These are the PCs
and notebook computers that I maintain:
The oldest are shown first
- 1. Dell Inspiron 8200 notebook computer 2.14-GHz Pentium 4. 17 October 2002.
- 2. Armari T875HT WorkStation 3.2-GHz Pentium 4. 7 January 2004.
- 3. Armari Magnetar NS+ workstation 2.93-GHz Intel i7 940, 9 January 2009
1. Dell Inspiron 8200 notebook computer
Dell 'I8200' notebook computer model No. PP01X running 'Windows XP Professional, service pack 2'. Bought Thursday 17 October 2002. The display no longer works so it is being used with an external monitor.
- Processor: Intel 2.14-GB 'Pentium' 4
- Display: Resolution 1600 x 1200 x 85 Hz
- Battery:
- BIOS Dell Computer Corporation A06, 17/08/2002. SMBIOS Version 2.3.
- Graphic adapter: NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go (Dell Mobile) resolution 1600 x 1200
- BUS:
- Memory: 1-GB
- Hard disks, formatted
with NTFS
- Apricorn 120-GB notebook hard drive - standard 4200 RPM/large cache (AHD-4MFV-120)
- 37-GB second hard drive
- CD-ROM/CD-writer/DVD, CD HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4240N
- Sound system: Crystal WDM Audio Codec
- Infra-red port
- USB ports, three v 1.1
- Firewire port, one
- USB 2.0' CardBus Card Apricorn 'EZ USB 2 - USB 2.0' CardBus Card EZUSB2CB. It supports transfer speeds up to 480Mb/s or 40 times faster than USB 1.1. It has One 500mA powered port and one 100mA powered port.
- Mouse, Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse
- AC Adapter model PA-1900-0SD, three
- Modem, internal Actiontec MD56ORD V92 MDC Modem
- Advanced Port Replicators, two
- Networking: 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible)
- Floppy drive, internal
- Kensington lock
2. Armari T875HT Workstation
Armari T875HT workstation running 'Windows XP Professional, service pack 2'. Bought Wednesday 7 January 2004.
- Case: Cooler Master ‘Wave Master’ TAC-T01 case with four 5.25" external bays, one 3.5" external bay and four 3.5" internal hard disk drive bays.
- Power supply, cooing & noise reduction: Antec 'SmartPower'
2.0, 45 W ATX PSU power supply; Verax P16 Cu (0200161) CPU cooler.
Phase 4 ‘Professional low noise fan kit’ for CoolerMaster Wavemaster series. Verax Low noise fan kit: two Verax KT2 (front), 1 x Verax KP2 (rear) fans; Phase 4 ‘Noise Reduction Pro Matt & Fan kit’ - Motherboard & chipset: Asus ‘P4C800 Deluxe’ / P4 Socket mPGA 478pin/Dual-DDR400/ATX motherboard. Chipset: Intel 875P (Canterwood) + ICH5 Chipset with 800MHz front side bus supporting Intel Pentium 4 processors; Dual serial ATA controllers (4 drives), Chipset+Promise SATA RAID; Dual 1394 ports, eight USB 2.0, AGP 8X
- CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.2-GHz HT Processor with 800-MHz system Bus (478Pin mPGA)
- Memory: Corsair memory TWINX2048 - 3200C2PT XMS3200 2 x 1 GB 2 x 184DIMM CAS2
- Ports: two USB v 2; microphone; earphone; Via VT6307 1394 Firewire controller with two ports, one port on the top of the case, behind a pop-up panel.
- Network: 3COM Marvell 3C940 Gigabit LAN
- Sound: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 (OEM) - 32bit PCI Card. Logitech Z-2300 2.1 Speaker System 200W
- Cooling: Verax CAIRdb cooling fan mounted via Anti-VIB rubber mountings. Aluminium Heat sink with copper base heat spreader.
