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First post, by Madc0w

Posted on 2018-10-18, 22:01

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Here's a build I did at my volunteering gig

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Athlon 2800+
Geforce FX 5200 PCI, 128MB
1 GB of Ram
Soyo Dragon KT600 Motherboard
Soyo Dragon Case
Soundblaster Audigy
Purple IDE Cable (very Important)

Put this together from the parts I managed to save from being recycled. I've been volunteering at FreeGeek Twin cities and trying to help them with some of their "retro" hardware. If you're interested and in the MInneapolis area, its available in the store right now

Reply 1 of 5, by Fire Vine

Posted on 2018-10-18, 23:45

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pretty nice pc, i especially love the case

i would probably put 2 gigs of ram in though. it would make web browsing less of a pain
though i dont think an athlon xp would be very practical for web browsing anyway

Reply 2 of 5, by Madc0w

Posted on 2018-10-19, 00:36

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Fire Vine wrote:
pretty nice pc, i especially love the case

i would probably put 2 gigs of ram in though. it would make web browsing less of a pain
though i dont think an athlon xp would be very practical for web browsing anyway

Will keep in mind, I'll take a look at my DDR stash when I go back next.

Reply 3 of 5, by Kamerat

Posted on 2018-10-19, 14:57

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Nice rig! Please see if you got a faster AGP card lying around, a FX 5200 doesn't scream 2003 gaming, especially not the 64 bit version on PCI bus.

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Reply 4 of 5, by Madc0w

Posted on 2018-10-19, 15:48

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Kamerat wrote:
Nice rig! Please see if you got a faster AGP card lying around, a FX 5200 doesn't scream 2003 gaming, especially not the 64 bit version on PCI bus.

Trust me, it's my biggest annoyance with the rig. I swear, half the cards I find in this place are FX5200...

Reply 5 of 5, by oeuvre

Posted on 2018-10-20, 16:11

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My parents had a couple of 2003 desktops, a Sony VAIO and an HP Pavilion. Both had 128MB AGP FX5200s.

also dat Goo Gone

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