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First post, by jcarvalho

Posted on 2019-07-25, 23:27

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Hi,
After more than one year collecting parts, I finally made an Slot A build.
Here are the Specs
CPU: K7@950MHz
Mobo: Soltek SL-77KV
RAM: generic 128*2 133Mhz DIMM
GPU: Asus V7700
audio: SoundBlaster Live!
HDD: 20 + 100 GB Seagate
ODD: Generic DVD-ROM
SO; Windows 98 SE
Case: Generic case painted by me, it was yellowed, so I made it more yellow.
Extra: Generic Ali USB2 PCI card (not shown in photos)
Here's some photos:
Mobo:

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MoBo + CPU

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All inside case

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Custom Painted Case

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Please tell me what do you think about this setup, what should I change to make it better

Thanks!
Jorge

Last edited by jcarvalho on 2019-07-26, 11:26. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 1 of 6, by chrismeyer6

Posted on 2019-07-26, 02:12

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Great looking build so far. I really need to get my slot A build back together one of these days

Reply 2 of 6, by PcBytes

Posted on 2019-07-26, 06:14

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Ditto, have a Slot A board and CPU, just need to prep a new BIOS chip and ghetto rig a heatsink on the K7 chip. (it has the metal shroud for the heatsink but not the heatsink itself.

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Reply 3 of 6, by ODwilly

Posted on 2019-07-26, 07:17

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PcBytes wrote:
Ditto, have a Slot A board and CPU, just need to prep a new BIOS chip and ghetto rig a heatsink on the K7 chip. (it has the metal shroud for the heatsink but not the heatsink itself.

Ya have a spare Slot 1 heatsink handy? They are pretty compatible, at least the 3rd party stuff. Worst case maybe swap the entire slot 1 cartridge onto the slot a cpu and adapt it to work, usually it seems to be locations for cache that differ.

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Reply 4 of 6, by PcBytes

Posted on 2019-07-26, 09:04

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ODwilly wrote:
PcBytes wrote:
Ditto, have a Slot A board and CPU, just need to prep a new BIOS chip and ghetto rig a heatsink on the K7 chip. (it has the metal shroud for the heatsink but not the heatsink itself.

Ya have a spare Slot 1 heatsink handy? They are pretty compatible, at least the 3rd party stuff. Worst case maybe swap the entire slot 1 cartridge onto the slot a cpu and adapt it to work, usually it seems to be locations for cache that differ.

Woaw, does using a slot 1 casing work? I didn't know that, and I do have a P3 450MHz Katmai casing I could use.

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Reply 5 of 6, by imi

Posted on 2019-07-26, 09:52

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very nice, I need to find a thunderbird one day ^^, fastest I got so far is a 600Mhz pluto.

Reply 6 of 6, by jcarvalho

Posted on 2019-07-26, 11:23

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Hi, the prices are outrageous on ebay. If you get locally and 1GHz K7 and sell it on ebay you get rich. I got my K7 from a good friend here in the forum about 2 years ago.
The damn build is like an oven... Very hot...

imi wrote:
very nice, I need to find a thunderbird one day ^^, fastest I got so far is a 600Mhz pluto.

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