This is my second most used retro rig:

Specs:

- 100MHz Intel 486 DX4
- PCChips M912, UMC UM8498F, 256kb L2 cache, 3xVLB, 7xISA, CR2032, no PS2, AMI WinBIOS
- single 32MB HP branded FPM SIMM
- Seagate ST32122A IDE HDD
- Cirrus Logics CL-GD5428 VLB
- Gold Star Prime 2C VL MK II multi I/O VLB card
- BTC 1853L - ESS Audiodrive ES1868F sound card
- inappropriately new 52X LG CD-ROM (I've been meaning to replace it with a working 16 or 24x unit)
- 1.44 and 5.25" floppy drives, one made by samsung, the other by teac

Peripherals:
- debis Systemhaus branded 14" color CRT
- IBM Model M keyboard
- Logitech serial mouse
- compact A4tech speakers
- Roland SC55

Software:
- MS-DOS 6.22
- Windows 3.11
- Norton Commander 5.0
- Microsoft Office 4.2
- Adobe Photoshop 3

I mostly use this for DOS games. I recently completed Warcraft 1 orc campaign on it using a patch I found here on vogons witch allows for box selection, unit grouping and other modern conveniences. I'm planning on playing the Wing Commander games on it next. I really wish someone could port Dune Dynasty or Dune Legacy to real dos, or mod OpenDune to allow for multiple unit selection. A win9x port would be Ok as well, but I have no programing skills to do it myself. I also recently purchased attack of the PESCII robots and plan on giving that a go on this PC as well.

The way early to mid 90's dos games look on a small diagonal CRT and sound on cheap tinny speakers is very nostalgic to me, and that keeps me coming back to this rig.

This is my most used retro PC (main topic)
It is a Win2K-centric machine with Pentium E5800 and 865G chipset. I use it to run games that I played in childhood like CS1.6 and Diablo II.

- Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352
- Monitor: Lenovo ThinkVision LT1913p
- Speakers: Edifier R1200TII
- Keyboard: Rapoo V500Pro mechanical gaming keyboard
- Mouse: Some unbranded USB mouse, got it for free from my previous roommate
- USB hub: Ugreen switchable USB hub

- CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5800 @ 3.20 GHz
- Mainboard: Gigabyte 8I865GME-775-RH Rev. 2.0 with 45nm patch
- RAM: Two A-Data DDR400 1GB sticks with stock 3-3-3-8 timings
- Graphics: UNIKA Radeon X800 XT AGP
- HDD: Seagate ST3500418AS (Windows 2000, XP and Data)
- SSD: Gloway Fervent 120GB (Windows 7 32-bit and Debian 11 64-bit)
- ODD: Optiarc DVD+-RW AD-7250H, via SATA-to-IDE adapter
- FDD: Sony MPF920-Z
- Audio: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
- Network: Onboard Intel 82562
- CPU cooler: DeepCool GAMMAXX 300
- PSU: Huntkey HK400-52SP (300W max)

My other retro PCs:
- Dell Vostro 230s: E8400/G41/HD8570, for some earlier Linux tasks, have CentOS 6 32-bit on it
- IBM ThinkPad R51e: PM770/Radeon Xpress 200M/iGPU, with Windows 2000 and XP
- Lenovo Xuri C467A: T8300/PM965/GeForce 8400M G, very period correct for Windows XP and Vista. Xuri (means rising sun) was the budget business laptop line by Lenovo before the acquisition of ThinkPad

Spare mainboards that are retro:
- Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P: AMD 770 & SB710, a very expandable mainstream mobo good for overclocking and core unlocking

- Gigabyte M68MT-D3: Nvidia MCP68, a retro-friendly AM3 mobo, has IDE and FDD ports and drivers for Win2K

- ECS K8M800-M3: VIA K8M800 & VT8237+, a Socket 754 mobo that can do Win98. Currently bricked for flashing the wrong BIOS, don't have programmer for LPC NOR flash

Retro Macs:
- iBook G3 (Dual USB): PowerPC G3 750cxe/Rage Mobility 128, not used for a long time because of broken keyboard
- PowerBook G4 17": PowerPC G4 7455/GeForce4 440Go, for OS 9 (unofficial) and OS X Tiger
- Mac mini G4: PowerPC G4 7447a/Radeon 9200, for OS 9 (unofficial), OS X Tiger and Leopard. You can see it on my desk

