First post, by Devil Master
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I rcently got a hold of a Compaq Deskpro EXD from a friend who wanted to get rid of old stuff.
So I got an idea: use the case for relatively more recent, but still retro, components, so that I could show it at a retrocomputing exhibit as a "sleeper" machine. I was thinking about replacing the motherboard (which right now holds a Pentium 3@733 MHz) with one that hosts an Athlon XP 3000+, and the video card (right now an nVidia Vanta and two Voodoo2 cards) with an nVidia 6600 AGP.
Now, my questions:
- will the standard power supply be adequate for the replacement components?
- will the replacement components fit? I thought I'd ask this because the Voodoo2 cards that are present right now are a little too high for the case, and make the cover bulge upwards.