Topic: What should I do with this PC?

[Sirgod]

I just built a new one for the sis in law, and she gave me this old Emachine to play with. It has Xp on it, and here are the stats.
CPU:   AMD Athlon™ 64 3400+ Processor (64-bit with AMD64 Technology)
(2.20GHz, 1600MHz FSB, 512KB L2 cache)
Operating System:   Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home (SP2)
Chipset:   ATI RS482
Memory:   512MB DDR SDRAM (1 × 512MB), 400MHz (PC3200) Dual Channel
Expandable to 4GB
Hard Drive:   200GB (7200rpm, 2MB cache)
Optical Drive:   16x DVD±RW multiformat double layer drive
Media Reader:   8-in-1 digital media manager (Secure Digital™ (SD), Smart Media, Micro Drive, Memory Stick®, Memory Stick Pro®, Compact Flash, Mulitimedia Card, USB 2.0)
Video:   ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 (PCI-Express® )
Up to 128MB DDR shared video memory
PCI-Express® (PCI-E x16) slot available for upgrade
Sound:   AC '97 Audio, Dolby 5.1 (6-channel)
Network:   10/100Mbps integrated Ethernet LAN
Modem:   56K ITU V.92-ready Fax/Modem
Peripherals:   Standard Multifunction Keyboard, 2-Button Wheel Mouse, Amplified Stereo Speakers
Ports/Other:   7 USB 2.0 (2 in front, 4 in back, 1 in Media Reader), 1 IEEE 1394, 1 VGA external connector, 1 parallel, 2 PS/2, 5 audio ports (2 in front, 3 in back)

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Any ideas? I know I'll put Seti on it but that's about it.

Stephen

[Don Karnage]

so you change you're name?

well it can be easy upgraded with more ram and more HD, as it is it can play sfc 2

or you can sell it

i don't need another one (well what i have is better).

[Sirgod]

LOL, As to the name, I went by sirgod for years here. It was kind of a large joke, as many people called me that even after going for Stephen for the last few years. When we had the Pirate weekend, I went to Booty Bay, and when IT came time to change back, I decided to put Sirgod back in until the election thing is over.

anyways...

hehe, Yeah that's true, might throw in some more memory, a HD, maybe a new Video card. But yeah, my main system blows this one out of the water.

Stephen

[Don Karnage]

a build in video card, well yea you will need to get one.

2 gig of ram is enough, unless you can put newer games that required more ram.

more hd like a 500 gig so you can put more stuff in it and keep the 200 gig so with 700 gig you got place to all sfc games

[Centurus]

New PSU.  Put in maybe an ATI HD Radeon 4850.  Max out the ram, most definately.  Put at least a 500 gig hard drive in it, preferably SATA if the computer has that connection, which it most probably does, and get a nice budget Sound Blaster card and put it in an available PCI slot, unless you're happy enough with the onboard sound.

What's the socket of the processor?  Maybe you can upgrade the processor as well.

If you're not really gonna do much with the computer, and the system is running fine right now, then just bump the ram to 2 gigs, clean off the drive of any junk it may have, or maybe even do a reformat, so you've got a clean slate to work with, and then get either a Radeon from the 3800 series, or an nVidia card in the mid-8000 series, and leave it at that.

[Nemesis]

You have talked at times of trying Linux, now you have a spare machine to try it with.  Myself I suggest Linux Mint. 

For a long time I just had a Linux machine experiment on and see how much I could do with it (besides run Seti on it).  Now I don't often boot the Windows machine.

So long as you have the XP disk you can always restore to XP if you want to.

[Sirgod]

Now that is an idea there Nemesis. Linux mint huh, I'll have to do a search on it.

LOL, and to think, I just now got both pc's talking to each other, as well as on the internet.

Stephen

[toasty0]

