Computer Hardware System #1

The first system I grabbed hold of may not be the oldest, but one of the older ones still running well.
When I used to host LAN parties, this was always the faithful backup.  I removed the add in graphics card to get back to the bare root of the system.

System Components:
CPU Intel Pentium 4 2.8Ghz, 1 Core/1 Thread (no HT), 512KB Cache, 533Mhz Rated FSB
Socket 478, Northwood 130nm, Stepping 9, Revision D1, Multiplier 21x, FSB-133Mhz
MMX, SSE 1,2


Board OEM (Dell) Intel 865G / 82801EB (ICH5), Socket 478
2 * SATA, 2 * IDE, 6 * USB, 1 * AGP, 4 * PCI

Video i865G Chipset Integrated Intel Extreme 2 Graphics
Revision A2, 130nm, PCI, DDR 128-Bit, DirectX 7,
8MB Dedicated / 96MB Dynamic Memory, 266MHz GPU

RAM 2GB (2 * 1GB) Crucial DDR 400,
Running at 333Mhz Dual Channel Mode, CAS 2.5-3-3-7, 2.5V
2039MB Total, 1738MB Free after clean install

Not in use for testing:
Sound ADI 198x SoundMax AC97 Audio (onboard)
LAN Intel Pro 1000/MT Network (onboard)

Common Components to be used in all tests unless noted otherwise:
Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB, 7200RPM, 8MB Cache, SATA II 3Gbps
Optical AOpen DUW1608 Dual Layer DVD Writer ATAPI/EIDE
Power Supply 450 Watt 80+ Certified Modular Power Supply
KVM USB KVM with Logitech Optical Mouse, 104 Keyboard, 17" LCD DVI/VGA

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