| main components | upgrades | |
| processor | pentium 2 350mhz | pentium3 667+mhz |
| motherboard | abit jumperless motherboard | socket 370 p3 |
| memory | 128meg sdram dimm | rdram |
| case/power | biostar mid tower w/300watt power supply | kryotech |
| storage | ||
| disk controller | adaptec 2940u2 and 2940uw | ultra3 |
| hard drives |
4.55gig seagate cheetah ultra2-scsi |
18 gig ultra3-scsi |
| cd-rom | plextor 32x ultraplex ultra scsi | kenwood 72x or plextor 40x ultraplex |
| cd-rw | hp diskwriter 2x/6x | plextor 8x/32x rocket |
| dvd | hival 6x dvd (ide) w/realmagic hollywood+ pci mpeg2 decoder | scsi dvd |
| floppy | standard floppy | ls-120 |
| backup option | 2.2 gig orb drive | can't beat $30/2.2gig |
| graphics & video | ||
| video card | creative labs tnt2ultra agp | geforce256 w/32+meg |
| monitor | dell 17" trinitron | hitachi 19" trinitron |
| printer | epson photo 700 | epson photo xxxx |
| sound | ||
| sound card | creative labs soundblaster awe64 gold | soundblaster live! |
| speakers | boston accoustics |
5.1 home theatre |
| peripherals | ||
| network card | intel pro100+ pci | wireless? |
| pointing device | logitech 3 button/wacom 6x8 tablet | wireless optical mouse |
| keyboard | wireless computing wireless surfboard keyboard | no change |
| other | ||
| operating system | dual boot win98se/winnt workstation 4.0 (ussp6) | windows 2000 (ack) |