Almost finished the Celeron 366 on Zida 60 Create LX-CT socket 370 mobo, new and unused.
Voodoo 3 3000 AGP (Mexico)
384 mb ram
40gb hdd
Brand new Noga psu AT 300w (from 2004)
Via lan and 4 port USB 2.0
Win 98SE
Strapped a case fan to the V3 using cable ties. It's not pretty, but it's adjustable and it works 😀
Oh wow if that 486 board still works... I woulda kept that in!
Especially in a such a retro looking case like that.
I'm just hoping to come across such a machine again at a thrift store\fair\show\fest.
Don't trust the mail\ups\fedex with such a machine. I'm sure it would arrive broken and dented to heck, like the last large item I ordered.
Just for completness here are some Pics of my 2003ish PC i just dragged out of the closet. http://imgur.com/a/6gaY8
The link has the word "gay" in it and Usergate does not let me view this from work 🙁 I wonder what's so bad about the gay people that it got banned by admin.
Just for completness here are some Pics of my 2003ish PC i just dragged out of the closet. http://imgur.com/a/6gaY8
The link has the word "gay" in it and Usergate does not let me view this from work 🙁 I wonder what's so bad about the gay people that it got banned by admin.
This is my latest retro rig.
When I received this machine I was expecting a 386 or 486, but this is what I got.
Someone had upgraded it in the past.
Frankly it dashed my dreams of a working 486 but whatever 🤣.
This is good too, and the TURBO switch works I can switch bewteen 133\233mhz.
When I got the machine the insides were coated in this sticky oil substance, I think the PC saw use in an industrial setting.
It only came with Onboard video a broken 1gb WD HD, and both floppies I had to take apart, and thoroughly clean due to this oil coating. It also came with a generic AT Power supply dated 1990 THAT, is not seeing use 🤣, the caps have rust spots all over the visible metal tops, I used a AT-ATX power supply converter cable despite the fact this board has an ATX power plug, to preserve the wonderful mechanical power button too. The pictures don't do justice for the case... the sucker is built like a tank, it weighs a close to a good 30 pounds.
It has been upgraded to whats listed below since I got it.
Specs
1Motherboard - Asus Sp97v - BABY AT socket 7 motherboard, Sis 5598 chipset 2CPU - Pentium 233mmx 3Ram - 4x32mb 60ns Edo for 128mb total. 4Primary Video - Creative Labs - 3d Blaster Riva Tnt PCI 16mb - NV4 5Secondary Video - STB - Black Magic Voodoo 2 12mb PCI 6Sata Controller - Promise Sata 150 tx4 PCI - (no raid support on this one) 7Sound card 1 - Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro ISA - CT1600 8Sound card 2 -Creative Labs Sound blaster AWE32 ISA fully upgraded with x2 16mb simms - CT3670 9Storage - x2 320gb WD 7200rpm 2.5in laptop Sata I HD's plugged into the promise controller. 10Storage - 8gb Transcend CF card into the Mobo IDE controller (used for boot, and OS) 11Optical - 16x Sony Dvd Drive. 12Floppy - 3.5 and 5.25, 1.44m\1.2mb : Mitsumi and Panasonic 13Power Supply - Enermax 300watt PSU : EG351P-VE 14OS - Win98se is installed currently.
Pictures:
Came with this P166 in the picture, and USB bracket there is also a video bracket for the onboard sis video.
So far other then an issue with the sound not passing into the SB-PRO from the Awe, when booting into dos before loading windows, this machine is a great stable thing, and is more then likely going to be my main socket 7 rig for a long while.
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A double-FAN PSU! It's probably the first time I see one. I remember some newb on some other forum saying "Always pick double-FAN PSU, single-FAN models are always cheap and worse than double-FAN".
Well, Corsair RM750 I purchased recently can be called anything but cheap 😁I got it for my Q6700/HD4870X2 powerhouse with prospects to power a newer PC in case I need one in the future.
Really? I've had an Enermax PSU with two fans more than ten years ago. Original intention behind them was to transport hot air from the CPU / video card out of ATX cases, back when fans in the back of the case were not the norm. It doesn't make much sense in an AT case, of course.
Modern PSUs with their huge 140mm fans at the bottom don't need fans at the back anymore.
Really? I've had an Enermax PSU with two fans more than ten years ago. Original intention behind them was to transport hot air from the CPU / video card out of ATX cases, back when fans in the back of the case were not the norm. It doesn't make much sense in an AT case, of course.
Modern PSUs with their huge 140mm fans at the bottom don't need fans at the back anymore.
Exactly. They were really useful powering tiny ATX cases where PSU is mounted over the CPU to save space, very typical for Socket 370. In these cases there's no extra space to fit even a 80mm FAN.