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Very nice! I like the case, I forgot all about the cases with the lights like that on the front. That should be a very fast 98 machine and very capable.

Congrats

EDIT: are those Klipsch Pro Media 2.1's? I had a set and they were the best speakers I ever had. I think mine were the 4.1's and I had a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz running them.

yep they are Klipsch Pro Media 2.1s they sound awesome

The keyboard is a old school Cherry MX blue switch i picked up at a thrift store for 10 dollars

If people wanna see the inside of the tower i would be more happy to take some more pics

I love the case and the whole build as well. It really should be a power house of a 98 system enjoy her. And yes please post pics inside the case.

cable management is not my strong point i will clean up the mess sooner or later

Those parts are needing a good cleaning...

yeah I know i will clean and re organize my cables when i get a chance

I have a similar configuration built around a socket 754 and a 6800GT. What Nvidia driver are you using ?

77.50 If i use anything else higher windows 98 will throw a fit

Your system seems to be ready to run Windows 2000+. Consider upgrading to it.

leileilol wrote:

Your system seems to be ready to run Windows 2000+. Consider upgrading to it.

But but but but Aureal Vortex 2 drivers...

I wouldn't. You could dual-boot, but I don't really see the use of running winXP or 2k on it. If I was to run older games I'd want to run them all out graphically and this machine is best suited for top-of-the-line win9x stuff performance and quality wise. I'd say you made a good OS choice. Since 2001-2008 retro gear is so cheap right now, building a setup capable of running these games maxed out is relatively cheap and easy, so why not do it properly with an AM2/LGA775 PCI-E machine?

For me winXP gaming means stuff like Doom3, Quake 4, Black and White 2, Stalker and C&C 3. While the first two would run well enough at 1280x1024 + AA on your rig, cranking graphics up to 1600x1200 (or 1920x1080) with 4x AA requires a way faster machine for over 60 fps - that's 7900GTX SLi / 8800GT / 2900XT territory. I know because I tested the game on my 3800+ / GF 6800 rig and performance at those graphical settings is lacking.

Great rig BTW, it's similar to my win98 overkill build: Win98 Socket 939 Voodoo 2 SLi Build! (a.k.a. Glide Overkill)

kanecvr wrote:

I wouldn't. You could dual-boot, but I don't really see the use of running winXP or 2k on it. If I was to run older games I'd want to run them all out graphically and this machine is best suited for top-of-the-line win9x stuff performance and quality wise. I'd say you made a good OS choice. Since 2001-2008 retro gear is so cheap right now, building a setup capable of running these games maxed out is relatively cheap and easy, so why not do it properly with an AM2/LGA775 PCI-E machine?

For me winXP gaming means stuff like Doom3, Quake 4, Black and White 2, Stalker and C&C 3. While the first two would run well enough at 1280x1024 + AA on your rig, cranking graphics up to 1600x1200 (or 1920x1080) with 4x AA requires a way faster machine for over 60 fps - that's 7900GTX SLi / 8800GT / 2900XT territory. I know because I tested the game on my 3800+ / GF 6800 rig and performance at those graphical settings is lacking.

Great rig BTW, it's similar to my win98 overkill build: Win98 Socket 939 Voodoo 2 SLi Build! (a.k.a. Glide Overkill)

That is what i am planning to do.. I want to build a PCI-E 4Gb ddr2 800MHz Yorkfield Based xp computer

syndicator wrote:

That is what i am planning to do.. I want to build a PCI-E 4Gb ddr2 800MHz Yorkfield Based xp computer

...And meanwhile, this one you've just finished building will sit in a corner somewhere and collect duest. 🤣

Jorpho wrote:

syndicator wrote:

That is what i am planning to do.. I want to build a PCI-E 4Gb ddr2 800MHz Yorkfield Based xp computer

...And meanwhile, this one you've just finished building will sit in a corner somewhere and collect duest. 🤣

Hell No Unreal games run like a dream on this windows 98 computer.. I just wish i can get a Wavetable board for a good price..but the aureal 2 sound card sound pretty good

syndicator wrote:

Jorpho wrote:

syndicator wrote:

That is what i am planning to do.. I want to build a PCI-E 4Gb ddr2 800MHz Yorkfield Based xp computer

...And meanwhile, this one you've just finished building will sit in a corner somewhere and collect duest. 🤣

Hell No Unreal games run like a dream on this windows 98 computer.. I just wish i can get a Wavetable board for a good price..but the aureal 2 sound card sound pretty good

Best sounding inexpensive PCI card is the Yamaha DS-XG (YMF724 or 744). They start at 11$ on ebay. The Vortex 2 midi synth is alright too. Thing is, the best 3d games with midi music are glide only (ex. descent 2) and it's best to run those on a slower PC. Descent for example has a mouse input bag. The faster the game runs, the lower mouse sensitivity is. Midi is best for DOS games tough - there are only a few win9x games (that I know of) with midi soundtracks - the rest use either redbook audio or tracker music, so I'd suggest keeping the Vortex 2 in this build.

@kanecvr yeah you are right i will just leave it as is and just enjoy the damn build
and besides i am prob going to hold off on the xp build and build a ISA dos build with a ISA sound card

All K8 CPUs that I'm aware of allow downclocking, so it might be interesting to see how low your CPU can go (in terms of performance). Utilities exist to do this on the fly. If it can get down to early P3 equivalent, you've got a very versatile system on your hands.

gdjacobs wrote:

All K8 CPUs that I'm aware of allow downclocking, so it might be interesting to see how low your CPU can go (in terms of performance). Utilities exist to do this on the fly. If it can get down to early P3 equivalent, you've got a very versatile system on your hands.

I tried looking for them for windows 9x i cant find any. I tired going into the bios all i can find is Cool'n'Quiet settings.. If you can point me to the right direction that would be great