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Wireball's Computers and "Distributed Computing Farm"
These are my computers. I have a fondness for old equipment, so there's a higher-than-usual number of old parts, but I also like lightning-fast computers (I just can't always afford them). Last updated 19-August-2005

My Primary Computer: Xerxes

  1. AMD T-bred 'B' 1.53GHz processor, overclocked to 1.795GHz/156MHz (AXDA1800DUT3C SIXIB0332MPM)
  2. Thermalright AX-7 heatsink w/ copper base, 80-to-120mm fan adapter, and Mechatronics 120mm fan
  3. ASUS A7N8X2.0 nForce2 Ultra 400 motherboard w/ nForce2 MCP SB, at 156MHz FSB
  4. Realtek ALC650 good-quality 6-ch. max onboard sound
  5. 512B Corsair PC3200 DDR "Value Select" SDRAM at 2.5-2-2-6
  6. ATI Radeon 9800Pro 128MB DDR video card
  7. Adaptec 2940U2W Ultra2 SCSI controller (80MB/sec)
  8. Linksys LNE100TX ver2 10/100 network card
    9. Current temperatures are uploaded every 15 minutes
    Case & Storage:
  9. Antec/Chieftec SX830 upper mid-tower case w/ 2x80mm Sunon 1.4W low-noise rear exhaust fans and 1/or2x80mm Nidec low- noise front intake fan
  10. PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 300W ATX power supply w/ Sunon 2.0W medium-speed 80mm fan
  11. Maxtor 120GB 7200RPM 8MB buffer HDD
  12. Quantum Atlas 10K (10,000RPM) Ultra160/m SCSI HDD
  13. Pioneer 6X IDE DVD-ROM (slot-loading)
  14. MS Windows XP Pro SP2 OS

Secondary Computer: Athene
  1. AMD Thunderbird 1.33GHz CPU, overclocked to 1.43GHz/124MHz
  2. Orb-style cooler, large, w/ copper base
  3. ABIT KT7A KT133A motherboard at 124MHz, CPU voltmodded
  4. 384MB Crucial PC133 SDRAM at 2-2-2-6
  5. ATI Radeon 8500 64MB DDR video card
  6. SoundBlaster Live! original PCI sound card
  7. Linksys LNE100TX ver.2 10/100 network card
    Case & Storage:
  8. Micron Millennia mini-tower case w/ 92mm rear exhaust fan
  9. Antec PP-303X 300W ATX power supply
  10. Maxtor 8GB 5400RPM IDE HDD
  11. Western Digital ~20GB 5400RPM IDE HDD
  12. Sony 8X(?) IDE CD-ROM drive
  13. Debian/GNU Linux OS

Tertiary Computer: Lightspeed
  1. AMD Thunderbird 1GHz CPU, overclocked to 1.45GHz/145MHz @1.87V
  2. Thermalright AX-7 copper-base heatsink w/ Mechatronics high-speed ~53CFM 35dBA fan
  3. Shuttle AK31 Rev.2 KT266* (non-A) motherboard at 145MHz FSB.
  4. 512MB Corsair PC2700 DDR "Value Select" SDRAM at 2.5-3-3-5, 2T command rate
  5. Nvidia GeForce 2 GTS 32MB DDR video card
  6. <no sound>
  7. Linksys LNE100TX ver4 10/100 network card
    Case & Storage:
  8. Antec SX1030 upper mid-tower case w/ 3x80mm PCToys Stealth 80mm low-noise (21dBA) fans
  9. Fortron-Source FSP300-60ATV 300W ATX power supply
  10. Quantum Fireball 8GB(?) 5400RPM IDE HDD
  11. Maxtor DiamondMax10 200GB 7200RPM 8MB buffer HDD
  12. LiteOn 8/4/24X CD-RW
  13. MS Windows 2000 Pro SP4 OS
    14. *-(I was originally using the Shuttle AK31 2.0 board with the AMD Athlon XP Thoroughbred 'B' processor in Xerxes, overclocked to 1.69GHz/147MHz, and a SIIG USB 2.0 controller card, since the onboard USB doesn't work at high FSB).

