This is just a timeline, which shows computer system which I used. This list begins with my first own computer and ends with the acutal one.
Workstation Gen. 01
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2,4Ghz 533 FSB Socket 478
RAM: 2x 256MB DDR 266Mhz
Board: AsRock OEM with DDR and SD Memory Slots
GPU: GeForce 4 MX 440 64MB
HDD: 40GB
Other: none
Links: none
Workstation Gen. 02
CPU:AMD XP 2000+
RAM: 2x 256MB DDR 333Mhz
Board: Gigabyte
GPU: GeForce 5 5200LE 128MB
HDD: Don’t remember anymore…
Other: none
Links: none
Workstation Gen. 03
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2,4Ghz 533 FSB – Later a Prescott with 3,2Ghz
RAM: 768MB DDR 333Mhz – Later 1024MB DDR 400Mhz
Board:ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe
GPU: GeForce 5200LE 128MB – Later a Radeon 9800XXL 128MB@XT
HDD: 80GB S-ATA and a 40GB IDE HDD
Other: My first watercooled System.
Links: none
Workstation Gen. 04
CPU: 2x AMD Opteron 64 1,6Ghz Socket 940
RAM: 2x 512MB DDR 200Mhz ECC reg. – Later 4 times
Board: MSI Dual Socket 940 Workstation Board
GPU: Radeon 9800XXL@XT 128MB – Later a GeForce 6800LE@Ultra
HDD: 80GB S-ATA and 2x160GB S-ATA@RAID0
Other: The first dual CPU System I ever had
Links: none
Workstation Gen. 05
CPU: 2x AMD Opteron 64 2Ghz Socket 940
RAM: 4x 512MB DDR 200Mhz ECC reg.
Board: TYAN S2885
GPU: Radeon 9800XXL@XT 128MB – Later a Radeon x800XT@PE
HDD: Sorry I don’t remember anymore..
Other: none
Links: none
Workstation Gen. 06
CPU: 2x AMD Opteron 64 2Ghz Socket 940
RAM: 4x 1024MB DDR 400Mhz ECC reg.
Board: TYAN S2895
GPU: 2x GeForce 6800Ultra GS GLH @SLI – Later change to one GeForce 7800GTX 256MB
HDD: 3x SCSI U320 36GB, 2x160GB S-ATA@RAID0 and 120GB IDE
Other: This was my first PCIExpress and SLI Setup. Finally I got Multi CPU and GPU. You might know at that time there were no Dual/Quadcores…
Links: none
Workstation Gen. 07
CPU: AMD 64 X2 4200+ Socket 939
RAM: 2x 2048MB DDR 400Mhz
Board: Shuttle OEM
GPU: Radeon X1800 AiVo @XT 256MB
HDD: WD Raptor 74GB and 400GB S-ATA
Other: This was a little Shuttle Barebone
Links: none
Workstation Gen. 08
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon 3,2Ghz Socket 604 with EMT64
RAM: 2x 2048MB DDR2 667Mhz ECC reg.
Board: ASUS ATX sized Dual 604 Workstation Board
GPU: Radeon X1800 AiVo @XT 256MB
HDD: WD Raptor 74GB and 400GB S-ATA
Other: This was a powerful machine and I cooled it with water.
Links: I found some pictures will add them soon
Workstation Gen. 09
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon 3,2Ghz Socket 604 with EMT64
RAM: 2x 2048MB DDR2 667Mhz ECC reg.
Board: TYAN
GPU: GeForce 7900GT@GTX 256MB
HDD: WD Raptor 74GB and some SCSI Drives
Other: The System was fully watercooled
Links: none
Workstation Gen. 10
CPU: Intel Celeron Socket 775 @5Ghz
RAM: 2x 1024MB DDR2 1100Mhz Crucial CL6
Board: ASUS SLI Board with 32 PCIe Lanes
GPU: 2x GeForce 7900GT 512MB @SLI
HDD: Don’t remember anymore.