Today im cleaning home, then one of my main computers are not in desk, the 286, but in the desk i have a imac, a 286, celeron mendocino PC, 286 amber CGA laptop and TV

Wurenji wrote on 2025-05-25, 15:29:

This is my most used retro PC (main topic) It is a Win2K-centric machine with Pentium E5800 and 865G chipset. I use it to run ga […]
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This is my most used retro PC (main topic)
It is a Win2K-centric machine with Pentium E5800 and 865G chipset. I use it to run games that I played in childhood like CS1.6 and Diablo II.

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- Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352
- Monitor: Lenovo ThinkVision LT1913p
- Speakers: Edifier R1200TII
- Keyboard: Rapoo V500Pro mechanical gaming keyboard
- Mouse: Some unbranded USB mouse, got it for free from my previous roommate
- USB hub: Ugreen switchable USB hub

- CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5800 @ 3.20 GHz
- Mainboard: Gigabyte 8I865GME-775-RH Rev. 2.0 with 45nm patch
- RAM: Two A-Data DDR400 1GB sticks with stock 3-3-3-8 timings
- Graphics: UNIKA Radeon X800 XT AGP
- HDD: Seagate ST3500418AS (Windows 2000, XP and Data)
- SSD: Gloway Fervent 120GB (Windows 7 32-bit and Debian 11 64-bit)
- ODD: Optiarc DVD+-RW AD-7250H, via SATA-to-IDE adapter
- FDD: Sony MPF920-Z
- Audio: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
- Network: Onboard Intel 82562
- CPU cooler: DeepCool GAMMAXX 300
- PSU: Huntkey HK400-52SP (300W max)

My other retro PCs:
- Dell Vostro 230s: E8400/G41/HD8570, for some earlier Linux tasks, have CentOS 6 32-bit on it
- IBM ThinkPad R51e: PM770/Radeon Xpress 200M/iGPU, with Windows 2000 and XP
- Lenovo Xuri C467A: T8300/PM965/GeForce 8400M G, very period correct for Windows XP and Vista. Xuri (means rising sun) was the budget business laptop line by Lenovo before the acquisition of ThinkPad

Spare mainboards that are retro:
- Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P: AMD 770 & SB710, a very expandable mainstream mobo good for overclocking and core unlocking

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- Gigabyte M68MT-D3: Nvidia MCP68, a retro-friendly AM3 mobo, has IDE and FDD ports and drivers for Win2K

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- ECS K8M800-M3: VIA K8M800 & VT8237+, a Socket 754 mobo that can do Win98. Currently bricked for flashing the wrong BIOS, don't have programmer for LPC NOR flash

Retro Macs:
- iBook G3 (Dual USB): PowerPC G3 750cxe/Rage Mobility 128, not used for a long time because of broken keyboard
- PowerBook G4 17": PowerPC G4 7455/GeForce4 440Go, for OS 9 (unofficial) and OS X Tiger
- Mac mini G4: PowerPC G4 7447a/Radeon 9200, for OS 9 (unofficial), OS X Tiger and Leopard. You can see it on my desk

That "UNIKA Radeon X800 XT AGP" is pretty interesting - never heard of this brand before. And is that a dual slot cooler on it?

theelf wrote on 2025-05-25, 15:37:

Today im cleaning home, then one of my main computers are not in desk, the 286, but in the desk i have a imac, a 286, celeron mendocino PC, 286 amber CGA laptop and TV

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Lovely looking iMac G3 - wish I had one, but they rarely made it in my part of the world so they're very rare here, and it's size and weight makes it prohibitive to have shipped from the US....

I don’t really have a “main” retro setup, the PC gets cycled in and out depending on era I want to play, or even if I just fancy playing with some specific hardware. But I do have a couple of builds that don’t really change.

This is my Super Socket 7 build. DFI P5BV3+ Motherboard, AMD K6-2+ 570 ACZ (modded to K6-III+), S3 Virge DX, MaxiGamer Voodoo II 12Mb, Yamaha Audician 32 Plus, and a DreamBlaster X2. Running Win98SE with the option to boot into DOS only on the boot menu.

