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Raistlin · 26-03-2008, 20:24

Hey Guys,

I've got an old box which currently has an AMD Athlon K6 2-500 and a couple of sticks of RAM in it.

I'd like to upgrade to the point where it could comfortably run an XP host with a couple of VMWare images running inside it.

The idea is to be able to stick this box on my network and use it to simulate a couple of web servers, or perhaps a database server, or a mail server (but all from within VMWare).

Neither the servers or the box will be needing to take any great load, they just need to sit there ticking over.

Any thoughts on the best upgrade route for this beast? I was thinking of just plucking some sort of bundle off of eBay (motherboard, 2Ghz processor, 2Gb RAM, that sort of thing), but didn't want to throw money at it when I don't really know what I'm doing

Needless to say, the less money I can spend the better (and the happier 'future Mrs Raistlin' is going to be as well

).

Any thoughts/advice gratfeully recieved.

26-03-2008, 20:24	#1
Raistlin Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Services: Depends on the person and the price they're offering Posts: 12,384	PC Upgrade Hey Guys, I've got an old box which currently has an AMD Athlon K6 2-500 and a couple of sticks of RAM in it. I'd like to upgrade to the point where it could comfortably run an XP host with a couple of VMWare images running inside it. The idea is to be able to stick this box on my network and use it to simulate a couple of web servers, or perhaps a database server, or a mail server (but all from within VMWare). Neither the servers or the box will be needing to take any great load, they just need to sit there ticking over. Any thoughts on the best upgrade route for this beast? I was thinking of just plucking some sort of bundle off of eBay (motherboard, 2Ghz processor, 2Gb RAM, that sort of thing), but didn't want to throw money at it when I don't really know what I'm doing Needless to say, the less money I can spend the better (and the happier 'future Mrs Raistlin' is going to be as well ). Any thoughts/advice gratfeully recieved.