• 3 x external 5,25" device bays
• 1 x external 3,5" device bays
• 6 x internal 3,5" device bays
• 2 x 120mm intake fans in front and 1 x 120mm fan in rear
• Washable air filters in front
• Removable motherboard tray
• Removable top cover
• Removable front panel
• Removable power supply tray
• Dual-layer side panel
• Cable management
• I/O Ports: 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x IEEE 1394 (a.k.a. Firewire), HD and AC97 Audio
• ...

• 430W total power
• Super high efficiency: up to 85% (80 PLUS Certified)
• Multiple 12V output
• 12cm ball bearing cooling fan
• Smart and silent fan control
• Over voltage protection
• Over power protection
• ...

• AM2+/AM2 socket
• AMD 780G Chipset
• HDMI 1.3* certification, supports Full HD 1080P
• ALC889A enables a superior audio experience
• SATA 3Gb/s & RAID
• Gigabit LAN connectivity
• IEEE 1394 (a.k.a. Firewire) support
• ...

• AM2 socket
• 65nm CMOS SOI technology
• 64-bit integer registers
• 2 x 2500MHz core frequence
• 2 x 128KB 1st level cache
• 2 x 512KB 2nd level cache
• 2000MHz system bus
• up to 12.8 GB/s dual channel memory bandwidth
• 45W wattage
• Pacifica supporting virtualization
• ...

• 2 x 2048MB capacity
• 800MHz DDR2 (PC2-6400) speed
• 5-5-5-15 CAS latency
• 1.8V ± 0.1V working voltage
• ...

• DirectX 10
• ATI Hybrid Graphics
• HDMI and DVI with HDCP
• Display Port interface
• Uses up to 512MB of the system memory
• ...

• High Definition Audio
• High performance DACs with 108dB signal-to-noise ratio (A-weighting)
• All DACs supports 44.1k/48k/88.2k/96k/176.4k/192kHz sample rate
• High performance ADCs with 104dB signal-to-noise ratio (A-weighting)
• All ADCs supports 44.1k/48k/88.2k/96k/176.4k/192kHz sample rate
• Primary 16/20/24-bit SPDIF-OUT supports 32k/44.1k/48k/88.2k/96k/192kHz sample rate
• Secondary 16/20/24-bit SPDIF-OUT supports 32k/44.1k/48k/88.2k/96k/192kHz sample rate
• High-quality analog differential CD input
• 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 channel support
• ...

• PCI-Express x1 (i.e. maximum 250 MByte/s speed)
• Silicon Image "Sil3132" chip
• Two independent Serial ATA ports (one of them can alternatively be used as an external Serial ATA (eSATA) port)
• SATA I (1.5 GBit/s) and SATA II (3.0 GBit/s) support
• RAID level 0 and 1 (supported by BIOS)
• JBOD (supported by BIOS)
• ...

Purchased on Oct/01/2009.

Linux kernel module is sata_sil24.

• 320GB capacity
• 16MB data buffer
• 7200RPM
• Serial ATA 3.0GB/s interface
• Dual processor
• ...

High performance enterprise SATA drive designed specifically for business-critical applications.

Keep in mind, that a computer scientist calculates as follows:

• 1KB = 1024 bytes
• 1MB = 1024 x 1024 bytes
• 1GB = 1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes

Whereas an HDD manufacturer calculates the capacity of a harddisk as follows:

• 1KB = 1000 bytes
• 1MB = 1000 x 1000 bytes
• 1GB = 1000 x 1000 x 1000 bytes

• 500GB capacity
• 16MB data buffer
• 7200RPM
• Serial ATA 3.0GB/s interface
• Dual processor
• ...

#6 was purchased on Oct/01/2009.

• Serial-ATA 1.5GB/s interface
• 512KB data buffer
• 110ms access time (Typical)
• 48X CD-ROM reading (7200KB/s)
• 16X DVD-ROM reading (22160KB/S)
• 4X DVD-RAM reading (5400KB/S)
• ...

• High-quality keyboard for professional use
• Mechanical individual keys with membrane contact switches (FTSC technology)
• service life > 50 million key operations
• 105 keys
• USB interface
• approx. 1.75 m cable length
• 1400g weight
• ...

The keyboard was purchased on March 23rd, 2010. It substituted the model CHERRY G83-6105 used for more than 7 years.

Note that in 2008 Cherry Corp. was bought by ZF Friedrichshafen AG and completely incorporated as the ZF Electronics GmbH Corporate Division. The name CHERRY is now a pure brand.

• Optical mouse
• USB interface
• PS/2 adapter
• ...

Already purchased on Jun/17/2004.

• 56 cm (22") TFT color LCD panel
• S-PVA Panel
• 1680 x 1050 pixels (native screen resolution)
• 8ms (midtone response time: grey-to-grey)
• 16ms typical (on/off response time: black-to-white-to-black)
• 250 cd/m2 (brightness)
• 1500:1 (contrast ratio, dynamic)
• 178°/178° (horizontal & vertical viewing angels at contrast ratio 10:1)
• ...

Purchased on Oct/02/2008.

• 5.1-channel speaker system
• Fully active subwoofer with 6 power amplifiers and 450 watt performance
• Stereo playback of all audio sources with cinch, jack or headphone outputs
• “Upmix” function for virtual surround sound from stereo signals
• Remote control
• ...

Already purchased on Apr/02/2008.

• Polycarbonate board
• Textured, easy-glide surface
• Exceptionally low frictional resistance
• Extremely good glide
• Robust surface coating, resistant to scratches
• Non-slip undersurface
• Effortless, pixel-precise mouse-cursor control
• Large surface size (310 x 240 x 3 mm)
• Resistent to high temperatures
• Absolutely waterproof, easy to clean
• ...

Already purchased on Sep/30/2008.

At that time the mousepad achieved an average rating of 5 stars by 17 single ratings on the ALTERNATE Web site.