What ti do with old C2D/Pentium Dual-Core CPUs?

[VirtualLarry]

Got a pair of well-used E2140 CPUs. They do 3.2Ghz on 1.4v.

Should I try to sell them (I think I have them currently listed in my FS/FT thread, but no offers yet.)

Or should I try to build a budget rig with them? HD prices make that not such a great proposition. I'm selling the last two budget systems, that I built with an E5200 and an E3300 at a loss, just to get rid of them.

I also have a S478 P4 3.2Ghz Northwood chip. Would I be crazy to build a rig around that too? That would probably be an insane idea, since you would never get the $$$ for a P4 rig, no matter what else you put in the rig.

 

[skipsneeky2]

I would try and sell them if it was me .

Yeah hard drive prices are crazy i wanted a respectable 1tb replacement for my 3 1/2 year old seagate and i found a 64gb sata 6 ssd for cheaper so made the 3 1/2 year old seagate a data only drive

 

[Gillbot]

fs/ft or freebies thread

 

[gmaster456]

You could always send them to me. :sneaky:

 

[alfa147x]

Man $40 is tempting. Underclock the chip and use it as a file server

 

[richierich1212]

Just sell them on Ebay.

 

[janas19]

Got a pair of well-used E2140 CPUs. They do 3.2Ghz on 1.4v.

Should I try to sell them (I think I have them currently listed in my FS/FT thread, but no offers yet.)

Or should I try to build a budget rig with them? HD prices make that not such a great proposition. I'm selling the last two budget systems, that I built with an E5200 and an E3300 at a loss, just to get rid of them.

Sounds like a pair of little dynamos!

I'll give you the possible options. Besides building a rig yourself, you could:

Sell them for auction on Ebay, where refurbishers will look at "1.6 Ghz" and pay you around $12 each. Then they will probably be stuffed into an old, sad-looking eMachines case and end up God knows where. OR...

You could give them to a fellow member on the forum who needs them and will use them properly and lovingly, always thinking of the kindness of VirtualLarry and how great his little E2140s peform.

I recommend the 2nd option. Yes, I need some older dual-cores. Yes, I don't want to pay a large price, but perhaps a nominal shipping fee would suffice. You can check out my thread in the "Computer Help" section here: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2214859. Basically I have a P45 Gigabyte board that isn't working, I think it might be that it needs a C2D processor but I'm not positive about this, and don't want to pay out the yin-yang to find out.

Also, I could put one in my Linux workstation, it currently has a Pentium D and would probably fly with an upgrade.

 

[jvroig]

You could give them to a fellow member on the forum who needs them and will use them properly and lovingly, always thinking of the kindness of VirtualLarry and how great his little E2140s peform.

When you put it that way... you've got my vote

Ok, I recommend janas19's second option :thumbsup: