computing
boredom (and lots of newegg orders) has led to this - me building 2 nostalgic computers and configuring a Dell server. I had to do something with all those WinXP licenses after all
next up - either a home theatre PC or an Intel Q6600 machine or maybe a Core i7 machine
For the techies, here's what we're looking at. (note: I don't do ANY pc gaming - the video cards are just whatever was readily available in AGP/PCI which is pretty rare these days)
Left to right:
Dell PowerEdge SC440 w/WinServer 2008 x64 Enterprise
Intel Dual Core Xeon 3040 1.86ghz 2mb cache 1066mhz FSB
4gb DDR2 667mhz ECC RAM
EVGA GeForce FX 5200 128mb PCI video card (onboard sucks)
WD 80gb 7.2krpm SATA main HD
Seagate 500gb 7.2krpm SATA secondary HD
Asus DVD-ROM
Pioneer 20x DVD/RW
Intel PRO/1000GT NIC (onboard sucks)
FrozenCPU.com modified Lian-Li PC-65B windowed case
The internals of this comp used to be in the case on the right - an Alienware 2001DV that cost $7k configured in 2001.
Intel D850GB motherboard
Intel Pentium 4 Socket 423 1.8ghz proc 256k cache w/400mhz FSB + ThermalTake indigo orb HSF
2gb Samsung Rambus RD800
Hitachi Deskstar 60gb 7.2krpm IDE main HD
WD 120gb 7.2krpm IDE secondary HD
XFX GeForce 6200 512mb AGP video card (only because my awesome red PCB Gainward GeForce 4 Ti4600 seems to be overheating a lot)
Koutech PCI to USB 2.0 card (in 2001, USB 2.0 wasn't around)
Lian-Li USB 2.0 3.5" card reader
Asus DVD-ROM
Pioneer 20x DVD/RW
Intel PRO/1000MT NIC
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 400W PSU
Alienware 2001DV
Asus P4P800-E Deluxe motherboard
Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 3.2ghz w/HT, 512k cache, 800mhz FSB + ThermalTake Volcano 7+ copper HSF
3gb Corsair XMS3200 (cas latency 2)
Matrox Parhelia 512 128mb AGP video card (triple monitor support)
Seagate Barracuda 15krpm 18gb Ultra160 SCSI main drive
Seagate Barracuda 15krpm 36gb Ultra160 SCSI secondary drive
WD 120gb 7.2krpm IDE storage drive
Adaptec 29160N PCI SCSI controller
SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum 5.1 PCI sound card
Lian-Li USB 2.0 3.5" card reader
Asus DVD-ROM
Pioneer 20x DVD/RW
Intel PRO/1000GT NIC
Enermax 500W PSU
yea, retro computing. good times. note very little storage in all the comps since there's plenty of TBs worth of storage on my network
the Matrox Parhelia card powers a triple-monitor setup (new LCDs coming soon - those are circa 2001 once again) that looks like this
computing
boredom (and lots of newegg orders) has led to this - me building 2 nostalgic computers and configuring a Dell server. I had to do something with all those WinXP licenses after all
next up - either a home theatre PC or an Intel Q6600 machine or maybe a Core i7 machine
For the techies, here's what we're looking at. (note: I don't do ANY pc gaming - the video cards are just whatever was readily available in AGP/PCI which is pretty rare these days)
Left to right:
Dell PowerEdge SC440 w/WinServer 2008 x64 Enterprise
Intel Dual Core Xeon 3040 1.86ghz 2mb cache 1066mhz FSB
4gb DDR2 667mhz ECC RAM
EVGA GeForce FX 5200 128mb PCI video card (onboard sucks)
WD 80gb 7.2krpm SATA main HD
Seagate 500gb 7.2krpm SATA secondary HD
Asus DVD-ROM
Pioneer 20x DVD/RW
Intel PRO/1000GT NIC (onboard sucks)
FrozenCPU.com modified Lian-Li PC-65B windowed case
The internals of this comp used to be in the case on the right - an Alienware 2001DV that cost $7k configured in 2001.
Intel D850GB motherboard
Intel Pentium 4 Socket 423 1.8ghz proc 256k cache w/400mhz FSB + ThermalTake indigo orb HSF
2gb Samsung Rambus RD800
Hitachi Deskstar 60gb 7.2krpm IDE main HD
WD 120gb 7.2krpm IDE secondary HD
XFX GeForce 6200 512mb AGP video card (only because my awesome red PCB Gainward GeForce 4 Ti4600 seems to be overheating a lot)
Koutech PCI to USB 2.0 card (in 2001, USB 2.0 wasn't around)
Lian-Li USB 2.0 3.5" card reader
Asus DVD-ROM
Pioneer 20x DVD/RW
Intel PRO/1000MT NIC
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 400W PSU
Alienware 2001DV
Asus P4P800-E Deluxe motherboard
Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 3.2ghz w/HT, 512k cache, 800mhz FSB + ThermalTake Volcano 7+ copper HSF
3gb Corsair XMS3200 (cas latency 2)
Matrox Parhelia 512 128mb AGP video card (triple monitor support)
Seagate Barracuda 15krpm 18gb Ultra160 SCSI main drive
Seagate Barracuda 15krpm 36gb Ultra160 SCSI secondary drive
WD 120gb 7.2krpm IDE storage drive
Adaptec 29160N PCI SCSI controller
SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum 5.1 PCI sound card
Lian-Li USB 2.0 3.5" card reader
Asus DVD-ROM
Pioneer 20x DVD/RW
Intel PRO/1000GT NIC
Enermax 500W PSU
yea, retro computing. good times. note very little storage in all the comps since there's plenty of TBs worth of storage on my network
the Matrox Parhelia card powers a triple-monitor setup (new LCDs coming soon - those are circa 2001 once again) that looks like this