My
Road Runner:
 
Although
the "Roadrunner"
is constantly being updated and is, as such, in a constant state of
flux,
here is an overview of how it is presently configured:
| C.P.U. |
Intel Core 2- Duo CPU- E6750 @ 2.66 GHz |
| Case |
Supermicro
Full-Tower SC760-A w/ SP301-RA/300W
ATX power supply |
| DVD-ROM |
Sony DRU-810A Dual Layer DVD Burner |
| CD-RW |
Goldstar
48 X 24 X 48 X - for evaluation purposes only of course |
| Floppy
Drive |
Panasonic
3½" 1.44 MB Floppy Drive |
| Graphics
Card |
MSI nVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE 256MB DDR
|
| Hard
Drive |
A pair of Seagate Barracudas-
500GB 7200 RPM
16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
|
| Keyboard |
Keytronics
KT2000 Enhanced keyboard w/ PS/2 connector |
| Memory |
Kingston 1 GB PC3200 DDR (you can never have too much
memory) |
Memory Reader
|
Internal USB 15-1 memory
card reader- reads all types of removable memory cards.
|
| Monitor |
Philips
Brilliance 201 21" Monitor w/ BNC connectors (talk about virtual
graphics!) |
| Motherboard |
Asus P5B LGA775 1066 FSB, w/ 4- USB ports, DDR2, Ultra
DMA ATA 133
EIDE, etc. |
| Mouse |
Logitech
MX310 Laser mouse |
| Flight
Stick |
Microsoft
Sidewinder Pro Flight Stick (for flight simulator games) |
| Network
card |
Intel
EtherExpress Pro 100B TX NIC |
| Software |
Windows XP- Home Edition
|
Additional
Cooling
Features |
There
are a total
of 11 strategically placed cooling fans in all. One each for; the Hard
Drive, CPU, GPU, and 2 for the power supply (redundant cooling), and 6
more either pulling fresh air in or pushing warm air out. |
| Additional
Software |
MS
Office Professional XP Premium, ADOBE CS3, Viewpro, etc. |
| Printers |
Epson Stylus Pro Photo |
| Scanner |
Umax
Astra 1220U 36 bit , 9600 dpi, USB flatbed Scanner |
| Sound |
Creative
Labs SoundBlaster "Live" PCI |
| Speaker
System |
2
sets- Yamaha
YST-M20 w/ DSP/ Yamaha YST-MW
Subwoofer |
This
system is networked
together with my Wife's, son's and daughter's to a Windows NT 4.0
Server.
Special thanks to my friend Peter for his help with Windows NT®
Back
Office & Proxy Server...
As for
stability...
for all you AMD "doubters" out there... this configuration is rock
solid,
no error messages at all, no blue screens, no fatal exceptions, no
registry
errors, nothing but pure performance even at the enhanced clock speed!
Click on
thumbnail
to view enlarged image.
|
& Netscape
Composer
