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New Computer

The CPU fan went out on my laptop. I ordered a replacement and set about replacing it. Well, due to some drop damage (not my fault, but that's another story), the case disintegrated as I got it apart. It was obvious that Humpty Dumpty wasn't going back together again.

I ordered a new laptop but I felt like it would be a waste to just toss the old components. I found that I could get an ITX motherboard that could use the old laptop's processor and memory. So I'm going to end up cobbling together a new desktop out of some salvaged parts, a motherboard I got off of eBay, and a new case to house it all. These are the specs:

2nd Gen i7 processor
8 gb ddr3 ram
1 tb hard drive
ATI Radeon 6870 Graphics card

So, a decent little build, but I don't really have a use for another computer. Any ideas?
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