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Workstation Component Complement

QTY

Description

Enclosure

1

Low noise, ultra-quiet, cold-rolled steel construction

Antec Sonata 500 High capacity low noise desktop case This case chosen for superior cooling capability. Antec P180 case extends these capabilities.

System drives (RAID 1)

2

80 GB SATA

Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD5000YS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s

Data drives (RAID 5)

3

WD* 500GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s (RAID 5)

External backup drive 1

Western Digital 500GB external hard drive

DVD RW Drive:

1

Sony Dual Layer DVD RW 4.7  / 8.4 GB

Memory

4 GB

Patriot 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM 1066  Dual Channel -  2 2GB sticks**

Motherboard

1

ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard

Processor

1

Quad core:   Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache

OR

Quad core:   Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Yorkfield 3.0GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache

Video Card

1

XFX GeForce 9800GT   512MB 256-bit GDDR3

OR

XFX GeForce 9800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3

Monitor

1

SCEPTRE X24WG-1080P Black 24" 2ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 4000:1 Built in Speakers

Keyboard / Mouse

1

Both Logitech and Microsoft make excellent wireless keyboard mouse combinations

Operating System

1

Win XP Pro or Win Vista Ultimate

Approximate Cost $2800 - $4000 Depending upon configuration