Joe's Basement -Computer Sales & Service

Welcome to Joe's Basement!

This is my personal blog of my home-based Computer Sales & Service business. My shop is on the far NW side of Chicago near O'hare Airport. I service all makes and models of PC's, workstations, servers and related peripherals running under Microsoft Windows. I also repair and rebuild used computers for resale.

About Me

Name: Joe Kaminski

Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States

I have been in the Computer & Information Technology industry since my college days back in 1993. I have worked profesionally since 1999 with various Companies, contractors, staffing firms and outside vendors in and around Chicago. My strongest background is in computer, server and peripheral hardware and support in an Engineer or Technician capacity. I have a strong technical aptitude and a knack to figure and fix pretty much any hardware or software related issue. I am mainly a Microsoft guy and have only done limited work with Linux, mostly Fedora and Red Hat. I am honest, professional and sincere with all my Customers and strive to get the job done in a timely and efficient manner.

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Micro Center's PowerSpec 6641 AMD Athlon 3500+ 64-bit

Now that I am finished posting my old Fry's Electronics GQ3121 for sale, I move on to my old gaming system:

Here you can see its special cooling fan assembly found in all the high end AMD processors. I have taken it apart to install a new PowerColor Radeon X550 DDR2 256MB 16X PCI-Express video card, more RAM, a new 100gb HD, a Hauppauge 26552LF PCI TV Card, an additional 16X DVD-ROM drive, included an external USB memory card reader and a few other things.
Once completed, it will be a screaming AMD Athlon 3500+ 2.2 ghz 64-bit processor with 1GB DDR400 PC3200 RAM, a huge 100gb HD with a 16X dual layer DVD burner and a 16X DVD-ROM among other nice components that I am looking to get $400 for. When I bought this baby new back in January 2006, I spent well near $900 new with all the upgrades and now someone is gonna get it for a great bargain!
Of course, the usual display for the ad:

and posting on good ol' Craigslist!