First post, by buckeye
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Wanted to upgrade my previous WinXP build which was centered on an E8400 cpu and Geforce 7950GT. This will also mark my
first attempt on using an SSD for a retro build and it didn't disappoint. Boot time improved dramatically to say the least.
The build wasn't without some head scratching as the mobo didn't have a floppy connection yet shipped with Raid/SATA drivers on
a floppy. Took me a few attempts to install those particular drivers but eventually got it figured out after quite of bit of googling.
Here's the specs:
CPU: Intel E8600 3.33GHz. Duo Core 2
Motherboard: Intel DP35DP (Not the best pick even if it was NOS, a higher end ASUS/Gigabyte would've been a better choice)
Memory: 4GB 800MHz. Corsair
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS9500 AT NIB
GPU: EVGA Geforce 470 1280mB NIB ( I know a space heater, but "winter is coming")
Storage: TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan 512GB SSD (This may bite me but formatted/aligned in win10, then formatted again in the XP install)
Optical Drive: DVD/RW Sata (unknown brand)
Sound Card: Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium PCi-E
Power Supply: Corsair Cx650M Semi Modular
Case: Corsair Carbide Series Spec-01
OS: Windows XP SP3
Attached are some photos, yes my cable management skills are a "work in progress".
Benchmarks at 1280 x 1024: 2003 3D mark =58212/ Crysis=73 fps/ Quake4= 101 fps/Doom3= 207 fps
Asus P5N-E Intel Core 2 Duo 3.33ghz. 4GB DDR2 Geforce 470 1GB SB X-Fi Titanium 650W XP SP3
Intel SE440BX P3 450 256MB 80GB SSD Asus V7700 GF2 64mb SB 32pnp 350W 98SE
MSI x570 Gaming Pro Carbon Ryzen 3700x 32GB DDR4 Zotac RTX 3070 8GB WD Black 1TB 850W