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Our test system consisted of the following:

Intel 840 D:

• Intel Pentium 4 840 (Smithfield 3.2 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, LGA775)
• 2*512 MB Corsair XMS2 PC8000 @ 5-4-4-9-2T up to 1000 MHz
• Western Digital WD1200JD SATA hard drive
• 7800GTX 256 MB PCI-Express

AMD 3800x2:

• DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-DR motherboard
• 2*512 MB OCZ PC4800 Gold Edition VX RAM @ 3-4-4-8-2T
• OCZ ModStream 520W power supply
• Western Digital 1200JD SATA hard drive
• Leadtek Winfast 6600GT 128 MB PCIe video card

Intel P4 670:

• ASUS P5ND2-SLI motherboard (nForce 4 for Intel)
• 2*512 MB Corsair XMS2 PC5400UL RAM @ 3-2-2-7-2-1T
• FSP BlueStorm 500W power supply
• Western Digital 1200JD SATA hard drive
• NVIDIA Reference 6600GT 128 MB PCIe video card

AMD 4200+:

• DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-DR motherboard
• 2*512 MB OCZ PC4000 Gold Edition VX RAM @ 2-2-2-8-1T
• OCZ ModStream 520W power supply
• Western Digital 1200JD SATA hard drive
• Leadtek Winfast 6600GT 128 MB PCIe video card

Intel 820D:

• Intel D945GTP Reference Board (i945G Express)
• 2*512 MB Corsair XMS2 PC5400UL RAM
• FSP BlueStorm 500W power supply
• Western Digital 1200JD SATA hard drive
• NVIDIA Reference 6600GT 128 MB PCIe video card

Disclaimer: The other results shown for comparison purposes are not directly comparable for gaming results as we have recently updated our primary test platform to nVidia 7800GTX running 81.98 Forceware from 6600GT running 66.93 drivers. The processor and memory bound tests are still directly comparable, and the business benchmarks are also largely comparable.