That is a nice looking case! :-) I’ve been keeping an eye on cases on eBay for my PIII W98SE desktop, but haven’t seen anything decent looking, and shipping is just too high for cases. When you say you worked out a deal, what kind of deal? I’m curious to know. Well the seller had it listed for a …

I know it's a very niche market but I wish somebody would manufacture new PC cases in the classic beige case color and design for the retro builds. If you're looking for a good condition beige case you just have to get lucky at a thrift store or flea market or something, or break down and pay the …

I FINALLY made a deal on the exact same model case I used for a 1.2 GHz AMD Tbird build in my early 20s, been watching it for a long time on ebay and it's the only one I've ever seen for sale. I'm going to more or less build it again to the same specs with a 1.2 or 1.4 GHz Tbird and probably throw …

Just won this on ebay, brand new in the box. This is the exact same CD-ROM/RW drive I had in my AMD 1.2 GHz Tbird system back in the early 2000s, and it was the junk back then, turned out the best quality burned discs. It's going in a similar build as soon as I can locate the rest of the original …

chinny22 wrote on 2020-01-30, 21:39: Nice setup, Duel boot is for wimps. everyone NEEDS a dedicated PC for each era 😉 And sometimes more. The more I shop around for parts, the longer my build list of period specific PCs gets, even having multiple systems for the same era. I might have a problem...

Wait...so you missed out on doom, warcraft, c&c, xwing and tie fighter, and the entire era of the graphical adventure, and think you experienced the best of it? Granted coming on board for duke3d and quake and unreal is awesome.... Oh I didn't miss out on any of that. I played the crap out of Doom, …

Why have two virtually identical Win98 builds...both with Voodoo2s?? Well, I bought the PIII 667 first, then bought a slot 1 mobo shortly after without realizing the Intel 440BX chipset only supports up to 100 MHz FSB, and the PIII I have is a 133 MHz FSB. Granted not a big deal to run the PIII …

First off, about me. I am not new to retro computing, as I am fortunate enough to be the perfect age to have lived through the best time period in PC history. I was 19 when I bought my very first PC in 1996/1997. It was a CTX with 200 MHz K6, 8 MB RAM and 2 GB HDD, and what I wouldn't give to have …

I've picked up two NEC MultiSync EA193Mi 19" monitors from a surplus seller on ebay for quite cheap for what they are... Wow, those NEC monitors sound nice! DP on a 4:3, I didn't even know that was possible. I've been fortunate to find a regular supply of decent LCD monitors at my local thrift …

Hi all, so I currently have 2 Diamond Monster 3D II 12 MB boards and 3 STB Black Magic 12 MB boards, and wondering if there are any major differences between the different brands? I've heard there is slight image quality differences but I can't personally vouch for that. Other than my desire to …

My view is all working hardware should be used, that said the registration card is still in the box and will be staying there. Yeah, good point I reckon. I have no use at all for a 56k modem anymore, don't even have a phone line at the house, so the 3Com will likely just stay in the box, and I can …

Yesterday was cleaning up around the house, going through some boxes since our last move (almost a year ago, yeah we're those people), and finally found the box with my Monster 3D Voodoo 1 and Voodoo 5 5500 GPUs!! I've been sweating bullets lately because I've been wanting to continue building my …

Just a random question, but how many of you use hardware which you are able to find new in the box? I am building several retro rigs right now and I've scored some decent deals new in box, with the original intent to use them in my builds, but now after thinking about it I'm having a hard time even …

Picked up this gem at the local thrift store yesterday for $15. It's incredibly clean given its age, never seen an older computer this clean. I only bought it for the case. I'm going to gut it and use the case for a P4 3.2 GHz build, late Win98 with probably my Voodoo 5500 AGP card. Already have the …

The one piece of advice I can give is to definitely NEVER get rid of old hardware. This stuff is only getting harder and harder to find, and as a poster above already said, you may find a use for it some day. Even if you just store it in the attic for now, hang on to it.

Custom build: MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Intel i7 4790k 24 GB RAM 2x ASUS Strix GTX 970s in SLI A few SSDs, m.2 for boot OS Corsair 850-watt PSU A few years old but still serves my purposes well. As long as I can continue to play my heavily modded Skyrim, I'm a happy clam.