2009 Pegasus Build

Hardware Notes

CPU	Intel Quad Core 2 Q6600 2.40GHz	Newegg, $187
Graphic Card	ASUS GeForce 8500 GT x16 PCI Express Bus 512MB DDR2 DVI + D-Sub This has now been upgraded to Gigabyte GV-685D5 (HD 6850) - two DVI, one HDMI, one Displayport	Newegg, $55.00
Optical Drive	Samsung DVD writer, model SH-S223Q (SATA)	Newegg $30
Memory	G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)	Newegg, $44.99
Hard Drive	Hitachi SATA, 7200RPM, 1TB	Newegg, $99
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P (Intel L775) CORRECTION: EP45-UD3R is what printed on MB UD3P PDF Manual Download UD3R PDF Manual Download	Newegg, $136.99
Case	Antec Sonata III 500 PDF Manual Download	Newegg, about $120
Operating System	Vista Ultimate 64 bit OEM (Maybe)	Amazon, $200

General Observations

• The CPU is overclock at 3.2GHz
  • A review by ExtremeTech: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2079567,00.asp
  • CPU Clock Ratio: 8x
  • CPU Host Clock Control: Enabled
  • CPU Host Freqency: 400
  • System Memory Multiplier: 2.00B
  • Everything else is default as far as I can see.

• This motherboard is not Mac friendly
  • A review by ExtremeTech: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2335930,00.asp
• This Hitachi disk is noisy compare to the Seagate 1.5TB I had for Picard.

• On EDIMAX EW-7128G IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Wireless Card purchased at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315041 is OK. You can download driver, including the Mac driver at: http://www.edimax.us/