My main rig is pushing five years old now, but it's still getting the job done: CoolerMaster CM690 Case Seasonic X-1250 PSU ASUS Sabertooth Z97 MK1 Intel i7 4790K @ 4GHZ Corsair H55 Hydro CPU Cooler G.Skill Sniper DDR3 @ 32GB EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Various SSD's (Crucial) totaling ~1.5TB External …

Well here we are little over a month later and what was going to be my "anything goes" 98/DOS hybrid machine has now morphed predictably, as the title suggests, into a rather run-of-the-mill late 90's Voodoo-centric rig. Not that I'm complaining; far from it. More than my nostalgic XP Lan Party …

Hello all! In my first post I decided to rebuild my Windows XP LAN party machine from the early 2000's. Since then I've pulled some parts out of storage and set up a Vista-era machine, but Vista still feels a little too modern, so I'm going to skip that one for now. I don't remember many details …

Well THIS took a lot longer to finish than I expected... http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv269/gfh110/LAN%20Party%20PC/IMG_4076_zpsgyfnlr5x.jpg It hasn't been a full month since I last worked on this build, but it has been intermittent what with work and winter just not wanting to let go... But …

Quick update today since we had a nor'easter hit and "forced" me to take a snow day from work. I haven't settled on hard drives for my RAID setup yet, but I'm itching to get the build to a playable state, so I'm temporarily using a 300GB WD SATA drive that was just sitting around taking up space. …

February was an excruciatingly long month --despite being so short-- but March is off to a great start as I introduce the newest member of the family and current problem-solver: http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv269/gfh110/LAN%20Party%20PC/12-28-ABIT_zpsgqk6kehi.jpg This is the ABIT NF7-S v2.0 …

Last-minute addition to the party that I found at a not-unbearable price: This is one of my all-time favorites. It just feels right.

gdjacobs wrote: Every lan party case needs some straps and/or handles. I might bolt some re-purposed backpack straps to the side of the case. Need to get it running first!

Well, I cleaned out the case and started building the new system today and thus begins my slow descent into madness. A friend of mine asked me why I would willingly subject myself to this exercise. Wasn't I happy we were beyond the days of jumper settings and IRQ conflicts? Those I can manage. …

This is my main work area. Please excuse the excessive amounts of empty alcohol containers. The Old Grand Dad and I are on a first-name basis. In the background you can see my Blade Runner shrine. Posters are forthcoming. http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv269/gfh110/LAN%20Party%20PC/IMG_3966_ …

Needs UV lights and a DFI lanparty board. :lol: Give it time. I have an NZXT Redline case waiting in the wings for just such an occasion... I agree that Alienware was pretty cool back in the day. For me, they kind of hit their peak when they introduced their custom Dragon case: http://i1-news. …

Hey all! This is my first post here and I'm starting my retro build journey with something I've been wanting to do for a long time, then I plan to start working my way backward in time! I recently helped a friend of mine move to a new house and in payment he gifted me with a pile of old components, …