I guess I could drag out my other “it never changes” build based on my Asus P3B-F and PowerLeap IP3-t with Tualatin 1.4GHz PIII to get a photo of that, but it typically would simply replace the base unit in this photo, albeit in a Cooler Master ATCS 210 rather than generic beige.

paradigital wrote on 2025-05-25, 20:05:

I don’t really have a “main” retro setup, the PC gets cycled in and out depending on era I want to play, or even if I just fancy […]
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I don’t really have a “main” retro setup, the PC gets cycled in and out depending on era I want to play, or even if I just fancy playing with some specific hardware. But I do have a couple of builds that don’t really change.

This is my Super Socket 7 build. DFI P5BV3+ Motherboard, AMD K6-2+ 570 ACZ (modded to K6-III+), S3 Virge DX, MaxiGamer Voodoo II 12Mb, Yamaha Audician 32 Plus, and a DreamBlaster X2. Running Win98SE with the option to boot into DOS only on the boot menu.

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I guess I could drag out my other “it never changes” build based on my Asus P3B-F and PowerLeap IP3-t with Tualatin 1.4GHz PIII to get a photo of that, but it typically would simply replace the base unit in this photo, albeit in a Cooler Master ATCS 210 rather than generic beige.

Nice case. Looks like an HP Vectra tower case from late 1990's ( 1997 actually )

I assembled my main retro system with the help of forum members and it has been running since December 2016 just fine. I play almost exclusively on it; it runs every single game from 2000 to 2004 at maximum settings very well.
Here are the main components:
Athlon XP 3200 - best socket 462 CPU
Abit AN7 - nforce2 ultra, best socket A board
Corsair 2*1gb DDR-400
Geforce 7600gt because geforce 6800gt are stupidly expensive and hard to find
Audigy 2ZS
WD raptor 150gb
Corsair RM850i
DVD-RW
Eizo 21.3 LCD monitor with 1600*1200 resolution
Altec lansing 5.1 setup.
This was my dream system back in the day and I am exceedingly happy I managed to build it 12 years later!
I am not at home at the moment but I will post pictures as soon as I can.

nd22 wrote on 2025-05-26, 08:19:

I assembled my main retro system with the help of forum members and it has been running since December 2016 just fine. I play a […]
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I assembled my main retro system with the help of forum members and it has been running since December 2016 just fine. I play almost exclusively on it; it runs every single game from 2000 to 2004 at maximum settings very well.
Here are the main components:
Athlon XP 3200 - best socket 462 CPU
Abit AN7 - nforce2 ultra, best socket A board
Corsair 2*1gb DDR-400
Geforce 7600gt because geforce 6800gt are stupidly expensive and hard to find
Audigy 2ZS
WD raptor 150gb
Corsair RM850i
DVD-RW
Eizo 21.3 LCD monitor with 1600*1200 resolution
Altec lansing 5.1 setup.
This was my dream system back in the day and I am exceedingly happy I managed to build it 12 years later!
I am not at home at the moment but I will post pictures as soon as I can.

Post pics! It's the LAW.

We must have hardware pr0n

Yes, Sir! I am sorry Sir 😀!I will take pictures as soon as I get home. However I am now at work so I hope Friday is fine!

Socket3 wrote on 2025-05-25, 09:57:

What is your most frequently used retro PC? Please post pics and detailed specs of your most utilized primary (and secondary if […]
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What is your most frequently used retro PC? Please post pics and detailed specs of your most utilized primary (and secondary if you have one) builds in this thread!

Hardware porn (pics of the inside and outside) is highly encouraged.

I'll start with my Main retro PC, witch is by far my most used build. Some of my favorite games are from 1997-1999, and this build runs them perfectly.

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1999-2000 DTK pentium III setup.

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Peripherals:
- DTK branded Delta 995 19" CRT
- IBM model M
- Razed Deathadder
- db Boeder 20w active speakers.

