My Winter Holiday 2019 Retro Build - Athlon 64 Deluxe King Centurion 5 \ VOGONS

My Winter Holiday 2019 Retro Build - Athlon 64 Deluxe King Centurion 5

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First post, by RetroPC_King

Posted on 2019-11-23, 18:24

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Hello Vogons!
Today I will present my retro Winter Holiday 2019 Retro Rig. Meet the Athlon 64 Deluxe King Centurion 5!
Specifications:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 2 GHz Socket 754 ClawHammer with 512KB L2 cache
ASUS K8V SE Deluxe motherboard
Powerlink LPK2-30 450W PSU
ASUS N6200 (NVidia GeForce 6200 AGP) (NV44a core) 256MB AGP8X Video card
Leadtek WinFast TV2000XP Expert TV Tuner PCI
1GB (2x512MB) Geil PC3200 DDR400 RAM (2.5-6-3-3)
ASUS DRW-1608P DVD-RW Black
Mitsumi Black 1.44MB 3.5 inch Floppy
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JD-22HBC0 160GB Serial ATA HDD (connected to VIA VT8237 SATA150 controller)
Cooler Master 1x80MM and 1x120MM fans
Deep Cool XFAN80 L/B 80MM Blue Led fan on side (instead of duct) (as outtake)
All mounted in a Cooler Master Centurion 5 Black Aluminium Bezel computer case.
Any opinions and comments are welcome.

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Reply 1 of 10, by pewpewpew

Posted on 2019-11-23, 19:53

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RetroPC_King wrote:

ASUS N6200 (NVidia GeForce 6200 AGP) (NV44a core) 256MB AGP8X Video card
Leadtek WinFast TV2000XP Expert TV Tuner PCI

I use a similar box as a handy converter to get my older consoles onto the LCDs.

IIRC it was Hauppague WinTV & Radeon 9600XT. These days AIW 9800 PRO.

Reply 2 of 10, by RetroPC_King

Posted on 2019-11-24, 05:04

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Thanks pewpewpew. Yours also had the K8V SE Deluxe motherboard?
What do you like from my build?

Reply 3 of 10, by DankEngihn

Posted on 2019-11-25, 16:23

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Looks good, but I wouldn't trust that power supply.

Reply 4 of 10, by RetroPC_King

Posted on 2019-11-25, 16:34

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Why don't you trust it? It was repaired (changed a few capacitors). What Power Supply does need? I was thinking about InterTech Energon 550W. It is good for this build? Also, which year is specific this build?

Reply 5 of 10, by pewpewpew

Posted on 2019-11-26, 01:10

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Also, which year is specific this build?

You can look that up by checking the date of the MB manual, and the release dates of your various parts. Also in this period the cases often have an ink-stamped date inside. Have a look around.

My build is not identical to yours, only similar; same period, same general strength. From my notes:

ASUS A7N8X Deluxe rev2.00 3 ram slots AGP Pro/8X (1.5V only) c2003
nForce2 Ultra 400, nForce2 MCP-T, final BIOS 1008 2004
Athlon XP 3000+ Barton 2167 MHz c2003
ATI AIW 9800 PRO 2003
40 Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 8 6E040L0 c2002
40 Maxtor D740X-6L 6L040J2 c2001
2x 256MB Corsair PC3200
PSU Enermax S2FC2 whisper EG365P-VE ATX12Vver1.2

I haven't much use for this one right now, other than vid conversion. But it amuses me by being similar to this 2003 benchmark machine
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/barton,587-13.html

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Reply 6 of 10, by RetroPC_King

Posted on 2019-11-28, 13:39

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Year of manufacture for this components of this PC:
ASUS K8V SE Deluxe motherboard - February 2004
BIOS from February 2004 (version 1001 - First Version)
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+ 2 GHZ - 2004
ASUS N6200 GPU - November 2005
160GB Western Digital HDD - 30 August 2005
Geil Memory 2x512MB (circa 2003-2005) (i don't know)
PSU is from circa 2008-2009
TV Tuner is from October 2005 i guess from the markings in the chip
ALSO the DVD writer is from March 2005
FLoppy drive is from 2007-2008 i guess.

Reply 7 of 10, by appiah4

Posted on 2019-11-28, 13:42

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My Socket 754 build is quite a bit faster than this but I still approve of every Athlon64 build, 754, 940 or 939. 😎

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Reply 8 of 10, by imi

Posted on 2019-11-28, 13:46

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I remember when I upgraded to s754, such a huge leap 😀

Reply 9 of 10, by RetroPC_King

Posted on 2019-12-12, 04:28

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I recently added a RGB strip to the PC.

Reply 10 of 10, by RetroPC_King

Posted on 2020-04-23, 18:33

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Update: I cleaned it up. Removed the RGB Strip and the blue LED fan. Also the original hard drive (WDC WD1600JD-22HBC0) had signs of failing, so I replaced it with a Samsung Spinpoint P80 160GB (HD160JJ), which is a good equivalent for the dead Western Digital.

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