A Rather Unusual Computer for Office Use...

This was something of a "super system" back in its day, built around a DFI Lanparty NF4 motherboard. And yet someone put it to use in a lowly office environment. It definitely appeared to have spent most if not all of its life there. While it is possible that this computer came from a gaming or high performance environment and was later "retired" to a more sedate environment, I don't think that is what happened. There are lots of signs that this system went through quite a bit of configuration turmoil over time, especially with power supplies. (That front panel meter appears to have been specifically for use with a Cooler Master Power Supply.) Now that it has been completely retired and given to me, it's time for an exploration. From what I've been able to tell, the microprocessor in this system may be closer to "maxed out" than I first thought. It may be time for some overclocking. Prior to this, I'd seen exactly one SLI/Crossfire capable computer system (from eMachines if you can believe it). Dell's XPS420 might have qualified, though it has only artifacts for Crossfire (SLI would have required an nVidia chipset as well). I'm not sure what purpose this computer will ultimately find. Please do not ask about buying it: I simply do not sell or trade computers via Youtube. The case is most likely a Thermaltake Armor VA8000SWA (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product...) In case you notice frame rate or other video anomalies: I gave AVS Video Editor another chance, this time feeding it with MPEG-2 video from a flash memory camcorder. That turned out to be one more chance than it deserved. As it always has, video played just fine on the editing timeline without sync issues. The sync issues only appeared in the final exported video. I double checked, and AVS Video Editor says it is configured to use a constant frame rate. Why it is not doing so, I don't know. Perhaps I should ask AVS if their software actually *works*, just to be naughty. I think I shall try to get my money back from them. Next up, Serif MoviePlus X5... (quite literally: I've edited the next video in line with it)