PHYSICS COMPUTING LAB HARDWARE ======================================== HARDWARE PURCHASED AUGUST 2007 1) Black Cooler Master Centurion 541 Computer Micro ATX Case RC-541-SKR1, Aluminum Bazel, w/ USB2.0, Audio, 380W PSU 2) BIOSTAR GEFORCE 6100-M9 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD, Supports AMD Dual Core CPU, Dual DDR400, PCI-E, SATA RAID Newegg Item #: N82E16813138269 [As of April 2010, 5 of the 10-12 Biostars purchased had simply died. They all lasted more than one year, but died after their Warranty expired. We will not ever buy Biostar again unless looking for disposable computers. -- note by Sonnenfeld, 4/10/2010] 2a) Biostar Motherboards are being replaced as they fail with: Asus A8V-VM SE which takes the same memory, same microprocessor and is also a Micro ATX board. 3) AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4GHz Socket 939 CPU, 512KB L2 Cache, 2000MHz FSB, 90nm, P/N: Processor model code: ADA3800DAA4BW. 4) Cooler Master CPU Cooler CK8-8JD2B-0L, 3Pin, for Socket 754/ 940/ 939/ AM2, Aluminum Extrusion w/ Copper Inserted OR COOLER MASTER CK8-8JD2B-0L-GP CPU CoolerItem #:N82E16835103167 5) Corsair Value Select Memory - 1024MB (2x512MB) PC3200 DDR400 184-Pin DIMM, Dual Channel Memory, Non-ECC, Model: VS1GBKIT400 (Mfg Part VS512MB400) 6) Either One Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 160GB Hard Drive 0A31637/0A32553, SATA 3.0 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 8MB Cache. OEM OR One Western Digital Caviar SE SATA 300MB/s 160GB Hard Drive WD1600AAJS, 7200 RPM, 8MB Cache. OEM 7) Black LG SuperMulti 18x DVD Burner GSA-H42L, ATAPI/E-IDE, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+RW, 10x DVD+/-R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, w/ LightScribe, OEM 8) Black Apevia/ Aspire PS/2 Multimedia Keyboard and; Optical Mouse 2 in 1 Combo, Model: KI-COMBO-BK 9) Black ViewSonic Optiquest 20" Widescreen LCD Computer Monitor Q20wb, 5ms, 1680x1050, 1000:1, 300 cd/m2, DVI-D NOTE: Two brands of hard-drives were used. Each computer has one or the other. The hardware was purchased in August from Directron.com on a regular purchase order. A couple more units were purchased by R. Sonnenfeld from Newegg in October 2007. The parts arrived on 8/15/2007. ============================================================= HARDWARE PURCHASED AUGUST 2008 (From Newegg) 1) Rosewill R379-SM Black/Silver 0.8 mm SGCC Steel MicroATX Slim Case PSU ATX12V Flex 300W Power Supply Item N82E16811147098 2) Intel BOXD945GCNL LGA 775 Intel 945GC Micro ATX Intel Motherboard Item #:N82E16813121319 3-4) Intel Pentium E2180 Allendale 2.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E2180 AND Rosewill RCX-Z4 120mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler Item #: N82E16835200015 5) Kingston 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory Model KVR667D2/1GR Item #:N82E16820134216 6) Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3320613AS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0 Gb/s Hard Drive Item #:N82E16822148316 7) LG 20X DVD+R Super Multi DVD Burner Black ATAPI/E-IDE Model GSA-H55NK-OEM Item N82E16827136117 8) Apevia Ki-Combo-BL Blue & Black PS/2 Standard Keyboard and Optical Scroll Mouse Combo Set Mouse Included Item N82E16823165015