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17 September 2008

My newly purchased computer specification

The below is the detail specification of my newly purchased computer on 17-Sep-2008.

Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz (RM 625.00)
45 nanometer technology, 6M L2 Cache, 1333MHz bus speed, Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel-VT), Socket LGA775

Intel DG35EC Desktop Board (RM 290.00)
Capable to run at 1333MHz system bus speed, DDR2 speed @ 800, HD Video ready, Intel G35 Express Chipset, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3500 integrated, MicroATX form factor, 10 USB ports,

Kingston ValueRAM KVR800D2N5/2G (4 units at RM109/each)
DDR2, PC2-6400 CL5, 240-pin DIMM Non-ECC 800MHz

Seagate 500GB, cache 32MB, SATA (RM230.00)
Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s, 500 GB, 7,200 rpm, Model: ST3500320AS

ACBEL PS2/Intelligent Power 660, Power Supply, Model:PC7016 (RM 395)
660W, Efficiency 80%, 19dB low noise rate
This is to replace the last purchase of CoolerMaster 500W Extreme Power Supply @ RM 199.00)

Cooler Master Centurion 5 Casing (RM 190.00)

Cooler Master Device Module 4-In-3 (RM 85)
To convert the three 5.25" drive bays into a four 3.5" harddisk module, come with front cooling fan), so that I have 4 additional bays for 4 more harddisks.

Microsoft Windows VISTA Business OEM, 32-bit (RM 434.00)

So, my Windows Experience Index scores:
ComponentWhat is ratedSubscore
ProcessorCalculated per second5.7
MemoryMemory operations per second5.5
GraphicsDesktop performance for Windows Aero4.0
Gaming Graphics3D business & gaming performance 3.8
Primary HarddiskDisk data transfer rate5.7

With this new computer, now I have prepared to learn and discover 64-bit O/S and also virtual machine (Type 2 or hosted hypervisor virtualisation), and I am very exiciting to move on. I will start with Vista 64-bit edition and Ubuntu Desktop 64-bit edition and also VMware Server 2.0 (recently announced to be free of charge)

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