First post, by winuser3162
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Today I thought I'd showcase my socket 775 windows XP gaming PC. I built this system in feb of 2022 and this system reamins my most used system other than my daily PC.
This build was hugely inspired by LGR’s windows XP gaming pc but i wanted to take the extra leap with a few things regarding my system.
System Specs:
(as of Apr 19 2024)
-TX 850W Corsair PSU
-XFX 780i SLI MOBO (new in box)
-Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700
-x2 Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTX’s in SLI
-Sound-blaster Audigy 2ZS
-4GB Corsair SLI ready XMS DDR2
-4 Blue LED 80mm Zalman Fans
-250GB Intel SSD
-Fan speed controller
-random case i found on FB marketplace
-Windows XP Professional SP3
I enjoy playing on the community COD servers for MW2 MW1 and cod3 as well as the odd match of UT3. farcry is also a blast on this machine. i have yet to obtain a copy of crysis or crysis 2 to test on this PC.
I was never planning on adding a custom water cooling loop or even any AIO cooler but somehow someway the idea of a partially unnecessary water cooling popped into my head. I was lucky enough to find an 80mm radiator on amazon to fit this case.
I am using very strong metal clamps that clamp when you squeeze the sides with a wire cutter to ensure a strong hold on the tubes to the fittings, two years later, zero leaks.
I have since gotten the computer off of the carpet and moved it to a hard floor
I added the SSD just a few months ago as an upgrade to the slower Sata 150 GB HDD
In the future when i have some extra money to burn and the price is right i might consider upgrading from my qx6700 to a qx9650 or even a qx9770 if prices haven't surpassed that of a brand new car.
The images that i am including are from different stages of this PC's life, the ones with the front panel still intact with the case were taken a few days after i finished the PC before i decided to remove the front panel a year later to make room for the installation of 2 more fans to improve airflow to the bottom 8800 card and the sound blaster.
1:intel Core 2 Extreme QX 6700, 2X GeForce 8800GTX SLI, SB Audigy 2ZS, XFX 780i SLI, 4GB Corsair XMS DDR2, Custom Waterloop
2:intel Pentium MMX , ATI Rage 3D, SoundBlaster16, Diamond Monstor 3D, 60MB Ram, Asus P/1-P55T2P4, Win NT 4.0/Windows 95 pLuS!