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So, I got my hands on an old machine. Without any further dated pop culture references, heeeeeeeeeerrrrrreeeeeeeee's jo... ahem, a rundown of the specs.
Case appears to be an old Antec SX1000. Back in the day when front panel inputs were a relatively new thing on cases. This one has two USB 2.0 ports and a lone FireWire port.
The motherboard is an Asus A8N-SLI Premium. A throwback to the time when motherboard manufacturers had a kitchen sink approach to their design. This is still true today, but we see the layout more thought out with the placement of connectors along the edges, promoting cable management. Again, at the time this board was designed, windowed cases were uncommon.
The CPU is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+. At the time, this was Buffy the Intel Slayer and commanded a $550 price tag when it was introduced in May of 2005.
The CPU cooler is a Zalman ZNPS AlCu cooler. The biggest problem with the radial design was that it was a dust magnet. As the fins got closer together toward the hub, it would be more susceptible to being clogged with dust.
Video card is a GeForce 7900 GT. Also installed is a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 sound card.
The boot drive is a 74GB WD Raptor. Fastest drive on the planet at the time thanks to its 10000 RPM spindle speed. Also, thanks to the absence of SSDs at the time. Rounding out the storage is 4 250GB WD drives. Not sure on the model, but look like Caviars. These are connected to the onboard RAID controller and are in RAID 0.
Powering this is an Antec Neo 550W Semi-modular PSU. This might be the first semi-modular PSU ever, but I'm not sure.
Somewhat surprisingly, Windows 7 is installed on this machine, considering that virtually every component in this machine pre-dates Vista. I might try installing 10 on it to see what happens.
Ultimately, I am torn on what to do with this machine. I might just tinker with it or use it as a spare. Part of me wants to gut it, throw a few mods at the case and build a modern rig inside it. Not sure what I'll do yet.
Case appears to be an old Antec SX1000. Back in the day when front panel inputs were a relatively new thing on cases. This one has two USB 2.0 ports and a lone FireWire port.
The motherboard is an Asus A8N-SLI Premium. A throwback to the time when motherboard manufacturers had a kitchen sink approach to their design. This is still true today, but we see the layout more thought out with the placement of connectors along the edges, promoting cable management. Again, at the time this board was designed, windowed cases were uncommon.
The CPU is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+. At the time, this was Buffy the Intel Slayer and commanded a $550 price tag when it was introduced in May of 2005.
The CPU cooler is a Zalman ZNPS AlCu cooler. The biggest problem with the radial design was that it was a dust magnet. As the fins got closer together toward the hub, it would be more susceptible to being clogged with dust.
Video card is a GeForce 7900 GT. Also installed is a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 sound card.
The boot drive is a 74GB WD Raptor. Fastest drive on the planet at the time thanks to its 10000 RPM spindle speed. Also, thanks to the absence of SSDs at the time. Rounding out the storage is 4 250GB WD drives. Not sure on the model, but look like Caviars. These are connected to the onboard RAID controller and are in RAID 0.
Powering this is an Antec Neo 550W Semi-modular PSU. This might be the first semi-modular PSU ever, but I'm not sure.
Somewhat surprisingly, Windows 7 is installed on this machine, considering that virtually every component in this machine pre-dates Vista. I might try installing 10 on it to see what happens.
Ultimately, I am torn on what to do with this machine. I might just tinker with it or use it as a spare. Part of me wants to gut it, throw a few mods at the case and build a modern rig inside it. Not sure what I'll do yet.