So, a while back, I asked for help with a 2000 build.

This is what I came up with. It works pretty okay, just need to get most of the updates on it.

PSU: Generic "ATX-400W PIV" PSU - modified for 12v heavy machines w/ 2x 16A rectifiers
MB: ASRock P4i65G
RAM: 512MB
GPU: Radeon 9600SE 128MB
Case: JNC RJA-52 ATX case
ODD: LG GCE-8481B CD-RW
HDD: WDC WD400JB 40GB IDE HDD
CPU: Intel Celeron 2GHz Socket 478 - Northwood core

I might get asked - why a Celeron? Because I wouldn't really want something so fast for a generic 2k machine. It's not the fastest but not the slowest either. And the reason I went with a Radeon 9600SE instead of the HD3450 AGP is because from my previous experience, HD3450 has no drivers for 2k, only XP.

Now, since I had some more parts left, I thought that it might be also okay to build a XP build (SP3 of course) with some other parts that would be up to the task. This machine actually started its life with some noname Deer PSU that went bang and just took the GPU with it and with an Athlon XP 2500+. Of course, it was built during 2003-2005 hence I'd say it had something between the GF4- FX5500 range. This was the kind of rig that I knew I had to upgrade.

This is what I came up with. Some of the parts were reused from the old machine, some I got them free from friends (with just some minor fixes to do) and some were upgraded parts from the old machine. The PSU is the only thing I bought myself and went on a modding spree to get it up to snuff.

Specs:

PSU: Allied AL-A400ATX - 120mm variant, even though most pictures on Google show the model as being a normal 80mm model.
MB: ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe - this one was recapped by me after a friend's failed attempt. Thankfully the pads weren't ripped on the caps. 🤣
RAM: 512MB - will add another 512MB stick
GPU: ASUS AH3450/ATi Radeon HD3450 512MB AGP8x
ODD: HL-DT-ST GSA-H55N DVD-RW
HDD: Western Digital WD800JB 80GB IDE
Case: JNC 4JA-52 "Emperor"
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz Northwood, Socket 478.

Of course, I will post up some pictures as soon as I charge my phone's battery. I might replace the 80GB with an SATA equivalent, or maybe use it with two more 80GB drives in RAID - the P4P800-E Deluxe seems to have an Promise PDC20378 just for that.