hw

xeon

http://www.2cpu.com/articles/104_1.html

http://www.2cpu.com/articles/99_1.html Intel Xeon 3.2 w/ 2MB L3 cache

http://www.2cpu.com/articles/44_1.html memory

disks

seagate: sata

http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/specs/sata/st3300831as.html

Graphic cards:

What's the difference between GeForce & Quadro: http://www.3dprographics.com/workstationgraphics.pdf

http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html

VGA registers! http://www.osdever.net/FreeVGA/vga/crtcreg.htm