Student builds custom computer for Senior Ex project

With some knowledge of desktop computing and completion of several courses offered by our Tech Ed department , recent graduate Brendan Krom built a lighting fast custom gaming machine for his Senior Ex project. This is not your ordinary desktop machine you would find at the local electronics store- here are the specs:

>GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

>Antec TruePower New TP-550 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply

>Scythe KS01-BK "KAZE SERVER" Advanced Fan Controller

>LG Black 8X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Combo LG Blu-ray Reader & 16X LightScribe DVD±R DVD Burner

>AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGIBOX

>SPARKLE Calibre Series P960GBOX GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

>(x2)OCZ PC3-10666 Platinum RAM - 4GB, 2x2GB, 1333MHz, DDR3, Low Voltage, Dual Channel

>3-Button PS/2 Optical Scroll Mouse

>105-Key USB/PS/2 Backlit Multimedia Keyboard

>(x3 raid 0)Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS 500GB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive

> Windows 7 pro OEM(64 bit)

> (x2) Acer 19" wide-screen TFT LCD, 1440 x 900 resolution, 2000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 160°/160° horizontal/vertical viewing angles, VGA, DVI (HDCP) connectors, 300 cd/m2 brightness, 5ms response time