Media/HT PC Potential?

apc
apc Posts: 779
edited December 2011 in Electronics
Old Dell, Pentium 4, 3 Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 500Gb HD

Running XP and wondering if it's worth the trouble. Would like to do Hulu, but open to suggestions.

Thoughts?
Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Friend.
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  • Glowrdr
    Glowrdr Posts: 1,103
    edited December 2011
    Single core, I'd leave it. I really try to steer people away from anything single-core in this day and age. It would work, but be laggy.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2011
    I agree weak for a HTPC, but did you try to do Hulu with it?

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  • apc
    apc Posts: 779
    edited December 2011
    Yup and it worked fine.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2011
    Then give it a shot, but if you need to buy parts like a tuner, I doubt you have a modern slot type in that computer. So I don't think any $$ to make it work would be worth it. But saying that if it works for what you want, why not?


    Steve

    Speakers
    Carver Amazing Fronts
    CS400i Center
    RT800i's Rears
    Sub Paradigm Servo 15

    Electronics
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
    Sony CX400 CD changer
    Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


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