Other: They choice to take Celeron was a failure and the system was fully watercooled
Links: none
Workstation Gen. 11
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon 3,6Ghz with EMT64 and 2MB L2 Socket 604
RAM: 2x 2048MB DDR2 667Mhz ECC reg.
Board: Supermicro X6… with SLI Support
GPU: 2x GeForce 7900GT 512MB – Later 2x GeForce 7800GTX 256MB and after that: 1x GeFroce 7950GX2 1024MB returned after two weeks and changed to 7900GX2 1024MB
HDD: Many SCSI U320 Drives. Think 4x 147GB 10k4 or 10k5 and some 72GB 15k SCSI U320
Other: System was watercooled
Links: none
Workstation Gen. 12
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 D 925 Socket 775 @4,7Ghz
RAM: 2x 1024MB DDR2 667Mhz ECC and 2x 512MB DDR2 677Mhz ECC
Board: ASUS WS Series with PCI-X
GPU: GeForce 7900GX2 1024MB
HDD: 2x 74GB WD Raptor and 6x250GB IDE@RAID5 on a Promise RAID controller with 128MB
Other: System was watercooled
Links: none
Workstation Gen. 13
CPU: 2x AMD Opteron 64 275 2,2Ghz Socket 940
RAM: 8x 512MB DDR 200Mhz ECC reg.
Board: TYAN S2885
GPU: GeFroce 7800GT GLH 256MB
HDD: Don’t remember anymore
Other: none
Links: none
Workstation Gen. 14
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Socket 771 Dualcore with HT 3Ghz – Later 2x Quadcore 2Ghz
RAM: 4x 1024MB FB-DIMM 667Mhz EEC .reg – Later 8x times – in the end 12x 1024MB FB-DIMM
Board: TYAN i5000PW
GPU: 2x Radeon X1900XT 512MB @CF – Later a GeForce 8800GTX 768MB – Change to 2x Radeon 2900XT 512MB @CF
HDD: 2x SAS 36GB 15k @RAID0; 4x WD Raptor 36GB @RAID0; 2x 200GB S-ATA @RAID0 and 1x 120GB IDE
Other: System was watercooled and amazing fast
Links: none
Workstation Gen. 15
CPU: Core 2 Duo Mobile 2Ghz
RAM: 2x 2048MB DDR2 667Mhz SO-DIMM
Board: DELL OEM
GPU: GeFroce Mobile 7900GS 512MB
HDD: 200GB 7,2K 2,5 S-ATA
Other: This was a Dell Inspiron 9400 in 17″
Links: none
Workstation Gen. 16
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Socket 775 @4,7Ghz
RAM: 2x 1024MB DDR2 1066Mhz
Board: ASUS Maximus Formula
GPU: 2x Radeon 2900XT 512MB @CF
HDD: Don’t remember anymore..
Other: This system was water- and singe stage cooled
Links: Will be updated soon….
Workstation Gen. 17
CPU:Core 2 Duo Mobile 2,2Ghz @2,9Ghz
RAM: 4096MB DDR2 800Mhz SO-DIMM
Board: MSI OEM
GPU: GeFroce Mobile 8600GT 512MB
HDD: 200GB 7,2k 2,5 S-ATA
Other: This was the first MSI Gaming Laptop called MSI GX600
Links: Must search…
Workstation Gen. 18
CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo Socket 775 E8400 than E8500 both CPUs run at about 5,5Ghz
RAM: 4x 1024MB DDR2 1200Mhz
Board: ASUS Maximus Formula
GPU: 2x Radeon 2900XT highly overclocked (:
HDD: Don’t remember anymore..
Other: none
Links: Must search but I maybe got something somewhere…
Workstation Gen. 19
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Socket 604 3,2Ghz EMT64 – Later 2x 3,6Ghz Xeon EMT64
RAM: 2x 1024MB DDR2 400Mhz ECC reg. and 2x 512MB DDR2 ECC reg.
