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CPU History

Intel & AMD Specs

"P4-2800" - Primary workstation

  • Intel Pentium 4 2.8 [2.8 Ghz overclocked to 3.024 Ghz]
  • MSI 865PE Neo 2 MS-6728 Motherboard
  • 1 GB PC3200 Dual Channel 800Mhz DDR RAM
  • Western Digital 10,000 RPM SATA 36.7GB Raptor Hard Drive
  • Moved the Western Digtial 120GB Hard Drive from Tbird1400
  • Raidmax Scorpio 868 Case, 420 watt power supply, 7 fans in the case, green cold tubes
  • Windows XP Pro
  • Put in service 3/2004

"Tbird2200" - Primary workstation

  • AMD Athlon XP2000+ [1.67 Ghz overclocked to 1.78 Ghz. Does that make it a XP2132+?] (Added 2/2003)
  • AMD Athlon 1.4 Ghz, Overclocked to 1.522 Ghz (Cascaded to Server 2/2003)
  • Asus A7A266 Motherboard
  • 512 MB PC2100 133 Mhz RAM
  • IBM 7200 RPM ATA 100 40GB Hard Drive
  • Maxtor 7200 ATA 40 GB Hard Drive
  • Western Digital 120GB Hard Drive added 1/2003
  • Enlight 7237 case covered in marble contact paper
  • Zalman Gold plated Copper Flower basket heat sink and floating CPU fan (Ultraquiet)
  • 2 extra fans in the case
  • Windows XP Home, upgrade to Pro
  • Put in service 9/2001

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"Tbird 800" - Server

  • AMD Athlon 1.4 Ghz, Motherboard will only support to 1.115 Ghz (Cascaded from Primary 1/2003)
  • AMD Athlon 800 Mhz, Overclocked to 880 Mhz
  • Global Win 7000 RPM fan and heatsink (loud, but cools)
  • Gigabyte GA-7ZX Motherboard
  • 256 MB 100 Mhz SDRAM, upgrade to 512 MB 6/2002
  • 14GB Hard Drive
  • Enlight 7237 case covered in marble contact paper
  • Windows 2000 Server
  • Put in service 9/2000

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"K6-2-350" - Backup

  • AMD K6-350
  • 256 MB 100 Mhz SDRAM
  • 9GB Hard Drive
  • Put in service 7/1999, out of service 5/2002

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"K6-233"

AMD K6 - 233 Mhz

286

  • Intel 286-12
  • 2MB RAM
  • 40MB HDD
  • Windows 2.0/DOS 3.1
  • Put in service 2/1992, out of service 5/1993

Commodore 64

  • Motorola 6510
  • 0.03125 MB RAM
  • 0.137 MB Diskette Drive
  • Put in service 1984, stolen 1986

Cell Phones

1993 Motorola Brick

  • Analog

July 1999 Nokia 6160

  • Analog/Digital

October 2000 Nokia 8260

  • Digital

July 2002 Nokia 8390

  • GSM

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