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Josh's Goliath

Joshua's Goliath
June 2008

System Specifications

    Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo Wolfdale 65w CPU
    Gigabyte EX48-DS4 System Board
    EVGA nVidia 8800GTS (G92) 512MB PCIe Graphics Card
    3GB Mushkin Enhanced DDR2 800 System Memory
    Western Digital 250GB 8mb cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
    Sony SATA 20X DVD-R/W
    Thermaltake 500 watt PurePower Power Supply
    XION Black ATX Mid-Tower Chassis
    All-In-One USB 2.0 Media Card Reader
    Windows XP Professional

Core Components Arrive

System Board

Yet another beauty from Gigabyte. The all new X48.

Rear Panel Connections

As usual, there's a veritable plethora of connections on the rear panel. Dual Gb NIC's, 8 channel audio, dual 1394 (one mini- Nice!), SPDI/F and 8 USB. Sweet!

Intel E8400 Wolfdale Core2 Duo CPU

An excellent choice for extreme performance.

CPU Installed

CPU Heatsink Installed

System Memory

3 GB of Mushkin Enhanced DDR2 System Memory. 2x1024GB + 2x512MB.

Memory Installed

Looks good in this setup doesn't it!

EVGA nVidia 8800GTS 512MB Video Card

Once again, we've chosen the 8800GTS video card. The performance of these cards
continues to impress. There are many newer models available, but at significantly
higher costs, yet they yield little performance boost. This card is still the sweet spot.

Time To Get Busy
Assembling the Balance of The Components and Initiating Build

System Installed on Test Stand

Looking good so far Joshua?

First Boot!

Yet another successful first boot!

Setting the CMOS

Torture Testing the System Memory

Memtest ran successfully for over 13 hours. Time to install the OS.

Windows XP Build Commences

Loading the System Chassis
Now that the initial software build is complete, it's time for final hardware assembly

System Chassis

Power Supply Installed

Ready To Install Ready I/O Shield

I/O Shield Installed

System Board Installed

Graphics Card Installed

Wiring Installed

What a rats nest of wiring. No problems though. This is only the inital connection
of the components. We'll soon have everything re-routed neatly and securely.

Wiring Complete

All cables are neatly routed and secured in place.

Custom POST Image

All HTC Systems are built with a POST BMP Image customized for each client.
One of the few nice extra touches we like to add to all of our custom builds.

Build Complete

And so another build comes to a close. This system is a real screamer. Joshua is sure to be happy!