Recent content by rcurley55

Well, I jumped on it - I don't log onto anandtech for months, I'm here for 30 minutes and I make an impulse buy.... I got the cele, 512mb ram, keyboard, mouse, one 160gb sata drive, 1 year service, no os for 309+tax free shipping.....this should be fun, thanks guys...

did you get rid of the service plan - it's $119 for 3 year basic or remove the second hdd for $89?

thanks for the confirmation - looks like I got myself a new project - thanks...

Thanks guys - I'm about to jump on this right away, but I have a Second newb question - could I use a Linux OS on this that I have instead of a window's os and have it network with my windows xp laptops...I don't feel like buying any more XP licenses....

Total newb question here - does this mean I could take this machine, put an os on it - and use it for a file server for my home network?

Thanks for all the comments - they are all very valid. Basically, I was wanting to see how low I could go and still be reliable. People metion the ECS combo - mine's been perfect (knocks on wood) since day one. That said, it's the case/hdd that's really killing me - not really the board/chip...

I already recommended this, but I got to go cheaper then the $400 deal they have going now. Speed is not an issue. I know frys has a few of the ECS/AMD XP combos going on. I was thinking of canabalizing my current machine and upgrading..... What I have now: AMD XP1800 and ECS board Dual...

Hi there everyone. Here's my dilemma - a friend and my grandma both need new computers. What they currently own is so old that I wouldn't even consider reusing the parts. That said, I want to build two rock solid machines that will be used for internet surfing and microsoft word - that it...

Thanks very much for the link....I'll definitely look into all of that info this weekend!!

ok, will do...I'll report back

Ok, two things have become obvious here.... a) ktwebb - your answer flew way over my head - I guess you couldn't read between the lines for the question there, and my lack of info isn't helping any...not a flame, just an observation :D b) now I have a better idea of the kinds of info I need to...

I could flame if I want, but it's not worth my time, and like your post, it's not going to help me get my answers any faster - NOW IS IT!!! That said, if you reread above, I have no F$#^ing clue what I'm doing. In the past, all I've done is put the two computers on the same workgroup and...

I recently got Comcast Cable and I currently have my work laptop and my desktop sharing the connection using all wireless gear from Dlink on 802.11g. I can't get the two to share files though.... My work laptop is on a domain at work, and I can't run the windows network wizard. As you can...

anyone?

ok, well then if I'm doing pretty well with this system, I think I'll wait a while for an upgrade...I think I want to concentrate on making my system quieter. Has anyone used a matrox G550...I want to see if that would be a good card to use in my system because for the most part, I only do 2d...