I just built a new one for the sis in law, and she gave me this old Emachine to play with. It has Xp on it, and here are the stats.
CPU:   AMD Athlon™ 64 3400+ Processor (64-bit with AMD64 Technology)
(2.20GHz, 1600MHz FSB, 512KB L2 cache)
Operating System:   Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home (SP2)
Chipset:   ATI RS482
Memory:   512MB DDR SDRAM (1 × 512MB), 400MHz (PC3200) Dual Channel
Expandable to 4GB
Hard Drive:   200GB (7200rpm, 2MB cache)
Optical Drive:   16x DVD±RW multiformat double layer drive
Media Reader:   8-in-1 digital media manager (Secure Digital™ (SD), Smart Media, Micro Drive, Memory Stick®, Memory Stick Pro®, Compact Flash, Mulitimedia Card, USB 2.0)
Video:   ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 (PCI-Express® )
Up to 128MB DDR shared video memory
PCI-Express® (PCI-E x16) slot available for upgrade
Sound:   AC '97 Audio, Dolby 5.1 (6-channel)
Network:   10/100Mbps integrated Ethernet LAN
Modem:   56K ITU V.92-ready Fax/Modem
Peripherals:   Standard Multifunction Keyboard, 2-Button Wheel Mouse, Amplified Stereo Speakers
Ports/Other:   7 USB 2.0 (2 in front, 4 in back, 1 in Media Reader), 1 IEEE 1394, 1 VGA external connector, 1 parallel, 2 PS/2, 5 audio ports (2 in front, 3 in back)

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Any ideas? I know I'll put Seti on it but that's about it.

Stephen

Yeah. Turn it into an application server with DHCP then learn how to run your own network. After that, install SQL Server, VS2008, build your own e_commerce website and make lots of buck off of Punisher selling him sheep pron.

[Sirgod]

LOL Jerry. Only you could come up with that.












Ohh punisher...

Stephen

[Centurus]

I just built a new one for the sis in law, and she gave me this old Emachine to play with. It has Xp on it, and here are the stats.
CPU:   AMD Athlon™ 64 3400+ Processor (64-bit with AMD64 Technology)
(2.20GHz, 1600MHz FSB, 512KB L2 cache)
Operating System:   Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home (SP2)
Chipset:   ATI RS482
Memory:   512MB DDR SDRAM (1 × 512MB), 400MHz (PC3200) Dual Channel
Expandable to 4GB
Hard Drive:   200GB (7200rpm, 2MB cache)
Optical Drive:   16x DVD±RW multiformat double layer drive
Media Reader:   8-in-1 digital media manager (Secure Digital™ (SD), Smart Media, Micro Drive, Memory Stick®, Memory Stick Pro®, Compact Flash, Mulitimedia Card, USB 2.0)
Video:   ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 (PCI-Express® )
Up to 128MB DDR shared video memory
PCI-Express® (PCI-E x16) slot available for upgrade
Sound:   AC '97 Audio, Dolby 5.1 (6-channel)
Network:   10/100Mbps integrated Ethernet LAN
Modem:   56K ITU V.92-ready Fax/Modem
Peripherals:   Standard Multifunction Keyboard, 2-Button Wheel Mouse, Amplified Stereo Speakers
Ports/Other:   7 USB 2.0 (2 in front, 4 in back, 1 in Media Reader), 1 IEEE 1394, 1 VGA external connector, 1 parallel, 2 PS/2, 5 audio ports (2 in front, 3 in back)

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Any ideas? I know I'll put Seti on it but that's about it.

Stephen

Yeah. Turn it into an application server with DHCP then learn how to run your own network. After that, install SQL Server, VS2008, build your own e_commerce website and make lots of buck off of Punisher selling him sheep pron.

*smacks Toasty with a rubber chicken*  Don't be cutting into my rackets!!!  I'm Pun's sheep pron supplier.

[Nemesis]

LOL Jerry. Only you could come up with that.

Ohh punisher...

Stephen

Toasty is on to something.  Just do it on Linux and sell Hentai to Centurus's rubber chickens.  As their primary source they won't attack you and you can take over his evil empire (both rooms).

[NJAntman]

Maybe for the home page you could start with:

Welcome to OkiePorn

home of Sheep Hentai!

[Centurus]

LOL Jerry. Only you could come up with that.

Ohh punisher...

Stephen

Toasty is on to something.  Just do it on Linux and sell Hentai to Centurus's rubber chickens.  As their primary source they won't attack you and you can take over his evil empire (both rooms).

So you'd be selling my rubber chickens the very thing that they produce in large quantities in their spare time to earn some pocket change?  *thinks about that for a moment*

[Nemesis]

LOL Jerry. Only you could come up with that.

Ohh punisher...

Stephen

Toasty is on to something.  Just do it on Linux and sell Hentai to Centurus's rubber chickens.  As their primary source they won't attack you and you can take over his evil empire (both rooms).

So you'd be selling my rubber chickens the very thing that they produce in large quantities in their spare time to earn some pocket change?  *thinks about that for a moment*

Chickens are STUPID!

[Centurus]

LOL Jerry. Only you could come up with that.

Ohh punisher...

