Life in the Fast Lane: New Boards for the Athlon 64

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Processor
Sockel 939 Athlon 64 4000+ (2.400 MHz, 1 MB L2-Cache)
Memory
DDR400 I 2x 512 MB - DDR400 (200 MHz)Corsair TwinX CMX512-3200XLTimings : CL 2.0-2-2-5
DDR400 II 2x 512 MB - DDR400 (200 MHz)OCZ Platinum Rev 2Timings : CL 2.0-2-2-5
System Hardware
Graphics Card IPCI Express NVIDIA GeForce 6 SeriesGPU : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GTMemory : 256 MB GDDR3-SDRAM
Hard drive Hitachi DeskStar 7K250 HDS722525VLSA80250 GB, 8 MB Cache, 7200 rpm, SATA
DVD/CD-ROM MSI MS-8216 16x DVD
Software
Graphics driver NVIDIA Forceware 71.84
Chipset driver ATI IGP Driver 8-121-050322a& ULi IDE Driver 6.2.0.0NVIDIA Forceware 6.53VIA Hyperion 4.56
DirectX 9.0c
OS Windows XP Professional, 5.1.2600Service Pack 2
Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.