Bought a bunch of second hand GPU's for 40 euros: NVIDIA GeForce 6800GS 256MB ATI Radeon 9600 256MB (R96A) NVIDIA GeForce 7300GS 256MB FX5200 128MB 2x Radeon 3450 256MB Quite happy with the haul!

Hi all, Recently I started working on a retro Pentium 3 build. At the moment I'm looking for a good motherboard that supports a P3 coppermine, has an AGP slot, an ISA Slot and several PCI's. In my country I found an online shop that sells retro computing parts. He said he had a recapped SOLTEK SL- …

This weekend I bought a Geforce 3 TI 200 and a Geforce 4 Ti 4200 at a local goodwill for 5 euro's! Think it's a really good deal :) https://i.postimg.cc/87nS1cmx/Whats-App-Image-2022-01-31-at-10-39-30.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/pmdvbzzD/Whats-App-Image-2022-01-31-at-10-39-30-1.jpg https://i.postimg.cc …

Oh boy, for someone just starting building a retro pc this is quite something to take in. I'll read it more thoroughly this evening. I also found a guy who sells an Asus P3B-F motherboard. Wouldn't that be an 'easier' solution?

[...] My hero! Thank you so much for this in depth response. I don't have a P3-build yet, so I'm looking for a system to start with. I already assembled some components such as a Voodoo 3000, a Coppermine P3 933 MHZ and a Asus P2B motherboard so I got something to work with. I'll probably hit this …

Not familiar with Funai, but I see enough I do recognize: - case is an InWin IW-A500P - motherboard is a Chaintech CT-6BTM - sound card is an Ensoniq AudioPCI (aka pretty near SoundBlaster 64 PCI, possibly already labeled as such if it has an ES1371 chip, otherwise it's an ES1370) - video card is …

I stumbled upon this Pentium 3 PC while looking for parts. I tried searching on Google for information about this specific build, but this didn't result in anything. Does anyone have an idea what kind of build this is? I also don't recognize any of the parts that are shown on the photo's... https:// …

As others have already pointed out, this specific build may not be optimal for MSDOS gaming... the CPU could be too fast and the sound card may not work. PSU could be a future problem, I seem to recall that even with adapters+ generic atx style, some older Dells can be particular about PFC vs non …

Hi all, Apologies in advance if I create too many topics, but I recently I started working on my first retro Pentium III build and I discovered Vogons is such an excellent community to find more info about it! I'm looking for hardware components and yesterday evening I stumbled on a rather …

RandomStranger wrote on 2022-01-15, 13:04: Yes, absolutely. Just the V550 and the Turtle Beach Montego 2 together worth more than 70€. The rest is kind of meh, but probably upgradeable. Is it worth to replace the V550 with a Voodoo3 or not?

I'll look him up! Can't wait to start working on my rig, already having a fun time doing research and hunting for parts 😀

Hi all, Today I bought my first retro gaming rig that I intend to upgrade with some additional retro hardware! I'd love to learn more about the technology concerning retro pc's and was wondering what would be a good starting point. Right now I'm familiar with the general workings of computers and …

drosse1meyer wrote on 2022-01-15, 14:49: It has a dell psu? Those are usually proprietary... is this a Dell machine / motherboard? The guy said the motherboard is a DELL Dimension XPS T 440BX!

I would like to use the system mainly for DOS-Games and very early 2000 games. I'll probably upgrade it eventually, but I was considering to use this as a 'starting point' for my retro gaming rig.

Hi all! For years I've wanted to build a Pentium 3 retro pc. Unfortunately in my country (The Netherlands) it's very hard to find thrift stores that actually sell these kind of pc's. Recently I found an online offer from a guy who sells a Pentium 3 PC. The specs are as follows Motherboard: DELL …