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I cleaned out my custom built PC from a few years ago and I always wanted to capture the CPU socket on my Motherboard.
I enjoy the technical process of building, customizing and maintaining PC's. I've built around 10-15 personal PC's over the years for myself and friends.
Taken with my Nikkor 105mm VR f/2.8 macro lens.
One of my first proper extreme macro shots using reversed Sigma 28mm F2.8 lens with a reversing ring on my Canon 20D. Shooting some stuff i found in an office. Next step - insects.
Got to sort out the lighting still, but otherwise it's a ready-to-go extreme macro setup.
Detail of installed CPU on the Nikkor-UD 20mm f/3.5 F factory ai'd.
D600 + PN-11(52,5mm) tube + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 AI-S, ISO 3200, f/11 at 1/60s, built in flash + diffuser.
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz 32 nm
Socket 1156 LGA
MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x
Max non-turbo ratio23x
Nothing like a good old AMD 8085. This also provides a clue to the machine's vintage.
Below it in the 16-pin DIP sockets are rows of flip-flops and other 74-series logic components.
A new Rosewill CPU cooler installed in the computer. It works fairly well, and even the fan has the nifty 4-pin PWM connector. The bargain basement ECS board will sure hurt my street cred, but it works.
3d Collaboration with philipsheffield.4ormat.com for my forthcoming Solo Show at Unlimited Editions
The lengths I'll go to to get an impressive picture into a letters column.
(Note that my commitment to making an impressive fake screenshot did not extend to giving each of the "CPUs" its own different activity graph. I was also entertained to read about AMD's upcoming 16-core Opterons; a four-socket board with those in it would be a legitimate, generally-compatible-x86, 64-core server!)
Day 9 of the 30 day challenge my theme is Computer Macro's.
(also 252/365 day challenge, which has had various themes)
A different view of yesterdays CPU - using a tripod was a big help.
How to check CPU info on Linux
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