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Building the Ultimate Audio / Gaming computer.

It took me about 6 months to gather up these parts.
My first original build I found to be under powered for Win-XP so I upgraded the motherboard, CPU and ram.
This computer was really easy to build and setup with MS-Windows-XP , OEM drivers and WinXP provided drivers.

First Original Build Specs 2018-8-25 Motherboard - Intel P4 - D850GB - Socket 423 Motherboard manual - https://webdoc.lenovo.com […]
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First Original Build Specs
2018-8-25
Motherboard - Intel P4 - D850GB - Socket 423
Motherboard manual - https://webdoc.lenovo.com.cn/lenovowsi/cskb/d … NVjMQ3toDsr.pdf
CPU - Pentium-4 -1.5ghz.
CPU Cooler - Intel
Memory - 512mb. ram
Hard-drive - 160gb 72,000 rpm IDE
Graphics - Asus Nvdia Geforce 4 Ti4200, AGP

Audio:
Sound Blaster Audigy 2zs
Terratec DMX6 Fire 24/96
Terratec EWS88-MT
Terratec EWX 24/96 with SPDIF
DVD - Pioneer
Case - Flower 201 - Black stainless steel with Clear side panel.
Operating System - Windows XP

Upgraded Build Specs 2018-9-7 Motherboard - Asus P43T-ES3G Motherboard manual - https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-P43T-ES3 […]
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Upgraded Build Specs
2018-9-7
Motherboard - Asus P43T-ES3G
Motherboard manual - https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-P43T-ES3G-rev-10#ov
CPU - Intel Core-2-Quad Q9300 @ 2.5ghz ( 4-cores, 4-threads ).
CPU Cooler - Zalman
Memory - 2gb. ram
Hard-drive - 250gb 72,000 rpm IDE , Seagate.
Graphics - Nvidia PCIe

Audio:
Sound Blaster Audigy 2zs
Terratec DMX6 Fire 24/96
Terratec EWS88-MT
Turtle Beach - Aureal Vortex-2 8830 with SPDIF. ( PCI )
Yamaha XG YMF-724 ( PCI )
Realtek Audio ( Onboard )

DVD - Pioneer
Case - Flower 201 - Black stainless steel with Clear side panel.
Operating System - Windows XP

Let me know in your comments how I can make this build better as a audio / gaming computer.
I really like this choice of audio cards. They have good clear sound, treble and bass.

Thanks.

Photos taken with my 2017 iPad.

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Reply 1 of 53, by Intel486dx33

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Reply 2 of 53, by Intel486dx33

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Reply 3 of 53, by Intel486dx33

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Reply 4 of 53, by Intel486dx33

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Reply 8 of 53, by chinny22

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What do you mean better?
Whats the video card and what games are you playing?
Depending on those answers maybe a better graphics card, but if it playing everything nicely then it doesn't really matter.
Rounded floppy and 80 pin IDE cables? makes the inside look better?

But really its a pretty good build already 😀

Reply 10 of 53, by Intel486dx33

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chinny22 wrote:
What do you mean better? Whats the video card and what games are you playing? Depending on those answers maybe a better graphics […]
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What do you mean better?
Whats the video card and what games are you playing?
Depending on those answers maybe a better graphics card, but if it playing everything nicely then it doesn't really matter.
Rounded floppy and 80 pin IDE cables? makes the inside look better?

But really its a pretty good build already 😀

Yeah, I did not tie up the cables very good because I wanted to make sure everything worked first.
I will have to go back and perform better cable management.

Reply 11 of 53, by Intel486dx33

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gdjacobs wrote:

Not sure of the reason behind two Envy24 based cards.

You are right, I added the second card for toslink support but the DMX 6fire also has toslink support in the drive so I don’t need the other card.

I can remove the EWX 24/96 card and maybe add a PCI card with Yamaha OPL support.

What card can you recommend ?

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Intel486dx33 wrote:
You are right, I added the second card for toslink support but the DMX 6fire also has toslink support in the drive so I don’t ne […]
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gdjacobs wrote:

Not sure of the reason behind two Envy24 based cards.

You are right, I added the second card for toslink support but the DMX 6fire also has toslink support in the drive so I don’t need the other card.

I can remove the EWX 24/96 card and maybe add a PCI card with Yamaha OPL support.

What card can you recommend ?

Depends what you want. A Yamaha YMF-7x4 PCI would be good for DOS games and OPL support, but a Vortex 2 would be better if you want A3D support.

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Reply 14 of 53, by Intel486dx33

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Okay, Yeah.

I have a Vortex-2 PCI lying around somewhere. I was thinking maybe a Yamaha XG PCI.
I need cards that are Win2000 compatible.

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Reply 15 of 53, by JidaiGeki

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Intel486dx33 wrote:

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Does any know what Video card this is ?

Quick Google says it's an Asus V9280/64M Geforce 4 Ti4200, AGP not PCIE 😉

By the way, I might be mistaken but I think the Terratec DMX 6fire sound module has a wavetable connector in the front connector box - I used mine with a Korg DB once upon a time. Should be easy to take the top cover off to have a look.

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Poulton wrote:
Intel486dx33 wrote:

Then I can replace it with a Voodoo-3 AGP.

The motherboard doesn't have an universal or 3,3V AGP Slot. So it will not fit.

What do you think?
I can replace the motherboard with an Asus P3 1ghz with APG then I can use a Voodoo-3.
Is it worth it or should I just keep this motherboard ?

I want to be able to play the most variety of PC games.

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Reply 19 of 53, by Intel486dx33

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More Photos for you non-believers.
Currently running WinXP-Pro and all the TerraTec default drivers load just fine.

I plan on swapping out the motherboard for an Asus P3, 1ghz. later and Installing Dual boot Win-2000-Pro and DOS and upgrading to an SSD.

Just slapped this together real quick to make sure everything works. And it does.

Runs steam too.

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