There's something about building your own PC. Sure, they are an inexpensive commodities but a true geek likes to pick and choose just what components go in the system and maybe save a few bucks in the process. Not to mention you have lots of "mods" to really soup up your system whether it's see-through cases, fluorescent blue fans or various blinking LEDs and meters to track performance.
While the volunteers of Computers Assisting People normally work on older systems that have been donated and refurbish them for non-profits in the community, occasionally we like to work on the latest and greatest stuff.
One of the new systems used an Intel mini-board installed in a way cool see-through case. The other was a full board Asus (the Geek loves Asus boards!) system as described below:
- Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450Watt Smart Power 2.0
- ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe, Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Model #: A8N-SLI Deluxe
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 1GHz HT 2x512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor
- XFX PV-T73G-UDD3 GeForce 7600 GT XXX (590MHz) 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
- Kingston ValueRAM 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered
DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel
- Pioneer DVR-R100B / 16x8x16x DVD+RW / 16x6x16x DVD-RW / 8x DVD±R DL / 40x32x40x CD-RW / Black DVD Burner
- Mitsumi Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive
- Logitech Media Elite 967559-0403 Black 102 Normal Keys 18 Function Keys USB + PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard
- Logitech MX310 930928-0403 2 tone 6 Buttons 1x Wheel USB + PS/2 Optical Mouse
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3300822AS 300GB 7200 RPM SATA3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
- Windows XP Professional x 64
Len Nagel is the proud owner of this sweet system.
Faces in the Crowd
Len Nagel and Dan Davenport working on Len's new system
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Calvin Simmons and Ken Eskridge with Cal's new system
(Note the see-through case)
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Dan McMillan checking out the
easy access drive bays on a new system
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Dan Davenport, Billy Foster, Len Nagel Ken Eskridge and Dan McMillan learning that all CPU heat synchs are not created equally
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