Primary Computer (media center, gaming, and workstation box): Intel Core 2 Q8200 (quad-core; default clock speeds); Socket 775 LGA) with a Scythe Andy Master 120mm CPU cooler (SCASM-1000), MSI P43 NEO3-F (MSI-7514) motherboard (BIOS v2.3), MSI R4870-T2D512 OC Radeon HD 4870 512 MB (S-video connected to a January 1996 20" Sharp CRT TV), two 1 GB of Crucial RAM, an used mid-tower Antec P180 ATX case with four 120mm case fans and a side dual fan to cool PCI cards, onboard RealTek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC network, disabled onboard sound, 600 watts SeaSonic S12 PSU, two Broadband Technologies Air2PC-ATSC-PCI HDTV tuner card (DVB; revision 2; connected to a rabbit ear antenna), ASUS TV Tuner Card 880 NTSC (cx23880), Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, Pioneer CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model DVR-218LBK LabelFlash Support, Sony NEC Optiarc DVD-RW AD-7220S burner drive, two internal 7200 RPM Seagate SATA hard disk drives (HDDs) [ST3320620AS 320 GB and ST3500320AS 500 GB], 3.5" disk drive, Windows XP Professional SP3 (Internet Explorer 6.0 SP3; DirectX 9.0c (latest month), all updates), and Logitech Z-2300 speakers (2.1 setup and analog) speakers. Secondary/Backup Computer (dual core): AMD Athlon 64 X2 (dual core) 939 4600+ CPU (using a Thermaltake Silent Boost K8 A1838 model), MSI K8N NEO4-F (MS-7125) motherboard (NVIDIA nForce4), 2.5 GB of RAM (one 1 GB + three 512 MB; use all four memory slots) refurbished (RMA'ed twice!) EVGA GeForce 8800 GT (PCIE; NVIDIA), Enlight 7237-ATX mid-tower case; Antec Basiq 500 Watt ATX Power Supply (BP500U), two case 80mm case fans, Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 (ST380011A; 7200 RPM; 80 GB) HDD, an IDE Quantum Fireball Plus LM 15 GB HDD, Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1612 Rev. B 16X/48X ATAPI/IDE drive, Plextor PX-W1210 PlexWriter (12/10/32A; IDE), 3.5" disk drive, and an Intel InBusiness 10/100 (82559) NIC. Running Debian (Linux) OS (Kernel v2.6.32-...-686). -- Others hooked up to the primary machine, but not all the time: An external Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 (ST325082 3A; 250 GB HDD; 7200 RPM) in a Kingwin HDD Enclosure (MS-350U-S) via USB (connected when needed), Hewlett Packard Photosmart 8450 printer (USB; AC connected when needed), an external USR 33600 Sportster Faxmodem (Model: 0413; Product Code: 000839-03; rarely powered on when needed), Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick (USB; rarely hooked up when needed), and a Hawking Technology's Hi-Gain USB Wireless-G Adapter (Model: HWU54D; original version; rarely connected and used). Both desktop machines are connected to a Belkin Omni Cube (4-port; PS/2 and VGA) to share a 19" Samsung SyncMaster 931BF LCD TFT monitor (4:3 aspect ratio and 1280x1024 native screen resolution), a Dell 104-key PS/2 SK-8110 keyboard, and a three-buttons (middle is a wheel) PS/2 eMachines mouse. Both computers and monitor are connected to APC Back-UPS XS BX1500's battery outlets. -- Notebooks/Laptops: Apple PowerBook G4 with 1 Ghz, 512 MB of RAM, SuperDrive, 60 GB HDD, USB 1.1, and Mac OS X 10.2.8 (all updates). Compaq Armada 1585DMT notebook/laptop (haven't been used for ages, but it still works), Intel Pentium MMX 150 Mhz with 32 MB of DIMM EDO RAM, 256k cache, 12" 16-bit high colors active matrix display at 800x600, Cirrus Logic CL-GD7548 (LCD PCI) with 1 MB RAM, ES1878 AudioDrive PnP (without a true wavetable card), 10X Matshita UJDCD8700 IDE CD-ROM drive, internal Compaq Armada 1500 series 336 Fax Modem (33.6k), 2.0 GB IDE harddrive, Netgear FA510 NIC (PCMCIA), 2-button touchpad, and Windows 95.0b (OSR2; Internet Explorer 5.5SP2; DirectX 8.0). Yamaha SoftSynthesizer S-YG20 v1.091t3 in Windows for wavetable emulation in Windows. -- Everything is not overclocked and some items are connected to a 8-ports Netgear FS108 switch (10/100) for LAN and Linksys WRT54GL v1.1 Wireless-G 54Mbps router connected to an Ambit/Ubee U10C018 cable modem for Time Warner Cable's High Speed Internet/Road Runner. Also, a Linksys Instant Wireless Network Access Point (802.11b; 2.4 Ghz; 11Mbs; v2.6; WAP11; not always on) for old wireless devices and notebooks/laptops.