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Computers - Setup of June 2001

Motherboard:
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Giga-Byte GA-8iEXP
  • Socket 478 for Intel® mPGA478 Pentium® 4 processor in 478 pin package
  • 533/400 MHz FSB
  • Intel® 845E
  • Intel® 82801DB ICH4
  • Intel® PRO/100 VE LAN chip
  • Promise PDC20276 RAID controller chip supports RAID 0,1
  • IEEE 1394: VIA6306 controller chip

 

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CPU:
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Intel Pentium 4 2.53Ghz
  • Hyper Pipelined Technology
  • 533 MHz and 400 MHz System Bus
  • Level 1 Execution Trace Cache
  • Rapid Execution Engine
  • 256KB or 512KB Level 2 Advanced Transfer Cache
  • Advanced Dynamic Execution
  • Enhanced Floating-Point and Multimedia Unit
  • Internet Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (SSE2)

 

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Graphics Card:
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ASUS V8200 GeForce3 Deluxe
  • nFiniteFX GPU
  • On Board 64MB 3.8ns DDR Memory clocked at 460MHz (2x230MHz)
  • 3.2 billion AA samples per sec fill rate
  • 7.36GB/sec memory bandwidth
  • High-Performance Hardware Anti-Aliasing
  • 350 MHz RAMDAC
  • AGP 4X/2X, AGP texturing and Fast Write supports
  • Microsoft DirectX 8 and OpenGL 1.2 Optimizations and support
  • Programmable Vertex Shader

 

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Audio Card:
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Sound Blaster Live! Platinum
  • EMU10K1 audio processor
  • Live! Drive front panel 
  • 32-bit, 48KHz, EMU10K1 Digital Audio Processor (DSP)
  • Hardware acceleration for EAX, DirectSound 3D and DirectSound
  • Digital and analog connections

 

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Hard Drive: (RAID 1)
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2 x IBM DeskStar 75GXP Hard Drives
  • 61.5 GB
  • Rotational speed - 7200 RPM
  • Interface - Ultra ATA/100
  • Sustained data transfer rates -
    37 MB/sec
  • Average seek time - 8.5 ms

 

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Power Supply:
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Enermax 431 Watt
  • Manual Fan Speed Adjustable Function
  • AMD Desirable Power Version Design: 9cm fan intake heat and 8cm fan exhaust heat.
  • Fan On/Off controllable by M/B (FC Function)
  • Fan speed monitoring function
  • Gold-plated connectors ~ high efficiency of electric conductivity

 

Hardware Monitor:
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DigitalDoc5
  • Support for 120MM fans
  • Scan all temperatures and RPM speeds continuously
  • Monitoring temperature range
  • Uses EEPROM memory chip to save all settings
  • Comes with override control
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Case:
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Lian-Li 60
  • All-Aluminum Mid-tower Case
  • Removable power supply bay
  • 3 position adjustable fan
  • 3 case fans with filter
  • Removable motherboard panel
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Memory:
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512 MB Corsair XMS, DDR, CAS2
  • PC3200 DDR
  • Speed = 400 MHZ
  • CAS Latency = 2.0
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Monitor
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Samsung SyncMaster 900NF
  • 19" (18" Viewable)
  • 0.25mm dot pitch (Aperture Grille)
  • 2048 x 1536 @69Hz Maximum Resolution
  • Natural Flat Tube, Up To 240Mhz Pixel Frequency
  • ARAS Surface Treatment
  • On Screen Digital Display Director
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CD-RW
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Plextor PlexWriter™ 16/10/40A
  • 3-in-1 drive: 16X CD-R, 10X CD-RW, 40X max CD-ROM
  • 2 MB Buffer
  • Burn-Proof technology eliminates buffer underrun errors in fast write modes, allows for multi-tasking
  • Flash ROM allows for easy upgrade over the Internet
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Zip Drive
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NEC Internal ZIP Drive
  • Seek time = 29 milliseconds
  • Transfer rate = 1.40MB/sec. Maximum
  • IDE (ATAPI) interface
  • 100MB Zip disks (storage)
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Game controller
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Gravis Eliminator Aftershock
  • Dual analog controls
  • Rumble Feedback
  • Plug-and-play USB
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Headphones
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Aiwa HP-X222 Headphones
  • Stylish Hi-Fi Design
  • 1-1/2" (38mm) Drivers
  • Single-Sided 10" Cord
  • Mute Switch
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External hard drive
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Western Digital external hard drive
  • 120GB
  • 7200 RPM WD Caviar® hard drive
  • Firewire interface (IEEE 1394a compliant)
  • Supports serial bus data transfer rates of 100, 200, and 400 Mb/sec
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Well, I guess this set-up will only be top-of-the line for a few more minutes so I will be wasting no further time here . . . it's time to play!