AMD Athlon XP Palomino 1800
Purpose:Gaming, Video editing, Picture editing, Programming
Upgrades: - 300 watt noname that came with the Cabinet upgraded to 450 watt low noise Power Supply
- AMD Athlon XP 1700+ Upgraded to AMD Athlon XP 1800+ cause i thought the CPU was broken, it was the screen instead.
- 15" CRT Screen upgraded to 17 inch AOC 7Glr CRT Screen cause it broke
- AMD Stock Cooler upgraded to Custom Water Cooling with a school project
- 512 MB upgraded to 768 MB RAM
- New addition for faster disk transfer speed, a Promise Ultra ATA 133
- New addition 16x ASUS DVD ATA100 to dead DVD disks
- Logitech Cordless MouseMan Upgraded to Logitech MX510 cause it was heavy and giving lots of issues in FPS games.
- New addition Pinnacle PCTV Pro TV-Tuner to play with video editing.
- 17 inch AOC 7Glr CRT Screen changed to ASUS 19" MB19TU CRT screen

First Specs
  Operating System   Windows XP 32 bit   
 CabinetCodegen Midi ATX-6013 G6 Green
CPUAMD Athlon XP 1700+ @ 1466MHz
1 Core (1 Thread)
CoolersAMD Stock
MotherboardASUS A7V266
Memory512 MB PQI DDR1 266 MHz
PowerSupply300 watt noname
Graphic CardAsus AGP-V8200 GeForce 3 64 MB DDR
AGPx4 200/230 mhz memory
Disk 1Maxtor DiamonMax 20 120GB Fluid 7200 RPM
ATA100 , 11 ms seek time , 2 MB Cache
Disk 2Seagate Barracuda IV 60GB Fluid 7200 RPM
ATA100 , 9,5 ms seek time , 2 MB Cache
Disk 3Quantum FireBall + AS 40 GB 7200 RPM
ATA100 , 8,9 ms seek time , 2 MB Cache
Optical Drive 18x4x32x Samsung CD Burner
Optical Drive 2
Screen 115 inch screen
1024 x 768 @ 75 Hz
KeyboardLogitech Internet Navigator
MouseLogitech Cordless MouseMan Optical
WebcamTerraCam2move Digi/WebCam (640x480)
HeadsetRandom 25euro pair
Expansion Card10/100 Realtech 8139 LAN
Expansion Card
         
Final Specs
  Operating System   Windows XP 32 bit   
 CabinetCodegen Midi ATX-6013 G6 Green
CPUAMD Athlon XP 1800+ @ 1533MHz
1 Core (1 Thread)
CoolersCustom Water Cooling
MotherboardASUS A7V266
Memory768 MB PQI DDR1 266 MHz (512 MB + 256 MB)
PowerSupply450 watt low noise
Graphic CardAsus AGP-V8200 GeForce 3 64 MB DDR
AGPx4 240/400 mhz memory
Disk 1Maxtor DiamonMax 20 120GB Fluid 7200 RPM
ATA100 , 11 ms seek time , 2 MB Cache
Disk 2Seagate Barracuda IV 60GB Fluid 7200 RPM
ATA100 , 9,5 ms seek time , 2 MB Cache
Disk 3Quantum FireBall + AS 40 GB 7200 RPM
ATA100 , 8,9 ms seek time , 2 MB Cache
Optical Drive 18x4x32x Samsung CD Burner
Optical Drive 216x ASUS DVD ATA100
Screen 1ASUS 19" MB19TU
6ms ,TN Panel, 300cd/m
1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz
KeyboardLogitech Internet Navigator
MouseLogitech MX510 800 DPI Optical
WebcamTerraCam2move Digi/WebCam (640x480)
HeadsetRandom 25euro pair
Expansion Card10/100 Realtech 8139 LAN
Expansion CardPinnacle PCTV Pro TV-Tuner (1024x768)
Expansion CardPromise Ultra ATA 133

Building the PC


Overclock and Benchmarks


Upgrades and Maintenance


Fails and Defects