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June 25, 2003

I figured I’d post this again since I didn’t have much detail last time…

Here’s the specs on that computer I want to sell:

P4a – 2.26 GHz
512MB PC1066 RAMBUS RAM
Asus P4T-533 Motherboard
Soundblaster Audigy (provides sound and IEEE1394 for iPod)
GeForce 4 Ti4200 256MB RAM (Gainward GeForce 4 Ultra/650 TV/DVI Golden Sample, I believe)
Adaptec 2940UW SCSI Card
8x Yamaha SCSI CD-RW
Plextor UltraPlex (32x, I think) CD-ROM Drive
IBM Server-class 10/100 NIC
Mylex eXtremeRAID 3000 Fibre Channel Controller w/256MB Cache
30m Fibre Channel HSSDC<->DB9 Cable
Custom external fibre channel enclosure supporting four drives.
Four 9GB 10,000RPM Seagate ST39102FC Drives
Nikao Doggie Case
Ultra Quiet Power Supply

There are pictures of everything available here:
Doggy Case: http://www.dingleberrypie.com/gallery/doggie
Fibre Channel Enclosure: http://www.dingleberrypie.com/gallery/fibrechannel
Fibre Channel Benchmarks: http://www.dingleberrypie.com/gallery/fc_benchmarks

The 9GB drives can be replaced with any size Fibre Channel drives, which are all available cheaply off of eBay. In the machine’s current configuration, it’s benchmarking with disk reads and writes that are over 160MB/sec (http://www.dingleberrypie.com/gallery/fc_benchmarks/aac). Faster disks or a different RAID config could change this both ways.

Also, I’m looking at selling this machine because I want to get a PPC970-based PowerMac G5. It works perfectly fine and is fully functional as my home workstation. I’ll reinstall XP and have everything tweaked before it gets to whoever wants it. I’m thinking $1600 for the main machine, fibre channel array, and connecting hardware.

What do you think?

Posted in acquired thingscomputersmoved from livejournal

5 Responses

  1. droolart June 25, 2003

    I’m thinkin I may be interested in that array and controller. Interestedin sellin em seperately? the rest of your machien is almost identical to mine (except I ahve an ATI 8500) so I’m not really interested in the rest, but that Array, oh man…

    1. c0nsumer June 25, 2003

      Give me a call at 586-524-1675 if I’m not online tonight…

  2. damaged_angel June 25, 2003

    I’ll give ya two fiddy a day!! lol

  3. zalix June 25, 2003

    Ahh looking to get a G5. Very Cool. I’m going to wait until they ship (August) to order mine, but I have the cash on hand, I am really excited to move up from a G3 (very slow) to the G5 (smokin fast). Looking at the mid level (1.8 ghz G5) model right now, that should more than suit my current needs. Than and a new Apple Display (Which should be undergoing a redesign soon to match the new case design.

  4. badkittyface June 25, 2003

    HAHA~!

    i was gonna get one of those cases when Patrick built mine! i had my eye on the cat and penguin :)

    ultimately, tho, i picked a boring aluminum Coolermaster, cuz i knew one of those would eventually drive him insane.

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