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July 4th, 2007, 4:52 PM
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What to do with 2 inherited comptuers
I just got (for free) a full HP tower with an AMD Athlon 2400 processor, 512ram, and a whopping 11.2gb HDD. The second is a gutted Compaq with similar spec but a 120gb HDD and DVD writer. The smaller HDD has XP professional installed and the larger has XP home. I already put the larger HDD into the HP and will also swap the DVD writer in.
I was going to just format the larger HDD and primarily use that (the smaller has 9.2gb free). Am I doing anything wrong here?
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July 4th, 2007, 4:58 PM
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July 4th, 2007, 5:19 PM
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July 4th, 2007, 7:17 PM
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July 5th, 2007, 1:53 AM
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Take out the 11 GB, and put in the 120 GB, and format. No use having a 11 GB when you have a 120 GB. Also, the 120GB is almost certainly higher RPM, and has more cache than the 11GB. So the computer will run a lot faster with the OS on the 120GB drive. And add or swap the DVD drive. Last edited by I<3myV8; July 5th, 2007 at 2:00 AM. |
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July 5th, 2007, 3:01 AM
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July 5th, 2007, 8:19 AM
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You could install Windows Home Server on it and use it as media server?
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July 5th, 2007, 10:01 AM
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LINUX box?
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July 5th, 2007, 10:08 AM
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Upgrade the RAM
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the HP would be perfect for a Myth Box
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July 5th, 2007, 12:40 PM
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 I set up a Myth Box a few months ago using an old PC - I'm loving it.
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July 5th, 2007, 5:59 PM
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Sorry fellas but I'm actually going to use it
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July 5th, 2007, 8:21 PM
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Get some more ram, and a portable HDD andTurn it into a Media server and use for for media /downloading so you can transfer the stuff you download to your other comp without risk of getting something. Or turn it in a dedicated Pr0n server
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Just use it for work stuff, like word documents and all that.
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Sorry everyone, I'm using it as I'm typing this. Its much better than my piece of shit laptop, sadly.
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