My Equipment: Home Office Computer 2016

Computer Unit (assembled at the end of May 2016)
ComponentManufacturerModelComment
Case Lian-Li Industrial PC-8FI B
  • Tool-less design
    • Patented tool-less 5,25" device mounting
    • Patented Anti-vibration rubber ring suspension HDD rack
    • Patented tool-less design for PSU installation
    • Patented PCI add-on card easy assembling
  • 3 x external 5,25" device bays
  • 1 x external 5,25" device bay can be converted to an external 3,5" device bay
  • 6 x internal 3,5" device bays
  • 8 x PCI slots (supporting 290 mm long grahics cards)
  • 2 x 120 mm system fans in front
  • 1 x 120 mm system fan in rear
  • 1 x spare 140 mm fan mount on the top
  • Washable air filter
  • 2 x USB 3.0 I/O ports
  • 1 x e-SATA I/O port
  • HD+AC97 Audio I/O ports
  • Removable front panel
  • Supports cable management
  • ...
Power Supply Sea Sonic Electronics G-SERIES 450W
  • 450 W total power
  • 80 PLUS GOLD certified:
    Surpasses 87%, 90%, and 87% of energy consumption efficiency at 20%, 50%, and 100% operating loads respectively
  • DC to DC converter design
  • Tight voltage regulation (+/-3%)
  • 120 mm fluid dynamic bearing (FDB) fans
  • Smart and silent fan control
  • Ultra ventilation [Honeycomb structure]
  • Conductive polymer Aluminum solid capacitors
  • High reliable 105°C Aluminum electrolytic capacitors
  • Multiple 12 V output
  • Over power protection (OPP)
  • Over voltage protection (OVP)
  • Under voltage protection (UVP)
  • Short circuit protection (SCP)
  • Detachable modular cables
  • ...
Mainboard ASUSTek Computer A88X-PLUS
  • AMD FM2+ socket for AMD A-Series/Athon processors
  • AMD A88X FCH chipset
  • Supports (Dual Channel) DDR3 non-ECC memory up to 2400 MHz and up to 64 GByte
  • Supports AMD Radeon HD 8000/7000 Series Graphics integrated in AMD A-Series APUs
  • Multi-VGA support: HDMI / DVI / RGB port
  • Gigabit LAN controller
  • 1 x PCI Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slot
  • 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot
  • 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot
  • 3 x PCI slot
  • 8 x Serial ATA 6,0 Gb/s connectors with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD support
  • 4 x USB 3.0 ports
  • 10 x USB 2.0 ports
  • Realtek ALC887-VD 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio codec
  • ...
CPU AMD A10-7860K "Godavari"
  • Quad-Core processor
  • FM2+ socket
  • 28nm processor technology for CPU Cores
  • 64-bit integer registers
  • 4 x 3.600 MHz core frequence
  • 256 KB 1st level cache
    • 2 x 96 KB 1st level code cache
    • 4 x 16 KB 1st level data cache
  • 2 x 2 MB 2nd level cache
  • 2.133 MHz system bus (memory)
  • up to 34,1 GB/s dual channel memory bandwidth
  • Integrated AMD Radeon R7 Graphics capabilities (see the below section "GPU" for more details)
  • 65 W Default TDP
  • 45 W / 65 W Configurable TDP (cTDP)
  • ...
RAM G.SKILL International Enterprise ARES F3-1866C10D-16GAB
  • 2 x 8 GB capacity
  • 1.866 MHz DDR3 (PC3-14900) speed
  • 10-11-10-30 timing
    • CAS Latency (CL) = 10
    • RAS-to-CAS-Delay (tRCD) = 11
    • RAS-Precharge-Time (tRP) = 10
    • Row-Active-Time (tRAS) = 30
  • 1,5 V working voltage
  • Unbuffered
  • non-ECC
  • Intel XMP support
  • ...
GPU (integrated) AMD A10-7860K "Godavari" (see also above section "CPU")
