Last update :- 29 December 2009

Quick index:

• Amstrad CPC6128
• Venturing Into PC's
• First Homebuilt
• Overclocking
• Duron 800@1066
• Athlon 1000@1466
• Athlon XP 2600+
• Athlon XP 2600+ @ 2412
• May 2003 to October 2007
• Core 2 Duo - The Parts
• Core 2 Duo - The Build
• Core 2 Duo - The Overclock
• Laptops & Specials

First Homebuilt

I decided to take the plunge and build my own system for three reasons:

1. Looking at the cost of the individual components against a pre-built system they were cheaper
2. Challenge of building a system for myself
3. Opportunity to choose the components I wanted rather than those supplied pre-built

So, these are the specifications I came up with:

• Celeron 366 PPGA Socket 370
• Abit BX6 Rev 2.0 ATX motherboard: 440BX chipset, Slot 1, 1x AGP, 4x PCI, 2x ISA, 4x DIMMs (up to 1 GB RAM), 2x USB, PS/2 mouse/keyboard, ATA33, Award SoftMenu II BIOS
• Abit Slot 1 to Socket 370 adapter
• 2x64 MB PC66 memory
• 4.3 GB Samsung & 8.4 GB Maxtor ATA33 hard drives
• IDE removable disk caddy
• 16 MB AGP Voodoo Banshee 2D/3D graphics
• Diamond Sonic Impact S370 sound card
• 36x CD-ROM
• 16x4x2x Hitachi CD-RW
• Vasco T-217 ATX midi-tower case :- 4x 5.25" bays (3 external), 5x 3.5" bays (3 external), 230W PSU, removable motherboard tray
• Axion C1733 17" monitor
• Windows 98 OS

This was a quality system and most of the components would serve me well for 2 years - a first for me!. Saying that I did upgrade to:

• Celeron 533 PPGA Socket 370
• 16 MB AGP Voodoo3 3000
• Additional 128 MB PC100 memory
• A further 8.4GB Maxtor ATA-66 hard disk and a 2.1 GB Fujitsu hard disk (for back-ups)

In 2000 though, three new components appeared on the market which lead me into another avenue - overclocking.

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