Stephen

Toasty is on to something.  Just do it on Linux and sell Hentai to Centurus's rubber chickens.  As their primary source they won't attack you and you can take over his evil empire (both rooms).

So you'd be selling my rubber chickens the very thing that they produce in large quantities in their spare time to earn some pocket change?  *thinks about that for a moment*

Chickens are STUPID!

Regular chickens are.  My rubber chickens are not.  MUAHAHA!!!!

[FCM_SFHQ_XC]

I just built a new one for the sis in law, and she gave me this old Emachine to play with. It has Xp on it, and here are the stats.
CPU:   AMD Athlon™ 64 3400+ Processor (64-bit with AMD64 Technology)
(2.20GHz, 1600MHz FSB, 512KB L2 cache)
Operating System:   Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home (SP2)
Chipset:   ATI RS482
Memory:   512MB DDR SDRAM (1 × 512MB), 400MHz (PC3200) Dual Channel
Expandable to 4GB
Hard Drive:   200GB (7200rpm, 2MB cache)
Optical Drive:   16x DVD±RW multiformat double layer drive
Media Reader:   8-in-1 digital media manager (Secure Digital™ (SD), Smart Media, Micro Drive, Memory Stick®, Memory Stick Pro®, Compact Flash, Mulitimedia Card, USB 2.0)
Video:   ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 (PCI-Express® )
Up to 128MB DDR shared video memory
PCI-Express® (PCI-E x16) slot available for upgrade
Sound:   AC '97 Audio, Dolby 5.1 (6-channel)
Network:   10/100Mbps integrated Ethernet LAN
Modem:   56K ITU V.92-ready Fax/Modem
Peripherals:   Standard Multifunction Keyboard, 2-Button Wheel Mouse, Amplified Stereo Speakers
Ports/Other:   7 USB 2.0 (2 in front, 4 in back, 1 in Media Reader), 1 IEEE 1394, 1 VGA external connector, 1 parallel, 2 PS/2, 5 audio ports (2 in front, 3 in back)

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Any ideas? I know I'll put Seti on it but that's about it.

Stephen

Dump XP Home, get a Server OS(2003, 2008,etc.), turn it into a server just to play around with(or run any game server service locally(like a BF1942 server or NWN server) for you to play on when you just don't want to deal with the lag of MP but don't want to play SP either).
Build an alter around it.
You then will have a proper server machine and alter to worship the hallowed server gods on a daily basis 

[Centurus]

*thinks he smacked SFHQ one too many times with a rubber chicken*

[FCM_SFHQ_XC]

*thinks he smacked SFHQ one too many times with a rubber chicken*

don't worry you didn't.. I just happen to a little bit ago find the true path, divine path of worshiping the server gods.

[Centurus]

*thinks he smacked SFHQ one too many times with a rubber chicken*

don't worry you didn't.. I just happen to a little bit ago find the true path, divine path of worshiping the server gods.

*smacks HQ with a rubber chicken and turns him into a Pentium 166 MHz system with 64 megs of ram and a 4 gig hard drive and force him to run Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit*

MUAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[Sirgod]

You know, that would be kinda fun having a private server. I've been a GM on a private WoW server for sometime, I might just make my own for the peeps here.

Let alone maybe a NWN server etc.

Stephen

[Nemesis]

You know, that would be kinda fun having a private server. I've been a GM on a private WoW server for sometime, I might just make my own for the peeps here.

Let alone maybe a NWN server etc.

Stephen

Are you still on satellite?  Wouldn't the latency be an issue?

Regular chickens are.  My rubber chickens are not.  MUAHAHA!!!!

They have rubber brains.  Ideas bounce right off.  Otherwise they would think "We do all the work, Centurus claims the glory, plunder and fame" and immediately turn on you like a scene from the Birds so they could keep it all for themselves. 

[toasty0]

You know, that would be kinda fun having a private server. I've been a GM on a private WoW server for sometime, I might just make my own for the peeps here.

Let alone maybe a NWN server etc.

Stephen

Beside Pesty and Bonk if you have any question let me know and I'll anwer 'em best I can. Oh yea, there is that Frey guy too.

[Sirgod]

hehe, thanks Toasty.

Yeah Nem, I'm still on satelite, however, if it's just a server, I'll set it up in Oklahoma City , since they have cable there.

I have been able to play those mmorpg games, using a satcon, but I doubt it would work as a host too well.
Stephen

[FCM_SFHQ_XC]

You know, that would be kinda fun having a private server. I've been a GM on a private WoW server for sometime, I might just make my own for the peeps here.

