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So what do I need? Is there a thread (perhaps on the overclockers forum)as to the bare minimum you would need to fold with. I mean besides a m/b and a cpu, you need a Power Supply, a HD with an OS, a network card to get out but that's built into many M/B today, and a few cables and I can hook it up to my existing monitor/keyboard. Got to be able to load DSL stuff too...

If I can find detailed instructions, I'll do it. (Gulp, does that mean I nead to download or burn a linux CD again? That took me 8 days to configure last time, and I can't say it was a lot of fun.)?

Here's my take on a minimum:

Pentium II or III of around 500 MHZ [this is the most important component for getting a good points/kWh ratio].

128MB RAM. [256 to run the 600 point WUs efficiently]

Just about any Video card or onboard video chip.

Network card [or onboard NIC]

Power supply compatible with m/b

2 to 3 GIG HD

Win98SE [W2k if you dislike rebooting and having to save big WU directories at various points along the way so the whole thing never gets wipped out by a crash/reboot]

m/b compatible with above [generally one starts with a m/b one already has - kinda like Armies and Wars ;-)]

Home network with internet sharing so the additional computer can just have the NIC jacked in to get to the 'net.