652 FCBGA, 31 mm x 31 mm 609 FCBGA, 31 mm x 31 mm Supported ICH ICH7-M (GBM/GHM) ICH6-M PCI Masters 7 7 IDE / ATA ATA 100 (1 Ch.), SATA 150 (2 Ports) ATA 100 (1 Ch.), SATA 150 (2 Ports) USB 8 Ports USB 2.0...

Windows Home Server, and comes equipped with 1 TB of storage in the form of two Seagate 7200.10 500 GB SATA/300 hard disks. It also includes an Ethernet 10/100/1000 interface, a total of four hot-swappable SATA drive bays — very convenient for adding more...

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3,300 model and, just for fun, up the price to $4,000 and beyond.. Computer Components Case Silverstone LaScala 14M HTPC Case (Black, retail: $150) HD-DVD burner Toshiba TS-L802A HD-DVD drive (not available thru retail, substitute Xbox 360 HD-DVD player,...

SATA DVD burner/player (retail $121) Motherboard & CPU Asus M2A-VM HDMI (retail: $81) AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ AM2 ($160) Hard Drive Samsung Spinpoint SP2004C, 200 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/300 (retail: $55) Graphics MSI 7600GT Diamond Plus 256 MB...

for $693, consider the Sony PSP 3 with integrated Blu-ray drive for $600 as an alternative, but integrates at the A/V receiver, not through the PC) Hard Drive Hitachi Deskstar HDS725050KLA360, Firmware K2AOAB0AACCB, 500 GB, 7,200 RPM, 16 MB Cache, SATA/300...

64 X2 AM2 processor (3.0 GHz, 90 nm, 2 MB L2 cache) ($229) Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H (retail: $99) Hard Drives 2 Samsung Spinpoint SP2004C, 200 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/300 (retail: $55 each; $110 total) Graphics eVGA...

its very core this unit is really a network attached storage device. That’s because the guts of the unit are built around a four-bay RAID controller that supports hot-swappable SATA 150 hard disk drives. Don’t get us wrong, however: the EX475 makes a very...

down the doors by the time the store opens the next morning. This year, the store is Circuit City, and the notebook is a $300 Compaq Presario C717NR notebook (a holdover from HP’s acquisition of Compaq, the Presario name has stuck around). In this case, $300...

a 24-pin adapter that can check the main PSU cable bundle, plus 6-pin and 8-pin blocks that can check 4-pin, 6-pin and 8 pin auxiliary 12V PSU power outputs. You’ll also find a 4-pin Molex tester, a 4-pin floppy drive power tester, and a SATA power tester...