Very nice setup, those AT cases sure were cramped when filled.

What a beauty. I'm trying to get a second 12 MB voodoo 2 for my build.

zPacKRat wrote on 2024-05-14, 22:01:

Very nice setup, those AT cases sure were cramped when filled.

Thanks! If you look closely, you might see the ide raid controller card sandwiched between the voodoo 2's.

A challenge I faced was that the motherboard primary ide connector lines up directly with one of the pci slots. Problem is the voodoo2 won't sit completely in the slot if the ide 1 cable is connected. Additionally I wanted the voodoo cards to have a decent gap between them for airflow.

I ended up connecting the cf card to the secondary ide connector (leaving the primary empty) and connected the cdrom to the soundblaster 32 ide connector. It was a bit painful but it works.

cuco81 wrote on 2024-05-14, 20:45:

For the CPU, I came across a AMD K6-2+ 570mhz CPU. Once I got a hold of it, I went ahead and tried to do the upgrade to K6-3+ by unlocking the full 256kb L2 cache. This mod was a success and it truly made the rig come alive.

So, I had everything ready but the V2 SLI set.

Looks great! I'm building a very similar system at the moment with K6-3+ and V2 SLI. Hopefully i'll find time to get it running in a few weeks. That AT system of mine has been been a work in progress over a year now. I've rebuilt it several times. Hopefully this will be the nearly finished version.

Loving your work! What a great build. Excellent spec, perfect case. It all just feels right.

can the case display 3-digit mhz values?
what does the turbo button header do on that motherboard?

Lodge_ wrote on 2024-05-15, 05:00:

Looks great! I'm building a very similar system at the moment with K6-3+ and V2 SLI. Hopefully i'll find time to get it running in a few weeks. That AT system of mine has been been a work in progress over a year now. I've rebuilt it several times. Hopefully this will be the nearly finished version.

I know I'll find something to change at some point or some excuse to rebuild it again....building it is part of the fun.

Shadzilla wrote on 2024-05-15, 06:56:

Loving your work! What a great build. Excellent spec, perfect case. It all just feels right.

Thanks, it really does...I just can't get enough of a good looking baby AT case.

Bruno128 wrote on 2024-05-15, 16:22:

can the case display 3-digit mhz values?
what does the turbo button header do on that motherboard?

It displays triple digits up to 199 IIRC and it's connected directly to the PSU (not he mobo)...the turbo is non functional on this build since it was designed for earlier 486 motherboards. I'm keeping it on cause it's part of the sleeper look.

It's a shame turbo button is not connected. Because some Pentium boards still have this header.
The display is to be manually configured by jumpers but I can't think of a good value to put there. It's just the chassis is too early for the rest of the build.

That's a beautiful system you built. I really like those heatsinks on the voodoo's

chrismeyer6 wrote on 2024-05-16, 18:07:

That's a beautiful system you built. I really like those heatsinks on the voodoo's

Thank you!

Hi I have a k6-2+ and I'm thinking about getting a upgraded k6-2+ to k6-3+, but is EXPENSIVE +-150 USD if I count shipping costs and taxes. I have read that the performance gain is about 5 to 8% in videogames. How was it for you? can you detail some more about your processor upgrade experience?

MarmotaArmy wrote on 2024-05-20, 16:01:

Hi I have a k6-2+ and I'm thinking about getting a upgraded k6-2+ to k6-3+, but is EXPENSIVE +-150 USD if I count shipping costs and taxes. I have read that the performance gain is about 5 to 8% in videogames. How was it for you? can you detail some more about your processor upgrade experience?

Its faster for the most part but It really depends on the games you play. For most of the earlier retro games you won't notice a difference. I think clock speed seems to make the most difference. If you can overclock your k6-2+ higher than the 3+, I would stick with the 2+ in that case.

I've played around comparing both cpus on a VA-503+ motherbaord I have and I've found that the k6-2+ overclocked to 616mhz (fsb 112mhz) performs better than the k6-3+ @600mhz (fsb 100mhz) on demanding games like half life. I haven't been able to get stability on the k6-3+ @616mhz.

Windows boot and other loading times do seem a bit faster on the k6-3+

cuco81 wrote on 2024-05-20, 17:10:

Its faster for the most part but It really depends on the games you play. For most of the earlier retro games you won't notice a […]
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MarmotaArmy wrote on 2024-05-20, 16:01:

Hi I have a k6-2+ and I'm thinking about getting a upgraded k6-2+ to k6-3+, but is EXPENSIVE +-150 USD if I count shipping costs and taxes. I have read that the performance gain is about 5 to 8% in videogames. How was it for you? can you detail some more about your processor upgrade experience?

Its faster for the most part but It really depends on the games you play. For most of the earlier retro games you won't notice a difference. I think clock speed seems to make the most difference. If you can overclock your k6-2+ higher than the 3+, I would stick with the 2+ in that case.

I've played around comapring both cpus on a VA-503+ motherbaord I have and I've found that the k6-2+ overclocked to 616mhz (fsb 112mhz) performs better than the k6-3+ @600mhz (fsb 100mhz) on demanding games like half life. I haven't been able to get stability on the k6-3+ @616mhz.

Windows boot and other loading times do seem a bit faster on the k6-3+

Have you tried 2.1 or 2.2 Volts for the k6-3+?

MarmotaArmy wrote on 2024-05-20, 18:25:

cuco81 wrote on 2024-05-20, 17:10:

Its faster for the most part but It really depends on the games you play. For most of the earlier retro games you won't notice a […]
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MarmotaArmy wrote on 2024-05-20, 16:01:

Hi I have a k6-2+ and I'm thinking about getting a upgraded k6-2+ to k6-3+, but is EXPENSIVE +-150 USD if I count shipping costs and taxes. I have read that the performance gain is about 5 to 8% in videogames. How was it for you? can you detail some more about your processor upgrade experience?

Its faster for the most part but It really depends on the games you play. For most of the earlier retro games you won't notice a difference. I think clock speed seems to make the most difference. If you can overclock your k6-2+ higher than the 3+, I would stick with the 2+ in that case.

I've played around comapring both cpus on a VA-503+ motherbaord I have and I've found that the k6-2+ overclocked to 616mhz (fsb 112mhz) performs better than the k6-3+ @600mhz (fsb 100mhz) on demanding games like half life. I haven't been able to get stability on the k6-3+ @616mhz.

Windows boot and other loading times do seem a bit faster on the k6-3+

Have you tried 2.1 or 2.2 Volts for the k6-3+?

It runs stable at 2.1v with the 600mhz overclock. Beyond that it won't run stable even with voltage cranked up to 2.5

Love those V2 coolers and very lucky you got the same case as back in the day.
Think you have a great PC