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Over the past few years ive gotten desktops from various smaller thrift stores but not i feel like i have too many and im not sure what to so with them? Do i save them and turn them into a bugger project? Do i make a nas out of one of them? Im stumped theres so many things to do with a pc that i dont know where to start, or if this is even the right place to post in?

I pretty much saved theses from e-waste and scalpers but most of the machines are devices nobody wants or has a issue.

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[–] Sims@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I a year you might have an agent to manage them all. They could be edge devices, or different nodes in your/your ai's work flow. Don't get rid of them unless you hate AI, or for good causes.

[–] Ithral@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

Budget desktops are and will remain effectively useless for AI not enough RAM, not enough GPU oomph. And cost more to run than they provide unless they are serving a static web page for a small business or something. Shill your bubble somewhere it could actually be utilized.