This is the one! I got this computer in June of 2008, and it lasted until the beginning of 2010, where it had a very strange failure. It was this incident, which got me into the field of building my own computers. I didn’t know how or why it failed, but I wasn’t about to be without my desktop, so I had to put together a replacement.
It wouldn’t be for years, with much more repair experience gained, until I managed to get it to work again. Along the way, I re-cased the computer into another case virtually identical – which is why the pictured model number says “M5620” rather than 30. The original board continues to work, all the way to the beginning of 2023!
Specs:
- CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
- Mobo: Acer (ECS) EG31M
- GPU: Radeon HD 6670 (originally HD 2400 Pro, failed long ago)
- RAM: 4GB DDR2-800
- HDD: Kingston 128GB SATA SSD + the original WD Blue 500GB, model WD5000AAJS
As of August 2025, this thing still works!! I use it as a system in my workshop area, just for pulling up schematics and what not. Simple stuff.
