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Current Rig
Updated: 02.15.11
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AUX1 |
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[Rev.
17] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Case |
Lian
LI PC-7FNWX |
Innovative hard
drive rail system, good airflow, all black interior,
good cable routing for a mid tower |
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Power Supply |
Corsair AX1200 |
Single 12v Rail,
80 Gold rating, modular |
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Motherboard |
eVGA X58 SLI |
This is now my
longest tenured board; I have used this for over 2
years. |
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Processor |
Intel Core i7 920
[2.66GHz] |
Chugging along
at 3.8 GHz. |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Thermalright Ultra 120
eXtreme |
Using a
Noiseblocker 12mm fan |
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Memory |
12 GB Corsair Dominator
DDR3-1600 |
6 sticks running
great at 1600MHz |
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Video Card |
eVGA 1.5GB GTX 580 |
OC's
fairly well: 825/4200 |
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Sound Card |
Xonar Essence STX |
The high end DAC
and built in headphone amp are great. GX mode is
decent for games as well. |
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OS Hard Drive |
Western Digital Raptor
X
150GB |
Running in RAID
0 |
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Data Hard Drive |
Western Digital 1TB
Black |
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Optical Drive |
LG 22x DVD+/-RW SATA |
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Etc. |
Sennheiser HD 590 |
Going
on 7 years old now. Sound much better now than
when new; they have mellowed over the years. |
The
Evolution of AuxOne - Past
Modern Builds (DX 9 and Later)
Updated 01.28.11
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AUX1 |
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[Rev.
16] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Case |
Lian
LI PC-A08 |
Nice Drive cage.
Mods: PAX.mate acoustic mat installed on the case
floor. Blue LED 120mm fans. |
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Power Supply |
Coolermaster Real Power Pro 850w |
6 12v rails.
Runs the SLI GTX 280's with an efficiency rating >80 |
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Motherboard |
eVGA X58 SLI |
Great for OC'ing.
PWM runs a bit hot. |
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Processor |
Intel Core i7 920
[2.66GHz] |
Currently running
at 3.8 GHz. Will do 4 GHz but the temperatures
skyrocket from the needed voltage. |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Thermalright Ultra 120
eXtreme |
IMHO, one of the
few air coolers worth the high price tag. |
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Memory |
6 GB Corsair Dominator
DDR3-1600 |
Triple Channel
certified with good timings (CL 8) @ 1600MHz |
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Video Card |
eVGA 1GB GTX 280 SSC in
SLI |
Picked
up a second GTX 280 SSC from Mwave.com. Great
place to do business. |
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Sound Card |
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty |
Still hold its own
against the more recent PCI-E variants of the X-Fi |
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OS Hard Drive |
Western Digital Raptor
X
150GB |
Running in RAID
0 |
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Data Hard Drive |
Western Digital 750GB |
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Optical Drive |
LG 22x DVD+/-RW SATA |
Quiet spindle |
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Etc. |
Lian Li BS-01 |
Blower for GPU
exhaust |
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AUX1 |
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[Rev.
15] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Case |
Lian
LI PC-A08 |
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Power Supply |
Coolermaster Real Power Pro 850w |
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Motherboard |
eVGA 790i |
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Processor |
Intel Core 2 Quad
Q9450 [2.66GHz] |
Ran stable at
3.66GHz. Got too hot in the summer to run any
higher. |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Thermalright Ultra 120
eXtreme |
120mm Arctic
Cooling fan |
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Memory |
4 GB Corsair Dominator
DDR3-1600 |
Decent timings (CL
9) at 1600MHz. Ran very cool even to the touch. |
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Video Card |
eVGA 1GB GTX 280 SSC |
Factory
overclocked. Coming from 2 8800GTX's, this runs
better than expected. |
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Sound Card |
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty |
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AUX1 |
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[Rev.
14] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Case |
Lian
LI PC-A08 |
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Power Supply |
Silverstone ST60F
600watt Modular |
Upgraded to a Coolermaster Real Power Pro 850w
to support SLI |
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Motherboard |
eVGA 780i |
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Processor |
Intel Core 2 Quad
Q9450 [2.66GHz] |
Ran stable at
3.2GHz on this board. Seemed to be a board
limitation as the CPU needed very little extra voltage. |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Scythe MINE w/ 100mm
fan |
Upgraded to a Thermalright Ultra 120
eXtreme in an attempt to rule out heat as my OC
bottleneck |
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Memory |
4 GB Crucial Ballistix
DDR2-1066 |
Ran fairly cool
even with the high voltage requirements (2.2v) |
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Video Card |
eVGA 768MB 8800GTX |
Upgraded
to 2 x 8800GTX in SLI for measurable improvements in
Crysis. |
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Sound Card |
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty |
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AUX1 |
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[Rev.
13] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Case |
Lian
LI PC-7B Plus |
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Power Supply |
Silverstone ST60F
600watt Modular |
Still chugging
along |
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Motherboard |
eVGA 680i |
Ranks # 3 on my
all time favorite motherboard list |
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Processor |
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
[2.4GHz] |
Ran consistently
at 3.4GHz. Ran at 3.3 GHz in the summer. |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Scythe MINE w/ 100mm
fan |
Extremely quiet
fan |
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Memory |
2 GB OCZ DDR2-1000 |
Memory would not
run stable. Replaced with 4GB OCZ Reaper
DDR2-1066. This would only run at DDR2-800
speeds. Replaced again with 4 GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-1066.
This motherboard was picky with memory. |
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Video Card |
eVGA 768MB 8800GTX |
Performed well
above expectations coming from SLI 7900GTX's |
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Sound Card |
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty |
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AUX1 |
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[Rev.
12] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Case |
Lian
LI PC-7B Plus |
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Power Supply |
Silverstone ST60F
600watt Modular |
One of the modular
cables was faulty; Silverstone replaced the cable at no
cost |
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Motherboard |
Asus P5N32-SLI SE
Deluxe |
The first (and
only at the time) motherboard to support a Core 2 Duo
CPU AND Nvidia SLI |
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Processor |
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
[2.4GHz] |
Ran at 2.9GHz.
The Asus board was know to be a very poor overclocker. |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Scythe MINE w/ 100mm
fan |
Extremely quiet
fan |
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Memory |
2 GB OCZ DDR2-1000 |
Memory ran at
approx. 900MHz; close to its rated speed. This was
a board limitation. |
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Video Card |
eVGA 512MB 7900GTX in
SLI |
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Sound Card |
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty |
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AUX1 |
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[Rev.
11] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Case |
Lian
LI PC-7B Plus |
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Power Supply |
Silverstone ST60F
600watt Modular |
The 2nd modular
PSU I owned. Was very stable and powerful.
Efficiency was decent. |
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Motherboard |
Asus A8N32-SLI |
The first SLI
motherboard I owned. Every board I have purchased
since has supported SLI. |
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Processor |
AMD Athlon 4400+ X2
[2.2GHz] |
Ran at 2.65GHz
stable. Not too bad for a socket 939 CPU of the
time. |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Arctic Cooling Freezer
64 Pro |
Near silent fan.
Great MX1 thermal paste. |
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Memory |
2 GB Corsair XMS
DDR-500 |
Very stable and
great latency. Ran perfect at rated speed and
voltage. |
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Video Card |
BFG 256MB 7800GTX |
Went through 4
RMA's of this card. BFG support was hilarious.
Upgraded to eVGA 7900GTX's in SLI on release. |
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Sound Card |
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty |
Wonderful card
with fantastic sound... when the drivers worked. |
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AUX1 |
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[Rev.
10] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Case |
Coolermaster
ATC-220C |
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Power Supply |
Ultra X-Connect
500watt Modular |
Modular and fairly
efficient. Worked much better than I expected. |
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Motherboard |
Abit AA8XE |
Great
implementation of the 925XE |
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Processor |
Intel Pentium 540J
[3.2GHz] |
This presscott ran
stable at 4.0GHz. Was very nice with HT
technology. |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Arctic Cooling Freezer
7 |
Near silent fan.
