My Workstation

digital workflow

Everything you  see here was hand  built by yours truly.  Talk  about a labor of love.  I've been building
computers long before I took up the photographic hobby.  Usually I build a new system every two years
and label it the "Mo-Fo".  It's the spanky new rig and the old one becomes the "Lil'-Fo" that shares the
desk with it's new brother.  The picture above is my "old school" workstation back in the day.
Here are the guts of the current "Mo-Fo".  This is
the fastest rig I've ever built and my first dual GPU. 
 
The blue LED's illuminate the interior of the case.
The Obsidian 800D has a wireless/screwless design.
The MO-FO is the butt kicker. With 6 Gigs of high speed RAM, dual GPU via Crossfire, and two 10,000 rpm Raptors
 this sucker renders images faster than shit through a
goose.  3D Mark 06 scores 22,000, oh yea baby!
 
The Lil' Fo is the back up system but it's still a decent
rig.  It runs XP but it still can hit 14,000 on 3D Mark 06.
It comes in handy if the main system takes a shit on me.
This rig marks my very last XP build, hello 64 bit!
 
Mo-Fo  specifications are as follows:
 
 CASE:   Corsair Obsidian 800D
 PSU:    Corsair 1000 Watt
 Mobo:   Asus P6X58D Premium, Sata III, USB 3.0
 CPU:    Intel i7 980X 3.3 Ghz LGA 1366
 RAM:   6Gb Corsair Dominator 1600Mhz DDR3
 VGA:    Two MSI HD 7970 3Gb in Crossfire
 AUD:    Onboard Realtek 7.1 surround
 HD:      Velociraptor 600Gb 10,000rpm SATA III
             Two Western Digital Caviar Black 1Tb
 BD:   LG Super Multi Blue 4X Blu Ray R/W 50Gb
 DVDR:   LG 16X DVD, dual layer, DVD-+R/RW, CD-R/RW
 KEY:    Microsoft Sidewinder X6
 Mouse: Microsoft Sidewinder X8
 Display: Dell Ultrasharp U3011 30" widescreen HDMI
 Speaker: Creative GigaWorks T40 Series II
 OS:  Windows 7 Professional 64bit
Printer: Canon PIXIMA i9000 Mark II
Joystick: Logitech Extreme 3D Pro
Scanner: Canon 8800F
Fan Control:  NZXT Sentry LX 5 fan control
Lil' Fo specifications are as follows:
 
CASE:   Cooler Master 830 Stacker
PSU:    Cooler Master 1000 Watt
Mobo:    Asus P5E3 Deluxe WiFi, PCI-E 16x2.0, X38, 1333 FSB
              DDR3 1600 & 1800 (o.c.)
CPU:    Intel Core 2 Duo E6850, 3.0 Ghz
RAM:   2Gb Corsair XMS Platinum DDR3 1333
VGA:    ATI HD 5870 1Gb, full HDCP and HD support
AUD:    Supreme Audio FX II, 8 channel High Definition (onboard)
HD:      2 WD 150Gb Raptor X,10,000rpm,16Mb cache, NCQ
            Western Digital Caviar Black 1Tb
BD:   LG Super Multi Blue 4X Blu Ray R/W 50Gb
KEY:    Logitech G110 illuminated keyboard
Mouse:  Microsoft Sidewinder X8
Display: Gateway 22" HD2200, HDCP, HDMI
Speaker: Creative Labs I-TRIGUE L3500, 100w, 2 .1 w/ controller.
OS:  Microsoft XP Professional SP3, NTFS
CPU Fan: Zalman CNPS9700 LED
Case Fans: 6 Thermaltake smart case A2018
Fan Control:  Thermaltake Hardcano 12SE

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