Computers
Currently, there are 8 computers on my LAN. The naming scheme for them are the Noble Gases and Alkali Metals (it was originally just the Noble Gases, but I ran out of names) – krypton, xenon, argon, radon, neon, cesium, sodium, and lithium. Future systems will be named from the following list – potassium, rubidium, and francium. After that, I’m not sure what will happen :) (I’m starting to get close to running out of names again!) This section is somewhat out of date, I’ll edit it later
Other geek toys include a Fujifilm FinePix A800 digital camera, Philips HTS3544 home theatre system, and various console gaming systems :) (NES, SNES, N64, Playstation, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 Elite, Gameboy, Gameboy Advance SP, Nintendo DS Lite).
I really need to build a fileserver, and just put one or two smaller fast drives in my gaming system.
carbon – my new gaming system
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHZ Yorkfield 1333FSB 12MB
- Gigabyte EP45-UD3R motherboard
- G.SKILL F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK PC2-8500 4GB 2X2GB DDR2-1066
- EVGA E-GEFORCE GTX 260 Core 216 SC 55NM (896MB, PCI-E)
- Scythe Orochi 10 Heatpipe CPU Heatsink (this thing weighs 3 pounds!)
- Dell 2408WFP 24″ Widescreen LCD (1920×1200)
- Antec NSK 4480B II Mini Tower Case
- Western Digital WD1001FALS Caviar Black 1TB SATA2 hard drive
- Pioneer DVR-212D DVD-RW 18X6X18 DVD+RW 18X8X18 DL 10X (SATA)
- Onboard 7.1 audio
- Onboard 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN
- Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard
- Logitech LX8 wireless laser mouse
- Logitech Z3e 40W/80W (RMS/Peak) speakers
- Running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
xenon – my general use/media system
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33 GHz
- ASRock CONROE1333-D667 motherboard
- 2 GB Mushkin EM DDR2 RAM (PC2-6400, DDR2-800)
- eVGA E-GeForce 8800GTS (320MB, PCI-E)
- Scythe Mine Rev.B CPU heatsink/fan
- BenQ FP222WH 22″ Widescreen LCD (1680×1050)
- Antec NSK6500 case
- Samsung 80 GB SATA2 hard drive
- Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300 GB SATA hard drive
- Seagate 500 GB SATA2 hard drive
Western Digital 500 GB SATA2 hard drive(broken)- Samsung 1 TB SATA2 hard drive (External, USB2)
- Samsung SH-S223Q/BEBS 22X DVD+-RW Lightscribe (SATA)
- Onboard 10/100 Mbps LAN
- AuzenTech X-Plosion Cinema 7.1 Sound Card DTS/Dolby Digital Live (PCI)
- Logitech Access Keyboard 600
- Logitech MX1000 wireless laser mouse
- Audio going to my home theatre system
- Running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
cesium – Dell XPS M1330 laptop (for general use and some gaming)
- Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz/800MHz FSB, 4MB cache)
- 13.3″ widescreen display (1280×800)
- 4 GB OCZ DDR2 RAM (PC2-6400, DDR2-800)
- 120GB SATA hard drive (5400RPM)
- 128MB Nvidia Geforce Go 8400M GS
- 8X CD/DVD+/-RW burner
- Dell 1505 Wireless-N mini-card
- 10/100 Mbps LAN
- Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
- 85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)
- Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD software edition
- Built-in memory card reader
- Logitech VX Revolution cordless laser notebook mouse
- Running Windows Vista 64-bit Home Premium
bismuth – Dell Inspiron 518 (my sister’s computer)
- Intel Pentium Conroe dual core E5300 CPU (2.6GHz/800MHz FSB, 2MB cache)
- 4GB DDR2 RAM
- 16X DVD+/-RW drive
- AMD Radeon HD3450 (256MB, PCI-E)
- Dell keyboard/mouse
- 500GB hard drive (SATA2)
- 17″ LCD (1280×1024)
- Running Windows Vista Home Basic
radon – my stepfather’s computer
- Intel Celeron 2.4 GHz
- Soltek 85DR3-R motherboard
- 1 GB DDR RAM (PC3200)
- Seagate 120 GB IDE hard drive
- LG GSA-4082B 8×4x12 DVD+-R/RW/RAM 24×16x32 CD-RW
- Sapphire Radeon 9600XT (128MB, AGP)
- SMC Networks SMC1244TX PCI 10/100 Mbps network card
- Acer X183H 18.5″ Widescreen LCD (1366×768)
NEC MultiSync XV15 15″ monitor- Onboard sound
- Running Windows 2000 Professional
Systems not currently in use
sodium – my secondary/test system
- Intel Pentium 4 (E) 3.2 GHz
- Asus P4P800-VM motherboard
- 1.5 GB DDR RAM (PC3200)
- Onboard 10/100 Mbps LAN
- Onboard AC97 audio
- Onboard Intel video
eVGA GeForce 6800GS (256 MB, AGP)eVGA GeForce MX4000 (64 MB, PCI)- Zalman CNPS7000-AlCu CPU heatsink/fan
- Antec Aria case
- Running Windows Vista Home Premium
lithium – Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop
- Intel Celeron 2.2 GHz
- 15.0″ XGA TFT display
- 512 MB SDRAM
- 30 GB Ultra ATA hard drive
- Internal 10/100Mb network and 56K modem
Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN (802.11b/g, 11/54Mb) PCMCIA card- Enterasys (ORiNOCO Hermes chipset) Classic Gold 802.11b PCMCIA card
- 8X DVD-ROM
- Intel Extreme Graphics
- Running Windows XP Professional
neon – (dhcp|mail|web|dns) system (having problems, not in use)
- AMD Duron 1.2 GHz
- ECS K7S5A motherboard
- 512 MB DDR RAM
- Samsung 80 GB hard drive
- SMC Networks SMC1244TX PCI 10/100 Mbps network card
- Running Debian (sarge) GNU/Linux
argon – my sister’s computer (not in use)
- AMD Athlon T-bird 1.33 GHz
- Abit KT7A motherboard
- 896 MB RAM
- Fujitsu 6 GB hard drive
- LG 32×10x40 CD-RW
- Creative Labs TNT2 (32 MB, PCI)
- D-Link DFE-530TXS 10/100 Mbps network card
- Creative Labs SoundBlaster 16
- Running Windows 2000 Professional
krypton – retired
- Dual Intel Pentium Pro 200 MHz (512 KB cache)
- IBM PC365 motherboard/case
- 320 MB RAM
- Western Digital 1.6 GB hard drive
- IBM 10 GB hard drive
- D-Link DFE-530TXS 10/100 Mbps network card
- Matrox Millennium (4 MB, PCI)
- Running Debian (testing) GNU/Linux
francium – Sun Ultra 5 Workstation (not in use)
- UltraSPARC-IIi 270Mhz CPU (OpenBoot PROM 3.31)
- 128 MB RAM
- 4.3 GB hard drive
- 15-pin ATI Rage SVGA graphics onboard (PGX24)
- 24X SUN CD-ROM
- Floppy drive
- 10/100BaseTX Ethernet onboard
- Sound onboard
- Sun Type 5C keyboard
- Sun Type 5 mouse