Server re-install

I completely forgot to write about my latest problems converting my trusted Linux box into a Windows box. I've managed to actually get XP up and running, and it's fairly stable. The problems began after I had installed everything. Everything being XP, Skype and iTunes. iTunes is running okay, and I can access my Airport Express to stream music directly to the stereo. The problem is Skype. Before I installed windows, I checked to see that the old hardware would be able to run this huge system, and according to Microsoft, there shouldn't be any problems. I failed to check with skype, and assumed that a 500MHz K6-2 sould be enough. Boy was I wrong! The first few skype calls disconnected after a few minutes, and when I finnaly managed to keep one going long enough to start the taskmanager I saw that the CPU was under full load all the time. No wonder it couldn't keep up with skype. The temporary sollution is that I've hooked up my older laptop. It's a P3 1GHz, which seems to do fine. When talking over Skype, the CPU load is about 45-60% which is okay, because it doesn't need to do anything else. On a longer run, I need to find a sollution where I can get Skype back on the old server, without spending too much money. If I want to upgrade, I need a new motherboard, CPU, RAM and CPU cooler. The CPU cooler that's in use now, is one of those middle priced low noise ones, and I would like to keep the noise level steady even if I upgrade. I have a feeling that would make an upgrade about as expensive as a brand new computer. So much for reusing perfectly working hardware... The current plan is to figure out how fast a processor the motherboard can handle, and see if I can get hold of a used one.