Specs:

- 1.1GHz Coppermine Pentium III SL5QW, socket 370 fsb 100 + MSI MS6905 "Master" Slotket
- Abit BH6 intel i440bx motherboard
- 256MB PC133 sdram running at 100MHz cl2
- Asus Geforce 3 Ti200 V8200T2/64 + zalman style cooler
- Skywell Magic 3D II Voodoo 2 12MB
- Creative CT2950 SB16 ISA
- Roland LAPC-1
- 40MB Maxtor Diamondmax slim HDD
- Sony DVD-ROM (came with the case)
- Removable IDE Rack (came with the case)
- 350w modern FSP PSU
- NEC 1.44MB FDD

Software:

Microsoft Windows 98 second edition
3dfx voodoo 2 30100 driver
nvidia forceware 41.09
Direct X 8.1
Microsoft office 97

Some pics of the insides:

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I don't see a Roland LAPC-I on photos. Although there is a SCC-1 one 😉

kixs wrote on 2025-05-26, 12:21:

Socket3 wrote on 2025-05-25, 09:57:

What is your most frequently used retro PC? Please post pics and detailed specs of your most utilized primary (and secondary if […]
Show full quote

What is your most frequently used retro PC? Please post pics and detailed specs of your most utilized primary (and secondary if you have one) builds in this thread!

Hardware porn (pics of the inside and outside) is highly encouraged.

I'll start with my Main retro PC, witch is by far my most used build. Some of my favorite games are from 1997-1999, and this build runs them perfectly.

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1999-2000 DTK pentium III setup.

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Peripherals:
- DTK branded Delta 995 19" CRT
- IBM model M
- Razed Deathadder
- db Boeder 20w active speakers.

Specs:

- 1.1GHz Coppermine Pentium III SL5QW, socket 370 fsb 100 + MSI MS6905 "Master" Slotket
- Abit BH6 intel i440bx motherboard
- 256MB PC133 sdram running at 100MHz cl2
- Asus Geforce 3 Ti200 V8200T2/64 + zalman style cooler
- Skywell Magic 3D II Voodoo 2 12MB
- Creative CT2950 SB16 ISA
- Roland LAPC-1
- 40MB Maxtor Diamondmax slim HDD
- Sony DVD-ROM (came with the case)
- Removable IDE Rack (came with the case)
- 350w modern FSP PSU
- NEC 1.44MB FDD

Software:

Microsoft Windows 98 second edition
3dfx voodoo 2 30100 driver
nvidia forceware 41.09
Direct X 8.1
Microsoft office 97

Some pics of the insides:

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I don't see a Roland LAPC-I on photos. Although there is a SCC-1 one 😉

Right! I must have gotten them confused... Thanks for pointing that out, I'll edit the post!

but I've got 3! Dos, Win98, WinXP

DOS

CPU: 486/66
RAM: 64MB
Video: Onboard VLB ATI Mach 64
Audio: SB16 + Roland SC55
NIC: VLB 10MB and ISA 10MB
HDD: 6GB Spinning rust for the OS, 4GB CF for Games.
Optical: MKE interface 2x CD-ROM, No longer works but original to the system
OS: Dos 6.22, WFW 3.11

This was our very first PC so lots of memories, CPU, soundcard, are original and the ISA NIC is the one I purchased way back to play network games.
I also have the original 420MB HDD that I've Installed PC Dos and software that originally came with the PC, but mostly use the more "games optimised" 6GB drive.

Win9x

CPU: Dual P3 600
M/B Asus P2B-DS
RAM: 1GB
Video: GF2 MX + Voodoo 2 SLI
Audio: SB Audigy 2 ZS + AWE32
NIC: Intel Pro 100
HDD: 3 9.1 SCSI HDD's
Optical: Some DVDRW
OS: Win98 + Win2k

This also has sentimental value as the motherboard was a decommissioned Netware server at my first IT job, then became a Dev server before I got it.
The GF2 is also the first "big" computer purchase an upgrade to the TNT on my then newish P2 400.

Most my favorite games are from the Win9x era so this machine gets a fair amount of use, plus it can do the more demanding dos games the 486 struggles with.

WinXP

CPU: Xeon x3320
M/B: Asus P5N-D
RAM: 4GB
Video: 2x GTX 590
Audio: SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion
HDD: 1TB Spinning Rust
Optical: Some DVDRW
OS: WinXP/Win7

CPU came from a dead server from one of my favorite clients. apart from that none of the hardware has sentimental value.
But it plays all my late 98-XP games without issue at max settings, I also find XP the perfect "support OS" as it's old enough to talk to older OS's but also new enough to work with newer OS's.