Board: DELL OEM
GPU: Quadro FX3400 256MB and later a GeFroce 8800GT 1024MB
HDD: 1x 36GB SCSI U320 15k and 2x 146GB SCSI U320 10k @RAID0
Other: This was a DELL Presicsion 670
Links: Uah maybe somewhere…
Workstation Gen. 20
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Socket 604 3,6Ghz EMT64
RAM: 4x 2048MB DDR2 400Mhz ECC reg. – upgraded to 8x 2048MB
Board: TYAN OEM HP
GPU: GeFroce 8800GT 1024MB – than GeFroce 280GTX 1024MB and after that the 8800GT again. But in the end a GeForce 295GTX 1792MB
HDD: 1x 72GB 15k SCSI U320 and 2x 146GB SCSI U320 10k @RAID0 all drives where mounted at a LSI MegaRAID U320-2X 256MB with BBU
Other: This system was really loud because of the OEM HP case
Links: Workstation 2 Gen 22 pictures on flickr
Workstation Gen. 21
CPU: 4x AMD Opteron Socket F 8354 2,2Ghz Quadcores – 16 Real Cores AMAZING!
RAM: 8x 2048MB DDR2 667Mhz ECC reg. – Later the system got a upgrade to 32GB
Board: Supermicro H8QMi3
GPU: GeFroce 295GTX 1792MB
HDD: 1x 72GB 15k SCSI U320 and 2x 146GB SCSI U320 10k @RAID0 all drives where mounted at a LSI MegaRAID U320-2X 256MB with BBU. Later I changed it to 2x 300GB SAS 15k and 2x 250GB S-ATA @RAID0
Other: CPUs where watercooled
Links: Workstation 2 Gen 21 pictures on flickr
Workstation Gen. 22
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Socket 1366 E5520 2,26Ghz
RAM: 6x 4096MB DDR3 ECC reg.
Board: Supermicro X8DTH-6 with SAS2
GPU: GeForce 295GTX 1792MB and GeFroce 8800GT GLH GS 1024MB
HDD: 2x Intel Postville SSD 80GB MLC, 2x 147GB SAS 15k6 and 2x 250GB S-ATA @RAID0
Other: Had to do some changes after Board and GPU where gone in flames
Links: Workstation 2 Gen 22 pictures on flickr
Workstation Gen. 23
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Socket 1366 E5520 2,26Ghz – Overclocked at 2832Mhz
RAM: 6x 4096MB DDR3 ECC reg.
Board: EVGA Classified SR-2
GPU: 3x GeForce 465GTX 1280MB
HDD: 2x Intel Postville SSD 80GB MLC, 2x 147GB SAS 15k6 and 1x 1TB S-ATA ES
Other: This system I use actually and it’s really powerfull
Links:Click me to see some pictures
Workstation Gen. 24
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Socket 1366 E5520 2,26Ghz – Overclocked at 3196Mhz
RAM: 6x G.Skill DDR3 1600Mhz
Board: EVGA Classified SR-2
GPU: 1x GeForce 580GTX 1536MB and 1x GeForce 470GTX 1280MB
HDD: 2x Intel Postville SSD 80GB MLC and 3x 750GB S-ATA ES @RAID5
Other: The system is mounted in a Cubitek HPTX Armor and CPUs, Board, GPUs are water cooled. Power-supply switched to a SST-ST1500.
Links:Click me to see some pictures
Workstation Gen. 25
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Socket 1366 ES L5639 Hexa Cores- Overclocked at 2667Mhz
RAM: 6x OEM 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz
Board: EVGA Classified SR-2
GPU: 2x GeForce 660Ti 2048MB
HDD: 1x Intel Postville SSD 180GB MLC and 4x 750GB S-ATA ES @RAID10
Other: The system is mounted in a Cubitek HPTX Armor and CPUs, Board, GPUs are water cooled. Power-supply switched to a SST-ST1500.
Links:
Last update: April 2013
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