[wplug] Redesigning my home network

[John Lewis]

The model number of my board matched the Picture.

Should I put in this processor 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103979&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-NA-_-NA 
and just start building another computer?

Should I get a sound card for either computer?

On 08/14/2012 12:35 PM, Pat Barron wrote:
> The weakest links in your desktop system (based on your desire to make
> it a general purpose server capable of virtualization) appear to be the
> processor and memory.
>
> Your system has a low-end processor that doesn't support AMD-V (so, no
> virtualization).  From the motherboard spec, it appears you could put in
> a different processor:
>
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c01701270
>
> (Do open up your machine and make sure the model number on the
> motherboard matches what's pictured here - it's silk-screened in the
> middle of the board).
>
> Assuming you have enough power available (and assuming your BIOS
> supports it - you probably want to re-flash your BIOS with the latest
> available from HP's web site, before you try anything like this), you
> could potentially put in an Athlon II X4 or Phenom II X4 processor which
> would be a better fit for what you're trying to do. (Assuming you can
> actually find a reasonable Socket AM2+ processor, they're getting really
> difficult to find...)
>
> The more difficult issue is memory.  Your motherboard only has has two
> DDR2 DIMM slots, and the motherboard spec says it doesn't support
> anything larger than 2GB DIMMs.  So your system is already maxed out on
> memory (two 2GB DIMMs).  This will constrain the number of virtual
> systems you can run, and what you can use them for (for instance, Fedora
> 17 won't even install with any less than 1GB of RAM - though the reason
> for that is because anaconda now requires that much memory to do the
> installation - you could allocate 1GB to install, then reduce the
> allocation to 512MB after installation, if that would work for what
> you're doing).
>
> --Pat.
>
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