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WinXP Retro build - Fractal Define 8

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First post, by NovaCoder

Posted on 2023-12-19, 03:45

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Just finished putting together my other retro PC, this one is my XP machine (my other one is a Win98 build which I'll post up separately).

I picked this motherboard up from a junk pile on the nature strip LoL

Specs:

Case: Fractal Define 7 Mini
Motherboard: GA-H81M-DS2 (rev. 2.0)
CPU: i3
RAM: 8 GB
GFX: ASUS GTX 750 OC 2 GB
HD: Kingspec SATA 3
SFX: Sound Blaster X-Fi
OS: WinXP 32bit Professional

The build was very easy to assemble, none of the hassles that I had with my Win98 build. Basically I just plugged everything and turned it on and it just works.

I missed out on this era growing up as I'd moved over to consoles so I'm excited to revisit some of these old games on a PC.

Last edited by NovaCoder on 2024-06-05, 23:00. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 1 of 6, by giantclam

Posted on 2023-12-19, 03:58

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Not really a 'vintage' hardware set ~ good score from a council cleanup tho' =)

Reply 2 of 6, by NovaCoder

Posted on 2023-12-19, 04:00

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yep recycling at its finest 😀

Reply 3 of 6, by NovaCoder

Posted on 2024-02-02, 00:30

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Loving this build, working so well with Dead Space 2 and GTA 4 (1024*768 @ 60 FPS) on my CRT.

Back in the day, I missed out on this period of PC gaming because I'd moved over to consoles.

Cool to be able to revisit this period of gaming 😀

Wasn't very expensive to put together either, cost less than my win98 build for sure.

Reply 4 of 6, by elszgensa

Posted on 2024-02-02, 01:20

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The one thing that sticks out is the RAM, compared to the rest of the components it seems a bit low. 2GB should make even the later XP games happy.

Reply 5 of 6, by NovaCoder

Posted on 2024-02-02, 04:58

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Okay, interesting I'll take a look.

Thanks 👍

Update: checked, I've actually got 8 GB installed 😉

Reply 6 of 6, by NovaCoder

Posted on 2024-06-05, 11:56

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Finally got my win98 build completed 😀

So I now have 2 identical retro gaming builds to swap between (XP and Win98). Happy times 😀

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