What is my computer?  

Date: August 21, 2007
Time: at 2:25 am
Posted in: in general, hardware

Several people have asked me on what computer I’m running Windows Vista. I’m actually running Vista on 2 of my own machines, both my laptop and my desktop; but my desktop has become my primary machine.

One particular person asked which type of computer I use. For my laptop, I have a Toshiba Satellite P105-S6084:

Intel Core Duo T2300 @ 1.66Ghz
2GB DDR2 800 RAM
160GB HDD

My desktop, however, is a custom built machine with the following specs:

ASUS Striker Extreme Motherboard
Intel Core 2 E6300 @ 1.86Ghz
2GB Crucial DDR2 800 RAM
Foxconn nVIDIA 8800GTS 640MB GPU
Creative SB Audigy 4 7.1 Surround Card
2×500GB Western Digital SATA 3.0Gb/s
1×250GB Maxtor ATA HDD
ASUS SATA DVD+-/RW Drive

UPDATE:

I recently upgraded my desktop quite extensively thanks to a bundled Intel package I got through working at Best Buy for a ridiculously low price (ie, 75% off). My new system specs are as follows:

ASUS Striker Extreme Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 @ 2.66Ghz Each core
4GB Crucial DDR2 1066 RAM
2x BFG Tech nVIDIA 8800GT 512MB GPUs in SLi
Creative SB Audigy 4 7.1 Surround Card
2×500GB Western Digital SATA 3.0Gb/s
1×250GB Maxtor SATA 3.0Gb/s
ASUS SATA DVD+-/RW Drive
Windows Vista Home Premium x64 (64-bit)

And if you’re really interested, here’s a photo of the inners of my desktop:
(Click here to enlarge) - 4.52MB @ 10.1MP

This is my actual workspace. Pardon the photo being out of focus, my camera’s lens wasn’t behaving:
(Click here to enlarge) - 3.87MB @ 10.1MP

I converted my old components to a dedicated server with the following specs:

Intel DG33TL Motherboard
Intel Core 2 E6300 CPU @ 1.86 Ghz Each core
4GB Crucial DDR2 800 RAM
Foxconn nVIDIA 8800GTS 640MB GPU
2x 250GB Western Digital SATA 3.0Gb/s running in RAID 1
Pioneer DVD+-/RW Drive
Windows Server 2008 Standard RC1 x64 (64-bit)

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Comments

5 Responses to “What is my computer?”

  1. Stu15 - August 21st, 2007 @ 8:03 pm

    Thats a nice work space you have there Adam :)

  2. Jesse Petersen - September 10th, 2007 @ 9:46 am

    Holy cow, Adam!! What are you doing to get the goods for that kind of system?

    I’m still running a 2.4 Ghz P4 with 768Mb DDR2 and a 60 and 40GB HD. :)

    New computer this Christmas with my blogging money coming up.

    Can I come over and play WoW for… a month?

  3. AdamR - September 10th, 2007 @ 4:03 pm

    Jesse,

    Thanks for visiting my blog. :)

    You see, I’d let you use it to play WoW, but unfortunately, I’m using it all the time playing WoW myself, going through The Commons in Ironforge or in front of the bank in Orgrimmar on a Saturday night, on a full population server, at 50-60fps at 1440×900 … in windowed mode. ;)

    This computer didn’t get to where it is all at once. It’s the product of one-by-one purchases over the course of 2 years or so. :)

    - Adam

  4. Jesse Petersen - September 13th, 2007 @ 9:27 am

    What realm(s) are you on? I just did a character transfer of my main healer to my new(er) realm Velen yesterday. /drool over IF at full swing at >4fps :)

    Did you know about http://www.gitrsblog.us? That’s me. It would be great to play alongside you if you’re not too plugged in where you are.

    My guild is sitting at 10 people now, but some have stopped playing on Velen. We’ll have 3 60+ soon, Horde side. I can transfer Gitr (human warrior) over sometime.

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