January 24, 2007 

A new desktop (finally)

My last attempt to get a new desktop PC didn’t go so well. So this time I did what I knew I should have in the first place… ordered the parts and built my own:

  • Shuttle XPC SN27P2
  • AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Dual-core 2.2GHz CPU
  • Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel RAM
  • eVGA Geforce 7950GT KO 512MB PCI-E x16 Video Card
  • Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB HDD
  • Samsung 18X DVD±RW w/ LightScribe

I ran some of the NVIDIA demos and tried out Far Cry for a bit tonight. It’s awesome.

All the CPU-Z stats are available after the jump…

CPUZ CPU

CPUZ Cache

CPUZ Mem

CPUZ Mobo

CPUZ SPD

Update: This six page SN27P2 review at Tom’s Hardware has a lot of pictures if you are interested.

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5 Responses to “A new desktop (finally)”

  1. serg January 24, 2007 at 3:31 am #

    Out of curiosity, why not Conroe (E6300/E6400)? For the about same money much more power.

  2. João C. Morais January 26, 2007 at 2:30 am #

    I was about to make the same question. Right now Intel is basically raping AMD on the dual core segment.

  3. pete January 26, 2007 at 10:20 am #

    I’ll third the processor comments. I admire your AMD loyalty though :)

  4. John January 27, 2007 at 11:30 pm #

    I guess deep down I’m just an AMD fanboy. :) Thanks for the comments though… point taken.

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