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Florida Drawbridge - File Server

Home Workstation/File Server
June 2010

System Specifications

    Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66Ghz Quad-Core CPU
    GIGABYTE P55A-UD6 LGA 1156 ATX System Board
    Patriot Viper Series 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 System Memory
    One Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s (OS)
    Four Hitachi 2TB SATA 3.0Gb/s @ RAID 5 (Data)
    ATI Radeon HD 4770 512MB GDDR5 Graphics Card
    Dual SATA 24X DVD-R/W
    OCZ Modstream Pro 600 Watt Modular ATX12V Power Supply
    Lian-Li PC-V1200AplusII Aluminum ATX Mid-Tower Chassis
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
    All-In-One Media Card Reader
    Dual 22" Samsung Widescreen LCD displays
    Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave Keyboard/Mouse Combo
    Logitech Z523 2.1 Speaker System

System Chassis

This chassis is an absolute stunner. All high quality aluminum construction. No detail is over looked.

Lian-Li PC-V1200AplusII Aluminum Mid-Tower Chassis

System Chassis Interior

Lian-Li PC-V1200AplusII Aluminum Mid-Tower Chassis

Core System Components

Core System Components

Optional System Components

Optional System Components

System Board

Once again, Gigabyte scores a hit with their all new GA-P55A-UD6 system board.
This board features a beautifull, well laid out design and all the latest technology.

System Board

System Board I/O Connections

The rear I/O panel features a total of 10 USB ports. 2 USB v3.0, 2 combo USB/SATA, and 6 USB v2.0. In addition there are dual 10/100/1000 LAN ports, dual Firewire, 8 channel audio as well as optical audio. Gigabyte also included a combination PS/2 keyboard/mouse port for those old school input devices. ;)

System Board

Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66Ghz Quad-Core CPU

Another great CPU from Intel featuring a stock clock speed of 2.66Ghz, with a Max Turbo Frequency of 3.2Ghz, four CPU cores and an 8MB cache.

Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66Ghz Quad-Core CPU

6GB's of Patriot Viper DDR3 1333Mhz System Memory

6GB's of Patriot Viper DDR3 1333Mhz System Memory

ATI Radeon HD 4770 512MB GDDR5 Graphics Card

For this build, we needed a graphics card powerful enough to drive two high resolution displays.
This card will perform its role perfectly without breaking a sweat. And it's inexpensive too. Perfect!

ATI Radeon HD 4770 512MB GDDR5 Graphics Card

OCZ 600 Watt Modular Power Supply

We've had great success with OCZ's high quality power supply's. This model features modular cabling, which enables us to use only the required cables, resulting in a neater build and better air flow throughout.

OCZ 600 Watt Modular Power Supply

All parts are in stock, so let's start the initial hardware build!

CPU Installed

CPU Installed

CPU Heatsink Installed

CPU Heatsink Installed

System Memory Installed

System Memory Installed

System Installed on Test Stand

All new systems are first installed on a test bench to ensure functionality of all the new components.
This also makes it quite a bit easier to work on the system while we tweak it to run perfectly.

System Installed on Test Stand

Results of Memory Stress Testing

Over 10 hours of continuous stress testing, completing 7 full passes with zero failures.
All looks good so far. Let's install Windows

Results of Memory Stress Testing

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit Installation Begins

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit Installation Begins

Stress Testing Complete

Now that Windows is installed we can run some additional stress tests to ensure all the hardware is functioning properly. In the image below, you can see an example of one of the tests, Prime95 that we utilize. The test ran continuously for nearly 14 hours with 0 failures. Perfect.

Stress Testing Complete

Loading The System Chassis

System Board Installed

System Board Installed

Power Supply Installed

Power Supply Installed

Hard Drives and Optical Drives Installed

Hard Drives and Optical Drive Installed

System Wiring Complete

System Wiring Complete

System Complete

System Complete

Now that the hardware build is complete, we will continue with application installation, peripheral configuration, final tweaking and schedule delivery to the client. Enjoy!