Great MX1 thermal paste. |
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Memory |
1 GB Crucial Ballistix
DDR2-667 |
Ran flawless at
rated speed an voltage |
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Video Card |
ATI 256MB Radeon X800
PE |
Upgraded to an
256MB X850 XT once released. |
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Sound Card |
Creative Audigy 4 Pro |
Nice sound card
with external breakout box |
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AUX1
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[Rev.
9] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Case |
Coolermaster
ATC-220C |
Other than the door on
the front, this Aluminum case was excellent |
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Power Supply |
Sparkle 400watt |
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Motherboard |
Abit IC7-G MAX3 |
The best
implementation of the i875P chipset |
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Processor |
Intel Pentium 4 2.4C
[2.4GHz] |
Nice Northwood
CPU. OC'ed to around 2.8 with a small bump in
voltage and would do 2.95GHz with a lot of juice |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Thermalright SLK900U |
All Copper
heatsink with 80mm fan support |
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Memory |
1 GB Corsair XMS
DDR-433 |
Ran great at CL 2 |
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Video Card |
ATI 128MB Radeon 9700
AIW |
All-In-Wonder card
with TV in / out support |
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Sound Card |
Hercules Game Theater
XP |
Great sound card
with poor driver support. Upgraded to an Audigy 2
ZS |
Past
Older Builds (DX 8 and Earlier)
Updated 06.02.09
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AUX1 |
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[Rev.
8] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Motherboard |
Abit IT7 MAX2 |
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Processor |
Intel Pentium 4 2.4B
[2.4GHz] |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Alpha PAL8045 |
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Memory |
1 GB GeIL DDR-433 |
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Video Card |
Leadtec 128MB Geforce
4 Ti4400 |
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AUX1 |
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[Rev.
7] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Motherboard |
Abit TH7II-RAID |
By far, the best
motherboard I have ever owned |
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Processor |
Intel Pentium 4 2.0A
[2.0GHz] |
OC'ed to 2.8
stable. |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Alpha PAL8045 |
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Memory |
1 GB Samsung RD-1066 |
This memory cost
almost as much as the entire system |
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Video Card |
Leadtec 64MB Geforce 3
Ti200 |
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AUX1
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[Rev.
6] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Motherboard |
Epox 8KHA+ |
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Processor |
AMD Athlon XP 1900+
[1.6GHz] |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Thermaltake Volcano 6 |
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Memory |
512 MB Crucial DDR-266 |
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Video Card |
MSI 64MB Geforce 2 Pro |
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AUX1 |
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[Rev.
5] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Motherboard |
MSI K7 Master |
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Processor |
AMD Thunderbird 1333 |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Thermaltake Volcano 5 |
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Memory |
512 MB Mushkin DDR-266 |
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Video Card |
MSI 64MB Geforce 2 Pro |
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AUX1 |
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[Rev.
4] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Motherboard |
Abit VP6 |
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Processor |
Dual Intel Pentium III
800EB |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Generic CoolerMaster |
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Memory |
256 MB Mushkin PC-150 |
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Video Card |
Asus 32MB Geforce 2
GTS |
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AUX1 |
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[Rev.
3] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Motherboard |
Asus CUSL2 |
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Processor |
Intel Pentium III
800EB |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Integrated |
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Memory |
256 MB Generic PC-133 |
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Video Card |
Asus 32MB Geforce 2
GTS |
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AUX1 |
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[Rev.
2] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Motherboard |
Asus P3V4X |
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Processor |
Intel Pentium III 667 |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Integrated |
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Memory |
256 MB Generic PC-133 |
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Video Card |
32MB Diamond Viper
V770 Ultra |
Using the Nvidia
TNT 2 Ultra chip, this chip was FAST; especially in AGP
4x mode |
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AUX1 |
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[Rev.
1] |
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Component |
Product |
Comments |
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Motherboard |
Asus P2B |
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Processor |
Intel Pentium II
350MHz |
Upgraded to a
Pentium 3 550 Katmai |
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Heatsink / Fan |
Integrated |
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Memory |
128MB Generic Micron
PC-100 |
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Video Card |
Creative 12MB Voodoo
II |
Upgraded to a
Diamond Viper V770 Ultra |
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