Friday, March 30, 2007

New Computer

The new computer has arrived! It's been assembled, disk controller problem has been resolved, and the OS has been installed. OS updates and drivers are being worked on.
I should have this computer fully capable of running WitchCast in about 1 week!

Here's what's been given to me to run the station!

System Stats:

Drives: 1 RAID 0 array of 2 x 180GB drives, SATA 2
2 drives from the old system, 100GB and 200GB, SATA 1, non-raid (both tested)

RAM:
800Mhz
1GB Dual Channel (2x 512mb)

Processors:
Dual Core AMD Anthlon 64 X2 at 2.8Ghz per core

Optical Drives:
HP LightScribe DVD writer from old system.
DVD-Reader from old system
Both drives tested and cleaned

Audo:
Onboard Realtek HD!

Lan:
Dual On-board 10/100/1000!

PSU:
500 Watts

Extras:
Tamper switch option (detects the case being opened and alerts me upon boot)
D-Bracket displays diag indicators (currently damage, awaiting new part)
10! USB 2.0 ports
2 FireWire
Auto Fan Controllers
BIOS BASED RAID UTILITY
Digital Optical and Digital Coax audio outputs

Computer's Network Name: Brigit


Cost: Approxamately $1,200 (NOT including salavage and tested hard drives, optical drives, and card reader from old system)
Funding source: Ruth T. - Thanks!
Fund Type: Loan (I'll be repaying from my paychecks)

This system should be able to tear through MP3 recoding like butter, meaning I can update the station in less time, and therefor more often!

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hooray! Bet it feels good to not have to worry about it anymore.

10:32 AM  

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