First post, by psy_
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- Newbie
Hello , started digging my old pc's and parts trying to do some builds 😀
First build :
cpu : IBM 6x86MX PR266 and pentium 133
m/b : J-591A has AGP(x1) and pci/isa slots,
Soundcards : aztech sc400 rev2(installed right now) or a soundblaster pro CT1336
gfx cards : diamond stealth 3d 3000 2mb virge/vx pci(installed right now) and geforce 2 pro 64mb agp
hdd : 2x 4gb cf card
ram : 32mb
floppy 3.5 + 5.1/4
psu : 450w
cdrom
dos/win98se
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Second build :
m/b : K7S5A
cpu : Athlon xp 2400+
ram : 512mb
sc : sblive
gfx : ati radeon 9800 pro 128mb
dvdrom
hdd : old ide but want cf cause of the noise
winxp
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I can keep only one computer here so i think that i'll keep the first dos/win98 build with the configuration ibm/cyrix cpu and soundcard the aztech (in win98 have not managed yet to make this card work right) or sbpro, would like to run a wide range of old dos games and win 95/98 ones that's why i installed the cyrix cpu.
Now i'm stuck a little with the gfx card, the virge/vx is ok for old games but for quake and other old 3d games on dos/windows svga/vga don't work fast , the geforce 2 is faster for dos and win but the cpu is holding the power back and univbe don't work with this card but it's very compatible from some games i run/tested, i think i would go with geforce, it's an overkill for this system?
also with win98 and geforce 2 it works alright but the psu produces some high pitch noises when reads from the hdd compact flash card, with dos it's ok but on w98 it's getting on my ears... cause does noise all the time, it's not normal. I think that i must replace the 200w psu with more watts cause the geforce 2 needs more power(?), i'll replace it and see if noises goes away(i'll put the psu from athlonxp build to dos machine- *forgot that new psu don't have power switch! so no go).
