My Back-Up Machine - Big Dawg (retired)

  • Full Size ATX Tower Case
  • Thermatake 450-watt power supply
  • AMD AM3 Phenom II CPU
  • ASUS M4A785-M mobo
  • 4GB DDR3 RAM
  • Maxtor 160GB SATA-II HDD
  • ATI Radeon HD 4200 GPU on-board video
  • 22" LG LCD monitor
  • 50X Lite-On DVD-ROM
  • Hewlitt-Packard 9500 CD-RW (EIDE)
  • 7-port multimedia card reader
  • FrontX 5.25" Front Panel Sound Interface
  • Altec Lansing ACS-500 Surround Sound speakers w/sub
  • ASUS On-Board AC-97 Sound
  • ASUS On-Board 10/100Mbis NIC
  • Logitech Cordless Freedom Natural keyboard
  • Logitech MX-1000 cordless laser optical mouse
  • Summasketch III 12"X12" Digital Drawing Tablet
  • Lexmark All-in-one scanner/copier/inkjet printer
  • Thrustmaster NASCAR Sprint Driving System
  • Gravis Thunderbird Throttlestick
  • HP Photosmart 733 3.2 Megapixel Digital Camera w/256MB SD card
  • Belkin 2-port KVM Switch


This one is the back-up for the Multimedia, CD-Burnin', Computer Graphics Altering & Drawing, and Home Office duties. This monster's also the major machine in the house that I spend most of my time on. It's still running Windows XP Pro with a dual-boot set-up to Windows Server 2000 to keep playing with server-side apps and web server stuff.