Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Built a Computer

Last Friday night, Tushar and I built a computer. We'd been thinking about it all summer and were researching parts throughout. We ended up with the following components:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
Motherboard: ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe
RAM: 1Gx2 CORSAIR Twinx2048-3200c2pt
Video: PNY GeForce 7600GT 256M GDDR3
Hard drive: 320GB Seagate 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3Gb/s
Optical: NEC 16x DVD+/-RW, DL
Case: Antec Performance I P180 Silver
Power Supply: Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W
Display: ViewSonic LCD 20.1" Widescreen, 8ms, 800:1, 300 cd/m2
Wireless Adapter: LINKSYS WMP54G PCI Wireless-G

Putting together the machine was real cool. It was the first time I had really messed around with the insides of a computer other than loading some RAM and replacing a video card. I think I ended up learning a lot. The case was a little tough to work with, but is very quiet and keeps everything running cool. Pretty much a hit.

Here are some photos of the machine:

the A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard


everything assembled within the case


the final product (running Ubuntu)