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Acrylic 2003 build (January 2024)

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First post, by Bruno128

Posted on 2024-01-13, 19:30

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Transparent WinXP SP1 build with CCFL lights in style of year 2003 running DirectX 7-8 titles. Targeted games: 1999 – 2003.

Highlight parts:

AMD Athlon XP 3000+ with Thermaltake BigTyp 120
ABit NF7-S V2.0 with Thermalright SLI-IFX chipset cooler
Dual-channel 1GB OCZ Performance DDR PC3500
Asus V9950/128 (GeForce FX5900) with Zalman VF900
TerraTec SiXPack 5.1+ as DAC for Tos-Link passthrough from Nvidia SoundStorm primary output
Sunbeam Acrylic Case
Amarina CCFL 80mm

Misc parts:

HP DVD Writer 400i
Alps DF354H FDD
Realtek 3.5 bay card reader
Corsair SF450 Gold with ATX bracket
Crucial BX500

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Reply 1 of 15, by H3nrik V!

Posted on 2024-01-13, 21:37

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Absolutely love that case!

Please use the "quote" option if asking questions to what I write - it will really up the chances of me noticing 😀

Reply 2 of 15, by DerBaum

Posted on 2024-01-13, 22:07

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H3nrik V! wrote on 2024-01-13, 21:37:

Absolutely love that case!

Yes the Sharkoon Showcase always was pretty cool to look at.
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Reply 3 of 15, by Nexxen

Posted on 2024-01-22, 11:04

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I missed yours. Looks beautiful! 😀

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Reply 4 of 15, by giantclam

Posted on 2024-01-22, 11:18

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I've still got one of those cases as well...

Reply 5 of 15, by xelizor

Posted on 2024-01-22, 12:15

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Hey, that's a really nice system!

One question, why woukd you need a secondary sound cad if your motherboard already has spdif out? 🤔

Cheers

Reply 6 of 15, by Bruno128

Posted on 2024-01-22, 14:09

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xelizor wrote on 2024-01-22, 12:15:

One question, why woukd you need a secondary sound cad if your motherboard already has spdif out? 🤔

I want to enjoy NVIDIA SoundStorm Dolby audio in my headphones but I also want to avoid onboard Realtek codec analog circuitry as well as bulky external audio hardware. Terratec SiXPack 5.1+ (CS4297A) acts as a software DAC: it receives digital signal via TOS-Link looped back from the motherboard and outputs it to 3.5 headphones. This works automatically on startup and there is no playback latency.

nv soundstorm sixpack spdif.jpg

Thanks for the nice reactions everyone!

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Reply 7 of 15, by Shadzilla

Posted on 2024-01-22, 14:56

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Very very cool build!

Are the fans still available to buy anywhere? I tried to get a blue cold cathode for a build recently but I was sad to find they basically don't exist anymore, all replaced by LED (which to be fair is much easier, safer, and cheaper anyway).

Reply 8 of 15, by psychofox

Posted on 2024-01-22, 16:45

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Cool project! The case looks visually identical to mine, https://www.extremeoverclocking.com/reviews/c … lic_Case_1.html
These fans are the coolest, to bad they are out of production, only led stuff available for now.

Reply 9 of 15, by xelizor

Posted on 2024-01-23, 14:15

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Bruno128 wrote on 2024-01-22, 14:09:
I want to enjoy NVIDIA SoundStorm Dolby audio in my headphones but I also want to avoid onboard Realtek codec analog circuitry a […]
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xelizor wrote on 2024-01-22, 12:15:

One question, why woukd you need a secondary sound cad if your motherboard already has spdif out? 🤔

I want to enjoy NVIDIA SoundStorm Dolby audio in my headphones but I also want to avoid onboard Realtek codec analog circuitry as well as bulky external audio hardware. Terratec SiXPack 5.1+ (CS4297A) acts as a software DAC: it receives digital signal via TOS-Link looped back from the motherboard and outputs it to 3.5 headphones. This works automatically on startup and there is no playback latency.
nv soundstorm sixpack spdif.jpg

Thanks for the nice reactions everyone!

Oh now I get it, thanks for the clarification!

Cheers

Reply 10 of 15, by H3nrik V!

Posted on 2024-01-23, 20:48

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Bruno128 wrote on 2024-01-13, 19:30:

[*]ABit NF7-S V2.0 with Thermalright SLI-IFX chipset cooler

Is that the heatpipes standing right above the GPU?

Please use the "quote" option if asking questions to what I write - it will really up the chances of me noticing 😀

Reply 11 of 15, by nd22

Posted on 2024-01-25, 10:26

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Nice build, always a pleasure to see an Abit board put to work! I understand from the screen shots that you have an Athlon XP 3000 FSB 400 CPU?

Reply 12 of 15, by Bruno128

Posted on 2024-01-25, 20:23

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psychofox wrote on 2024-01-22, 16:45:

Xoxide

Probably sold under different names in different countries.
I made a PDF from assembly manual that came with it:

Sunbeam Acrylic Manual.pdf

Sunbeam Acrylic case P/N list

4x 3015-AC-01. Base feet
4x 3010-AC-03. Long cover plate
4x 3010-AC-04. Small cover plate
8x 3014-AC-01. Corner blocks
2x 3013-AC-07. Interior
1x 3013-AC-03. Top
1x 3013-AC-04. Bottom
1x 3013-AC-05. Right panel
1x 3013-AC-06. Left panel
1x 3013-AC-02. Back
1x 3013-AC-01. Front
2x 7017-AC-01. Cotton gloves
24x 5003-AC-02. 5.0mm panel screws
2x 5003-AC-04. Speaker assembly
1x 2013-AC-01. Speaker assembly
1x 5038-AC-01. I/O shield plate
1x 7019-AC-01. Aluminum backplate
11x 5002-AC-18. Backplate screws
7x 7018-AC-01. PCI slot plates
7x 5002-AC-16. PCI mount screws
2x 5005-AC-04. Switch PCB standoffs
2x 5003-AC-15. Switch and LED assembly
1x 2003-AC-05. Switch and LED assembly
8x 5003-AC-01. 8.0mm panel screws no.2
9x 5005-AC-03. MB standoffs coarse threaded
9x 5002-AC-17. MB mount screws
12x 5003-AC-03. Face plate pins
4x 5002-AC-12. Long PSU mount screws
8x 5002-AC-13. Long fan screws
12x 5002-AC-14. Short fan screws
20x 5005-AC-01. HDD standoffs coarse threaded
8x 5005-AC-02. Floppy drive standoffs fine threaded
44x 5002-AC-11. Drive mount screws

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Reply 13 of 15, by Bruno128

Posted on 2024-01-25, 20:32

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H3nrik V! wrote on 2024-01-23, 20:48:

Is that the heatpipes standing right above the GPU?

Yes. It clears between video card and CPU cooler thanks to heatpipes L-shape.

Thermalright SLI-IFX on NF7-S.jpg

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Reply 14 of 15, by matze79

Posted on 2024-01-25, 23:03

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Must be hell to keep this clean, if frequently used!

Looks nice!

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Reply 15 of 15, by Bruno128

Posted on 2024-02-01, 22:56

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nd22 wrote on 2024-01-25, 10:26:

Nice build, always a pleasure to see an Abit board put to work! I understand from the screen shots that you have an Athlon XP 3000 FSB 400 CPU?

Thanks, yes it's AXDA3000DKV4E part.

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