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Hardware:
Below is the specifications and images of all the computers I use. I have not included my laptop which is a Toshiba and is named "Mobil1" on my network. I have started from my most powerful/recent machine. Please click on any of the images for a larger version.
 
Streethawk (Click for larger version)

"Streethawk"
AMD Phenom 9950 Quad Core 2.6Ghz
4 Gb DDR2 800 RAM
Gforce 8200 (Onboard)
Gforce FX 5200 PCI
Gigabit Ethernet (Onboard)

2 x 250Gb SATA HDD's
LG DVD ROM
LG DVD RAM
Windows XP Professional

This is my main computer that I use for everything from email to building this website. I have recently upgraded everything in this computer apart from the optical drives. It is now very fast to say the least. The old motherboard/processor/RAM/hard disks were demoted into "Atticserver".
I have two TFT monitors connected to this machine. One 15" and one 19" widescreen.
The smaller monitor is often used for VNC in full screen mode for my Windows server.

Streethawk (Click for larger version)
"Streethawk"
Streethawk (Click for larger version)
"Streethawk"
Servers (Click for larger version)
"Atticserver" (Top)
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 2.0Ghz
1Gb DDR RAM
200Gb PATA HDD
160Gb PATA HDD
2 x 120Gb PATA HDD's (RAID 1)
60Gb PATA HDD
Gigabit Ethernet
52x CDROM
Windows XP Professional
"Sideburns" (Bottom)
Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz
1Gb DDR RAM
40Gb PATA HDD
2 x 80Gb PATA HDD's (RAID 1)
DVD ROM
LAMP (CentOS Linux 5, Apache 2, MySQL, PHP)

"Atticserver" recently suffered a motherboard failure and has been upgraded as a result with the parts from the old "Streethawk". It serves many purposes. Mainly as a storage area for all of the media on the network with all of the other machines having mapped drives. It also serves as a print server for the network and somewhere where I can download stuff throughout the day and night. It is also a webserver serving my internal intranet and useful for testing sites. It also runs Skype for my cordless VOIP phones and is the DVR for my IP cameras.

"Sideburns" is mainly just a webserver and my self teaching tool for Linux. This server also provides mail and dns for the network. This site is of course hosted on Sideburns unless I am doing some sort of maintenance. In which case I will have changed the settings on my router and used Atticserver instead. You can see which server is hosting this site by going to the Server Info page.

Atticserver (Click for larger version)
"Atticserver"
Sideburns (Click for larger version)
"Sideburns"
Other (Click for larger version)
"Other"
Intel Celeron 700Mhz
512Mb SDRAM
20Gb PATA HDD
DVD Combi
Windows XP Professional

This computer is pictured complete with the Homeplug four port switch which gives it network access. It was originally connected wirelessly but the connection was unreliable. It is used by other members of my family for the usual internet and email stuff. I resurrected it from a dark corner after I got tired of the question "Can I use your laptop?"
It does of course share the same networked drives and printer.
It is the only complete brand name PC I have ever bought. It is quite slow by today’s standards but it is fine for internet, email and word processing. Besides, I don't use it so don't care much about the speed.

 

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