The Computer, Established January 2005
The main system at barovelli.com finally gets some class. Long just a plain beige box with an evolving collection of parts, this holiday season brought a very classy chassis that fits everything with room to spare.
Not visible is the internals:
- Asus P4C800E Deluxe motherboard
- Pentium 4 3.0
- 1 gigabyte of generic RAM
- 2 Western Digital 120 gigabyte serial ATA hard drives
- ATI 9800 Pro 256MB video card
- Hauppauge PVR250 TV Tuner card
- Antec True Power 450 PSU
External stuff:
- Sony DRU-720A DVD burner
- TDK 4800B CDR/RW
- Cooler Master Musketeer 2
- Zalman fanbus
- Soundblaster Audigy drive
- Antec external voltage & PS fan panel that also holds the floppy.
CM Stacker panel (see how to swap out one bank of USB sockets to USB3), Muskeeter 2, ZM-MFC1, floppy in Antec adjustable power supply panel.
CDR/RW that really looks out of place. Slot load DVD ROM that has had it's faceplate painted.
Soundblaster Audigy Drive. The last time I ever used Firewire was with a Zen Jukebox mp3 player.
Bad Newegg! Dented case cover
If it don't fit, modify it!
Footnote 2009: Stacker lives on, most every internal part is changed.
- Intel DP35DP Motherboard
- E8400 3 GHz Core 2 Duo
- 4 GB RAM
- Nvidia GeForce 250
- WD 1TB hard drive
- Seagate 750 gb hard drive
- Onboard Audio
- Sony DVD RW
- 550 watt Antec power supply
Still have
- Zalman fanbus
- Cooler Master Musketeer 2
- Dell 24" Monitor
- Microsoft 4000 split keyboard
- Logitech G5 mouse.
Footnote 2011: Stacker still lives, equipped with
- Intel DP35DP Motherboard
- E8400 3 GHz Core 2 Duo
- 8 GB RAM
- Nvidia GeForce 250
- 7.75 TB of storage on 5 hard drives
- 3TB external HDD for critical grab & go backup
- Onboard Audio
- Plextor PX870A DVD/CD Burner with Lightscribe
- 550 watt Antec power supply
- Cooler Master Musketeer 2
- Dell 2405 FPW 24" Monitor
- Microsoft 4000 split keyboard (replaced with same).
- Logitech G5 mouse (replaced with same).
- Hauppauge WinTV HVR-2250
- Four port USB 3.0 card
Footnote 2012: Huge upgrade
- ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe Motherboard
- Intel i7-3770K 3.5Ghz Quad Core CPU
- 16 GB RAM DDR3 1600
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 650
- Samsung 830 256GB SSD for O/S & Applications
- 8TB of storage on 4 hard drives
- 6TB external HDD for critical grab & go backup
- Onboard Audio
- LG BH14 Blu-Ray Reader/Writer
- ASUS OEM SATA DVD/CD
- Corsair TX650 650 watt power supply
- Logitech G510s 'gaming' keyboard
- Cooler Master Musketeer 2. A little bit of bling lives on.
- Dell 2405 FPW 24" Monitor. Living well beyond expected end of life. Still bright & sharp.
- Logitech G5 mouse - still my most favorite.
Footnote 2020: Fifteen years later, the Stacker lives on.
- MSI Z270 Motherboard
- Intel Core i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz
- 32 GB RAM DDR4
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
- Samsung 960 EVO M2 SSD O/S & Applications
- 4TB of storage on spinning hard drive
- 11TB external HDD for critical grab & go backup
- Onboard Audio
- Home made USB3, Audio and power panel
- LG BH14 Blu-Ray Reader/Writer
- Corsair TX650 650 watt power supply
- Logitech G510s 'gaming' keyboard
- Cooler Master Musketeer 2. A little bit of bling for nostalgia.
- Dell 2405 FPW 24" Monitor. Living well beyond expected end of life. It just wont die.
- Logitech G5 mouse - still my most favorite.