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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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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml -1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

definetly bazzite gaming htpc if you get a sufficient gpu in it. stream games from it ota.

if you take advantage of this amount of ram to virtualize, you could do both that and a server simultaneously, maybe more, you have 2 gpus and network that can be assigned independently.

the only downside would be power consumption if kept on, but that cpu can definetly handle more server stuff than you would expect.

i think you can also get one of those chinese xeons for dirt cheap on aliexpress and it might work as a hefty upgrade if you really need more cores for a few coins.