jmtd → hardware → tchicaya

"Tchicaya" (in line with my naming scheme) was my desktop computer from 2008 to about 2011. It was the first desktop machine I'd built for a long time.

Hardware

Intel DG35EC motherboard, with the following features:

• G35 chipset
• GMA X3500 video
  • DX10
  • supported by the F/OSS driver

Apparently it idled at around 58W.

I opted for a quad core 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor to complement it.

Issues

• http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/dg35ec/sb/CS-029170.htm There's an issue with mixing PATA and SATA devices, I think PATA optical drives simply didn't work.