Puleen Patel

Core 2 Quad Powered

A few weeks ago I finally decided to retire the old PIII-500 Linux server and replace it with my then workstation (AMD powered). In order to make this transition I needed to build a new machine and a few weeks ago, I did just that.

Here are the specs on the newly built PC:

• Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 Ghz
• Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI
• PSU: Enermax Liberty 600W
• Memory: 2 x OCZ Dual Channel 1024MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Platinum
• Video: EVGA 8600 GTS 256MB
• Case: Antec P180B
• Hard Disks:
  • 2 x 140 GB Western Digital SATA
  • 1 x 300 GB Seagate IDE
  • 1 x 400 GB Seagate IDE
• DVD(/CD)RW: Pioneer DVR-110D

So far this new system is doing great. However; I have still not set it up properly. What remains is to do a proper dual boot of Linux and Windows and get drive sharing going under both operating systems. Apart from that, I am really liking this machine and looking forward to putting it to test soon with some neat games and multimedia applications.

The AMD powered workstation is going to be transformed into a full linux machine taking care of serving some web apps and being utilized as a development server. I have not decided on what all to install on that server yet, but slowly and steadily that will start to happen in a few weeks (hopefully).

Since the PIII-500 is now retired, I am pretty much going to get rid of that machine. Because I don’t want to have it go to a landfill, anyone who might be interested in it can email me to inquire about taking it off my hands. It has the following parts (still intact and fully functional):

• Processor: PIII-500 Mhz
• Motherboard: ASUS P2B-F motherboard
• PSU: Unknown (working condition)
• Memory: Unknown model / size
• Audio: Creative Labs
• CDRW: Yamaha SCSI 4×4x16
• Case: Generic full ATX

If anyone is interested in this bare bone machine for parts or otherwise, please send me an email. It can work great as a firewall/router/web/fax/mail server.

Update: I ended up donating the PIII-500 to a high school student for his project. Hopefully he put it to good use.

Cheers!