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First post, by MetalMilitia

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Hey guys. Finally got my build up and running. Couldn't have done it without this forum. Specs listed below:

Intel (Dell) SE440BX-3 Motherboard
Intel Pentium II 400 MHz 100 MHz FSB
256 MB PC-100 RAM
nVidia GeForce2 MX400
Creative Labs AWE64 CT4520
Startech PCI USB Adapter Card
40 GB Seagate HDD
ASUS CD-RW Drive
Sony 3.5" Floppy Drive
Seasonic SS-350BS Power Supply
Antec VSK4000E Case

And, of course pictures!
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Reply 1 of 17, by Keith1212

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Nice build man!

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Reply 5 of 17, by chinny22

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Nice.
While I'll agree using a standard ATX connecter was stupid, and the fact you could still plug a standard ATX connector in and blow everything up was evil The cold hard fact is the motherboard being an official Intel SE440BX variant makes it one of the best slot 1 motherboards and its onboard Yamaha sound is pretty good as well.
Currant hardware makes it a great Dos/Win9x crossover PC

Reply 6 of 17, by buckeye

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That case (Antec VSK4000E) is the exact same one I'm thinking about getting. Any thoughts on installing everything in it?

Asus P5N-E Intel Core 2 Duo 3.33ghz. 4GB DDR2 Geforce 470 1GB SB X-Fi Titanium 650W XP SP3
Intel SE440BX P3 450 256MB 80GB SSD Radeon 7200 64mb SB 32pnp 350W 98SE
MSI x570 Gaming Pro Carbon Ryzen 3700x 32GB DDR4 Zotac RTX 3070 8GB WD Black 1TB 850W

Reply 7 of 17, by MetalMilitia

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Everything went in easily. Can't really complain about it. Cable management isn't great, but it's an older (and cheap) case so I can't really fault it. I think it's a great fit for an ATX build like this.

Reply 8 of 17, by Bj0rn83

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nice build, i see you got a startech usb pci adapter i was wondering if it's better then the cheap Nec chip card from ebay?

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Reply 9 of 17, by MetalMilitia

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Not sure about the NEC card, but the Startech one worked without issue. Plugged it in and Windows recognized it. I even was able to plug in the USB 2.0 front header into it so I can use them.

Reply 12 of 17, by oeuvre

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svfn wrote:

Seasonic SS-350BS is an ATX psu? it is safe to use for 440BX?

Yeah, ATX and will work fine.

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Reply 14 of 17, by shamino

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svfn wrote:

Seasonic SS-350BS is an ATX psu? it is safe to use for 440BX?

I'm inferring a bit here, but I think you're asking about the Dell vs ATX issue for the SE440BX series of motherboards.
MetalMilitia's SE440BX-3 motherboard is a Dell version so it does have the Dell pinout.
He's using an adapter that converts the ATX pinout to the Dell pinout, that's why it's okay. You can see it in the picture.

This is only a problem with the Dell versions of these boards. These boards are also available in Intel branded versions which use standard ATX power. Don't use an adapter on an Intel branded board.

Reply 16 of 17, by sidusnare

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MetalMilitia wrote on 2018-03-05, 15:58:

Shamino is correct. I'm using an adapter to safely use the ATX power supply with the Dell board.

Where did you get the adapter? I've been looking for one, I'm about to give up and make one.

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