Tim Groeneveld » computer http://timg.ws 'cause everyone loves a geek Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:40:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-beta3-19254 Got my new computer! http://timg.ws/2009/07/09/got-my-new-computer/ http://timg.ws/2009/07/09/got-my-new-computer/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:52:29 +0000 Tim Groeneveld http://timg.ws/?p=300 Well, I finally got all (but one…) of the parts of my new computer. My new case, the Cooler Master COSMOS “S” is in one word: absolutely awesome. I love the fact that all of the drives can be pushed in, and with one press of a button, the drive will lock in.

This comes with the terrible actuality that my hot swap device, the Chenbro five-in-three hot-swap device fails to just slide and lock in, because of the grooves in the case that allow the normal 5.25″ drives (like a CD drive) to just plug in with out any screws. So, it looks like I am going to need to get a file, and file away these damn things.

So yes, the one thing that is stopping me from putting this computer together, is (one again, mind you) the fact that I want so much storage. If I had only known that putting so much storage in a decent case would be so much hassle.

Other then that, everything else plugs in perfectly fine, which is pretty cool. I still really don’t know why there is a SATA connector on the top of the case, especially seeing as I have nothing that will plug into it, yet…

Can’t wait to file the things that are stopping me from putting the hot swap drive bay in.

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Anyways, a quick run down on the specs of the machine:

  • Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
  • AMD Phenom II AM3 810 (2.6Ghz)
  • 8GB of DDR3 RAM
  • nVidia 9600GT 512MB (graphics are not my thing, but I love to watch a good quality movie)
  • 32GB System drive [for Linux - has access to RAID storage], Solid State
  • 500GB System drive [for Windows - might not have access to RAID]
  • 4.5TB of disk space, thanks to Adaptec’s 3405 SATA RAID card
  • C-Master COSMOS S case
  • 2x 20″ BenQ LCD Screens
  • Creative Audigy XFI sound card (which sadly does not have terribly good sound drivers for Linux… another thing on the TODO list)
  • 7.1 Surround Sound
  • DViCO HDTV tuner ( just for those times that I really don’t want to code :) )

Total price: $3,200

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