I agree with the gaming part. Retro compatibility is not assured and someday there will be turning points that will make you regret not keeping an old pc.

[@texemplarstudios5481]

Yep. I personally don’t use them as servers, but I know some people do, so that’s why I put that in. I mainly use mine as retro gaming/secondary gaming PCs, and I sometimes just use them to relive what it was like to use old PCs back in the day!

[@lebaquette]

Wait, I can use my router as a file server. I was thinking why it had an usb port. Nice.

[@realheckertrustmebro]

Me crying at the corner not having a router.. In india we use Mobile data

[@freshtomato834]

@@realheckertrustmebro ayy same goes in italy too. Those who are at the base of a mountain near the sea have very good cable internet. I got a 200mbps. But if you live 5km more in the inside, you definitely need mobile data. I have the cable but also a mobile data with 500gb which is more than I need but whatever it's cheap

[@deoryisnoob]

@@realheckertrustmebro what? we do have router in India…wdym?

[@ArizonaJewell]

I had an old dell Inspiron laptop from about 2011 and turned it into a server! It has a (3rd gen I think?) i5, 6gb of ram, ran win7, and used to have a 750gb hard drive. I wiped it and upgraded it to win10, and swapped the HD for a 256gb SSD because the hard drive was failing. Battery was also failing, so I just removed the battery entirely and run it off of wall power. Turned it into a combination minecraft server and plex media server! Also found an old 750gb external hard drive I had laying around and use that for storing movies for the plex server. Oddly enough, it works great! I’ve had as much as 4 people on the Minecraft server at once with out a problem, and the plex server works super well for streaming movies to my TV!

[@sexkiro]

Mine is still in use lol, and these are hard to upgrade

[@ArizonaJewell]

@@sexkiro Tell me about it. Whatever guy at dell that engineered that laptop is a total moron. I had to take off the trackpad, keyboard, and disconnect like 10 different ribbon cables just to access the hard drive. Terrible design.

[@sexkiro]

@@ArizonaJewell Agreed. The Hard drive and ram should've been at the bottom of the laptop like most laptops do.

[@ArizonaJewell]

@@sexkiro The RAM was easily accessible at the bottom of the laptop for mine (it was an inspiron n7110) but the HDD wasn't. I have no idea what idiot thought that was a good design decision. It's like they made the HDD as difficult as possible to access. I had to take out like 20 screws to get to that stupid thing, all because even after performing a full clean install of windows the disc usage was always at 100% in task manager and it was slow as all hell. It wasn't a completely dead drive, but it was damn near.

[@sexkiro]

@@ArizonaJewell Mine is an m5040. The ram isn't that hard you have to remove the keyboard and then you can see the ram but for the hdd you have to remove a bunch of screws and palmrest. These are a nightmare to upgrade. This was a horrible design indeed

[@ahmedalawash2906]

Dude I like your commentary. It’s sounds like a good essay. With good grammar.

[@texemplarstudios5481]

Thank you!! I try to make my videos as clear, in-depth, and accurate as possible!

[@Slytherin277]

Nice monitor, I am using one of those to watch your video

[@texemplarstudios5481]

Ayyyy nice, it’s great isn’t it! What computer are u using?

[@janglesgaming1161]

I have that exact case and it’s my gaming pc

[@texemplarstudios5481]

Nice, the dc5800 case?

[@vasopel]

a PC from 2008 is old? my PC is from 2009 for my "daily driver" and it works like a charm, people really replace technology too soon, I have another PC made in 2014 that was considered "rubbish" from a friend and play video games there.

[@texemplarstudios5481]

It is old, but that doesn't mean it's not quite usable 😁

[@vasopel]

@@texemplarstudios5481 :-) hm.. you didn't get what I mean, if something is "quite usable" then it's NOT old, outdated yes, old no. ;-)

[@texemplarstudios5481]

Yeah for sure!! It’s always great to keep using older stuff when you can! It’s better for your wallet and the environment. I mean in terms of technicalities I would say it’s old (directly relating to age) but not outdated, but English is quite the versatile language 😁

[@ramonluftgekuhltdx631]

You can make a Tramspeak server with it

[@ignacioazevedo12312312]

Use discord

[@df8245]

Great video. Gonna use mine for my TV

[@texemplarstudios5481]

Awesome! How’s it working?

[@gengar891]

Linux is so versatile you can put it on a usb.

[@nathannationanimations]

Don’t forget about Windows To-Go! (I still agree that Linux would be good on a flash drive)

[@theinceptor3672]

Hey there.Any idea what can i do with my old pc? pentium d 3.00ghz 1.4gb ram(limited due to motherboard)

[@jayd6098]

Storage server will be the only thing which it will be good at.

[@texemplarstudios5481]

Old games/apps or server, yeah!

[@RedstoneMiner18]

Lmfao this is legit the exact pc I got from my school xD

[@texemplarstudios5481]

Haha nice! What are you doing with it?

[@RedstoneMiner18]

@@texemplarstudios5481 hey, thanks for responding lol. It's currently in use as a Minecraft server :P

[@texemplarstudios5481]

@@RedstoneMiner18 Oh cool! Sorry for not getting back until now! Are you still using it?

[@RedstoneMiner18]

@texemplarstudios5481 yeah, I hostes my minecraft server on it. It needs a ram upgrade tho

[@ramosojustinken9894]

dang it, his old pc is my current pc

[@texemplarstudios5481]

That's great!! That's the point of this video-keep using it and keep it out of the landfills! There is so much you can do with computers like this 😁

[@zigafujan7027]

will try helping, thank you

[@texemplarstudios5481]

Of course!!

[@MarioTetris998]

2:25 Does this man have any knowledge of adapters???

[@texemplarstudios5481]

VGA to HDMI? 🥴

[@rickranger6630]

Question, i have an old windows seven computer with 4g of ram and an Intel i3 processor. If I do what you did, could it possibly run steam VR? ( does yours?)

[@texemplarstudios5481]

It looks like you need Windows 10 for SteamVR, but if you upgraded to Windows 10, maybe? But with 4GB of RAM and an i3 I bet VR games would run quite slowly. Do you have a VR headset already?

[@riversource7911]

These ideas are great. Thank you for making this video!

[@texemplarstudios5481]

Thanks so much for watching! What was your favorite “Thing?”

[@riversource7911]

@@texemplarstudios5481 All of the ideas!

[@user-1billlon]

I use old pcs for gaming

[@ImXry]

If you have a spare computer with Windows 10 on it. Then you could start crypto mining. Now there is some costs to this such as power bills, overheating. But that can all be taken cared of with a few setting changes and a small attachable fan blows heat out of the case easily.

[@kushagra8660]

0:54 what is this software please help

[@texemplarstudios5481]

It's Broderbund 3D World Atlas-but it's from 2002, before Google revolutionized the industry with Google Maps. Unless you're trying to collect old software, there's really no point in buying it. That being said, it was pretty cool stuff 19 years ago!

[@vijs3780]

Can you install windows 10 there?

[@texemplarstudios5481]

Yep! In fact, I did have Windows 10, but I downgraded due to compatibility reasons. You’ll have to check to see if your computer supports it/has drivers for it, though.

[@muhammadzahi8981]

Can we download Photoshop in this system

[@texemplarstudios5481]

Yes. Even if the latest version doesn't work (depending on your specs/OS), you could always buy an older version that will, or you could just use an equivalent piece of software like GIMP.