Nice build, I've got a very similar motherboard in my SS7 rig (EP-MVP3G-M) but unfortunately seems to be dying a slow, slow death. 🙁

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Very nice but that monitor? Looks like the result of a PC and MAC spending a night together 😀

That black DVD drive is spoiling the whole view 😁...

Mau1wurf1977 wrote:

Very nice but that monitor? Looks like the result of a PC and MAC spending a night together 😀

Lol yeah. My 19 inch Sony Trinitron VGA would be more of a match color and design wise, but its way way too heavy to place on that case, so its being boxed away. Plus that monitor there, its stand uses legs instead of laying flat which is exactly what I need so the fan on the top of the case isn't blocked. I think I got this monitor for 2 bucks or something a couple of months back and its in awesome condition so I'm happy with it.

As for the black dvd drive comment, same thing. I'm actually less concerned with color matching on drives and more concerned with functionality. The only white DVD drives I have for personal use are not up to snuff compared to my black ones. If I cared to, I could paint it, but I don't, just not a concern for me. In fact, if the case itself was black Id be just as happy or whatever, if not happier. Having a beige or white case is not important to me, I just wanted a set top box build for my K6-III because I am tired of using towers for everything. This will help me on space.

Very cool! I was attempting to find a decent mother board with AGP, PCI, and at least one ISA slot, but couldn't find an affordable one. Everyone seems to want buku money for one! I ended up building two retro computers, much to my wife/living room floor's dismay. I cram all my computer stuff into a corner next to the TV so I'm not in the way when someone wants to play Zelda on the Wii.

I need to buy a house with a garage and a man-cave, er...office. 😉

Funny quote of last night for me:
"Are you playing Klingon Academy again, John??"
"No, this is Ultima 9."
"Oh...same thing."
"It's *not* the same thing!" (Solid Snake voice)

jmrydholm wrote:

Very cool! I was attempting to find a decent mother board with AGP, PCI, and at least one ISA slot, but couldn't find an afforda […]
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Very cool! I was attempting to find a decent mother board with AGP, PCI, and at least one ISA slot, but couldn't find an affordable one. Everyone seems to want buku money for one! I ended up building two retro computers, much to my wife/living room floor's dismay. I cram all my computer stuff into a corner next to the TV so I'm not in the way when someone wants to play Zelda on the Wii.

I need to buy a house with a garage and a man-cave, er...office. 😉

Funny quote of last night for me:
"Are you playing Klingon Academy again, John??"
"No, this is Ultima 9."
"Oh...same thing."
"It's *not* the same thing!" (Solid Snake voice)

The best way to find some things I try your luck locally such as going to yard sales, dumpster diving (landed a v3 2k pci and a dfi k6xv3+ 66 that way), or going to the local flea market if there is one near by. I am looking into sales that people do when they purchase storage units at auction from companies that people had rented out but didn't keep up the rent.

Hmm dumpster diving...For PC parts? I probably wouldn't. For DeLorean parts- mmm, maybe! 😉

There are some decent pawn shops here and there in North Kansas City. I try to stay out of the bad neighborhoods, but they usually have a good selection.

jmrydholm wrote:

Hmm dumpster diving...For PC parts? I probably wouldn't. For DeLorean parts- mmm, maybe! 😉

There are some decent pawn shops here and there in North Kansas City. I try to stay out of the bad neighborhoods, but they usually have a good selection.

LoLs, I once landed a 42inch Zenith plasma tv but later sold it on eBay that I had found in a dumpster.

Wow, a 42" plasma? Did it even work? That's a heck of a find

+1 for the dumpster diving. I found a nice dell, that I sold on criagslist for $100 and all I needed to do was clean it up a bit, slap a spare stick of ram in it and keep the 2nd 250gb hard drive for my own use.

While I don't go out of my way to do that, If I see someones discarded something like a computer, sitting there all lonely at the curb, yeah I'll stop and grab it if it looks salvageable. I'd rather get the stuff put to some kind of use then filling a landfill needlessly.

jmrydholm wrote:

Wow, a 42" plasma? Did it even work? That's a heck of a find

Besides a scratch it was is pretty good shape, but the Z module failed. Display panel, Y module, and tuner boards were all working. It had both analog and digit tuners I think which would have made it just right for retro use.