| CPU: | AMD Athlon™ XP 3000+ (2.15 gigahertz ) with 333 Mhz FSB |
| Motherboard: | ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X2.0 REV 2.xx |
| Memory: | 3.00 GB Crucial PC3200 DDR |
| Video Card: | ATI Radeon 9500 8X AGP Video Card 128 MB DDR RAM |
| Hard Drive: | Seagate Barracude 3.5" Serial ATA 500.0 GB (465 GB formated) ST3500641AS @ 7200 RPMS & 16 MB Cache |
| External Hard Drives: | Western Digital 1TB (931 GB actual formatted) My Book Home Edition FireWire 400, USB 2.0, and eSATA, Western Digital WD1200JD(120.03 GB) Serial ATA 120.0 GB (112 GB formated) @ 7200 RPMS & 8 MB Cache converted to USB 2.0 with Antec Veris enclosure. |
| DVD-ROM-R/W: | LG GSA-H55N 20X Multi DVD Rewriter |
| Floppy Drive: | Mitsumi Black 1.44 Floppy Drive 3.5" |
| Sound Card: | on board Nvidia nForce Auydio Codec |
| USB & Firewire PCI Cards: | USB 2.0 + FireWire and USB 2.0 Hi-Speed PCI Card |
| Speakers: | Bose MediaMate Speaker System - Graphite Gray (2 Piece) Speakers |
| Monitor: | Princeton VL193 19" TFT-LCD Panel (MVA Premium): - SXGA, 1 Analog, & 1 DVI Digital Video Inputs, 1280 x 1024 Native Resolution: |
| Network Adapters: | Two 100/10 Integrated 3Com® and NVIDIA® LAN controllers on motherboard with 4-Port EtherFast® 10/100 4-Port Switch Router |
| Keyboard & Pointing Device: | Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard Special Edition (Black) & Microsoft Trackball Optical |
| Cooling: | Two SilenX Fans SilenX 120mm 14dBA Fans |
| Case & Power Supply: | Antec Sonata with Seasonic Tornado 350W ATX12V power supply with single fan design for enhanced quietness, Front USB 2.0, Firewire, and Audio ports |
| Operating System | Windows XP Professional (build 2600) |
| Scanner: | Microtek ScanMaker i300 |
New Computer Time, Redux
It's was way over due, but I have finally rebuilt my new computer, again, and came up with a very quiet, fairly fast new computer. Built around an AMD Athlon XP 3000+, Asus A7N8X2.0 REV 2 motherboard, and Antec's good looking, quiet and solidly built Sonata Case, this has been an interesting project. The Seagate Barracude 3.5" Serial ATA 500.0 GB hard drive is fast and quiet. Even the LG GSA-H55N 20X Multi DVD Rewriter is quiet. I had enough problems in recent years to swear I would never build another PC, but the quality of some of the major PC builders (HP, Gateway, and Dell primarily) tech support lead me back to where I started eight years ago - build the damn things myself.
I have a few pictures of this thing, with the link above, but this project was much easier than previous computers - no case modifications required. This case was exactly the way I wanted my computer to end up, and the Dremel tool has now been retired from PC projects. Black case, black keyboard, black mouse, and black & silver LCD flat panel. Nothing beige left. Not the speakers. Not the scanner. Black and silver.
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