Showing posts with label Electronics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Electronics. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

My computer!

So I built it myself, and here are all of the beautiful spec.s that I would like to remember in case I ever have to reinstall drivers or replace parts.

Parts and components:
  • Intel DQ-965GF; 2PCI, 1PCI-Express x1, 1PCI-Express x16, 4 Ram Slots (up to 8Gigs), 6Sata inputs, 1Parallel ATA
  • Intel Core 2-duo
  • 4Gigs of DDR2 Ram
  • 320Gigs of space on 1Sata port
  • Lightscribe DVD+/- writer on 1Sata port: note that lightscribe is (as of this posting) not supported in Linux, besides that it burns everything I throw at it
  • Dynex 5in1 card reader
  • 400Watt power supply in some case I found for cheap online
  • Logitech G7 mouse: note that buttons don't play nice in Linux (more on that later)
  • Compaq wireless keyboard cat. no. 26-762
  • Dell 17" monitor model# E172FP
  • and crappy 5.1 surround that dell handed out four years ago with every computer
I hope you are in awe of my super fast computer, I plan on tossing a few more hard drives in there and an nvidia graphics card (just in time for the projector)

My first projector

I've hunted around for a while now, and Optoma's EP719 has beaten the competition. DLP has a longer life, less jogging, and lower price. I know technology has a way of making things obsolete in a few years, but I'm investing in this one. It's stat.s are beautiful and has just what I want as far as inputs are concerned. Word of warning, several sites differ on the actual in/outputs on this bad-boy. What I have listed below is what I've found true for Circuit City. You didn't read that wrong. No-where else sells them, and technically I'm not sure they do since they don't carry them online or at their stores. You actually need to go to their stores and have them order and ship it to you. So hurry before they go bankrupt.

Optoma EP719
  • brightness: 2000 ansi lumens
  • contrast: 2500:1
  • resolution: 1024x768 native
  • aspect: 4:3
  • 1 VGA in, 1 DVI in, 1 s-video in, 1 VGA out
  • $600