Hi all
I am very interested in joining for such a good cause. My self I don't have any of the diseases but I do have a boatload of medical issue's myself and if possible I would love to help / contribute if possible. Here is a just a quick list of my medical issues (4 open heart operations, Asthma, multi back procedures, Degenerative Arthritis, 3 Knee surgeries, ect etc) and no I am not looking for Sympathy I am just letting people know I do understand & why this is such a good cause if I can help.
I have been looking but I am not seeing / finding the recommendation for PC spec's and the same for how much bandwidth is used. My ISP is a small wireless company and I don't really have any FAP / Limit but he has asked me to reasonable and not abuse the bandwidth so I don't. My download is an ave of 7-8 mb and up is about 1.25 to 2mb with a ave ping of 30-50ms. Yes I do know the faster the PC the better.
I have been going thru the intro / write up's and searching on line but I am not really finding what I should put together. Right now I do have a old server has twin (2) 750mhz cpu / 1 gig ram with XP pro 80gig HD etc. Plus I have a lot of other MoBo etc so if that PC would not work I can put something else together that is no biggie. Oh ya I also have a P4 3.0 w/HT and some AMD sempron about 2.5 hz etc. IF I had briefcase of cash I would go like crazy
but I can't. Just looking for some input.
The PC that would get used for this would be just for folding (24x7)
#1... What OS works the best XP / Vista / W7 / Ubuntu etc (I like Ubuntu the best for Linux) sorry not trying to offend anyone
#2... How much ram is the best
#3... Any special hardware that would make the biggest bang for the buck / video / CPU etc.
#4... Anything else that would help and I do take recommendations (Help here please).
OK I think that would do it for now, If F@H takes a lot of bandwidth I will check with my ISP to see if I can work something out with him (i.e if it would cost more a month etc)
Thanks in advance Mike