My new computery stuff. Silver Knight a DIY gaming-grade desktop, White Wolf a minimalistic, small laptop.

It's been a long time since the last update. The Silver Knight was up and running by the start of January, and the White Wolf arrived on December 29th. The final specs are as follows.

Silver Knight
Case: Aerocool Zero-Degree BTX case with UV-reacting window, silver colour (hence the name)
Power source: Tacens Supero 1000 (1000-watt, 4x 28A 12V rails.)

Storage: Western Digital Raptor X 150 GB SATA 10,000 RPM
Seagate Barracuda 320 GB SATA-II 7,200 RPM
Optical: Asus 1814BLT Super Multi DVD-RW with Lightscribe SATA drive

CPU: AMD Phenom 9600, 2.3 GHz AM2+
CPU cooler: Noctua NH-U12F, but the fan was replaced with two Coolink 12 cm fans, one in each side, for maximum cooling.
Disk cooler: Coolink Silent Saviour
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6, AMD 790FX/ATI SB600, CrossfireX, 4x 8 GB max DDR2-1066, 4 PCI-E 2.0 x16, 2x PCI, 6x SATA-II
Memory: 4x Kingston HyperX DDR2-800 2 GB sticks (8 GB total)
Graphics: 2x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3870 in Crossfire mode
Soundcard: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Pro Series

OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 OEM
Games: Crysis, Bioshock, Hellgate London, Oblivion, 3DMark06, Freelancer, Steam (Orange Box, Garry's Mod, Audiosurf, Lost Planet, Puzzle Quest, X3 Reunion), WoW

Keyboard: Logitech New-G15 Keyboard
Mouse: Microsoft SideWinder laser mouse
Screen: Samsung SyncMaster 710v, 4:3 17" LCD screen
Speakers: Creative SBS380

3DMark06 score: 12334


Planned upgrades: Phenom 9900, a third HD 3870.


White Wolf
Model: Asus Eee PC 4G white with 2 GB RAM.
OS: Windows XP Home (legal) nLited to a 200 MB ISO, 630 MB install (pagefile-less)
Optical: An LG DVD drive inside a Conceptronic 5.25" IDE to USB case.
Extra storage: Kingston 8 GB SDHC Elite Pro