Never posted about this one, but I've had it on the go for a while.

Case: NZXT H510 Elite
CPUs: Intel Pentium III 1100 MHz SL5QW
Mobo: ASUS P2B-DS Rev 1.05
Memory: 768MB
Graphics: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP 16MB
Sound: Sound Blaster Live!
Storage: Seagate 80GB IDE + Seagate 160GB IDE
Removable Media: USB 2.0

I got the case last year when I was just getting into retro computing. At the time, I didn't care at all about removable media, figuring I would just run everything off a CF/SD card. I've changed my thinking on that a lot since then, but I feel a system like this can get away with it. And as you can see with my P233 system above, I haven't lost my love for putting old things in slick, modern cases.

Up until about a month ago, I was running it with PIII 800MHz SL457 CPUs, but a lucky local score of a Coppermine-supporting slocket which matched one I already had allowed me to upgrade to the 1100MHz ones I have in it now. Something to be said for the look of two SECC2 CPUs in there, but can't beat the noise reduction with this switch-up. 😊

Cable management is.. good enough for retro computing.

I spent a bunch of the weekend switching it over to a new boot manager, BootIt. Primary OS will still be XP, but I also have Win98SE, Win2k (and I was so excited about the possibilities with BootIt, that I also added OS/2 Warp just to see if I could. Not really the system to mess around with that, but still fun).

Haven't decided if I'm going to keep the Voodoo card in there, or swap it out for the GeForce 3 Ti 200 I have. For now though, I'm just getting it sorted OS/software-wise. Need to see if I can get the SMP-enabled version of Q3A going. 😈

Beautiful build! Which slotkets are you using, and did you have to mod anything in order for SMP to work? I have a P2B-DS and 2 SL5QW as well

Interesting, a 440BX approach. I unfortunately had to go VIA694D on mine - 768MB felt a bit slow for me, especially with 2x 10K RPM drives inside. (WD Raptor 74GB SATA2IDE + Seagate Cheetah 10K 36GB SCSI)
Also thanks to your post, I might give my BP6 a go with a V3 3000. I always used a Ti4200 on it w/ 2x 333 Celerons but maybe the V3 is a better choice?

PcBytes wrote on 2024-03-11, 12:59:

I might give my BP6 a go with a V3 3000. I always used a Ti4200 on it w/ 2x 333 Celerons but maybe the V3 is a better choice?

V3 definitely is because driver overhead from forceware 4x.xx is high for 333 Celerons.
Voodoo drivers are well optimized for slow systems.

H3nrik V! wrote on 2024-03-11, 05:07:

Beautiful build! Which slotkets are you using, and did you have to mod anything in order for SMP to work? I have a P2B-DS and 2 SL5QW as well

My slockets are branded SUPER SLOCKET III:

And yeah, they needed a small mod:

Just needed to connect pin N33 on the PGA370 socket to pin B75 on the slot connector. I'm doing it by way of the JP3 jumper on my slockets.

PcBytes wrote on 2024-03-11, 12:59:

Interesting, a 440BX approach. I unfortunately had to go VIA694D on mine - 768MB felt a bit slow for me, especially with 2x 10K RPM drives inside. (WD Raptor 74GB SATA2IDE + Seagate Cheetah 10K 36GB SCSI)
Also thanks to your post, I might give my BP6 a go with a V3 3000. I always used a Ti4200 on it w/ 2x 333 Celerons but maybe the V3 is a better choice?

512MB would be enough for me - I put 3rd DIMM in there to see if it would behave itself, and so far, so good.

Ahh, the BP6... I had one back in the day; among other things, used it to run a Quake 2 server on my blazing fast (for 1999) 2/1MBit ADSL. Yeah, I was a true LPB jerk when most people were on dial-up. 😎

ubiq wrote on 2024-03-11, 19:32:

My slockets are branded SUPER SLOCKET III: IMG_0597.jpeg […]
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H3nrik V! wrote on 2024-03-11, 05:07:

Beautiful build! Which slotkets are you using, and did you have to mod anything in order for SMP to work? I have a P2B-DS and 2 SL5QW as well

My slockets are branded SUPER SLOCKET III:
IMG_0597.jpeg

And yeah, they needed a small mod:
IMG_0672.jpeg
Just needed to connect pin N33 on the PGA370 socket to pin B75 on the slot connector. I'm doing it by way of the JP3 jumper on my slockets.

Thanks, I'll keep those in mind in my search endeavors 😁

She is a beauty, A Real looker that catches you eye. Maybe add some white LED strips and lights. And White Fans or ALL Noctua Fans.
But she is a Beauty.

Intel486dx33 wrote on 2024-03-13, 11:28:

She is a beauty, A Real looker that catches you eye. Maybe add some white LED strips and lights. And White Fans or ALL Noctua Fans.
But she is a Beauty.

Thanks!!

And it actually is kitted out with full RBG - I just had on a warm white setting in the pics I posted. If I wanted to I could crank it up to full rainbow-brite mode, pulsing along to my music, but I like to keep it a little subtle. 😊