Let's get creative!

[suszterpatt]

Got an old Pentium I sitting here. Since it's practically useless for its original purpose, I'm looking for ideas on what else I could do with it.

Pics of front and back.

 

[nick1985]

eat it

 

[Chaotic42]

Pull out the Dremel and make it the power button for your case.

I remember upgrading from an 8088 4.77MHz to a 60MHz Pentium. I thought that Doom 1 and Megarace were virtual reality.

I even got a free coupon for Windows 95 because I got the system a month before it came out.

 

[Bateluer]

Oooo . . . MMX Tech.

Do you have a working motherboard for it?

 

[CreativeTom]

Hey I will buy it from you if you think BF2 will run well on it

 

[suicidalpigeon]

blingage.

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: suszterpatt
Got an old Pentium I sitting here. Since it's practically useless for its original purpose, I'm looking for ideas on what else I could do with it.

Pics of front and back.

Get Folding you lazy bum!

 

[Crescent13]

chop all the pins off, drill a hole in the corner, and make it a keychain.

 

[TSCrv]

if u get enought of them u can secure them to a board and make tile flooring...

or better yet make a platform you can set hot pots/pans on (actually, ill do that right now, brilliant idea)

 

[Bona Fide]

Make it into a stylin' pendant. Lace it with rhinestones/diamonds (depending on your budget) and go out and buy a stainless steel/platinum (depending on your budget) chain.

BIG PIMPIN: Intel-style.

 

[Sentinel]

Originally posted by: wafflesandsyrup
blingage.

wear it on a gold chain?

 

[dds14u]

Use it as a cooler for your weekend outings.

 

[suszterpatt]

I'm quite happy with the 16 megs of EDO RAM as my key chain (it was 32 megs before I cut it in half ).

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: TSCrv
if u get enought of them u can secure them to a board and make tile flooring...

or better yet make a platform you can set hot pots/pans on (actually, ill do that right now, brilliant idea)

That would look utterly awesome. An entire floor made out of old CPUs, maybe with a clear-coat of some kind of resin over it all. But you'd need a damn lot of them. Funny thing is, I'm sure that you could get it for a relatively low cost if you find the right place. Some company probably has a few cases full of CPUs from an upgrade or something like that


Other use for a single CPU - a comb.

 

[TSCrv]

Originally posted by: suszterpatt
I'm quite happy with the 16 megs of EDO RAM as my key chain (it was 32 megs before I cut it in half ).

NOO!... i still need that stuff!!! (seriously, stupid dual pentium pro is too usefull to trash)

 

[cheapherk]

Attach to a stick and you have an excellent back-scratcher.

 

[suszterpatt]

Originally posted by: cheapherk
Attach to a stick and you have an excellent back-scratcher.

Not a bad idea, but I can reach pretty much every part of my body (on the outside at least, don't know about you sickos ).

 

[Rike]

Coaster for a shot glass.

 

[Hacp]

Originally posted by: suszterpatt
I'm quite happy with the 16 megs of EDO RAM as my key chain (it was 32 megs before I cut it in half ).

Lol you sound just like this guy I know from school. Keeps ram on a keychain.

 

[suszterpatt]

Originally posted by: Hacp
Lol you sound just like this guy I know from school. Keeps ram on a keychain.

The holes on the side make it simply too convenient not to.

 

[Rike]

Cut the pins off and use it as a throwing star.

 

[suszterpatt]

Originally posted by: Rike
Cut the pins off and use it as a throwing star.

Would work better if I reattached the pins on the side.

 

[V00D00]

I would go with the keychain thing. If anyone has any good ideas I'm all about it too. I have a box of old processors that probably cost about $800 each when they were purchased. I hate to see them just thrown out.

 

[Varun]

A friend of mine has some old CPUs and other computer bits stuck in foam and framed on his wall. As a true geek I think it's pretty cool, you could find some more stuff and do something like that.

 

[Rike]

Originally posted by: suszterpatt

Originally posted by: Rike
Cut the pins off and use it as a throwing star.

Would work better if I reattached the pins on the side.

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