Turning my old PC into a media center

[Caustik]

Hi,
I've had this PC since 2007 (it was a family PC up until 2010), and it's been sitting around for a good while now. It's a dell dimenson e521 (

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). Could I do anything useful with it (without changing parts around)?

I was considering turning it into a basic media center for watching films and whatnot - would this be a good idea?

Thanks,
Adil

 

[Rishwin]

.Yes.

 

[NubPro]

yea why not.

Or morph it to become a NAS.

 

[ragingdragon]

try freeNAS

 

[Monolith]

I use a program called Serviio on my Media center....any device on the network be it tablet, phone, TV, or computer can play anything I have on it...it even has remote access capabilities...and it's free!

 

[Taiga]

I recommend using

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or

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(formerly known as XBMC). I used both in the past, Plex is nice for streaming to all devices while KODI is nice for having a media center that is hooked up to a TV. I highly recommend one of those.