1. Deskpro EN SFF doesn't have B-stepping chipset and doesn't support Tualatin CPUs.
2. The listed games and the system specs don't click unless you are aiming for miserable 640x480 experience.
3. PCI video cards underperform and tend to be overpriced. Matrox anything is no-go for games of specified time period.
4. To more or less smoothly play Morrowind and those other games in 1024x768 you are looking at a Pentium 4 with no less that 6600GT.

In short I think you should step back and plan your build again. This system would be a total disappointment since you already got a P3/V2SLI rig.

The Parhelia PCI-X - isn't that a 64-bit card, i.e. longer than the PCI slots?

I'm going to echo Bruno128's comment: targeting games up to the mid-2000's with a year 2000 PC will not be good.

Especially since you mention a lack of AGP which is going further limit GPU choices and performance.

A Pentium 4/Athlon XP would be a much better option for an early WinXP build.

Damn, i really wanted a Tualatin in this rig, guess im stuck with Coppermine 1000Mhz.
The parhelia is longer, about 18cm so its on the edge if I can fit it in the case or not.

Anyway, forget about the listed games... as I said for me its more about the build. I can always play the games on another rig.
How can I max the rig?
Any recomendations about the GPU with considerations of 120W psu? Does the Zotac 6000A makes any sense with this rig and 1Ghz of CPU? Or something else?
What about the Sound card?

Btw, I do intend to keep the XP on it.

rakun86 wrote on 2024-01-23, 21:26:

Anyway, forget about the listed games... as I said for me its more about the build. I can always play the games on another rig.
How can I max the rig?

1. You seem to have no idea for the build applications so it’s directionless, but,
2. Since you don’t game, i752 is really not a bad IGP for its age. Adding Radeon 9250 would upgrade you from ok-ish Quake 2 experience to ok-ish Quake3 experience.
3. Top coppermine 1.13GHz will be very difficult to find and has minimal gain vs 1.00.
4. Maxed 512MB RAM is a nice amount for 2001 but because of its speed the system would not be super responsive.
5. CPU TDP is sub-40W, wouldn’t worry about that PSU load, if only for caps, filtering, etc.

Thanks for the help. Saved me from buying a Tualatin and not being able to use it.
I think ill have to repurpose the pc for early 2000 games that my V2SLi rig is not running great.
So the 9250 is better or more suited for this rig compared to Zotac 6200A?
Any sugestions on the sound card?
- Audigy 2 0160
- Audigy 2 ZS
- X-fi gamer 0730
- Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
These I can source locally. Or a regular SB Live?

Each of the Creative cards are basically later revisions of a SB Live! from "best to worse"
I don't see any reasons not to go with the latest card, only reason not to go with the X-Fi is if the drivers are too heavy for a P3, never tried, Audigy 2 ZS is defiantly fine though and probably good match for games that'll work on a P3

SBLive
Audigy 0160
Audigy 2 ZS
X-Fi Gamer

I'd second the recommendation for the Audigy 2 ZS. I had one in my XP build for a while and it's a solid card.

Now granted it's best with games that can take advantage of it's more advanced EAX 4 support, but there are still a lot of EAX 1/2 games that should work on this setup.

Thank for the help guys.
Audigy 2 ZS it is. I think ill order the Zotac GF6200. Ill contact that korean guy to see if he has any more Tualatin 1.4 moded cpus.