Posted by Ed on 12/04/2005 @ 8:04 PM
The new psuedomode box has two roles. One to be the server box for the ftp and web server and file server for the lan at my house. It also serves as my transcoding box for my dvds, rather than using my other computers to do that. The current psuedomode box's future is unknown.
Specs on new box:
Asus A8N-E motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (Manchester)
Asus geforce 6600 256MB pci express x16
Maxtor 200GB 7200rpm SATA-150 6L200S0 16MB cache (2x)
Premium 2531 Blue ATX Mid-Tower Case (from tigerdirect)
Ultra X-Connect 500 Watt Power Supply
Arctic Cooling Silencer 64 Ultra TC HSF
Micron 2GB (2x1GB) Dual Channel PC3200 DDR with Cu heatsink
Maxtor 120GB 7200rpm PATA 6Y120P0 8MB cache
Western Digital 100GB 7200rpm PATA WD1000BB-00CAA0
Plextor PX-712A DVDR PATA
WinTV hauppauge BT878
SATA drives will be raided for speed, so raid-0. PATA drives will be used as low frequency read/write storage, so will likely spend 99% of the time off. Giving the new psuedomode roughly 420GB, with the pata drives being carry overs from the current psuedomode. Wintv and plextor are also carry overs.
Currently everything is assembled except the sata drives which will come in on monday (tomorrow), hopefully psuedomode will be born anew before wednesday. Not sure if it'll be running 64bit mode or not. Here are some pics of it as it is now.
