DigitalDingus PC System #1

The following system I've had since 2000. It's an older bugger, but is very reliable and I can't believe it's lasted almost 7 years! Actually, make that 8 years! Let's take a look at the components:

• Abit VP6 motherboard
• Dual Pentium 3 1GHz processors (overlocked to 1.07GHz)
• (3) KingMax PC150 256MB RAM modules
• Maxtor 120GB hard drive
• Western Digital 120GB hard drive
• Hitachi Deskstar 200GB hard drive
• GeForce FX 5900XT (AGP)
• nVidia ForceWare Version 81.98
• DirectX Version 9.0c
• Microsoft XP Pro SP2

DigitalDingus PC System #2

The following system I've been using since June 2006. Unfortunately, at the time I started building this system, dual-core was just gaining momentum and I was a little hesitant. In the end, I stuck with a dual 604 Irwindale 3.6GHz system, running on an Iwill workstation/server motherboard. Let's take a look at these components:

• Iwill DN800-SLI motherboard
• Dual Xeon 3.6GHz processors (each overlocked to ~4.1GHz)
• (2) Kingston Value 1GB 240-Pin DDR2-400 (PC2 3200) ECC Registered
  (model: KVR400D2S4R3/1G)
• (3) Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
  (model: WD2500KS)
• XFX PV-T71J-YPE7 GeForce 7950GT ExTreme (570 MHz) 512MB DDR3 PCI-Express Video Card w/HDCP
• nVidia ForceWare Version 93.71
• DirectX Version 9.0c
• Microsoft XP Pro SP2

Status: Retired

DigitalDingus PC System #3

As of June 1, 2008, the following system is currently active. Let's take a look at these components:

• DFI LP LT X48-T2R LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX motherboard
• Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Yorkfield 2.66GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core processor
• (2) OCZ OCZ2T800C44GK DDR2 PC2-6400 Titanium 4GB Edition Dual Channel Kit
  (model: KVR400D2S4R3/1G)
• (3) Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
  (model: WD2500KS)
• XFX PV-T71J-YPE7 GeForce 7950GT ExTreme (570 MHz) 512MB DDR3 PCI-Express Video Card w/HDCP
• nVidia ForceWare Version 175.16
• DirectX Version 9.0c
• Microsoft XP Pro SP2