First post, by speeddemon
I finally have room for my retro PC again, so I'm taking some of my favorite (hopefully) compatible parts out of storage to assemble my (ultimate) Windows 98 machine. I'm planning on using this rig for late-80s DOS games to early 2000s Windows games.
I have a number of options to choose from and I'm curious what some of you think I should put together:
- Asus P5P800 (LGA775 Intel 865PE)
- Asus P4C800-E Deluxe (Socket 478 Intel 875P)
- Pentium 4 HT 670 3.8GHz (LGA775 Prescott 2M)
- Pentium 4 HT 3.2GHz (Socket 478 Northwood)
- Nvidia GeForce FX 5950 Ultra (Zalman FS-V7 cooler)
- Nvidia Geforce4 Ti 4800 SE
- 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI
- 3dfx Voodoo2 12MB SLI (2x Creative 3D Blaster)
- Aureal Vortex 2 8830 (Diamond Monster Sound MX300)
- Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
- Yamaha PCI YMF724F
At the moment I'm leaning toward combining the following:
- Asus P5P800 (LGA775 Intel 865PE)
- Pentium 4 HT 670 3.8GHz (LGA775 Prescott 2M)
- Nvidia GeForce FX 5950 Ultra (Zalman FS-V7 cooler)
- 3dfx Voodoo5 55000 PCI
- Aureal Vortex 2 8830 (Diamond Monster Sound MX300)
- Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
I'm hoping I can switch between the GeForce and Voodoo5 in the BIOS.
I'm also hoping I'll be able to default to the Sound Blaster for most stuff and just use the Aureal card for A3D games.
Is this possible?
If not possible to switch between the graphics cards then I'll probably just use the Voodoo2 SLI instead of the Voodoo5 and for sound card I'd probably lean toward just sticking with the Aureal card if I have to pick one.
I'll also be using it with the following:
- 512MB DDR400 CL2 Dual-channel RAM
- Cooler Master Elite 361 case
- Seasonic GX-650 power supply
- 3x Noctua NF-A8 FLX front/back case fans
- Zalman CNPS7700-CU CPU cooler
- Roland SC-88 synth
- LaCie Electron 22blue IV CRT
- SATA SSD for storage
- IDE Plextor PX-760A DVD±RW drive
- Gotek SFR1M44-U100 floppy emulator
Thanks and looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
PC#1: K6-3+ 500 / Asus TX97-X / Voodoo3 / Orpheus + PCMIDI + WP32 / Win98
PC#2: P4 HT 670 / Asus P5P800 / FX5950U + V2 SLI / Audigy 2ZS + Vortex2 + X2GS / Win98
PC#3: i7-3770K / Asus P8Z77-V Pro / TITAN X / X-Fi / WinXP
PC#4: i9-9900K / Gigabyte Z390M / GTX 1070 / X-Fi Ti HD + SC-88 / Win10