- Graphics: Connect3D ‘ATI Radeon 9800 Pro’ 256MB AGP Graphics Card
- Hard drives: Two Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 160-GB 3.5" x 1" Serial ATA/150 hard drives, model number 6Y160M0
- CD/DVD drive: Sony DRU-830A DVD/CD dual layer rewritable drive
- Floppy drive: Sony MPF520 3.5" 1.44MB floppy diskette drive
- Voice Fax/Modem: Supra Express V92 56.6K
- Monitor: Dell UltraSharp 2001FP is a 20" 1,200 x 1,600 flat panel TFT active matrix display
- Keyboard & mouse: Logitech Cordless Desktop MX - Cordless Keyboard and Mouse kit
- Video editing card: Canopus 'DVStorm' digital video (DV) PCI graphics card with breakout box.
- External backup drive: CMS Velocity External serial ATA 200-GB Drive
- Uninterruptible power supply: 'Smart-UPS 1000', American Power Conversion.
- USB hub: Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Economy 7-Port Hub
- Printer: Epson Stylus Photo R800 on USB bus
- Scanner: EpsonPerfection 1640SU Office, 1600 x 3200dpi USB colour flatbed scanner.
Networked devices
- ADSL router: Thomson TG585 wireless router V 7
- Network switch: Belkin 8 port gigabyte switch model F5D5141-8
- Network storage: Buffalo TeraStation model HD-H1.0TGL/R5, 1-TB: Four 250-GB drives set as networked RAID5.
3. Armari Magnetar NS+ workstation
Armari Magnetar NS+ workstation running 'Vista Business 64-bit OEM'. Bought Wednesday 9 January 2009.
- 1 Chenbro SR105 Chassis with Hot-Swap SAS/SATA Bays and Armari Bezel
Suitable for Extended ATX workstation and server motherboard
3 x 5.25" External Bays, 4 x Hot-Swap 3.5" SATA/SAS Hard drive bays
Cooling: 1 x 120mm exhaust fan (Rear), 90mm HDD Cooling Fan
Front panel: USB2.0 port x 2
Dimensions 533mm(D) x 198mm(W) x 425mm(H)
Note: Hot-Swapping of drives on live systems requires RAID controller
Manual - 1 Corsair TX750 750 Watt PSU
Suitable for Single and Dual CPU Socket systems.
High 80% efficiency rated. Single 14cm Ultra-quiet Cooling fan
Power Spec: +12V @ 60.0A
Power Spec: +5V @ 28.0A, +3.3V @ 24.0A,-12v @ 0.8A,+5Vsb @ 3.0A
Suitable for Dual Graphics card (SLI / CrossFire) Systems
- 1 SanAce - Low noise fan Kit for Magnetar NS+ (Chenbro SR105 Chassis)
The latest quiet fans from world famous Japanese fan maker Sanyo Denki
Each fan is computer balanced to reduce vibaration and noise
Dual ball bearing 40,000Hr+ long life fans
Single 12cm, 17dB(A), 48CFM rear fan
Single 9cm, up to 22dB(A), 37CFM front fans
- 1 Asus P6T Deluxe Core i7 LGA1366 DDR3 PCIe2 Motherboard
Intel X58+ICH10R Chipset. (Supports nVidia SLI & ATI Crossfire)
Supports Intel Core. i7 Series processors
Up to 24GB of DDR3 up to 1333/ memory, 2 x 3 set of DIMMs
Slots: 3 x PCIe2 (x16+x16 or x16+x8+x8), 1x PCIe x4, 2x PCI
6 SATA-II RAID,2x SAS RAID,8ch.HD Audio,2x Gb-LAN,8x USB 2.0,2x1394a,1x eSATA
ASUS True 16-phase Power Design
- 1 Intel Core. i7 940 Processor 2.93GHz (Quad-Core/8 Thread SMT) TechReport Review
2.93GHz Quad-Core processor for Uni socket systems 0.45nm technology
8MB L3 + 4x256KB L2 Cache, LGA1366 Socket, 130Watts Thermal Power
Integrated low latency Tri-Channel DDR3 memory controller
Intel Quick Path Interconnect Bus (QPI) @ 4.8GT/sec
Dynamic overclocking "Turbo mode" for single and dual threaded apps
Note: Only compatible with Motherboards with Intel X58 Chipset
- 1 Nexus FLC-3000 low noise Core i7 LGA1366 CPU Cooler
Copper base, 4 heatpipes and Aluminium fins angled at 30deg.
