First post, by mcbeav
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- Newbie
I've had this build in mind for a long time, but finally started building it in March of this year. I didn't have too many issues finding all of the parts I wanted, and managed to complete the build earlier this week. Everything is complete except I am working on getting the PCI SB Live 5.1 SB0100 sound card working for DOS games.
I gave everything a good cleaning, checked all of the caps, replaced the power and HDD activity LED's, & added brand new case badges. I didn't have enough room for all of the drives I wanted, so I made a slight modification to the case for the Gotek Floppy Emulator. I cut out a couple of spots into the front panel of the case for the Gotek LCD and buttons, & a slot on the side for the USB port. I think the LCD on the front gives it sort of a turbo LCD look. I'm really happy with the final result. The only thing I'd like to change is eventually replace the monitor with a nice Sony Trinitron monitor, but I'm happy with the Viewsonic with the USB hub for now.
System Specifications
Gateway E-3400 Desktop
Motherboard: GVC MX842 (https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/gvc-mx842)
Chipset: Intel 815
CPU: Pentium III 1Ghz 100Mhz FSB
GPU: Elsa Victory II A16 Banshee Voodoo 16MB AGP
RAM: 512MB PC133 133MHz SDRAM
PCI Cards:
- Asus PCI-S940 SCSI Card
- Generic 56K Modem
- Creative SB Live 5.1 SB0100
Drives:
- 32GB PATA SSD
- 32GB CF Card As Secondary Drive
- Nakamichi 5 Disc CD-ROM MJ-5.16si
- Panasonic LS120 Superdisk Drive
- 250MB Zip Disk Drive
- Gotek Floppy Emulator
Extras:
- Serdashop HDD Clicker
- Altec Lansing ADA885 THX Surround Sound Speakers
- Gravis Sidewinder Controller
- Gravis Gamepad
- Viewsonic Graphics Series G773
- USB Hub Built Into The Viewsonic Monitor
- Microsoft LED Intellimouse
- Matching Gateway Keyboard
