Equipment

http://www.open-mpi.org/projects/hwloc/

Linux

cat /proc/cpuinfo
lspci
lsusb
dmidecode

Comparison

• http://www.cnet.com/
  • hard drive size filter 1Tb max!

Power

• 600w +

CPU

• http://techreport.com/articles.x/23246

HDD

• https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Gibi-#Specific_units_of_IEC_60027-2_A.2_and_ISO.2FIEC_80000

• http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki

an ssd boot drive would be nice

SSD

Great for boot/os drive.

• http://nlug.ml1.co.uk/2011/09/howto-hdd-and-ssd-alignment/608

NAS

• http://etbe.coker.com.au/2012/03/23/cheap-nas-devices-suck/

PCI

• lspci is a utility for displaying information about PCI buses in the system and devices connected to them.

• http://linux.die.net/man/8/update-pciids
  • http://pciids.sourceforge.net/

USB 3

• http://www.everythingusb.com/highpoint-rocketu-1144a-usb-3.0-pci-express-21274.html
  • http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/cs-series_RocketU1144A-Series.htm

Bluetooth

• http://www.bluez.org/

Keyboard

• http://techreport.com/articles.x/23405
• http://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/wcgb0/mechanical_keyboards/

Monitor

• http://www.extremetech.com/computing/130605-where-are-all-the-high-resolution-desktop-displays

Silver

• http://www.foxconnchannel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?T=motherboard&U=en-us0000316

Photography

• http://www.dpreview.com/

• Canon Hack Development Kit