User:Drashna

Hi, my name is Christopher Courtney. My common online handle is Drashna.

About myself

I love computers. Ever since I was introduced to Win3.1 I've had a fascination with them. I love to tinker, and experiment. Just because somebody says it can't be done doesn't mean its true. I've self-built every system I have every owned. Except for laptops. I can be very biased, but I try to keep an open mind.

My WHS Box

Case: Apevia X-QPACK2 NW-BW/500
Motherboard: ASUS P5KPL-CM
Processor: Intel Pentium E5200 (overclocked to 3.15GHz
Memory: 2x2GB DDR2-800 G.SKILL
Harddrives:

Accessories:

My Media Center

Motherboard: A8N32 SLi Deluxe
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (Socket 939)
Memory: 2GB DDR 400 Corsair XMS400
Video: ATi Radeon X1550
Harddrive: 2x36GB Raptors, in a RAID 0 array + 250GB SATA for Recorded TV
Tuner: 2x Hauppauge HVR1600-1183 NTSC/ATSC/ClearQAM

New Box

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP31-DS3L
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600
Memory: 4GB DDR2-800 Corsair XMS
Video:ATI Radeon 1950Pro
Harddrive: 250GB SATA + 120GB IDE

Retired/Expired Boxes

My Testing Machine (Sandbox)

Unfortunate for me, this machine has been sold to a friend so he can have a Home Server Machine for cheap.
Case/Mobo: HP Pavilion 752n
Processor: Intel P4 1.8GHz
Memory: 1GB DDR 233 (max speed can support)
Harddrive: 160GB IDE
Video: Intergrated
PSU: 400W MicroATX PSU

My Media Center PC

*Expired: Motherboard fried. Everything else is fine, but can't replace MoBo. Motherboard: Abit IC7-G (Socket mPGA478)
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz HyperThread
Memory: 2GB DDR 400 Corsair
Video: ASUS 9600XT
Harddrive: 250GB Seagate SATA