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.  Both are networked together and the workload is divided by performance.
 
With a dpi of 4800x2400 and a print size of 13"
by 19" my Canon i9900 is one hell of a printer.
 
With eight ink cartridges this baby can produce
beautiful tack sharp prints at high speeds.
Here's the Lil' Fo. It's a basic Intel 850 board with a P43.06, 1Gb 1066Mhz\ RDRAM, and an ATI 850XT PE.
I maintain the website with this system and run
Office '03 along with a host of other apps.
 
The MO-FO is the butt kicker. With 2 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.  This baby replaced the system pictured above.
 
Lil' Fo specifications are as follows:
 
 CASE:   Antec 1080 AMG SOHO File Server.
 PSU:     Antec 400w TruePower.
 Mobo:   I-Will P4R533 850chipset, 533 FSB, LAN, USB 2, 4X AGP.
 CPU:    Intel P4 3.06 Ghz, 533Mhz, 512k L2 cache.
 RAM:   1Gb Mushkin 1066Mhz RDRAM.
 VGA:    ATI 850XT Platinum Edition.
 AUD:    Audigy 2 Platinum, built in 1394,midi,optical adapters. 6.1.
 HD:      Maxtor 30Gb and 7200rpm,8Mb cache ATA 133. NTFS format
             Western Digital 160Gb, 7200rpm, 8Mb cache ATA 133, NTFS.
 DVDR:  Sony 4X DRU-510A DVD-+RW/R, CD-R/RW
 DVD:    Sony 16X DVD player.
 FD:      3.5" Generic.
 KEY:    Auravision Slim Series Eluminx Keyboard.
 Mouse: Microsoft Optical Intellimouse with swivel mouse3 button.
 Display: NEC 22" FE2111sb, flat aperture grille, .24dpi, 21" visible.
 Speaker: Altec Lansing 100w 2 .1.
 WebCam: Logitech ClickSmart 510.
 Printer: Epson C80 inkjet 1400dpi.
 Joystick: Microsoft Digital 3D Sidewinder Pro.
 OS:  Microsoft XP Professional SP2, NTFS
MO-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
VGA:    ATI HD 3870X2, Crossfire, 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
DVDR:  LG 16X DVD, dual layer, DVD-+R/RW, CD-R/RW
FD:      3.5" Mitsumi.
KEY:    Saitek Illuminated gaming board.
Mouse:  Microsoft Habu gaming mouse.
Display: Gateway 22" HD2200, HDCP, HDMI
Speaker: Creative Labs I-TRIGUE L3500, 100w, 2 .1 w/ controller.
OS:  Microsoft XP Professional SP2, NTFS
CPU Fan: Zalman CNPS9700 LED
Case Fans: 6 Thermaltake smart case A2018
Fan Control:  Thermaltake Hardcano 12SE
Printer: Canon i9900, dpi4800x2400, 13"x19" print size.
Joystick: Logitech Extreme 3D Pro
Scanner: HP Scanjet 5370c

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