Hardware

My computers
(Last modified: 2008-06-14)

Index

Introduction Primary computer Secondary computer Retrocomputer Software

Introduction

This section has some information on my computers, as well as some of the basic software I use.

Primary computer

Symbiont is my 2007-bought Windows Vista computer I use for work, gaming, internet access, and pretty much everything else..

Under construction
Primary computer components
Main components
Case Undecided
PSU Undecided
Mobo Maybe ASUS nvidia nForce 500 series
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
RAM 4 GB DDR2
Media drives
HDD ?
DVD-RW drive ?
Video
Graphics Card ASUS GeForce 8800 GTX (nvidia GPU, 768 MB RAM)
Monitor Samsung SyncMaster 2232BW
Audio
Sound card Realtek High Definition Audio, onboard
Speakers Using Synergy's for now
Networking
ISP Orange NL ADSL Extra
HIDs
Keyboard Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
Mouse Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
Mouse pad Steelpad 4D (290 × 267 × 2.5mm)
Gamepad Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller

Secondary computer

Synergy is my 2002-07-04-bought Windows XP Pro computer I use for gaming.

Secondary computer components
Main components
Case Chieftec Dragon Golden Silver DA-01SLD (colored DA-01WD)
PSU 340 W Chieftec HPC-340-201
Mobo ASUS A7V333
CPU 1.73 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2100+ (socket 462/A)
RAM 1 × 512 MB Kingston DDR SDRAM, PC2700, 333 MHz (3 × DDR DIMM sockets)
CPU cooler 1350 - 2600 RPM Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu
Case fans 2 × 1000~3000 RPM Enermax UC-8FAB 8 cm
Accessory Board slots 1 × AGP Pro + 5 × PCI
USB ports 6 (2 × USB 1.1 + 2 × USB 2.0 + 2 × through PCI console)
Media drives
HDD (primary) 200 GB Maxtor 6L200PO, 8 MB, U133, 7200r
HDD (secondary) 200 GB Maxtor 6Y200PO, 8 MB, U133, 7200r
HDD (broken) 81.9 GB Maxtor DiamondMax 80 98196H8
DVD-RW drive Pioneer DVR-106D, DVD-RW
CD-ROM drive 40× ASUS CD-S400
FDD 3.5"
Video
Graphics Card ASUS V8460Ultra GeForce 4 Ti 4600 Ultra Deluxe (nvidia GPU, 128 MB RAM)
Monitor (primary) 21" Intergraph 21sd82 (1280 × 1024 alone)
Monitor (secondary) 21" HITACHI CM2198ME-301 (2560 × 1024 combined)
Audio
Sound card Creative Sound Blaster Live! Value (E-MU EMU10K1 processor)
Speakers 2 × 1.5W Philips A1-2 Fun Power
Switch Plantronics .Audio PC Speaker Headset Switch
Headset Plantronics .Audio 90 Analog Headset (40mm, 20Hz - 20kHz, 100Hz - 8kHz)
Headset Logitech Internet Chat Headset (UT2004 SE)
Headphones Sony MDR-V50
Networking
NIC 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100 PCI (3C905C-TX)
HIDs
Keyboard Logitech Internet Navigator Keyboard Special Edition (Elite Keyboard in USA) (USB)
Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser Cordless Mouse (gunmetal silver, Agilent Technologies laser, USB)
Mouse pad None (at the moment)
Gamepad Logitech Rumblepad 2 (4 axes ∼ 2 thumbsticks, 1 D-pad, 12 buttons, Immersion Vibration Feedback)
Multipurpose Belkin Nostromo SpeedPad n52 (6 axes ∼ 1 thumbstick, 24 buttons ∼ 1 D-pad + 15 key + more)
Drawing Tablet Wacom Graphire 2 (127.6 × 92.8mm area, 1000 DPI, 39.4 lpmm, 512 pressure levels)

Retrocomputer

Nostalgia is my circa 2000-03-built Windows 98 SE2 computer I use for old Windows and DOS games.

Retrocomputer components
Main components
Case HP Vectra VEi7 C566
PSU 70 W ASTEC ATX90-3405
Mobo HP D7580-60004 (SiS 5595 chipset)
CPU 566 MHz Intel Celeron (Socket 370)
RAM 2 × 64 MB Infineon C2802527 (Coppermine-128)
Accessory Board slots 3 × PCI, 1 × ISA
USB ports 2
Media drives
HDD 8 GB Seagate U8 (ST38410A)
CD-ROM drive 40× ASUS CD-S400/A
FDD 3.5"
Video & audio
Graphics Card SiS 620 (onboard, AGP 1.0 & PCI 2.2 compatible)
Monitor 15" CTX Color Monitor (1555E) (1024 × 768)
Sound card CrystalClear CS4280-CM PCI audio controller & CrystalClear CS4297 Audio Codec '97 (Cirrus Logic)
Speakers 2 × 7.5W Philips MMS 240
Networking
NIC 3Com Etherlink 10/100 PCI (3C905C-TX-M)
HIDs
Keyboard HP SK-2502C keyboard (PS2 Mini-DIN)
Mouse HP M-S48a scroll mouse (PS2 Mini-DIN)
Mouse pad None at the moment
Joystick Gravis Firebird2 (4 axes, 13 buttons (4 joystick + keyboard), 8-way hat, throttle)
Gamepad Gravis PC GamePad (4 axes, 4 buttons, 4-way D-pad)
Gamepad Gravis Xterminator Force (4 axes ∼ 1 thumbstick, 10 buttons, Immersion Force Feedback)

Software

General

Software I use
Type Software
Office Suite OpenOffice.org 2.4 Free game
Browser Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 Free game
E-mail / Web feed aggregator Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 Free game
IRC client ChatZilla 0.9.78 Free game
IM (main) Xfire 1.89 Build 30635 Free game
MS-DOS emulator DOSBox 0.72 (and 0.61) Free game
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM emulator DAEMON Tools Lite 4.12.2 Free game
File archiver 7-Zip 4.57 Free game
FTP client FileZilla 3.0.8.1 Free game
Image browser IrfanView 4.10 Free game
Media player (video) VLC media player 0.8.6e Free game
Media player (audio) Winamp 5.53 Free game
Sound editor Audacity 1.2.6 Free game
CD-Ripper CDex 1.70 beta 2 Free game
Website editor Microsoft Notepad 5.0
Hardware information utility Sandra Lite XII.2008.SP1 (13.12) Free game
SIW 1.73 Free game

Firefox extensions

Here is the list of my currently installed Firefox extensions, which hasn't stop changing just yet...