Whats inside as of 2008-07-17! |
| James' System (Windows XP Pro) |
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| CPU: |
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ AM2 (2.9Ghz) |
| CPU Fan: |
AMD Athlon XP Stock |
| Mainboard: |
Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 AMD 770 ATX |
| Memory: |
Corsair 4GB XMS2 DHX DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) |
| Video: |
ASUS ATI EAH4850 Radeon HD 4850 512MB DDR3 PCI-E |
| Monitor: |
Samsung 225BW 22inch Widescreen LCD @1680x1050x32bit |
| Drives: |
Samsung 750GB Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ |
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Western Digital 250GB IDE in Thermaltake A2396 USB 2.0 External |
| DVD±RW: |
Samsung SH-S203B 20X |
| DVD±RW: |
NEC 3520A Double Layer |
| Sound: |
On board (better that the SoundBlaster IMHO) |
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Boston Acoustics BA635 Speakers |
| Case: |
hec 6XR8 ATX Mid Tower * |
| Power Supply: |
OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS 600W |
| Case Fans: |
Cooler Master R4-S2S-12AK-GP 120mm |
| Flash Reader: |
Sabrent CRW-UINB 65-in-1 |
| KeyBoard: |
Logitech Deluxe Access 104 Keys |
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Belkin Nostromo SpeedPad n52 |
| Mouse: |
Logitech USB Optical Wheel Mouse |
| Controllers: |
Kensington USB Expert Mouse Pro |
| Floppy: |
None |
| Bluetooth: |
Zonet 6110C USB Adapter |
| Power: |
Smart Strip Power Strip |
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| Holly's System (Windows XP) |
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| CPU: |
AMD Athlon XP Barton 2500+ 1.833Ghz |
| CPU Fan: |
AMD Athlon XP Retail |
| Mainboard: |
Chaintech 7NJL1 Apogee nForce2 |
| Memory: |
Kingmax 1.5GB PC3200 DDR RAM (256 X2) (512 X2) |
| Video: |
XFX Nvidia FX 5600 Ultra 128MB |
| Monitor: |
Samsung 940BX 19inch LCD @1280x1024x32bit * |
| Drives: |
Maxtor 80gig DiamondMax Plus 9 ATA133 7200RPM |
| DVD±RW: |
NEC 2500A |
| Floppy: |
Sony 3.5/1.44 |
| USB Hub: |
Chaintech CBox 7NJL1 Apogee nForce2< |
| Sound: |
Chaintech 7NJL1 Apogee nForce2 |
| Case: |
InWin IW-S500 |
| Power Supply: |
SilverStone SST-ST400 400w |
| KeyBoard: |
Mitsumi 104 keys |
| Mouse: |
Logitech 3 button Scroll Wheel |
| Power: |
Smart Strip Power Strip |
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| Shared System Items |
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| DSL Modem: |
SpeedStream 5100B |
| Router: |
LinkSys WRTSL54GS Wireless Firewall Router |
| Switch: |
Netgear FS605 Switch |
| Printer: |
Samsung SCX-4200 |
| Flash Reader: |
Heisei USB 2.0 HR-2011 (CF) |
| Flash Reader: |
Microtech USB CameraMate (CF/SM) |
| Flash Drives: |
Corsair Flash Voyager 2gb Drive |
| Cardreaders: |
PQI USB Travel Flash 16meg (CF/SM/MM) |
| SuperFloppy: |
WinStation LS-120 USB SuperFloppy |
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| Off line Equipment (Make an offer) |
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| Some other tech toys I own, with the newest on top. |
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| MP3 Player: |
SanDisk Sansa Clip 4GB
Found this for $60 at slickdeals.net, in fact got one for the misses too.
Now I can hold more than just 3 or 4 books, :)
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| Camera: |
Canon PowerShot G9 12mp |
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Was going to see Yosemite National Park and want to be able to take some nice photos and this camera has almost as many optins as my old Canon AE1 35mm.
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| GPS Unit: |
Garmin eTrex Legend HCx |
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This one is in color and WILL give directions, but needed another $60 worth of software to do it right.
I have a RAM mount for use on the motorcycle and bicycle.
