So, I'm back with an update.
Time to reveal the surprise:
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Talked with the seller and I'm buying it tomorrow. From what I gathered from the description and pics, this is what it has:
-a pretty fancy Deer/L&C/ANS/JNC case with thermal sensors (although they're not connected to anything, going to take care of that)
-MSI 865PE Neo2-LS (one of my favourite boards, with the P4P800-E Deluxe being a close second)
-generic LC-B450E PSU that has a cut molex for a 80mm fan (lmfao)
-MSI FX5600 - only one bulging cap - a recap is in order tho
-some Sound Blaster PCI soundcard - looks like a AWE64?
-80GB Maxtor iDE
-random DVD-RW drive
-2.8GHz Pentium 4 - probably a Northwood judging by the heatsink. Will be replaced by a Titan TTC-W6TB cooler (although with a clear Raidmax fan since I am tired of its mediocre fan that they installed)
-1GB RAM
-external PCI RTL8139 NIC for no apparent reason since the board actually has onboard Intel 82547 gigabit NIC.
Sounds like a good deal, although I'll really have to see if it's worth rebuilding the Deer in this one (for a Northwood, it would be more than enough theoretically) since some of these Deers have a PCB that isn't worth beans and some are suited for rebuilding - they usually mark them differently - the gutless ones are marked "Y-B200ATX Ver2.x" and the ones worth rebuilding are marked "X-B2002" (versions usually remain the same - 2.3 up to 3.1).
Other than that, it's nice to see such a system, and I'd be more than happy to restore it and make one hell of a Pentium 4 build, even if people don't really like the Netburst arhitecture.
Also, I replaced the case on the 2004 build with something that might fit, although made a few years later:
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It's a Delux MT375 case - it's a bit compact, but OTOH, the build quality is pretty good. Specs as of now, until the 865PE Neo2-LS machine will come:
MB: MSI 848P Neo-V
PSU: Allied AL-A400ATX 120mm recapped - silent
Case: Delux MT375
CPU: Pentium 4 2.8GHz
HSF: OEM AVC full-copper heatsink from a AIO S478-based PC - fan isn't original though - comes from a AMD 754/939 HSF, because the original AVC fan would run full speed and sound like a jet engine
GPU: Xpertvision/Palit Radeon 9550 128MB - planning to BIOS-mod it to a 9600 Pro using an Palit BIOS from a 9600 Pro card
RAM: 2x512MB DDR400
HDD: WDC WD800JB-00JJC0 80GB PATA
ODD: TSSTCorp SH-S162D DVD-RW
Other: MSI D-Bracket, Pixelview PV-TV304P
OS: Windows XP SP3 (better safe than sorry)
"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB