Game server, plex media server, self hosted pihole, add a vault warden server, stuff like that :)
I second this. It sounds like a pretty decently specd laptop. If you have any interest in self hosting you could install proxmox on it and go from there.
That's what my gaming desktop turned into and I found it really fun to learn about. Just a warning though, it didn't take very long for me to want to upgrade hardware for my self hosted environment haha
That system is still baller, gift it to a family member!
Probably just sell it on ebay
I have seen some people turning them into vpns stuffs
I've always wanted a VPN so this would be a great idea. Thank you!
Yep, I have a video link https://youtu.be/rtUl7BfCNMY?si=AyLBw16uUiNfVA8D
They have used rasberry pi but u have to figure it how to work in a windows laptop
A server is a good choice because it already has a battery backup, so it can stay online even in the event of a power outage. For gaming laptops it’s not an ideal fate since they usually have a GPU and I don’t think most people have a reason to put that to good use in a server, so it’ll just sit there unused.
This site has a huge list of community supported things you can run on a server with instructions + (relatively) little effort.
Edit: just had an idea for the gpu: if it’s powerful enough, you may be able to use it for Stable Diffusion. Look up “A1111 stable diffusion web ui”. It’s not the easiest thing to install, but it’s a cool use case.
Cool.. thank you for the links and ideas!
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