What would you do with this old setup?

Krazy Owl · Dec 15, 2012, 12:52 PM

Gigabyte GA-7ZX Socket A (462)

AMD athlon 2400+ s/462 (2.0 gigs real)
#AXDA2400DKV3C

1.5 gig PC133 sdram

Asus AGP-V7100 Magic (MX-400)

What would you do with it?

No I will not dump it and Yes I need intellignet answers.

Thank you.

JrRacinFan · Dec 15, 2012, 12:56 PM

Add a SATA 1.5Gbps PCI card and run it as a file/media/dlna server.

Krazy Owl · Dec 15, 2012, 12:59 PM

Could be an idea but I live in a bedroom only in people house. Not much place/use for this heheh dlna = downloading ?

Protagonist · Dec 15, 2012, 01:02 PM

Donate it to someone who wants it, if you don't have space to keep it.

Krazy Owl · Dec 15, 2012, 01:04 PM

let's say I have another board that can handle the same cpu with the same chipset but with a maximum of 1 gig DDR 266 instead .... am I better with the 1 gig DDR266 or 1.5 gig pc133 ?

JrRacinFan · Dec 15, 2012, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krazy Owl

1 gig DDR266 or 1.5 gig pc133 ?

Stick with the 1.5GB unless you can dig up another 1GB of ddr.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krazy Owl

dlna = downloading

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLNA

Krazy Owl · Dec 15, 2012, 01:10 PM

I already have DDR400 512megs sticks

Sinzia · Dec 15, 2012, 01:23 PM

PFSense, m0n0wall, smoothwall router/vpn/firewall.

Krazy Owl · Dec 15, 2012, 01:24 PM

that's chinese to me what you wrote...lol

Frick · Dec 15, 2012, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krazy Owl

Could be an idea but I live in a bedroom only in people house.

You mean you share a house with others? Family? If so you can have a server for all of them, if you only have that room to yourself then sell it or donate it.

Krazy Owl · Dec 15, 2012, 01:26 PM

No not family. I jut rent the room.

Krazy Owl · Dec 15, 2012, 01:29 PM

Ok thank you all for the advices.

JrRacinFan · Dec 15, 2012, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frick

if you only have that room to yourself then sell it or donate it.

I agree here, unless you have some older IDE hdd's laying about that you can create a software span, using it as storage and sharing between the 2 pc's. That's pretty much the only use I can think of unless you want to keep it around as spare.

Aquinus · Dec 15, 2012, 02:15 PM

It doesn't really sound like it has a purpose. I would give it away to someone who needs it if your needs are already met with your own rig. Honestly, think about it. It's an old machine. What can't a VM do that this machine can?

Tonim89 · Dec 15, 2012, 02:52 PM

1 vote more for donation.

Krazy Owl · Dec 15, 2012, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sinzia

PFSense, m0n0wall, smoothwall router/vpn/firewall.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JrRacinFan

Add a SATA 1.5Gbps PCI card and run it as a file/media/dlna server.

Is there a website describing how to make these setups? Prefereably in french but I could manage in english. Thank you

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Dec 16, 2012, 12:06 AM

That or just hold onto it and when you get your own place setup a vintage gaming rig with it, or just have the parts and create a small museum in your puter room with old parts. Actually I have a crap ton of old stuff and thats what I am doing with it all. I have some old rigs that run and other pieces of old stuff that I am going to make shadow boxes for. Of course the parts will not be harmed in anyway going into the boxes.

stinger608 · Dec 16, 2012, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquinus

It doesn't really sound like it has a purpose. I would give it away to someone who needs it if your needs are already met with your own rig. Honestly, think about it. It's an old machine. What can't a VM do that this machine can?

Run Quake II with hardware acceleration under Windows 98SE or XP.

Krazy Owl · Dec 16, 2012, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by stinger608

Run Quake II with hardware acceleration under Windows 98SE or XP.

Funny you mention it because this videocard got 80 FPS at Quake 3 arena in 1280X1024 hehe

stinger608 · Dec 16, 2012, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Krazy Owl

Funny you mention it because this videocard got 80 FPS at Quake 3 arena in 1280X1024 hehe

I have a similar system that I have Win XP on and play Quake II, Quake III Arena, Heretic, and NASCAR 2004.

Your not playing with a virtual machine at them levels.

Krazy Owl · Dec 16, 2012, 03:54 AM

BTW what is a freaking virtual machine? a firewall computer.... i already have a firewall in my router and in my computer so whats the point of putting anothr computer to make another firewall????

