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I’ve been planning to build myself a computer since last summer, and I’ve finally got the parts list together. I should get it ordered within a few days, and then it’s build time. My box naming scheme is going to be Nobel Prize winners in Physics, and this one is called planck. Components are as follows:

• CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black edition 3.1GHz, dual core (I believe our current family PC is something like a 3.2GHz dual core, but it’s a Pentium D, so, yeah.) Actually a quad-core with two cores deactivated, which can sometimes be reactivated. /me rubs hands in glee.
• Motherboard: MSI 770-C45. A fairly basic motherboard, but it’s cheap and the reviews are good.
• Graphics: HIS HD 5770 1GB
• RAM: 2x2GB Crucial DDR3 1600MHz
• PSU: OCZ 500W Mod XStream Pro
• HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB
• Case: Antec 300
• Cooler: Gelid Tranquillo
• DVD drive: The cheapest DVD-rewriter eBuyer have
• OS: Evil Corporate OS v7 Pro (Aquired for
  
  Posted by Jonathan | Categories: Geek | Tagged: computer, planck |

2 responses.

1. Sean Whitton
   June 17th, 2010 at 11.30 pm #

   Let’s see how long it takes before I get you running dwm/smth :D

2. Jonathan
   June 18th, 2010 at 8.59 am #

   A debian install is tempting…