Id like to see that motherboard!

Have you thought of red plasti dip or red heatinks for the ram?

Just as an idea... You can use heat spreaders like these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-SDR-DDR-SDRAM-C … d-/311592968142
they look more pink than red to me, but i don't think finding different colours is difficult.

@Jade Falcon Here goes photo from eBay auction - not mine - to be correct.

It's the only one red pcb socket 7 / super socket 7 mobo I've ever seen... also there is nothing about this specific model JDI5VG+... I've foud that it may be some revision of TMC AI5VG+ both look exacty the same - only pcb colour is different.

@GPA... I would like to match socket 7 time period (96'-99') as close as it is possibe... heatsink and other modding stuff are rather newer "inventions"... there will be (red) GUS Extreme and (also red) ATI Rage 128 pro from gigabyte AFAIK there where no red PCB GeForce 256 or RIVA TNT 2 Ultra or something like that - maybe you guys have any suggestions...
Black heatsing on CPU will look nice too on this mobo...

Once I've found out one the internet something like this:
https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/wp-content/ … 1/10/Bottom.jpg

but I don't know anything more...

found this.
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r1770667-Cool-Red-PCB-RAM

So there is old red pcb ram out there.

🤣, that board looks like it's compatible with literally everything. You got two power connectors, two type of RAM slots, 3 types of expansion slots, goddamn.

For some reason this gave me a flashback of looking over the endless tables of various motherboards for sale at the old computer shows in the 90s. Good times!

@Jade Falcon... those links are not working 😒 also i couldn't find on google graphics nothing - so there are "only few words aobut it" - weak clue.
@Ampera it reminds me my FIC VA503+ that algo got all the goodies...

I've had red pcb SDRAM, PC133. But they aren't very common.
Maybe I still have it in my box of rams. Need to check it out.

You can plastidip circuit boards. I imagine black ram would look better than red. Obviously don't plastidip the contacts on the ram but should work fine.

Finally the package arrived! (much faster than I expected)...

So my "red build" for now looks like that:
Motherboard: TMC JDI5VG+ or AI5VG+
Sound card: Gravis Ultrasound Extreme
Graphic card: ATI Rage 128 Pro/Ultra 32mb...
CPU: K6-2 500 (will be K6-III or K6-2+ or III+ if plus versions are supported)

Still looking for RAM... @sprcorreia -pleeeease 😀 help... I don't want to do any tuning stuff, painting etc... only natural beauties... 😀

If you have any suggestion for other "time period" correct graphic card - I'm listening...

I´ve seen a DIMM SDR module on red PCB a few years ago, but it´s so rare!!

In my opinion, a black PCB would break the deal to combine colors.
If only you could use a Red Crucial Ballistix tracer (DDR2-800MHz). This module is fun, I tell you - Turns your computer in a space ship from Star Trek and the likes. Sixteen red leds are the eye candies.

My attempts:

Gold and Black - Asrock Z77, Corsair Vengeance, ZOTAC GTX 460, SB X-FI Fatal1ty with golden jacks
Missing: case and a good PSU (A blue corsair GS600 is way off).

Red and Black- Abit FP-IN9 SLI, Crucial Ballistix Tracer, EVGA 9800GX2 (out of order),
Cooler evercool sharks-HPD-815ELA, OCZ Fatal1ty 750W, Sentey BX2-4292 (case)
Missing: Gainward GTX 460

Red and green - PCCHIPS M810LR-H,
of course A PCB RAM is not a problem here, Geforce MSI 6600GT AGP (out of order)
Missing: Cooler with red and green LED (VCOM AMD XP 3000)

Your mission is tough, but almost there! Your GUS is a beauty ! Is it a Pnp version ?
Edit: GUS Extreme (must be extremely expensive) 😈 I envy you.

@Frasco - it's GUS Extreme (beauty indeend...and I manager to get boxed one 😀 It's the latest of all gravis soundcards so it fits the best time of this build...

I've gest contact to some company that may have / produce that kind of module... will see...

Mission is tough... I dream of red pcb geforce 256 or some cool Riva TNT 2... maybe one day 😉

Batyra wrote:

@Frasco - it's GUS Extreme (beauty indeend...and I manager to get boxed one 😀 It's the latest of all gravis soundcards so it fits the best time of this build...

I've gest contact to some company that may have / produce that kind of module... will see...

Mission is tough... I dream of red pcb geforce 256 or some cool Riva TNT 2... maybe one day 😉

I assume your Extreme version covers all those big classic GUS and then some...
I'm really happy with my wavetable gear, but curiosity is killing the cat!
I've heard samples and DOSBOX emulation and that's it.

As for the red PCB, I hope your provider do the trick, or else...

Don't stop believing. 😠

Batyra wrote:

I dream of red pcb geforce 256 or some cool Riva TNT 2... maybe one day

Stop believing... 🤣
I don't know. I think you are covered when it comes to GFX. You have 32Mb of VRAM.
Unless you want a baddest cooler.
Fact is Geforce 256 and RIVA TNT 2 Ultra in red aren't feasible. ATI is red.

Are you gonna play only games supporting GUS?
Focus on DOS games, Sound Blaster support and VESA VBE 1.2, 2.0 and 3.0 support, tweaks
and patches to perfect your games. Have a better one!

just use the red heatsinks as on that crucial memory, it is probably not red underneath either

The GUS extreme has an ESS 1688 chip on board. It should do SB/SB Pro as well as the proprietary ESS 16 bit protocol.

Batyra, are you still looking for red pcb SDRAM modules?

Yes yes yes!!! 😀