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What's inside my computer?     all based around the motherboard as you'd expect. Plenty of specification here [Pictures not to scale]

1. Motherboard   2. CPU  3. Heatsink  4. Memory  5. Hard Drives  6. Graphics Card  7. Power Supply  8. Video Recorder 
Motherboard Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe Motherboard
CPU:
Support AMD Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology
AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing
AMD Live!™ Ready
Chipset:
NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI™ MCP(media and communications processor)
Front Side Bus: 2000 / 1600 MT/s
Memory: Dual channel memory architecture
4 x 240-pin DIMM, support max. 8GB DDR2 800/667/533 ECC and non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Expansion Slots:
2 x PCI Express x16 slot at x16, x8 speed
Support NVIDIA?SLI™ technology (both at x8 mode)
2 x PCI Express x1
3 x PCI 2.2
SLI:
Support two identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards (at x8, x8 mode)
ASUS two-slot thermal design
ASUS PEG Link
Storage:
NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI™ MCP supports:
1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 / 33
6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD span cross Serial ATA drives
JMicron JMB363 SATA controller supports:
1 x Internal Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
1 x External Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s port on back I/O (SATA On-the-Go)
Support RAID 0, 1, and JBOD
LAN:
Dual Gigabit LAN controllers support NVIDIA DualNet? technology
NVIDIA nForce? 570 SLI™ MCP built-in dual Gigabit MAC with external Marvell PHY
Support Teaming and Fail-Over functions
Support TCP/IP Acceleration
Audio:
ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack-Retasking
Coaxial, Optical S/PDIF out on back I/O port
IEEE 1394a:
TI 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports
USB:
max.10 USB2.0/1.1 ports
ASUS AI Life Features:
AI Nap
AI Gear
Advanced Thermal Design:
ASUS Fanless Design:Heat-pipe Thermal solution
ASUS Crystal Sound:
ASUS Array Mic
Noise Filter
Overclocking Features:
Intelligent overclocking tools:
ASUS AI NOS™ (Non-delay Overclocking System)
AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
ASUS PEG Link (automatically performance tuning)
ASUS O.C. Profile: overclocking configuration-sharing tool
Precision Tweaker:
vDIMM: 15-step DRAM voltage control
vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.0125V increment
Stepless Frequency Selection (SFS): allowing FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 400MHz at 1MHz increment
PCI Express x16 Frequency from 100MHz up to 200MHz at 1 MHz increment
Overclocking Protection:
ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
ASUS AI Booster Utility
Adjustable FSB frequencies with fixed PCI/PCI Express frequencies

Back Panel I/O Ports:
1 x PS/2 Keyboard port(purple)
1 x PS/2 Mouse (green)
1 x Optical S/PDIF Out port + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Out port
1 x External SATA
2 x LAN (RJ45) port
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x IEEE 1394a port
1 x COM port
8-channel Audio ports
Internal I/O Connectors:
3 x USB 2.0 connectors support additional 6 USB 2.0 ports
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector for two devices
7 x SATA connectors
1 x CPU / 4 x Chassis / 1 x Power Fan connectors
1 x ADH connector
1 x IEEE1394a connector
1 x Parallel connector
Chassis Intrusion connector
Front Panel Audio connector
1x S/PDIF output connector
CD audio in
24-pin ATX Power connector
System panel connector
4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
BIOS:
4Mb AWARD BIOS, PnP, DMI, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3
Manageability:
WOL by PME, WOR by PME, Chasis Intrusion, PXE
Special Features:
 ASUS EZ DIY:
 ASUS Q-Connector
 ASUS CrashFree BIOS3
 ASUS EZ Flash2
 ASUS Music Alarm
Accessories
:
1 x SLI bridge
1 x ASUS Q-Connector Kit(USB, 1394, system panel; Retail version only)
1 x ASUS Array Mic
1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
1 x Floppy disk drive cable
6 x SATA cables
3 x SATA power cable for 6 devices
1 x 2-port USB2.0 module
1 x IEEE1394a port module
1 x I/O Shield
InterVideo Media Launcher (OEM version only)
User's manual
Support CD:
Drivers (inc Vista64)
ASUS PC Probe II
ASUS Update
ASUS AI Booster
NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID
Anti-virus software (OEM version)
Form Factor:
ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6" (30.5cm x 24.5cm)
AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 5000+ 2.6GHz AM2 Central Processing Unit
L1 128kB  L2 1024kB Cache 2000MHz FSB 65w Max Temp 55-72°C CMOS 65nm SOI operates at both 32 bit and 64 bit. The retail version comes complete with heatsink and cooling fan
cpu
fancpu Xilence icebreaker 64 pro heatpipe AMD cooler heatsink and fan
Socket: 774, 939, 940, AM2
Noise: ~ 24bB
Voltage: 10.8 - 13.2
Max Fan Speed: 2800 rpm ± 10%
Max Airflow: 55.75 CFM
Fan Control: PWM
Bearing Type: Hydro Bearing
Heatsink Dimensions: 105 x 96 x 46.5 mm
Fan Dimensions: 92 x 92 x 36 mm
Weight: 329 grams
Corsair XMS2 PC2-6400 4GB (4x1GB)  matched pairs 800MHz
CL 5-5-5-12-2T
DDR2 SDRAM DIMM 240pin
random access memory
memory
hdd Western Digital caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB x 2 3Gb/s Sata 16MB cache 7200 rpm hard drives configured on a RAID 0 array
NVIDIA XFX GeForce 8400GS 256/512MB PCI-e D-Sub/DVI/S-Video (PV-T865-WAHG) graphics card. Clock rate: 450MHz memory bus: 64 bit memory type DDR2 memory bandwidth 6.4 GB/sec full DirectX 10 support video
Samsung 226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor
Input Video Signal: 15 pin D-sub, DVI
Contrast Ratio: Dynamic 3000:1, Static 1000:1
Pixel Pitch: 0.282 mm
Brightness: 300 cd/m
Response Time: 2 ms
Max Resolution: 1680 x 1050 (8:5 ar)
Unit Dimensions: 20.3" x 13.9" x 2.5"
Viewable Screen Size: 22" (diagonal)
Screen Aspect Ratio: 1.19:1
Weight: 10.8 lbs
Power Consumption: 55w
Colour Profile: here, place in here:C:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\color\
monitor
psu Sumvision 230v 650w 24pin power/Sata Power Supply. Cooling fans are a little loud - this may have to go!
Hauppauge Win TV-PVR-350 Personal Video Recorder with PAL/SECAM TV tuner FM Radio Tuner and onboard hardware MPEG2 encoder/decoder PCI
Unfortunately Vista 64 bit is not yet supported and according to an e-mail from Hauppauge wont be in the future:
http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/site/products/data_pvr350.html
shame, cos at the time of purchase, this was there flagship (to use there words) product!
pvr
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