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<blockquote data-quote="giantjoebot" data-source="post: 211889" data-attributes="member: 26289">I used some spare parts to put together a little rig running MediaPortal for my parents.&nbsp; Its a bit under powered, and I was thinking of doing something to help it run a bit smoother.&nbsp; Here are the specs:1.4ghz AMD Geode CPU (socket A)PCChips SIS based micro ATX board768MB DDR 400 CAS 2.5Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live!Gigabit NICRadeon 955080GB hitachi 7200rpm HDD250GB WD HDDI got everything installed.&nbsp; This is not being used as a DVR by the way.&nbsp; Everything is running pretty smooth.&nbsp; Can handle some high quality video, but not all.&nbsp; I originally had 512mb of RAM in it, but it was acting sluggish.&nbsp; Bought a 512mb stick of RAM off a guy on criagslist for cheap, which gave me the total of 768MB, and it works a lot better now.&nbsp; Plus I changed as many of the windows settings that I could think of to free up resources.&nbsp; I got the system files, and the program files, including MediaPortal, on the 80GB drive on the same partition.&nbsp; I haven't yet installed the 250GB drive (have to do some work on another machine before I can pull it).&nbsp; But I'm planning on putting the My Documents in the second drive, so all the media will be stored there.&nbsp; And I was thinking about putting the pagefile on the second drive as well, but I can't decided if this is a good idea or not.Also the main drive will have utorrent running in the background.So, should I put the page file on the second drive with the media, or leave it on the main drive with the system and program files? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="giantjoebot, post: 211889, member: 26289"] I used some spare parts to put together a little rig running MediaPortal for my parents. Its a bit under powered, and I was thinking of doing something to help it run a bit smoother. Here are the specs: 1.4ghz AMD Geode CPU (socket A) PCChips SIS based micro ATX board 768MB DDR 400 CAS 2.5 Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Gigabit NIC Radeon 9550 80GB hitachi 7200rpm HDD 250GB WD HDD I got everything installed. This is not being used as a DVR by the way. Everything is running pretty smooth. Can handle some high quality video, but not all. I originally had 512mb of RAM in it, but it was acting sluggish. Bought a 512mb stick of RAM off a guy on criagslist for cheap, which gave me the total of 768MB, and it works a lot better now. Plus I changed as many of the windows settings that I could think of to free up resources. I got the system files, and the program files, including MediaPortal, on the 80GB drive on the same partition. I haven't yet installed the 250GB drive (have to do some work on another machine before I can pull it). But I'm planning on putting the My Documents in the second drive, so all the media will be stored there. And I was thinking about putting the pagefile on the second drive as well, but I can't decided if this is a good idea or not. Also the main drive will have utorrent running in the background. So, should I put the page file on the second drive with the media, or leave it on the main drive with the system and program files? :thx: [/QUOTE]

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