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The Pentium III build log

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First post, by Kimberly

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Hi!

I started working on a retro game machine in May last year.

Intel Pentium III 1.4 GHZ Tualatin
Asus TUSL2-C O+
2x 256MB SDRAM PC 133
2x Maxtor 40gb 7200 Diamondmax plus 8
Chaintech Geforce 2 Pro 64MB
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Player
DVD RW black
300W power supply
LG Flatron F900B
Antec Sonata Pronto case

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It was supposed to be a 3DFX glide game machine. In the meantime, I have collected quite a lot of fun stuff.

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P3 1.4 Tualatin - P2 233mhz mmx - Intel Celeron 300A 440BX

Sound cards:

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Some nice graphic cards! 😁

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And a MSI dual P3 motherboard (which is broken...)

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Reply 1 of 58, by Mau1wurf1977

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Beautiful stuff!

Tualatin is always good fund and a bit special.

What games are you playing on that 1.4 GHz beast?

I find that Tualatin motherboards are really hard to source. I do have one but with VIA chipset.

My website with reviews, demos, drivers, tutorials and more...
My YouTube channel

Reply 2 of 58, by Darkman

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I like it, although a little suggestion would be that a Geforce3/4 would probably fit a 1.4GHz machine better, in my mind a GF2 is more for something up to 1Ghz. A GF3/4 would really let a machine like that scream

otherwise I like it.

Reply 6 of 58, by Kimberly

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New specs! 😀

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Intel Pentium III 1 GHZ @ 1.2GHZ (160 FSB)
Aopen MS3X i815
1X Kingston 512MB PC133
3DFX Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
Creative SoundBlaster 128 PCI
160 GB WesternDigital
DVD/RW
Zalman 460W voeding

Lenovo 19 inch lcd (home made 3dfx wallpaper 😀)

Reply 7 of 58, by Standard Def Steve

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Kimberly wrote:

New specs! 😀
Intel Pentium III 1 GHZ @ 1.2GHZ (160 FSB)
Aopen MS3X i815

Holy smoke...160MHz FSB. Does that board allow you to lock the PCI/AGP bus while overclocking?
If it does, I just may have to revisit i815.

94 MHz NEC VR4300 | SGI Reality CoPro | 8MB RDRAM | Each game gets its own SSD - nooice!

Reply 9 of 58, by swaaye

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Kimberly wrote:

Unfortunately the mount of the cpu cooler broke a few days ago (image from internet)

I had a mount break off a TUSL2 too. I managed to use a Socket A heat sink because those often grab more than one mount point. Socket A coolers sometimes get too wide though and have clearance problems so you need to try to find a small-ish one.

Reply 10 of 58, by Standard Def Steve

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Kimberly wrote:

I'm not sure..

This board allows me to set the FSB to 166 (1250mhz) and it will work perfectly 😀

EDIT: for 166 FSB it says: FSB 166 PCI 41 clock 😊 😈

So it doesn't lock the PCI/AGP bus. Still, the fact that it manages to boot into Windows with the PCI bus running at 41MHz is pretty damn cool. At 166MHz that thing must absolutely scream. 😀

94 MHz NEC VR4300 | SGI Reality CoPro | 8MB RDRAM | Each game gets its own SSD - nooice!

Reply 13 of 58, by Kimberly

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F2bnp wrote:
sgt76 wrote:

😲 holy shit! you just broke the cumine oc record!

Nah.There are more insane guys out there. 🤣

http://hwbot.org/benchmark/cpu_frequency/rank … t=0#interval=20

I'm a girl not a guy 😀

Reply 14 of 58, by F2bnp

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Kimberly wrote:
F2bnp wrote:
sgt76 wrote:

😲 holy shit! you just broke the cumine oc record!

