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Last updated: March 26, 2007

When you're trying to decide what to put into your next computer, sometimes it's helpful to know what the experts are using so you can keep on the right track. In order to help you with this, we've put our current system specifications online and keep them up-to-date so you'll know what the Computer Mechanix prefer when it comes to brands, specs, and speeds.

 
Eric Woody

Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz
Motherboard ASUS P5B P65
Video Card eVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB
TV Tuner Hauppauge WinTV-PVR150
Sound Card Creative Labs Soundblaster X-Fi
Speakers Logitech Z-5550 5.1 THX Speakers
Memory Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB (2x1GB) XMS 2048MB DDR2
Hard Drives Apps - Western Digital Raptor 74GB
Data - Western Digital 500GB
Backup - Western Digital 200GB
Optical Drives 1. Lite-On 8X DVD-Writer
2. Sony 52X CDRW/DVD Combo
Case Antec LifeStyle Series Sonata Piano-Black Mid-Tower Case
Power Supply Antec True Control II 550-watt
Floppy Drive Sony 1.44MB
Keyboard Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000
Mouse Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
Photo Printer -None-
Laser Printer HP Laserjet Color 2600n
Camera Olympus Camedia C-50 ZOOM
Scanner Epson Perfection 1260
Flat Panel Dell 2001FP 20.1" LCD
CRT Hitachi CM721F 19" CRT
Additional Peripherals 1. Wacom Graphire2 Tablet
2. Netgear Storage Central SC101
3. Timex Ironman Data Watch
4. Xbox 360 Wired Controller
5. Creative MuVO TX 256MB
6. Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP)
7. Nintendo DS Lite



Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz
Motherboard ASUS P5B P65 Deluxe/Wi-Fi-AP
Video Card eVGA GeForce 7900GT
TV Tuner Hauppauge WinTV-PVR150
Sound Card ASUS On-board
Speakers Klipsch 2-speaker setup
Memory Corsair XMS2-6400 2GB (2x1GB) Xtreme Performance 2048MB DDR2
Hard Drives Apps - Western Digital Raptor 74GB
Data #1 - Western Digital 500GB
Data #2 - Western Digital 500GB
Data #3 - Western Digital 400GB
Backup - Western Digital 200GB
Optical Drive
 Plextor PX-755SA 16X DVD-Writer
Case Antec LifeStyle Series Sonata Piano-Black Mid-Tower Case
Power Supply Antec NeoHE500 500-watt
Floppy Drive Mitsumi 7-in-1 USB2.0 Media Drive
Keyboard Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000
Mouse Logitech MX1000 Cordless Laser
Photo Printer -None-
Laser Printer Konica Minolta Magicolor 2430DL
Camera Canon Powershot G5
Scanner Epson Perfection 636U
Flat Panel Dell 2001FP 20.1" LCD
CRT Gateway 21" CRT
Additional
Peripherals		 1. Netgear Storage Central SC101
2. Apple iPod (Gen 5 - 30GB)

 


A Few of our Favorite Companies & Things


Type

 Companies Product or Series
Processors AMD & Intel AMD - Athlon 64 or Athlon X2
Intel - Core 2 Duo Series
Motherboard DFI and ASUS SLI & non-SLI motherboards
Video Cards BFG 7xxx-series
Sound Cards Creative Labs Soundblaster X-Fi series
Speakers Logitech Z-5550 series
Memory OCZ Technology and Corsair Gamer matched pair series
Hard Drives Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB, 74GB & 150GB
Optical Drives Lite-On, Plextor & Sony Dual-Layer DVD-RW & CD-RW
Cases Antec Sonata-series
Power Supplies Antec TrueControl and Neo series
CPU Coolers Zalman VGA & CPU Coolers
Case Fans Vantec Stealth Fans
Floppy Drives Sony 1.44MB Floppy (Beige or Black)
Keyboards Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
Mice Logitech G5, G7, or MX1000
Photo Printers Canon i9990
Laser Printers Hewlett-Packard and Konica Minolta HP - Laserjet 2600n
Konica Minolta - Magicolor 2430DL
Digital Cameras Olympus and Canon Olympus - Camedia C-50ZOOM
Canon - Powershot G5
Scanners Epson Perfection 4490 PHOTO
LCD Flat Panels Dell 2001FP 20.1" LCD
USB Flash Drives SanDisk 2GB Titanium Cruzer
MP3 Players Apple and Creative Apple - iPod series
Creative - MuVO series
Enclosures Netgear Storage CentralSC101
Anti-Virus Norton Norton Anti-Virus 2004
Anti-Spyware Webroot Spysweeper
Anti-Spam Mailfrontier Matador
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005
Office Suite Microsoft Office 2003 Professional
Office Suite (Free) Sun OpenOffice
Financial Software (Personal) Microsoft Money 2004+
Financial Software (Business) Intuit Quickbooks Basic 2003
Web-Design Suite Macromedia Studio 8
(Dreamweaver v8 and Flash v8)
Web Hosting 1&1 Whatever package fits your needs
Graphic Design Suite Adobe CreativeSuite 2
(Photoshop v9, Illustrator v12)
Free e-Mail Google Gmail
Free Photo Editing Google Picasa
Browser Toolbar Google Toolbar

 

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