BlackNinja, what can I say about BlankNinja? Well, it’s completely black, no cd-rom drives, no disk drives, and the only distinguishing trait is the AMD x2 64 Athlon tag sitting on the front of the case down right under the power button. I thought after I had the initial problems with the backup server it might be benefitial to have a backup-backup. Also after going over to Ryans house to see his home-built DVR linux box the temptation to build my own home brand DVR system was overwhelming. I’ve been meaning to go for a Red Hat linux certification eventually to cover all my bases so I figured what better time than mother’s day specials to build one!
So the new system has the same 2 gigs of 6400 DDR Ram, a 320 WD Caviar SE16 gig hard drive that I picked up for $70, an MSI motherboard that supports the new AMD quad core Phenom processors, that was a return item for 80$ (originally 119$), and the AMD Athlon 4400+ processor. All told probably cost about 320$ after the rebates. I bought some speakers, 92mm fan, and a few other odd and ends pieces for the machine. I finally now have a good reason to use the 24” CRT monitor that’s been gathering dust on my dresser. Orginally it was used on my backup server, but after it moved under the nightstand it didn’t make much sense to use it. Remote desktop has made it obsolete. So no I’ve got BlackNinja my linux (perl/c) programming box that is providing the reentry into the open-source market I’ve been so estranged from. I can’t wait to see what is made of this new box, and what silly projects I’ll be getting into soon.
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