Power Users, Gamers, and Small Businesses

Two flavors

As we mentioned before, there are two Dual Millenium models. One model is a full-tower system designed to be a server for home networks or small businesses.

Here are the specs for the server system we gathered from the press release:

Intel Celeron 466 PPGA (x2)
Abit BP6 motherboard
256MB PC100 SDRAM
20GB UDMA 66 Hard Drive
3Com Fast Etherlink (10/100 BT) NIC
Samsung 48X CD-ROM
ATI or Diamond 8MB graphics card
1.44MB floppy drive
Future Power PS2 internet keyboard
PS2 mouse
Linux or Windows NT 4.0 operating system

There are a couple big question marks in the system such as the exact type of hard drive and graphics card. The hard disk question is more important because the hard disk will be a large factor in server performance while the video card will have no effect.

We won't spend much time talking about the server, because we received the power user/gamer model to review. We will say that we're very interested in seeing if the dual Celeron system is a viable server option. In fact, one of our system administrators has requested a few dual Celeron systems for testing.

Who needs servers?

Okay, we're gamers. We're simple people. We just want fast systems with the best image quality, and we don't want to pay for it. Is that too much to ask? We just want to play all our games at a decent resolution with all the pretty graphics options enabled while still maintaining a high framerate. Some of our more hardcore brethren are willing to forgo the pretty graphics and high resolutions for pure speed.

Here's the description of the power users/gamer Dual Millenium:

Intel Celeron 466 PPGA (x2)
Abit BP6 motherboard
128MB PC100 SDRAM
20GB UDMA 66 Hard Drive
Samsung 48X CD-ROM
Diamond Stealth III S540
US Robotics PCI 56Kbps V.90 Fax Modem
Creative Lab Ensoniq 1373 sound card
Future Power NewQ Gold 2379 Equalizer
Altec Lansing ACS21W speakers
NEC ZIP Drive
1.44MB floppy drive
Future Power PS2 internet keyboard
PS2 mouse (Logitech Firstmouse+ )
Windows NT 4.0 operating system

Again, we were curious about the type of hard disk included in the system. The 20GB UDMA66 description is pretty vague, and we wanted to know the exact brand and model. All our questions were answered when the test system arrived, and we were able to root around inside the case. We also asked Future Power if customers would be able to customize the system with different components. Read on and find out what we discovered.