Homebrew Workstation

1.   Introduction
1.1   Motherboard
1.2   Graphics Card
1.3   RAM
1.4   Hard Disk
1.5   Network
1.6   Other controllers

Introduction

Some new-ish kits, some very new-kit and some old. This is my workstation at home.

Motherboard

The 'forcedeth' driver for the on-board NIC was causing kernel panics so I have disabled the on-baord LAN.

• ASRock K7NF2-RAID
• http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?asr-k7nf2r&P=2
• http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=K7NF2-RAID&s=462
• http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=301561

Graphics Card

• nVidia GeForce 7600 GS

RAM

• 3x 1GB PC3200

Hard Disk

• 500GB Samsung SATA

Network

• 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX

Other controllers

• 3xUSB2 PCI card with 3.5" 3 port USB & 2 Port Firewire Combo USB internal Hub
• http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=76675

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