Let alone maybe a NWN server etc.

Stephen

Think of it this way as well.. if you do a server, then all that really would be needed is to max out that RAM to 4GB of the best DDR SDRAM(or if it can take DDR2 , then go for that) and get a server OS.. then you'll have a nice little server .

[Don Karnage]

what will you do with a personal server?

[Nemesis]

what will you do with a personal server?

He's going to have an online grass skirt sales site.

[Centurus]

You know, that would be kinda fun having a private server. I've been a GM on a private WoW server for sometime, I might just make my own for the peeps here.

Let alone maybe a NWN server etc.

Stephen

Are you still on satellite?  Wouldn't the latency be an issue?

Regular chickens are.  My rubber chickens are not.  MUAHAHA!!!!

They have rubber brains.  Ideas bounce right off.  Otherwise they would think "We do all the work, Centurus claims the glory, plunder and fame" and immediately turn on you like a scene from the Birds so they could keep it all for themselves. 

Actually, I don't claim the glory.  We really don't plunder, since whatever we make we either funnel into our secret plans for dominion over the temporal plains.  And they don't really like fame.

[Centurus]

what will you do with a personal server?

He's going to have an online grass skirt sales site.

So long as he doesn't model them himself.  If he does, he'll hardly ever get sales, but plenty of hits.

[Wraith 413]

 Upgrade some of the components already mentioned and set it up as a DVR/Media server for the whole house? Just throwing that out as it hasn't been mentioned.

[Sirgod]

Upgrade some of the components already mentioned and set it up as a DVR/Media server for the whole house? Just throwing that out as it hasn't been mentioned.

Hey that's an idea.

Stephen

[Wraith 413]

 Made up your mind yet, Stephen?

[Vipre]

What should I do with this PC?

I got it, something involving fire and a catapult. 

[Nemesis]

What should I do with this PC?

I got it, something involving fire and a catapult. 

Would a ballista do?

[Sirgod]

Yeah, first thing I do will be to upgrade it. Will have to wait until next month though. Then I will play with Linux MInt while locating a server OS. Might do a dual boot then.

Stephen

[Nemesis]

Yeah, first thing I do will be to upgrade it.

The ballista?

Will have to wait until next month though. Then I will play with Linux MInt while locating a server OS. Might do a dual boot then.

Stephen

Linux can be a server OS and some of the programs that you want might run under Wine on Linux.  Some programs actually run better under Wine than on Windows. 

[Sirgod]

Yeah, first thing I do will be to upgrade it.

The ballista?

Will have to wait until next month though. Then I will play with Linux MInt while locating a server OS. Might do a dual boot then.

Stephen

Linux can be a server OS and some of the programs that you want might run under Wine on Linux.  Some programs actually run better under Wine than on Windows. 

dude.. Dracho is a Okie, Do you really thing I would be neglegent having a Ballista?


Ok, joke out of the way, I an looking forward to using Linux as a server. But I'll be honest bro, If it does nothing to help with SFC games here, I will go with windows here.

The way I see it, I owe this community so much, and If I can help in any way,well, I will do so.

Stephen

[Nemesis]

dude.. Dracho is a Okie, Do you really thing I would be neglegent having a Ballista?


Ok, joke out of the way, I an looking forward to using Linux as a server. But I'll be honest bro, If it does nothing to help with SFC games here, I will go with windows here.

The way I see it, I owe this community so much, and If I can help in any way,well, I will do so.

Stephen

I seemed to recall you and some others once talking about building/having a trebuchet, which is why I posted about the ballista, I though it would "round out" the collection.

I'd love to host a server myself, it just hasn't been practical. 

I have just upgraded (still downloading patches) to LinuxMint 5 and have done some testing of Wine.  In the previous version SFC2:OP crashed the desktop environment.  Right now it gets at least as far as inputting the CD Key (now I have to find the CD case so I can test further).  I haven't yet tested the server kit that I have, but being on dialup it isn't practical to host a server anyhow.  Such games as NWN 1 and 2 are both working (which is somewhat surprising as they are just using the Windows install copied over the network not an actual install - the  same applies to SFC by the way) so Wine is doing pretty well on this update to LinuxMint. 

IF you can get the server functions working on LinuxMint that you want you can kill two birds with one stone, host the servers and experiment with Linux (while not having the expense of a Windows server a third bird for free ). 

Have fun whichever OS you end up installing.