Assemble a compact computer

Well if u think compact PC are manufactured by company s like Acer and Sony then its time to realize that you can build our ones too. VIA makes it possible. The thing is small and cool, but extensibility is limited. check it out here http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/embedded/artigo/

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CPU-Z from CPUID, See into your System Core

If u want to find out whats inside your trusty box, even the technical specs of your system’s core then use this simple utility. CPU-Z need not be installed, just download it and execute it. Thats it. And if you want to ghenerate a report like below, then in CPU-Z click on the About tab followed by clicking on the button that says ‘Generate HTML Dump’
CPU-Z is free and can be downloaded from http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

CPU-Z 1.40 report file

Processor(s)

Number of processors 1 Number of cores 2 per processor Number of threads 2 (max 2) per processor Name AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Code Name Brisbane Specification AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+ Package Socket AM2 (940) Family/Model/Stepping F.B.1 Extended Family/Model F.6B Brand ID 4 Core Stepping BH-G1 Technology 65 nm Core Speed 2095.0 MHz Multiplier x Bus speed 10.5 x 199.5 MHz HT Link speed 997.6 MHz Stock frequency 2100 MHz Instruction sets MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64 L1 Data cache 2 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size L1 Instruction cache 2 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size L2 cache 2 x 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size

Chipset & Memory

Northbridge ATI RS690/RS690M rev. 00 Southbridge ATI SB600 rev. 00 Memory Type DDR2 Memory Size 1024 MBytes Memory Frequency 299.3 MHz (CPU/7) CAS# Latency (tCL) 5.0 clocks RAS# to CAS# (tRDC) 6 clocks RAS# Precharge (tRP) 5 clocks Cycle Time (tRAS) 15 clocks Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 21 clocks Command Rate 2T

System

System Manufacturer MICRO-STAR INTERANTIONAL CO.,LTD System Name MS-7327 System S/N To Be Filled By O.E.M. Mainboard Vendor MICRO-STAR INTERANTIONAL CO.,LTD Mainboard Model MS-7327 BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc. BIOS Version V1.4 BIOS Date 05/28/2007

Memory SPD

Module 1 DDR2, PC2-5300 (333 MHz), 1024 MBytes, Kingston

Software

Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600) DirectX Version 9.0c

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