[H] Making a File Server

[Steve Tomporowski]

My sister just gave me her old computer.  With the emphasis on old. It's 
a Compaq Presario, P4 2.6GHz, 512 memory.  The motherboard is an Asus 
and does have two sata ports on board.  Is this thing worth turning into 
a file server (I'd want to put a raid card in it), or is this a 
give-away?  Also, what software should I use?  I'd want to run it 
headless and just power everything down when not being accessed.

It came with one of the weirdest flat panel monitors I've ever dealt 
with.  It's a 19" Planar, and it has the odd quirk, now that I remember 
back to when she got it, that it has to be plugged in for about 5 
minutes before you can turn it on.

Thanks...Steve