First post, by siberiankiss
*Processors*:
2 ea. Intel Pentium II Xeon 450 Mhz 1 MB L2 Cache (New)
7 ea. AMD Athlon 1333 MHz / 266 MHz FSB / 256 KB L2 (Thunderbird) (New)
4 ea. AMD Duron 1.8 GHz / 266 MHz FSB / 64 KB L2 (Applebred) (New)
1 ea. AMD Athlon XP 2700+ 2.167 Ghz, 256 kb 333 Mhz Socket A (New)
1 ea. Intel Pentium 4 3.00 Ghz / 512kb / 800 Mhz FSB / Socket 478 (New)
2 ea. AMD Athlon 64 3000 CPU, Socket 754 (New)
1 ea. AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU, Venice, 512 L2, Socket 939 (New)
2 ea. AMD Athlon 64 3500+ CPU, Venice, 512 L2, Socket 939 (New)
1 ea. Intel Celeron D LGA 775 3.20 Ghz (New)
1 ea. Intel Xeon 3.60 GHz 800 MHz FSB / 2 MB L2 (New)
2 ea. AMD Athlon II 450 x3 3.2 GHz Triple-Core (New)
*Graphics Cards*
1 ea. 3dfx Voodoo 3 3000 AGP 16 MB AGP (Used)
1 ea. Matrox Millennium G450 Dual Head VGA 32 MB AGP (971-0302) (Used)
RAM: Dozens of sticks of RAM ranging from used PC600-53 Non-ECC RAM to PC3200 Non-ECC RAM.
Eventually, I would like to build multiple systems, ranging from a DOS gaming system to Windows XP gaming systems, but with more interest on Windows 98 SE / 2000 gaming systems, if only because of occasional retro LAN gaming some friends and I would like to do. But mostly, it's just something I find to be enjoyable, and fun for all of the nostalgia that comes along with playing the game natively. I had two other complete systems (98SE and Windows XP) already built, but they were both heavily damaged during a move across country a couple of years ago. I really enjoyed playing on those systems on rainy Saturdays, or when friends came over for their own nostalgia kicks.
So my questions! Are any of these processors just not worth keeping? They were all acquired (gifted or picked up) *new in box*, but I'm not particularly attached to any one of them. What kind of advice do you guys have for finding quality motherboards to go along with these processors? Are there any recommended guides for motherboard hunting? I had two other motherboards, but both ended up having a lot of capacitor failure while in storage. And again, due to moves across the country, I ended up scrapping them instead of trying to repair them. Are there any particular graphics cards that I should look for? Any advice on finding good quality or new quality IDE hard drives that would work on these systems?
And really, are the Vogons wiki guides just sort of the best bet for learning what to look for? Are there any other sites or guides for picking out components for retro builds? Also, where are the VOGONS t-shirts? (=
Thanks, everybody!
**Edit**: Also, out of curiosity, is there a good chart somewhere to see how Intel and AMD processors are binned down? Like, the AMD 450 X3 processor that I have is an AMD Phenom II X4 (IIRC), binned down with a disabled core. What's a good place to check this sort of thing?
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