Krazy Owl · Dec 16, 2012, 04:41 AM

I think I found what to do with it. I got here some PCI cards I wondered what to do with it. Modem V.92, USB 2.0 PCI, Firewire PCI card. I will put my 2400+ in a better board that has all onboard and dump in this one a Duron 1 gig with just enough memory for XP. Vintage multitasking rig to test all hardwares and things that connect to it.

Suhidu · Dec 16, 2012, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krazy Owl

what is a freaking virtual machine?

Correct!

They don't offer great graphic performance at this time unless you're sharing hardware direct(IOMMU/VT-d).

Krazy Owl · Dec 16, 2012, 05:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suhidu

http://i46.tinypic.com/2ng8l8y.jpg

Correct!

?????

JrRacinFan · Dec 16, 2012, 02:12 PM

From your earlier reply, Owl. Here's basically what I was talking about
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040

Also, shouldn't need a monitor connected as if you wish to maintain it you can use a free version of teamviewer
www.teamviewer.com

EDIT:

Also a good example of a VM, I can't run native Ubuntu and keep my wifi connectivity so I am limited to using a virtual machine to write/build my code for my android kernels.

Dec 15, 2012, 12:52 PM	#1
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Dec 15, 2012, 12:59 PM	#3
Krazy Owl Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 889 (1.80/day) Thanks: 122 Thanked 77 Times in 54 Posts System Specs	Could be an idea but I live in a bedroom only in people house. Not much place/use for this heheh dlna = downloading ?

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Dec 15, 2012, 01:04 PM	#5
Krazy Owl Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 889 (1.80/day) Thanks: 122 Thanked 77 Times in 54 Posts System Specs	let's say I have another board that can handle the same cpu with the same chipset but with a maximum of 1 gig DDR 266 instead .... am I better with the 1 gig DDR266 or 1.5 gig pc133 ?

Dec 15, 2012, 01:10 PM	#7
Krazy Owl Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 889 (1.80/day) Thanks: 122 Thanked 77 Times in 54 Posts System Specs	I already have DDR400 512megs sticks

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Dec 15, 2012, 01:26 PM	#11
Krazy Owl Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 889 (1.80/day) Thanks: 122 Thanked 77 Times in 54 Posts System Specs	No not family. I jut rent the room.

Dec 15, 2012, 01:29 PM	#12
Krazy Owl Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 889 (1.80/day) Thanks: 122 Thanked 77 Times in 54 Posts System Specs	Ok thank you all for the advices.

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Aquinus Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Dover, New Hampshire, USA Posts: 4,239 (8.87/day) Thanks: 1,262 Thanked 1,318 Times in 979 Posts System Specs	It doesn't really sound like it has a purpose. I would give it away to someone who needs it if your needs are already met with your own rig. Honestly, think about it. It's an old machine. What can't a VM do that this machine can? __________________ MyHeat

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Dec 16, 2012, 03:54 AM	#21
Krazy Owl Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 889 (1.80/day) Thanks: 122 Thanked 77 Times in 54 Posts System Specs	BTW what is a freaking virtual machine? a firewall computer.... i already have a firewall in my router and in my computer so whats the point of putting anothr computer to make another firewall????

Dec 16, 2012, 04:41 AM	#22
Krazy Owl Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 889 (1.80/day) Thanks: 122 Thanked 77 Times in 54 Posts System Specs	I think I found what to do with it. I got here some PCI cards I wondered what to do with it. Modem V.92, USB 2.0 PCI, Firewire PCI card. I will put my 2400+ in a better board that has all onboard and dump in this one a Duron 1 gig with just enough memory for XP. Vintage multitasking rig to test all hardwares and things that connect to it.

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JrRacinFan Served 5k and counting ... Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Youngstown, OH Posts: 16,121 (7.14/day) Thanks: 4,149 Thanked 4,552 Times in 4,027 Posts System Specs	From your earlier reply, Owl. Here's basically what I was talking about http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040 Also, shouldn't need a monitor connected as if you wish to maintain it you can use a free version of teamviewer www.teamviewer.com EDIT: Also a good example of a VM, I can't run native Ubuntu and keep my wifi connectivity so I am limited to using a virtual machine to write/build my code for my android kernels. __________________ Graphics Artists United™ Request Thread Low Cache CPU Club Solaris Utility DVD 3.0 DanishDevil's Logitech Soundroom TPU Video Gallery Sciencemark Revisited

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