Nah.There are more insane guys out there. 🤣

http://hwbot.org/benchmark/cpu_frequency/rank … t=0#interval=20

I'm a girl not a guy 😀

Guys and gals then 😈

Reply 16 of 58, by eFatal2ty

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This is mine 9xBEAST PC- I am gonna upgrade because my P2B-F & WDC205BA broke down but stay with Slot1

9xBEAST: MTB: ASUS P2B-F, Intel 440BX, BIOS: 1013 CPU: Intel Pentium!!! 500MHz (Katmai), 100MHz FSB, 512kb Cache@575MHz (5x115) RAM: Hynix 512MB(4x128MB) SD-RAM 133MHz@115MHz CL2, ECC VGA ATi Rage Fury 128GL 32MB AGP2x 3DA: A-Trend Helios 3D Voodoo 2 12MB SLi PCI@95MHz SND: Creative SB PCI128 CT4700, EAX1.0 16Bit PCI LAN: 3Com 3C905B-TX-M PCI 10/100Mbps HDD: WDC WD205BA 20GB 7200rpmn + WDC 205AA 5400rpmn UATA/33 ROM: Teac DVDR, CDRW, FDD BOX: Flash Series Middle ATX PSU: Task TK-920 TX 200W ATX COOL: cpu: CoolerMaster Heatsink+2xTitan 6cm fan, case: Titan 8cm frontfan

CRT: EIZO FlexScan T68 19"CRT 1280x1024x32@85Hz DSK: Benq 6511 HK keyboard, PS/2 W9x logo + Logitech Cordless Wheel Mouse M-RK45 PS/2 OSW: MS Win 98 SE (DX7.0, WMP6.4, IE5, Office 2000 Pro, Intel chipset V2.60 drivers, Voodoo 2 V3.02.02 driver)

@110MHz V2SLi...3DM99 MAX(1024x768): 4642/9774 !!! 3DM 2000(1024x768): 2686

here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVzV-tBtRMA photos you can find under video 😊

Current>
MTB: AOpen AX6B, Intel 440BX, BIOS: R2.35
CPU: Intel Pentium!!! 500MHz (Katmai), 100MHz FSB, 512kb Cache@560MHz (5x112)
RAM: Kingston KTH7155 512MB(2x256MB) SD-RAM 100MHz@112MHz CL2, ECC
VGA: ATi Rage 128GL 32MB AGP2x
3DA: A-Trend Helios 3D Voodoo 2 12MB SLi PCI@95MHz
SND: Creative SB Live! CT4760, EAX2.0 16Bit PCI
LAN: 3Com 3C905B-TX-M PCI 10/100Mbps
HDD: WDC WD400BE 40GB a WDC 200AA 5400rpmn UATA/33
|other HW is same as previous|

Upcomming>
MTB: ASUS P3B-F, Intel 440BX, BIOS: R2.35
CPU: Intel Pentium!!! 550MHz (Katmai) The last Katmai 600MHz i cant get! 😢
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2x40GB 7200rpmn on UATA133 PCI Raid
REPRO: KINYO SW-6515 2.1 18W
FANS: New CoolerMaster 8cm+dust filters, maybe some new case
I also have nVidia TNT2 Pro 32MB & still hesitate to use it or not instead of Fury1.
|other HW same as previous|

I am new here and this is my first post 😀 What do you say?
But the CASE is pretty f*ucked up! 🤣

*ASUS P3B-F *Intel Pentium!!! 450MHz Katmai@133fsb *Hynix 4x128MB SDR PC133 CL2 *Matrox G400MAX 32MB + Procomp Voodoo2 12MB SLi *Creative SB Live! CT4760 *3Com 3C905C-TX-M *2xSeagate 40GB 7200rpmn *EIZO T68 19"CRT * Creative FPS1000 *OS: MS Win 98SE

Reply 18 of 58, by subhuman@xgtx

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eFatal2ty wrote:

This is mine 9xBEAST PC- I am gonna upgrade because my P2B-F & WDC205BA broke down but stay with Slot1

Great system. I'd suggest you making your own topic to post it; you'll keep it clean that way.

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