New toys are fun

[Silverhazesurfer]

I picked up a Cisco SG200-24 for the office and an MSI GeForce 970 for my monster home machine. The office has been in desperate need for a large switch to replace the ASUS router I have very poorly holding things together. This baby has 24 ports that can be individually configured. The last time I touched a Cisco switch was in 2011. Maybe I'll get it to catch fire.

The 970 was a pull from another machine that failed. Something something magic smoke.

 

[bootneck02]

You must show us a pictures of the Monster PC at home so we can all see it, pretty please, sounds like Goliath.

 

[Ian]

Nice one . I've got a 960 and it runs everything I want, so I'm sure the 970 will serve you really well .

It's good to see that the Cisco SG200-24 has plenty of PoE ports - I only started using PoE a few years ago, but it's incredibly handy to have. I just wish more things supported it!

 

[Silverhazesurfer]

This is the battlestation. I have to work on the display port function out of the card so I can get my projector connected. It didn't play well with the TV on the wall, which was the preferred setup. 2 x 23" Hannspree LED screens and an Insignia 36" TV. I plan to swap the 36" for something in the 55" to 60" range. Looks like Christmas time is the best time to score something like that.

 

[Silverhazesurfer]

Thermaltake Dokker Case, Black. 4 Case fans, blue LED

Diablotek PSUL575

Asus P8Z68 V - LK system board

Intel i7-2600k 3.4ghz

G Skill Trident F3-2400C10D-16GTX 8GB x 2 DDR3

MSI GeForce 970

Internal Drives:

1 x Samsung Sata DVD Rom

1 x WD Blue 500GB 3.5" OS Drive

1 x WD Green 1.5TB 3.5" Data

1 x WD Green 3TB 3.5" Data

1 x WD 320GB 2.5" Data

External Drives:

1 x Seagate 160GB 2.5" Data, in SATA socket in top of case, hot swappable

1 x Hitachi 750GB 2.5" Data, in USB SATA drive dock

1 x Iomega 500GB 2.5" Data, USB travel drive

 

[Silverhazesurfer]

System Board Specs

Brand
ASUS

Model
P8Z68-V LX

Supported CPU

CPU Socket Type
LGA 1155

CPU Type
Core i7 / i5 / i3 (LGA1155)

Supported CPU Technologies
Turbo Boost Technology 2.0

Chipsets

Chipset
Intel Z68

Onboard Video

Onboard Video Chipset
Supported only by CPU with integrated graphic

Memory

Number of Memory Slots
4×240pin

Memory Standard
DDR3 2200(O.C.) / 2133(O.C.) / 1866(O.C.) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066

Maximum Memory Supported
32GB

Channel Supported
Dual Channel

Expansion Slots

PCI Express 2.0 x16
2 (x16, x4)

PCI Express x1
2 x PCI Express x1

PCI Slots
3 x PCI Slots

Storage Devices

SATA 3Gb/s
4 x SATA 3Gb/s

SATA 6Gb/s
2 x SATA 6Gb/s

SATA RAID
0/1/5/10

Onboard Audio

Audio Chipset
Realtek ALC887

Audio Channels
8 Channels

Onboard LAN

LAN Chipset
Realtek 8111E

Max LAN Speed
10/100/1000Mbps

Rear Panel Ports

PS/2
1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port

Video Ports
D-Sub + DVI

HDMI
1 x HDMI

USB 3.0
2 x USB 3.0

USB 1.1/2.0
4 x USB 2.0

S/PDIF Out
1 x Optical

Audio Ports
6 Ports

Internal I/O Connectors

Onboard USB
8 x USB 2.0

Other Connectors
1 x COM port(s) connector(s)
1 x CPU Fan connector(s) (4 -pin)
2 x Chassis Fan connector(s) (4 -pin)
1 x Power Fan connector(s) (3 -pin)
1 x S/PDIF out header(s)
1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector(s)
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector(s)
1 x Front panel audio connector(s) (AAFP)
1 x System panel(s)
1 x MemOK! button(s)
1 x TPU switch(es)

Physical Spec

Form Factor
ATX

Dimensions (W x L)
12" x 9"

Power Pin
24 Pin

Features

Features
Intel Smart Response Technology- Experience the Benefits of both SSD and HDD

LucidLogix Virtu - Dynamic switching between i-Mode and d-Mode

EPU - System Level Energy Saving & Real-time Power Management for Superb Platform Power Efficiency

TPU - Increase Platform Performance Instantly with Self Optimized Settings while retaining Full System Stability

UEFI BIOS - GUI BIOS with Mouse & 2.2TB+ HDD Support

 

[Ian]

Nice one .

 

[bootneck02]

Looks a great machine
Silverhazesurfer have fun with it

 

[Ian]

I was just re-reading the specs and notice that you've not got an SSD as the OS drive - that would make a huge difference and an excellent upgrade .