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| MP3 Player: |
SanDisk Sansa C250 2GB
Found this for $49 at slickdeals.net
Now I use this for music while doing yard work.
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| Cell Phone: |
Sanyo 8400 |
| Memory: |
RiDATA 1GB microSD
Took some work to get MY ring tones into the phone.
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| Camera: |
Canon PowerShot CD1000 7mp |
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Wanted something that would fit any pocket and this does. Nice sized screen easy to use even with with one hand.
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| PDA: |
Dell Axim X51v
600+mhzm WiFi, Bluetooth built in and a QVGA screen |
| Memory: |
Lexar 1GB CompactFlash
SimpleTech 1Gig SD
I bought a copy of CarryDVD which lets me put my DVD's
on to the gig card and watch a movie anywhere. A average 120 min movie is about 350 meg when done.
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| Off line! |
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| MP3 Player: |
iPod Shuffle 512meg
Small, cheap just what I needed to make the trips to and from work enjoyable. |
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| Off line! |
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| Cell Phone: |
Sanyo MM-5600 |
| Memory: |
RiDATA 512meg miniSD
Needed more space for MP3's, yes MP3's, I have taken about 2 dozen songs (~100meg) from CD's
put them into my phone and can listen whenever I feel like it.
If you get Nokia's Multimedia Player 1.1
You can convert most video formats to .3pg so you can put clips onto the phone too.
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| Off line! |
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| Camera: |
Canon PowerShot S60 5mp |
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Mr. Flash 64meg CompactFlash |
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Canon 32meg CompactFlash |
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Was looking at the G5 but went for the smaller size of the S60. It was time for an upgrade from
2.1 mp and this one has fast start up time. I limited the camera I would buy to those that use
CompactFlash which I have a number of. Also can use the gig card when going on trips, that is if it is not full of movies.
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| Off line! |
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| MP3 Player: |
Frontier Labs NEX IIe |
| Memory: |
Viking 128meg CompactFlash |
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Mr. Flash 128meg CompactFlash |
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Much better than my old RCA Lyra, takes straight MP3 files. It is getting harder to find good MP3 players
that take removable memory. I got the NEX IIe from My Digital Discount
good price fast delivery.
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| Off line! |
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| PDA: |
Palm m505 |
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The E-100 is much easier to read and has many more uses but the small size of the Palm makes it so
easy to carry. If the entry of text would catch up to the PocketPC's it would be even more usefull.
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| Off line! |
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| GPS Unit: |
Garmin eTrex Legend |
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We are trying out a new hobbie called GeoCaching.
I have a RAM mount for use on the motorcycle and bicycle.
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| Off line! |
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| Camera: |
Nikon CoolPix 950 2.1mp |
| Memory: |
Nikon 8meg CompactFlash |
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I have to state that Nikon's "Nikon View" software that comes with the camera is poor, almost useless!
If you go to their web site they do not have it available for download.
At first I thought it was because it was some great program they did not want everyone to have it.
The fact seems to be that it is so useless they do not want peope to see it.
I have an older Olympus D-220L and its software lets you take full control of the camera from the computer.
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| Off line! |
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I was wondering what speeds my compactflash cards ran at, added in my thumbdrive and here are the numbers,
using the USB 2.0 CF card reader. Numbers are MB/s and X numbers are based on 1X = 150 kB/s.
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HD_Speed |
DskSpeed |
HD Tach 3 |
| URDisk 128 meg Thumb drive |
5.2 |
34X |
5.1 |
5.2 |
5.5 |
| Lexar 1 Gig CF |
4.8 |
32X |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.9 |
| Viking 128 meg CF |
3.9 |
26X |
3.9 |
3.8 |
4.0 |
| Mr. Flash 64 meg CF |
3.9 |
26X |
3.9 |
3.8 |
4.0 |
| Canon 32 meg CF |
3.9 |
26X |
3.9 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
| Simple Tech 32 Meg CF |
1.8 |
12X |
1.8 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
| Mr. Flash 128 meg CF |
1.5 |
10X |
1.5 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
It is interesting to note that the Lexar is their cheaper one labled 4X.
And the oldest card in the list is the 32 meg Simple Tech.
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