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Computer Collection: hp xw4600 Workstation

Retroactive nickname: Hektor

About

Oh, this one has a special place in my heart too. I know it's a bit unusual to love computers, but eh, I'm weird, get over it.

This machine was a heavyweight. It was a lower end model of HP's workstations from 2008, and was shipped to me from Bargain Hardware with a Pentium E5200 installed and 2GB of RAM, or so. It also came with a Quadro NVS285, which was not suitable for my needs.

It was used as my gaming computer for a few months, until March 2019 when I built my own. It was kinda the gateway into properly upgrading a machine, and it received not only one, but two GPU upgrades in its lifetime, alongside a power supply upgrade. See trivia for a little bit of info on that.

I have decided to retroactively name this machine Hektor, as I feel it deserves a name.

'Twas a great Minecraft and TF2 machine.

The specs listed below was its final operating configuration. It previously had a 512MB GeForce 8800 GT inside.

Specs

Chassis: HP xw4600

Motherboard: HP Proprietary ATX

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (2C/2T, 3GHz, 65W TDP, LGA775)

RAM: 4GB DDR2 DIMM (2x2GB)

GPU: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 TwinFrozr II 1.2GB (215W TDP!)

SSD: Crucial BX500 120GB SATA 2.5"

HDD: WD Re4 500GB (WD5003ABYX01WERA2) 3.5" SATA

OS: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS

PSU: Fractal Design Integra M 550W ATX 80 Plus Bronze

Monitor: Samsung C22F390 22" VA curved

Trivia