Supports Core i7 Intel LGA1366 Socket processors up to 130Watt
Acoustic noise level: 15dBA @ 900RPM to 24dBA @ 2500RPM
Features 4-pin PWM Controlled 92mm orange LED Fan.
Size: 128mm (L) x 105mm (W) x 119mm (H). Weight 470g
Also supplied with mounting kit for Intel LGA775, AMD AM2
- 2 6GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 (PC3-10666) SDRAM Kit
3x 2GB matched memory modules with Classic Heat Spreaders
Tested at 1333MHz with JEDEC standard 9-9-9-24 Latency at 1.5V
memory kit designed for Intel Core i7, X58 Chipset motherboards
- 2 Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB SATA-II Hard Disk HD103UJ
Capacity: 1TB
SATA 3.0Gb/s interface, 7,200 RPM Rotational Speed
8.9ms Average Seek, 32MB cache. Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
Acoustics: Idle Mode 27 dBA (average), Seek Mode 29 dBA (average)
5 Year Warranty
- 1 Canopus HDSTORM Plus PCIe Video Editing Card
Includes 5.25" HDSTORM Bay
Video Input: 1x HDMI, 1x component, S-Video and composite combined
Video Output: 1x HDMI, 1x component, S-Video and composite combined
Audio Input: 1x HDMI, 1x stereo
Audio Output: 1x HDMI, 1x stereo
- 1 Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 1GB GDDR3 PCI-E graphics card with CrossfireX support
ATI Radeon RV770 GPU. Core Clock Speed 625MHz. HDCP support
Memory Clock Speed 993MHz(DDR) / 1GB GDDR3 256Bit Memory bus
800 stream processing units supporting Shader Model 4.1 & DirectX 10.1
2 x Dual Link DVI Outputs. HD Component Output
Avivo HD - Hardware accelerated decoding of H.264,AVC and VC-1
- 1 LG Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Disc Rewriter and HD-DVD Rom Drive (Retail)
Black bezel. Tray loading drive. SATA interface
Average Acess Time: 180ms (BD), 160ms (DVD), 150ms (CD)
Read: BD-ROM,BD-R,HD-DVD,DVD-RAM,DVD+/-R(DL)
Write: BR-R(DL/SL LTH),BR-RE (SL/DL),DVD-R DL,DVD-RW,CD-R/RW
Included Cyberlink BD & HD Software. 2 Year Manufacturer Warranty
- 1 Sony Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S ATA drive
Write: 20x DVD±R, 8x/6x DVD RW/DVD-RW, 12x DVD-RAM and 12x DVD R DL/DVD-R - 1 Logitech Cordless Desktop LX 710 Laser
- Dual monitors: 1 Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24" widescreen LCD Flat Panel Monitor; Eizo L885 20.1" LCD-Monitor P/N OFTD0558
- Akasa 'Integral' eSATA/USB2 enclosure with a Samsung 1 TB drive
- System backup drive: Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB SATA-II Hard Disk HD103UJ Capacity: 1TB
- Uninterruptible power supply: 'Smart-UPS 1500', American Power Conversion.
- Printer: Epson Stylus Photo R800 on USB bus
- Scanner: Epson Perfection V30
- Analogue/digital converter:
Canopus 'ADVC300'
Additional networked devices
- ADSL router: Thomson TG585 wireless router V 7
- Network switch: Belkin 8 port gigabyte switch model F5D5141-8
- Printer: Tektronix Phaser 740 Plus colour laser printer, Tektronics.
- Network storage: Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ fitted with four 750 GB Seagate ES disks in RAID 5, 3 TB total space
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