While I wouldn't say that copper core coolers are always better, if all things being equal, shouldn't a copper core cooler be more effective due to copper's ability to transfer heat better than aluminium? A fair comparison would be the Zerotherm BTF80 (Al) vs the BTF90 (Cu). The BTF90 outperformed …

Thermaltake isn't the worst PSU. Far from the best but it usually doesn't blow things up. Might have been one of those things that "just happen". Still wouldn't hurt to atleast check the voltage on the PSU And considering its a P4 and a board manufacturer I have never even heard of it really isn't …

Try the Logitech Gaming Software v8.45? https://support.logitech.com/support/en_us/pr … -mouse#download There's a dropdown box for "Windows XP (or older)".

Can also check out the Scythe Shuriken Rev. B (64mm height) or Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B (58mm height). Thermaltake Big Typhoon might fit but its height (103mm) could be a concern.

Some kind of modern graphics card with a modular (PCIe/AGP/PCI) interface. 1 card to rule them all 😁

A8N32-SLI runs the regular nForce4 SLI x16 chipset and not the server version (nForce 4 Pro). Anyway, just to point something out regarding the Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe (it came across for sale on the forums and hence I did some research on it), it CAN overclock and isn't that horrible. Just look at …

Some day I want to get a A8n32-SLI Deluxe again and try again. They are (to the best of my knowledge) the only motherboard for socket 939 that will run two video cards in SLI @ 16x-16x together, and take almost any socket 939 chip ever produced, and ecc-reg ram (usually). So that ASUS A8N32-SLI is …

Why not just go for 16GB for about $40? http://www.ebay.com/itm/281419661431 Wow that's a 4GB DDR DIMM! Honestly don't think any consumer desktop board would be able to use that. Probably limited to Opteron Socket 940 server boards like the one here: http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/ …

Just curious, which SSD did you use? I know technically it doesn't matter when those computers will never fully utilise the SSD's speed.

luckybob wrote: You can get 2gb- ddr400 dimms from ebay for $8 each. http://m.ebay.com/itm/191192750480?nav=SEARCH Sorry for the mobile link. Ah, I was referring to non-ECC DIMMs, for the common folk (like me). I see the widespread appeal in dualcore S939. It has some sort of a "still fast enough" …

4x2GB of DDR ram. Honestly didn't know S939 could run with that much. Haven't even seen a 2GB DDR DIMM. (I've saw someone selling 4GB DDR2 DIMMs at outrageous prices though.)

Decided this was a good reason to register after lurking for several months. The retro builds and all the hardware discussion caught my interest and made me drop by every now and then. Also gave me a glimpse of how computers were like in the past. The knowledge and experience shared in this forum is …