My Computer
That's right! I built a computer. Benchmarks and info below. Built: 1-13-01
- AMD Thunderbird (Athlon) 950MHz processor
- ASUS A7V ACPI compliant ATX motherboard based upon the VIA KT133 AGPset (Rev. 1.02, BIOS 1007/FXD)
- 512MB of PC133 SDRAM
- IBM 46.1GB 7200RPM IDE hard drive
- Western Digital 10.1GB IDE hard drive (back-up device, 7/01)
- 12x write/10x rewrite/32x read Plextor Plexwriter (IDE/ATAPI)
- 8x Hitachi DVD-ROM drive (added 8/01)
- ASUS V7100 AGP video card based upon the NVidia GeForce2MX chipset
- 3Com/USRobotics v.90 56k internal PCI modem (NOT a winmodem)
- Soundblaster Live! Platinum 5.1 sound card
- Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (TX) PCI NIC
- 3Com 3c900b 10Mbit PCI NIC retired 6/01
- Hauppauge WinTV PCI Model 401 (currently not in use)
- Intel Easy PC Camera (USB)(added 06/01)
- ATX full tower case with 431W power supply (Enermax)(INWIN Q500-300A case)
- 300W supply that came with case retired 6/01. (It was a piece of crap.)
- 19 inch Viewsonic GS790 short-depth monitor.
- 17 inch Sony CPD-200ES Trinitron monitor retired 6/01
- HP DeskJet 932C printer (USB)(added 8/01)
- Canon BJC-4200 Inkjet Printer (retired 8/01)
- Fujitsu KB4725 keyboard (not a "natural" keyboard)
- Logitech Trackman Wheel (USB)
- Logitech 3-button mouse retired 6/01
- Panasonic SC-AK57 Dolby Digital Ready stereo system
- Hawking 4-port Ethernet hub
- Microsoft Windows 2000+SP2 Professional Edition
And now the pertinent benchmarks from SiSoft Sandra 2001 (UPDATED 2/20/01 for BIOS version 1006):
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