Awesome build! 😀

What do you run on it? XP?

I miss my SDS2. sold it on ebay a few months back. It was my file server until i upgraded to pci-e.

I wanted to put 3 pci voodoo5's in it but the cost and the fact it may not even work really killed the idea.

also, you need more ram in that thing!!! it will take up to 1gb sticks of ram! Nothing says BOW TO ME like having 6gb of ram. I ran windows 2000 server on mine, with the /pae switch and it ran like a champ.

Its running XP Pro to test but I figure it could easily run Vista/7/Server 2008 no problem..

The ram will be maxed out, hence I'll probably choose one of those latter OS'es.

The SDS2 boards are certainly tough, this one has been in storage for years, along with a SBT2 and SAI2.

Door and control panel into the paint shop today... check the colour contrast against the floppy drive!

Very cool stuff, what do you plan on doing with it?

PeteUK wrote:

Its running XP Pro to test but I figure it could easily run Vista/7/Server 2008 no problem..

The ram will be maxed out, hence I'll probably choose one of those latter OS'es.

The SDS2 boards are certainly tough, this one has been in storage for years, along with a SBT2 and SAI2.

Isn't Server 2008 a 64 bit OS only? Would a PIII run in a 64 bit OS?

olemogamer wrote:

Isn't Server 2008 a 64 bit OS only? Would a PIII run in a 64 bit OS?

Windows Server 2008 has 32 bit edition. Starting from Windows Server 2008 R2, support for x86 processors dropped.

MatthewBrian wrote:

olemogamer wrote:

Isn't Server 2008 a 64 bit OS only? Would a PIII run in a 64 bit OS?

Windows Server 2008 has 32 bit edition. Starting from Windows Server 2008 R2, support for x86 processors dropped.

Thanks for the info!

Haven't updated this one for a while, so here goes...

Did it get a WEI score of 1.0 all round? Could you please post a screenshot of the WEI scores for all components? Would be interesting to see 😀

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Actually, its not essential but can anyone recommend a PCI graphics card for this? As Rage XL/IIc is no longer supported by recent versions of windows!

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Actually, its not essential but can anyone recommend a PCI graphics card for this? As Rage XL/IIc is no longer supported by recent versions of windows!

It depends on your budget. I've seen the usual suspects (i.e. Geforce 6200/Radeon 7000) to Geforce 8400GS to Radeon HD5450's. For Windows 7, I wouldn't choose anything less than a 8400GS.

Pretty darn nice system, I think I would run win2k server on it too. I love the WC , thumbs up.

I've always wanted to see how well a Pentium 3 with a relatively high-end graphics card would run newer games. 🤣

I don't actually know if such a high-end P3 with 2 (separate) cores would behave in gaming. Maybe the second CPU helps offload some of the pressure from the OS?