First post, by serenitatis
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It's more than two years since my previous post and some things are changes. Now I have three retro (or kind of) PC for everyday use.
Common parts
Monitor — ViewSonic ViewPanel VE150m
Keyboard — Mitsumi KPQ-E99ZC-13
Mouse — Genius NetScroll Optical
Speakers — YS-320
Gamepads — Logitech Wingman Cordless, Logitech Wingman Rumblepad, Gravis Gamepad
KVM — Trendnet TK-400K
(1) This is my main retro PC. Based on famous Asus TUSL2-C motherboard for my beloved Socket 370. I've use it as main rig for gaming, streams and videos at my YouTube channel and just for fun. Like the case and slot-loading DVD drive. I think this is most hard to find parts at my retro PC experience. This PC maybe is most period correct at my collection. BTW I'm not pretend to period correct at any of my retro PC. But I'll try 😀
Motherboard — ASUS TUSL2-C
CPU — Intel Pentium III-S 1133 GHz (Titan cooler)
RAM — 512 Mb PC-133
Video — GeForce 4 Ti 4200 (128 Mb) from Sparkle
Sound — Creative Sound Blaster Live 5.1 (SB0100)
Storage — IDE-SD + memory card 64 Gb
DVD-ROM — Pioneer DVD-106S
FDD — Sony 3,5″
Network card — Realtec based networking card
Power supply — Powerman 300W
Case — Fong Kai FK-604
Misc. — NEC based PCI USB 2.0 card, noname cooler 120 mm + 2x cooler 80 mm
OS — Windows 98 SE + Windows 2000 SP4
(2) My second retro PC used for MS-DOS stuff. Main idea is a "super PC for MS-DOS". It's based on unusual motherboard for Socket 7 in ATX form factor and the Intel Pentium 200 MMX. With Pentium CPU and setmul utility I can get big performance variation from 386 to full power of 200 MHz with MMX technology. Also I like Socket 7, because my first PC were Socket 7 based.
Motherboard — Gigabyte GA-586ATX2
CPU — Intel Pentium 200 MMX (noname cooler for Socket 370)
RAM — 4x8 Mb SIMM
Video — S3 Trio 64V+
Sound — ESS Audiodrive 1868F
Storage — IDE-SD + memory card 4 Gb
CD-ROM — LG GCR-8520B (52x)
FDD — Mitsumi 3,5″ + Mitsumi 5,25″
Network card — Realtec based networking card
Power supply — Rolsen 300W
Case — Inwin A500
OS — MS-DOS 6.22 + Windows 3.11 for Workgroups
(3) This PC is very unexpected encounter. Socket 478 at my opinion very boring platform and it's more trash than retro. But then I begun to play with that PC I liked it and decided to keep. After some modification (new case, new video and soundcard, SSD) it became very nice PC. Now it runs Doom 3 perfectly on ultra settings with 60 fps! And I like combination new and old parts.
Motherboard — Albatron PM845GE
CPU — Intel Pentium 4 2,4 GHz (BOX cooler from Intel)
RAM — 2x512 Mb PC-3200
Video — GeForce 6600 (128 Mb) from Asus
Sound — Creative Sound Blaster Live (CT4830)
Storage — SSD Adata SU650 + IDE-SATA
DVD-ROM — NEC
Network card — integrated to mobo
Power supply — FSP 300W
Case — Ginzzu A220 white
Misc. — ID-COOLING 120 mm cooler + Titan 80 mm cooler
OS — Windows XP SP3
(4) This is my main test and review rig for new retro hardware. Good to have access to swipe parts and test it very quick without opening case, unscrew old parts and screw new etc. And this mobo also have both PCI and ISA slots for deal with wide range of hardware.
"Random" in hardware list means parts are replaced randomly for some purpose at the time.
Motherboard — Asus P2B
CPU — Intel Pentium II 400 MHz
RAM — 2x128 Mb PC-100
Video — mostly Riva TNT 2 Pro (32 Mb) from MSI
Sound — mostly Turtle Beach Montego II (Aureal Vortex 2)
Storage — IDE-SD + memory card 16 Gb
CD-ROM — random
FDD - random
Power supply — Powerman 250W
OS — Windows 98 SE
