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Workhorse
Posted by Eric Miller in Custom Builds on May 14, 2009
Getting ready to write the budget for the coming year and a need for developer machines has become apparent. To resolve this I came up with the Workhorse build; able to pull a heavy load without missing a step.
Description
- AMD Phenom II 3.0 GHz Quad Core
- 8GB DDR2 800 RAM
- Two 74GB 10k Raptor SATA Drives (RAID 0, for OS and installs)
- Radeon HD4670 1GB Video Card
- 7.1 HD Xonar Sound Card
- DVD +/- SATA Burner
- 68 n 1 Media Reader
- Wrapped in a Lian Li Chassis
- Three 1TB SATA Drives (RAID 5, data)
Estimated Price: <$1500
Building the Perfect Hunter
Posted by Eric Miller in Custom Builds on March 18, 2009
Introduction
Project Overview
In this scenario I am building a custom AMD Phenom II (AM3) solution to serve as a high end development / gaming machine and compete with Intel i7 machines in the same bracket.
Project Goals (in order)
- Build a quiet replacement PC for my aging P4.
- Build a System under $2k including new large format monitor.
- Make it as child proof as possible (8 month old daughter)
- Reduce or eliminate visual effects such as LED’s & fans
- Get a good grasp on the AMD overclocking utilities and push the stock 2.6GHz processor to 3GHz or more running on air.
Parts Overview
- Antec P182 Chassis (Gun Metal Black) with Upgraded Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm case fans
- ASUS M4A79T Deluxe AM3 Motherboard
- AMD Phenom II 810 2.6 GHz Quad Core Processor with Upgraded Xigmatek HDT-S1283 CPU cooler
- 8 GB OCZ HPC Reaper DDR3 1600 Dual Channel System Memory
- Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 1GB Video Card
- Cooler Master 700 watt modular power supply.
- 600GB Western Digital Velociraptor (2x Drives in RAID0)
- LG SATA DVD +/- Burner
- Sabrent Internal Card Reader
- Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 (64 bit)
- ASUS 24″ Widescreen LCD Monitor (DVI)
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