First post, by PcBytes
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Just a bunch of parts from a lot I got locally. Managed to find the right combo for me and ended up with:
MB: DTK PRM 27i E0
Would've went for an ABIT BX133-RAID but wanted 4 DIMM slots so the PRM-27i E0, despite quite spartan looking, was the board I would entrust.
That, and I have the very board the BX133-RAID was born from, the BE6-II (although the HPT366 revision). Other than the differences between those two being the socket and RAID controller, it doesn't make sense to buy a BX133-RAID for me, when I can get the BE6-II to do that w/ a slotket, and with no issues at all.
CPU - Intel Pentium III, SL4C8 - 800EB, 256KB L2, 133MHz FSB
The main star of the build. I'm fairly sure this pushes the BX chipset out of bounds but for all I care it manages to run trouble free so far. As rock solid as my BE6-II/SL5DV combo even!
Cooled off by a standard Cooler Master cooler meant for early Athlons and Durons, which is surprisingly bearable sound wise.
GPU - ASUS V9180SE Rev 1.00
Your average Geforce 4 MX440, AGP8x. Seems to be in great shape and might just need a bit of a dust-off. 64MB VRAM (DDR I think), not sure if 64 or 128bit.
LAN - Infineon AN983B PCI
Realtek clone I suppose (although it doesn't the slightest use Realtek drivers), runs fast and snappy on downloading drivers and stuff off the internet.
HDD - IBM Deskstar DPTA-371360
The classic Deskstar that is one of the other stars of this build. It is a pleasant surprise to still have one that's working (besides an even more "rare" drive - a 20GB Deskstar 60GXP!).
Originally pulled from a Gateway GP6-400 that underwent a vast customization process.
PSU - Seasonic SS-350FS
Originally disguised as a "ATX switching power supply" (seriously, someone actually went great lengths to mark a Seasonic as a noname PSU!!!), I replaced its torn sticker with a simple one from a cheapo Deer PSU, now reading "ANS LC-B400ATX".
Has been recapped.
ODD - Optiarc AD-7170A
Nothing much to say about it. Original drive, rebadged version would be Plextor PX-800A.
Sound - SB Live! 5.1 SB0100
The best choice. It was either this, an Audigy 1394, a SB16 Value and a YMF-719. Figured I'd stick with a classic card that is supported over many OS's and is PnP.
Other - NEC USB 2.0 card
Useful for transferring games over a USB pendrive, and doesn't run as painfully slow as the onboard USB ports.
OS - Windows 98 SE
Good ole' 98SE. Surprisingly, it didn't even complain when I threw 512MB of SDR at it. Didn't require any VCache editing - it just werks! Has KernelEX 4.52, NUSB3.6 so far, and I'm planning on installing a whole lot of MDGx's fixes on it to further enhance it.
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Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB
