I picked up quite an ancient computer for about 10k from a friend (the HDD (2x500GB WDs) and memory modules(2G)) are spanking new though. For the life of me I can't figure out what the make/model of the motherboard is :huh: . I stared for many hours at the insides but couldn't tell. The only meaningful data I could gather is that the AMD processor uses an AM2 slot and it has an onboard ATI Xpress 1150 card. It also has a PCI E slot from what I can tell.
Originally this system was bought to serve as a way to escape corporate firewalls using SSH etc. I've started to use it as my main system now and hence I'm looking for upgrade options. My primary requirement is that the machine should be able to decently run 2-3 Virtual machines and play HD video decently. I don't game much but CUDA would be good to have for running key cracking algorithms at breakneck speeds(work of course, no evil :cool2
Should I just throw this machine away and get a newer one or should I look for processor upgrades and a spanking new PCI E card? What would be your suggestion?
Originally this system was bought to serve as a way to escape corporate firewalls using SSH etc. I've started to use it as my main system now and hence I'm looking for upgrade options. My primary requirement is that the machine should be able to decently run 2-3 Virtual machines and play HD video decently. I don't game much but CUDA would be good to have for running key cracking algorithms at breakneck speeds(work of course, no evil :cool2

Should I just throw this machine away and get a newer one or should I look for processor upgrades and a spanking new PCI E card? What would be your suggestion?