So I have quite a few old components laying around and I am looking for another project to extend the functionality of WMC into other rooms. I am looking for ideas
Old Hardware
Acer Aspire Revo 3600 running Win 7. This thing is pretty slow in all honesty. I believe it has one of the first Atom processors. Its a nettop. I used to run WMC on it but it was painfully slow. So I decided to build my own box instead.
An old LCD monitor. Still works, kinda ugly lol.
A WDTV Live box that I had bought initially to put in my bedroom. Problem was that I was intending on using wireless, but the wireless strength upstairs is pretty weak. On top of that I was attempting to stream HD video. HD video and wifi don't play so nice no matter how you cut it.
Various laptop hard drives, disk drives and other assorted hardware from laptops that I have scrapped.
A pair of old power line AV adapters.
Cables as far as the eye can see. HDMI, VGA, DVI cables all sitting in a box collecting dust. Assorted ethernet cables. Assorted audio cables.
Two TV's just begging for some sort of computer to be connected to.
Current hardware
An HP Mediasmart running WHS. All my movie rips etc are being stored there as well as all my recorded TV.
A HTPC. Has an i3 2100 and 8 gb ram. Win 7.
Centon infinitv usb hooked up to the HTPC.
So anyone have some idea's of what to do with some of the old hardware? I hate throwing things away, obviously
. But my closet has started to become a AV junkyard and I need to find a purpose for this stuff.
