First post, by borgie83
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Posted this in the photo thread but then decided it deserved its own thread 😀
Anyway, I just literally completed my latest rig. Been a while in the making due to waiting on parts but I finally got there in the end. Here's the specs:
Generic beige case (found on the side of the road)
Gigabyte GA-6VXE7+ Socket 370 Motherboard
Pentium III Tualatin 1.4Ghz CPU (with pin mod)
Coolermaster CPU Cooler with copper heatsink and fan
Voodoo 3000 AGP Graphics card with copper fan and copper heatsinks
Intel PRO 1000 GT Network Card
Sound Blaster Live CT4760 with Live Drive II
Sound blaster AWE 64 Gold
Noctua NF-R8 Case fan
Sony DDU1622 DVD Rom Drive
Iomega 250mb Zip Drive
Cannon MD5501 5.25" 1.2mb Floppy Drive
Sony MPF920 1.44mb Floppy Drive
Aerocool Strike-X 500Watt PSU
Kingston 512mb SDRam with copper heatsink
Western Digital Caviar SE 120GB Hard Drive
Windows 98 SE
Everything's been setup and runs really well. Was initially tossing up on if I should use the AWE64 Gold or a Sound Blaster 16 with DB50XG but decided that this rig is a little modern for the SB16. I also wanted to use a more modern graphics card like a FX5950 but decided against that as well as I wanted good voodoo compatibility, minimal VESA issues and the fact that this rig is not going to be used for any games later than around 2000. Yes I know I could've used a Voodoo 2 but if I went down that path i'd prefer to go SLI and as you can see, it's pretty cramped up in there already.
Hope you guys like it!