| AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ processor |
Cuts through picture tasks quicker than
you can say "knife" |
| Gigabyte K8N Pro-SLI motherboard |
nForce 4 SLI motherboard that won all
sorts of awards. Not too stupid on the feature front, so cheap
enough too. |
| 2Gb Crucial PC3200 DDR Ram |
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| 2xMaxtor DiamondPlus 9 160Gb 7200rpm 8Mb buffer HD |
About half full now - its amazing how big
some of these photos actually are. |
| 2xXFX GeForce 6800 DDR Dual TV PCI-E |
Top cards which were half price - so I
got two! |
| Microsoft Wireless Desktop Elite Keyboard |
Nice action, extra keys useful. Just
a shame there's no way to set the 'F-Lock' to be on by default. |
| Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 |
Comes in the desktop with the keyboard
above. Not quite as comfy as the wired version, but still nice bit
of kit! |
| Floppy disc drive |
Rarely used. |
| D-Link DWL-G122 USB wireless network |
Fast 54Mb/s access to the net |
| 52-in-1 memory card bay |
A bit of a cheat as it counts different
ratings of the same card as a different card. Still, takes all
cards and has a front USB socket as well to go with the two on the top |
NEC ND-4550A DVD-rewriter
NEC ND-4551A DVD-rewriter |
For when CD just isn't big enough...
Read Speed: DVD:16X CD:48x
Write Speed: CD-R:48x, CD-RW:32x
DVD-R:16x, DVD-R DL: 6x, DVD-RW:6x, DVD-RAM:5x, DVD+R:16x, DVD+R9:8x,
DVD+RW:8x
Drives are near identical - the 4551A also does LabelFlash. |
| Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum eX |
Almost the best Audigy out there at the moment
- works a treat with my MIDI keyboard. |
| Cooler Master Praetorian 732 case |
Aluminium case in silver.
4x5.25" bays (exposed) 3x3.5" bays (exposed) 4x3.5" bays (hidden) 120mm
front fan 2x80mm rear fans |
| Tagan Easycon 530W |
Switchable cables, switchable 12V rails,
quiet and very stable. A dream! |
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| Sony X52-B 15" TFT display |
Crystal clear, not a single dead pixel.
A lovely bit of kit. |
| Olympus C-750 Ultra Zoom Digital Camera |
See more on my camera
page. |
| HP Photosmart 7350 printer |
Read about the printer on the
output page. |
| Wacom Graphire 3 tablet |
Ideal for editing photos - the pen gives
you far more control than a mouse. |
| Sennheiser HD 25-SP headphones |
The Plantronics headset is good if you want
a microphone - if what you really want is crystal clear lightweight sound
from the Audigy, these are great. And they'll also work with my Yamaha
keyboard. |
| Canon CanoScan 3200F |
I guess this is part of my digital photography
toolkit as well. I use it mostly to scan in older photos from before
I had the digital camera in order to make up montages and the like. |
| Thrustmaster TopGun Afterburner II Joystick |
Not quite as good as separate yokes, pedals
etc. but for the amount I play Flight Simulator 2002 it's great! |
| Plantronics DSP-300 Digital USB headset |
Crystal clear for listening / recording -
someone in Dixons clearly didn't know what this was as they'd priced it
up at only £9.99! A bargain! |
| Microsoft Sidewinder Gamepad USB |
Same as my old Gamepad, but the USB version.
A snip at £15 for proper plug'n'play - just what I need to try and steer
RalliSport Challenge! |
| Creative Inspire! 5100 5.1 speakers |
Nice new speaker set - full surround sound
and thumpin' bass! |
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