My PCs

Desktop



OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 + various VMs

Motherboard
Asus P5Q Pro Turbo motherboard

CPU/Fan
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU (2.4GHz, 1066MHz FSB stock) @ 8 x 440MHz = 3.52GHz, 1760MHz FSB
Scythe Mugen 2 CPU cooler

RAM
4GB (2x2GB) G.Skill DDR2-1000 RAM @ 880MHz, 5-5-5-15 (1:1 w/ FSB)

Storage
LG HD-DVD/Blu-ray/DVD burner combo drive
2TB Hitachi 7K2000 HDD (boot/storage)
320GB Seagate 7200.10 HDD (pagefile/additional storage)
1.5TB Seagate 7200.11 HDD in an eSATA Thermaltake N0012USU external enclosure (Desktop backup)
1TB WD Caviar Black HDD in a generic eSATA external enclosure (Desktop + laptop backup)

Graphics/Display
512MB AMD/ATI Radeon 4850 graphics with Zalman VF900-Cu heatsink
Calibrated HP LP2475w 24" H-IPS (8-bit) widescreen flat panel monitor, 59.940Hz refresh forced

Sound
Source: Creative X-Fi Titanium >> Stello DA100 DAC via S/PDIF
Amplification: Self-restored McIntosh MAC1500 / Meier-Audio Corda Headfive #150
Output: Sennheiser HD-595 / Ultrasone HFI-680 / Energy C-100 speakers

Misc
Ultra Aluminus case
Antec TruePower Trio 650w power supply
AVerTV Combo PCIe ATSC/NTSC HDTV tuner
Motorola 802.11G WiFi
Logitech G15 keyboard (2nd gen) and Razer DeathAdder mouse (3500 dpi) w/ Razer eXactMat

ThinkPad W500 Laptop
4058-CTO



OS
Windows 7 Professional x64

CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 (2.4GHz, 3MB L2, 1066MHz FSB, 25w TDP)
Undervolted at all speed steps. 0.8750V - 0.9500V vs 1.0000V-1.2500V stock.

RAM
4GB Crucial DDR3 1066 RAM (2x2GB)

Storage
Dual layer DVD burner
320GB Seagate 7200.3 internal hard drive
Graphics/Display
512MB ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 / Intel X4500HD switchable graphics
15.4" 1680x1050 16:10 widescreen

Wireless
Intel 5300 AGN with 3 stock antennas
Atheros AR5212 (ABG) using both stock WWAN antennas

Misc
9 cell battery, Bluetooth, webcam

Older systems

Systems 1-3 were given to me by my father when they became outdated and were replaced with a new machine. For example, I acquired System 1 when he bought what would later become System 2.

System 1: Packard Bell Pentium 90MHz, 8x CD-ROM, Sound Blaster sound card, other specs unknown
System 2: Compaq Pentium 200MHz, 6Gb Quantum Bigfoot HDD, other specs unknown
System 3: IBM E5U Pentium 2 350MHz, 224Mb RAM, 8x DVD-ROM, integrated ATI graphics, 8Gb HDD
System 4: Self-built AMD Athlon XP 1600+, 128MB SDRAM, ECS K7S5A motherboard, NVidia TNT-2 Pro, 8Gb hard drive (system built on a $230 budget)
System 5: Self-built AMD Athlon XP 1600+, 256MB DDR RAM, MSI KT4V-L motherboard, NVidia GeForce 4 Ti 4200, 40GB hard drive
System 6: Self-built AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (939 90nm), 1GB Dual Channel DDR RAM, MSI K8T-Neo2 motherboard, NVidia GeForce 6200 (128MB), 320GB hard drive

R.I.P. HP Omnibook 6100. May your fried motherboard, two dead hard drives, failing screen inverter, defective keyboard, humming noise, etc. rest in many pieces in a box somewhere in the basement.