Sell or Media PC

[Moonzi]

What do you guys think, should I sell this old gaming rig or turn it into a media pc?

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vqH44D

CPU: Intel Core i7-860 2.8GHz Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115214

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103065

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 ATX LGA1156 Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128412

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231315

Storage: OCZ Vertex 2 60GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227550

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136320

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136320

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 570 1.25GB Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130621

Case: Cooler Master Storm Scout ATX Mid Tower Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119196

Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817151088

 

[dave_the_nerd]

What's involved with turning it into what you think a media PC ought to be? I mean, yeah, you could throw it in an HTPC case and add a 2TB HD for storage, but it would be insanely overpowered for playing back movies. (It's actually a still-not-to-shabby gaming rig though.)

 

[Moonzi]

Agreed, it ran everything perfect for me, I just got greedy

I just don't know what to do with it....I could hook it up to a LED and hook up wireless controllers and emulators etc... as well, and steam?

Maybe selling it might be the best option.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Agreed, it ran everything perfect for me, I just got greedy

I just don't know what to do with it....I could hook it up to a LED and hook up wireless controllers and emulators etc... as well, and steam?

You could absolutely do that. Plenty of folks use a computer in the living room as a media PC and "Play Station".

Maybe selling it might be the best option.

That's entirely possible too. If you don't want to game in the living room, you're probably better off selling this rig and getting a ChromeCast or something. (Or even just a small nettop type PC, which would still be able to run old games and emulators, but would have a much smaller, quieter footprint.)

 

[Moonzi]

appreciate the feedback, I just got a chromecast so might need to start pricing out the old parts

 

[Fox5]

Steam in the living room works pretty well, although streaming makes it unnecessary to have a powerful pc.

To make a good HTPC though, you'd probably want to downsize on case, psu, and motherboard size, which might not go well with the relatively power hungry components.

This case can fit full sized graphics card if you're interested in doing that though, but it's a pricey conversion.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ce4xoCS_Xw_wcB

This case is much cheaper and can fit full sized components, except for the graphics card which can only fit relatively small ones. If you're using using it for video playback or streaming steam games I guess you don't need powerful video card, but you might be better off throwing together a low end system using an AMD apu in that case and putting it in a tiny itx case. You can reused the memory at least.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-231-_-Product

 

[Berliner]

insanely overpowered for playing back movies.

My first thought as well.

Get rid of it while you can get good money for it.

 

[Blain]

Sell for whatever you can get out of it.