Auxiliary headless F@H Computer: Hephaistos
  1. AMD Duron 'Spitfire' 800MHz CPU, overclocked to 957MHz/119MHz
  2. Spire Socket 462 heatsink/fan (invariably cracks the core slightly with every installation)
  3. ABIT KT7-RAID* KT133 (non-A) motherboard at 119MHz FSB
  4. 128MB Crucial PC100 CL2 SDRAM
  5. Matrox Millennium I 2MB or 4MB PCI video card
  6. SoundBlaster Live! Value-edition PCI sound card
  7. Linksys or Kingston LNE100TX/KNE100TX NIC
  8. Antec/Chieftec SX830 upper mid-tower case w/ 2x80mm Sunon 1.4W low-noise rear exhaust fans and 1x80mm Nidec or Sunon front intake fan
  9. Fortron-Source FSP300-60ATV 300W ATX power supply
  10. Maxtor(?) 8GB 5400RPM IDE HDD
  11. ASUS 52X black IDE CD-ROM drive
  12. Debian/GNU Linux OS
    13. *-(This motherboard was purchased surplus and brought back from the dead by hot-flashing its BIOS in Athene's KT7A motherboard)

Dad's Computer: Psion (also contributes to Team Egg Roll)
  1. AMD Thunderbird 1.4GHz CPU, underclocked to 1.3GHz/105MHz
  2. Generic large heatsink/fan
  3. ASUS A7V KT133 (non-A) motherboard at 105MHz
  4. 1GB Crucial PC100 CL2 SDRAM
  5. Matrox Millennium G400MAX 32MB DDR DualHead video card
  6. C-Media 8738-6ch LX PCI sound card
  7. Linksys LNE100TX 10/100 network card
    8. Case & Storage:
  8. Antec old-style ATX mid-tower case w/ 92mm rear exhaust fan
  9. Antec PP-303X 300W ATX power supply
  10. Maxtor 160GB 7200RPM 8MB buffer IDE HDD
  11. ASUS 8X DVD-ROM
  12. Sony 8/4/32X CD-RW
  13. MS Windows 2000 Pro SP4 OS

Foyer/Scanner Computer: Millennia
  1. Intel Celeron Coppermine 600MHz CPU, overclocked to 900MHz/100MHz
  2. Heatsink/fan off an Intel Pentium 3 or P4
  3. QDI Legend-X i440BX motherboard at 100MHz
  4. 256MB Crucial PC100 SDRAM
  5. Nvidia TNT2 video card
  6. Adaptec "Sparrow" AHA-1540 SCSI controller
  7. Forgotten sound card - probably SoundBlaster 16 ISA
  8. Linksys LNE100TX 10/100 network card
    9. Case & Storage:
  9. Micron Millennia mini-tower case w/ 92mm rear exhaust fan
  10. Micron 235W ATX power supply
  11. Forgotten hard disk - at least 10GB
  12. Generic 8X+ IDE CD-ROM drive
  13. Windows 98 SE

All of the above computers are running the Stanford Folding@Home distributed protein folding client, command-line version, in their spare CPU cycles. For team 14 - Ars Technica Team Egg Roll.


Laptop: Armada
  1. Intel PII 366MHz CPU
  2. 192MB 144-pin SO-DIMM SDRAM at 66MHz
  3. ATI Rage II etc. 4MB video card
  4. ESS-something audio
  5. 14.1" active-matrix TFT 1024x768 LCD
  6. 24X CD-ROM
  7. 6GB 4200RPM rather slow (~5MB/sec) HDD
  8. 1.44MB FDD
  9. Linksys PCM100 10/100 PCMCIA network card
  10. Linksys 802.11b PCMCIA wireless network card
  11. Windows 98SE with 98Lite

Team Hard Cider Computer: Dimension
(re-motherboarded, since I couldn't find any Rambus memory)
  1. AMD Athlon Slot A Thunderbird, 700MHz
  2. One-fan Vantec slot A CPU cooler
  3. MSI 6167 AMD750 chipset Slot A motherboard
  4. 64MB Seimens PC100 SDRAM
  5. Matrox Millennium I 4MB PCI video card
  6. Kingston KNE100TX Linux-friendly (DEC Tulip 21040 chipset) 10/100 PCI NIC
  7. Dell Dimension XPS B800 mini-tower case* w/ 92mm temperature-controlled rear exhaust fan
  8. 300W Athlon-compatible power supply of questionable quality
  9. TDK VeloCD 8/4/24X CD-R/RW drive
  10. Iomega ZIP 100 drive (untested)
  11. Debian/GNU Linux OS
    12. *-(Practically identical to the Micron mini-tower used by Athene and Millennia; just a different bezel)

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