Category Archives: PC Builds

Proof of Concept: The Economic Server Build

By Kit | Published: March 16, 2009

Last weekend I had just received all the parts to complete what I felt was a pretty exiting build. With the primary goal of low power consumption and secondary goal of fits-in-my-house, I chose MSI’s new “Nettop” barebone: MSI Wind Nettop 100 Intel Atom 330 (Dual-core with Hyperthreading!) Small Form Factor (11.8″ x 9.5″ x [...]

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Derek’s 2008 Build

By Kit | Published: October 29, 2008

Modest Build: Processor: Intel E8400 @ 3.01 GHz Video: ASUS 9800GT Ultimate (OC to 725 MHz core) RAM: Corsair XMS 2×1GB (CAS latency 4) Storage: Seagate 250GB SATA Here are the 3DMark06 Scores: SMS2.0 – 6301 CPU – 2838 SMS3.0 – 6239 Return to Proxycon – 52.41 fps Firefly Forest – 52.6 fps CPU1 - [...]

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Katie’s 2008 Build: “Mystique”

By Kit | Published: September 11, 2008

One of the biggest reasons I’ve been neglecting my blog is the recent influx of computer building adventures I present my sister’s new gaming machine: Mystique Processor: Intel E8500 @ 3.17 GHz Video: EVGA 9800GTX+ RAM: Corsair XMS 2x1GB (CAS latency 4) Storage: WD 640GB SATA The unboxing: Update: Note that I initially used the [...]

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Sean’s Summer 2008 Build: “Manticore”

By Kit | Published: August 19, 2008

Grats Sean! Well done!

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Airwalker HTPC Build

By Kit | Published: August 23, 2007

This is for size comparison, the old media PC is that grey server tower to the left, the new home of its parts in the foreground. Here is the old case opened up, this illustrates how this server case was pretty major overkill for my media setup, notice the excess of space around the motherboard [...]

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