Irinikus wrote on 2023-03-09, 05:16:

I’m wanting to confirm if I can go ahead and purchase two Tualatin’s!

I just need someone who’s had experience with this board to confirm their compatibility.

No. I did mean tualatins, but on the P3TD series which is the identical board with support. The 370 series did not support Tualatin as I remember.

Cool thanks!

A pair of Coppermine’s it will be then!

Less is More, so I've started to remove what I can to make it look better!

Ive removed the top radiator mount along with its dust filter and I've also removed the front dust filter to give the case a cleaner look! (I won't be using this system often, so the lack of dust filters doesn't really bother me!)

The removal of the top radiator mount along with its associated dust filter allows allot more light into the case and cleans up its look!

Because the front dust filter sits in-front of the front case fans, it seems to add a "blurriness", which I don't like! So its removal also makes the case look cleaner and sharper from the front!

Once the build's complete, I'll contact my supplier to see if I can't purchase another tempered glass door to replace the steel back door, as this should further improve its looks and feel! 😀 (And allow even more light in!)

As a matter of interest, I've been pricing Coppermine T's and the extra 133MHz on the 1.13GHz variant seems to cost $100 more on average! AND THAT'S PER CHIP!!! (Just crazy!!!)

It's crazy how a 1.13GHz Coppermine T can be ALLOT more expensive than a 1.4GHz Tualatin!!!

The 1.13 CUmine-T is very likely far more rare than your average 1.4s Tualatin, the rarity tax is a thing.

TrashPanda wrote on 2023-03-11, 00:45:

The 1.13 CUmine-T is very likely far more rare than your average 1.4s Tualatin, the rarity tax is a thing.

It is indeed!

Today I quickly took a first look at the nest of cables at the back of the motherboard tray!

I've removed both 3.5 inch hard drive racks and the included fan hub (as I wont be needing them and the fan hub added extra wires to the mess which aren't removable!)

The wiring for the USB 3.0 and USB-C ports are incompatible with this board (obviously), so they've been neatly folded away within the neat "wiring channel", that Corsair's included within this case! 😀

I'll be making use of the Power Button, Reset Button, Power LED and audio connector in the case's IO Panel

All of this will be neatened up further once the Motherboard's fitted!

I've decided that I'll mount the SSD's within the Motherboard cavity, as I don't like the look of the ventilation on the top surface of the Power Supply cover, and the SSD's will do a good job of covering them!

I'll install 3 SSD's (Two in RAID 0 and the third as a storage disk!)

The Motherboard's on the way from the US, so I've pretty much prepped the case so that I can drop it in to test it!

I have power running to the fan controller and thus I've been able to test all the fans.

I've also installed a SCSI hard drive with power, so I just need to plug it into the Motherboard and then it's good to go.

I've also installed the ATX power cable for the Motherboard, together with peripheral power to supply the Voodoo5 with power once it's slotted.

The default RGB setting is that of a rainbow, hence for now I've unplugged the RGB wires from the controller and will hopefully plug them in again once I have an appropriate PCI USB 2 card installed together with the software required to setup the RGB controller. (like I said before, NO RAINBOWS, as they're definitely not appropriate here!!!)

Once I complete this build, I'll ditch the MSI Power Supply and install one of these, as it'll be more appropriate: (In the mean time I just need to get everything up and running!)

I've decided that I wont employ any RGB lighting in this build, so Ive removed the RGB wiring accordingly and the wiring now has the following layout, which neatens things up greatly:

Very cool! You should find some old Cold Cathode lighting kits instead of the RGB perhaps

ATi_Loyalist wrote on 2023-03-20, 01:18:

Very cool! You should find some old Cold Cathode lighting kits instead of the RGB perhaps

I second this ...get a UV tube too and throw some UV Power and HDD cables in there!

Really capture that 90's/2000s feel 😁

I may consider the cold cathode lighting, in which case I'd opt for the white light.

Here are some more pics of the motherboard: (It will more than likely arrive fitted with two low spec PIII's and just enough RAM to allow me to install and run XP in order to test it)

The Motherboard arrived today and is now installed along with the MAC Voodoo5 5500 PCI and a Sound Blaster Live for now! (So I've managed to carry out some initial testing!!!)

This is how the system currently looks: (This Motherboard fills this case!!!)

Here's how SIV32L sees the system:

Here are the Initial Benchmarks:

Blender Test: (Time taken to render test. blend)

The Atto and Crystal Disk Benchmarks for the system disk attached to the onboard SCSI Controller:

The 3DMark 2000 Score:

The Quake III timedemo: (1024x768 MAX Settings)

The Quake II timedemo ((1024x768 3dfxgl)

The Quake results have impressed me!

That motherboard looks great in that case. The performance of that system is awesome!

chrismeyer6 wrote on 2023-03-24, 13:37:

That motherboard looks great in that case. The performance of that system is awesome!

Thanks Man! 😀

The Quake III Performance surprised me!

I love this build! Looks great in the case. More photos of the build when you have time please!

Beautiful build! But shouldn't both of the power connectors be used?

H3nrik V! wrote on 2023-03-24, 22:55:

Beautiful build! But shouldn't both of the power connectors be used?

According to the manual, either ATX Power Connector can be used.

PWR_SEC (The AT-type connection is an optional connection to be used for added stability with dual CPU's) I've put the machine through its paces with Blender and it's super stable with its current power supply.

The recommended Power Supply according to the manual is 300W and I'm currently using a 750.

The motherboard also monitors the 3.3V rail and will send a warning to the screen when the voltage drops below the required threshold. (This has not happened)

With all of this said, if anyone around here has experience with a PWR_SEC connector on a server type board, I'll happily connect it. (It will need an adapter though!)

ATi_Loyalist wrote on 2023-03-24, 16:41:

I love this build! Looks great in the case. More photos of the build when you have time please!

I will definitely do so as the build progresses!

It will unfortunately have to be put on hold for now, as yesterday I damaged my Ecoflow Delta Pro and that will cost a small fortune to fix!!!(The entire inverter unit will more than likely have to be replaced!)

Irinikus wrote on 2023-03-25, 06:58:

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H3nrik V! wrote on 2023-03-24, 22:55:

Beautiful build! But shouldn't both of the power connectors be used?

According to the manual, either ATX Power Connector can be used.

PWR_SEC (The AT-type connection is an optional connection to be used for added stability with dual CPU's) I've put the machine through its paces with Blender and it's super stable with its current power supply.

The recommended Power Supply according to the manual is 300W and I'm currently using a 750.

Yeah, makes good sense, that at that time PSUs weren't as powerful as what is available today, so an option to actually have 600W of PSU. Wonder if there's some kind of redundancy circuit also 😀

It is surprising how much V5 is holding back the interactive graphics.
On this mobo+cpus, Q3 can be in the 200+ fps range with better video card.
But regardless of that, optics of the assembly are great - clean and tight.
Maybe put a “sock” on the molex cables to hide the yellow red black wires.
They stick out a bit from the otherwise uniform look.