  • Integrated AMD Radeon R7 Graphics capabilities
    • 8 x graphics cores
    • 512 x streaming (shader) processors
    • 757 MHz graphics frequency
    • DirectX 12 Technology
    • AMD FreeSync Technology
    • Mantle API support
    • Vulkan API support (successor of the Mantle API)
    • ...
Audio (onboard) Realtek Semiconductor ALC887-VD
  • Upgraded version of the ALC887 audio codec to meet the current WLP3.1x (Windows Logo Program) and future WLP requirement
  • High Definition Audio
  • Two independent SPDIF outputs
  • Eight DAC channels that simultaneously support 7.1 sound playback
  • Two stereo ADCs that can support a stereo microphone, and feature Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC), Beam Forming (BF), and Noise Suppression (NS) for voice applications
  • DACs with 97 dB signal-to-noise ratio (A-weighting)
  • ADCs with 90 dB signal-to-noise ratio (A-weighting)
  • All DACs support 44,1 kHz/48 kHz/96 kHz/192 kHz sample rate
  • All ADCs support 44,1 kHz/48 kHz/96 kHz/192 kHz sample rate
  • Primary 16/20/24-bit S/PDIF-OUT supports 32 kHz/44,1 kHz/48 kHz/88,2 kHz/96 kHz/192 kHz sample rate
  • Secondary 16/20/24-bit S/PDIF-OUT supports 32 kHz/44,1 kHz/48 kHz/88,2 kHz/96 kHz/192 kHz sample rate
  • 16/20/24-bit S/PDIF-IN supports 44,1 kHz/48 kHz/96 kHz/192 kHz sample rate
  • Analog differential CD input
  • ...
SSD #1 - #2 Samsung Electronics MZ-75E120 (850 EVO 120GB)
  • Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC
  • Samsung MGX controller
  • Serial ATA 6,0 GB/s interface
  • 120 GB capacity
  • 540 MB/s sequential read
  • 520 MB/s sequential write
  • Max. 94.000 IOPS for 4KB Random Read(QD32)
  • Max. 88.000 IOPS for 4KB Random Write(QD32)
  • 1.500.000 hours MTBF (reliability)
  • 75 TBW warranty
  • 2,5" form factor
  • ...
SSD #3 Samsung Electronics MZ-75E250B (850 EVO 250GB)
  • Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC
  • Samsung MGX controller
  • Serial ATA 6,0 GB/s interface
  • 250 GB capacity
  • 540 MB/s sequential read
  • 520 MB/s sequential write
  • Max. 97.000 IOPS for 4KB Random Read(QD32)
  • Max. 88.000 IOPS for 4KB Random Write(QD32)
  • 1.500.000 hours MTBF (reliability)
  • 75 TBW warranty
  • 2,5" form factor
  • ...
HDD #1 - #2 Western Digital WD10EZEX (WD Blue)
  • CMR technology
  • Serial ATA 6,0 GB/s interface
  • 1 TB capacity
  • 64 MB cache
  • 7.200 RPM performance class
  • 3,5" form factor
  • ...

Citation from the data sheet:

Western Digital WD Blue 3.5-inch PC hard drives deliver solid reliability for office and web applications, and they are perfect for extra storage for desktop PC computing.

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

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

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

  • 1 KB = 1000 bytes
  • 1 MB = 1000 x 1000 bytes
  • 1 GB = 1000 x 1000 x 1000 bytes
As a result, HDD maintenance software often shows a lower capacity than specified by the HDD manufacturer.
DVD-ROM Drive Plextor PX-891SA:
  • Serial-ATA 1,5 GB/s interface
  • 1,5 MB cache
  • max. 16x DVD-ROM read
  • max. 48x CD-ROM read
  • 160 ms DVD-ROM access time (random)
  • 140 ms CD-ROM access time (random)
  • 900 g weight
  • ...
Software
CategoryManufacturerSoftwareComment
Operating system Debian Debian GNU/Linux 8.11"jessie" AMD64 Port

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