Anything fun to do with a i7-3820QM CPU?

[twistero]

So I picked up an i7-3820QM laptop CPU at the dumpster*. Is there anything fun I can do with it?

So far I've considered building a desktop with this motherboard and a small mini-ITX case. Any other thoughts?


*Well, not a bare CPU sitting inside the dumpster, of course. Someone threw away a huge MSI gaming laptop, so I took it home and stripped it. The motherboard is completely charred around the power plug (wonder how much a scare the previous owner got ), but I got 4 * 4GB DDR3 RAM, 2 * 64GB SanDisk mSATA SSD, 1 * 750GB Hitachi hard drive, 1 * 17 inch LCD panel, the aforementioned CPU, a bunch of screws and all kinds of interesting bits. Not a bad dumpster dive I would say.

[Temetka]

Nice find!

As far as the parts go, that motherboard looks like an interesting project.

[linux4life]

Did you manage to get any games off of the drive? Extra bonus

The CPU alone is very desirable to those wishing to upgrade from the 3rd-gen i5, so it'll fetch a good price on these forums or eBay, at least $100