These boxen

No one asked—oh wait, yes, someone did. So here are the specs of my various computers at home. Wattage readings are from the UPSs.

Workstation

  • Intel i7 3770K Ivy Bridge
  • 16 GB memory
  • Micron C300 SSD (system/boot disk)
  • Samsung 840 Pro SSD (work disk)
  • 2.5" 1 TB HD (games/archive disk)
  • Lian Li PC-Q25B Mini ITX case
  • Athena Power Hercules 470W short-depth ATX power supply
  • Intel BOXDH77DF Mini ITX motherboard
  • EVGA GeForce GTX650 Ti video card
  • Two Dell U3011 30 inch LCD monitors

Uses 48 watts at idle. Built in late 2012.

File server / VM host

  • Intel i3 2120T low-power Sandy Bridge
  • 32 GB memory
  • Intel 320 SSD (system/boot)
  • Two 3 TB HDs (VMs and virtual disks)
  • 500 GB HD (miscellaneous)
  • No monitor

Uses 54 watts at idle. Built in early 2012.

Home theater

  • Intel Q8400
  • 6 GB memory
  • 750 GB HD
  • GeForce 210 GPU
  • Panasonic 58 inch plasma monitor

Unknown wattage. Purchased assembled from HP in 2009.

Firewall / router

  • Intel D510 Atom
  • 4 GB memory
  • 2.5" 250 GB HD (was a Corsair SSD, but that died in 2011)
  • Junky Foxconn Mini ITX case and power supply
  • No monitor

Uses 35 watts at idle. Built in 2010.

Other

Some other boxes, slabs, and toys.

  • Lenovo AMD 350 netbook
  • HP Touchpad tablet (woohoo, firesale!)
  • Michelle's Nehalem i7 workstation
  • Kindles galore
  • Some cell phones
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