I have an old desktop at home - an HP computer, with 512 MB SDRAM, 1.7 Ghz Pentium 4 Processor and 30 GB HDD, and the motherboard is an Intel i845. Since this computer isn't being used much now, I decided to make it a[n intranet] server. I already use it as a CVS repository. It runs Apache, MySQL, MSSQL and has PHP. The OS is Windows XP.

So far there is nothing really to complaint about with the machine's performance, but its only the processes running now without any load. I wanted to upgrade the hard disk and also make this a media server. Now, I felt the machine's processing power and memory could use some boost here. Afterall I am trying to run every kind of server (web, cvs, media, database and file) on this.

Looking into my upgrade options I was pretty shocked..the memory type it supports is very hard to find now! Futureshop and Tigerdirect don't even seem to have Socket 478 processors anymore. Determined not to lose hope and make something (actually no, not something but everything I want) of this machine, I decided to find a way to upgrade it and do it in less than $100!

I'll blog and post updates on how my hunt for the $100 upgrade goes. Wish me Luck! Also any ideas appreciated :)

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