I haven't used any of my 32bit machines for a while, i tend to use Win 7 in a machine with AMD Athlon II X2 250, HD6450 PCIe, 4GB Ram a 500gb hdd and onboard sound for games the most. Such a modest specification and yet plays almost every game up to about 2008 without problems and very quietly. A mix of native, patches, gog and dosbox sees to that.

I do have some nice enough 32 bit systems but just can's say they are my main systems anymore, i'm enjoying seeing all the machines in this thread though 😀

chinny22 wrote on 2025-05-27, 06:17:

but I've got 3! Dos, Win98, WinXP […]
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but I've got 3! Dos, Win98, WinXP

DOS

CPU: 486/66
RAM: 64MB
Video: Onboard VLB ATI Mach 64
Audio: SB16 + Roland SC55
NIC: VLB 10MB and ISA 10MB
HDD: 6GB Spinning rust for the OS, 4GB CF for Games.
Optical: MKE interface 2x CD-ROM, No longer works but original to the system
OS: Dos 6.22, WFW 3.11

This was our very first PC so lots of memories, CPU, soundcard, are original and the ISA NIC is the one I purchased way back to play network games.
I also have the original 420MB HDD that I've Installed PC Dos and software that originally came with the PC, but mostly use the more "games optimised" 6GB drive.

Win9x

CPU: Dual P3 600
M/B Asus P2B-DS
RAM: 1GB
Video: GF2 MX + Voodoo 2 SLI
Audio: SB Audigy 2 ZS + AWE32
NIC: Intel Pro 100
HDD: 3 9.1 SCSI HDD's
Optical: Some DVDRW
OS: Win98 + Win2k

This also has sentimental value as the motherboard was a decommissioned Netware server at my first IT job, then became a Dev server before I got it.
The GF2 is also the first "big" computer purchase an upgrade to the TNT on my then newish P2 400.

Most my favorite games are from the Win9x era so this machine gets a fair amount of use, plus it can do the more demanding dos games the 486 struggles with.

WinXP

CPU: Xeon x3320
M/B: Asus P5N-D
RAM: 4GB
Video: 2x GTX 590
Audio: SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion
HDD: 1TB Spinning Rust
Optical: Some DVDRW
OS: WinXP/Win7

CPU came from a dead server from one of my favorite clients. apart from that none of the hardware has sentimental value.
But it plays all my late 98-XP games without issue at max settings, I also find XP the perfect "support OS" as it's old enough to talk to older OS's but also new enough to work with newer OS's.

I also mainly play win9x games - that period was a "golden age of gaming" for me.

Quake 2, Uprising, Black and White, Sacrifice, Dungeon Keeper 1 and 2, Homeworld, Half Life, Command and Conquer tiberian dawn, Tiberian Sun, Red Alert 1 and 2, Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1 and 2 + Defiance, Blood omen 2, Diablo 1 and 2 and so many others...

How do you get along with the Mach64? Any flickering or scrolling issues in DOS games? I had a Mach64 PCI and a Rage II+ DVD that both had serious scrolling issues (jumping, flickering) in Jazz Jackrabbit and Commander Keen V.

That GTX 590 kicks ass.

I've got a WinXP build myself but don't use it nearly as much as the other two PCs, witch is why I didn't post it initially...

Specs:

Intel Core i7 2600k @ stock clocks, ID Cooling IS-60 with Thermalright 120mm fan
Gigabyte Z68-UD3p mainboard
8GB 1600MHz Kingston Ripjaws CL9 DDR3
Geforce GTX 780ti founder's edition
256GB Kingston SATA SSD + 1TB Seagate HDD
Creative SB0820 X-FI Xtreme Audio PCI-E
Cooler Master CM690 nvidia edition
Seasonic 850w gold PSU

Peripherals:

Dell P1130 21" CRT
Natec Genesis Thor 300 keyboard, Ortemu Blue switches
Scorpion M425g mouse
Logitech X-140 2.0 speakers

Software:
Windows XP Service Pack 3 32bit, Forceware 368.81, Direct X 9.0c
Windows 10 22H2 64 bit (tiny win10), Nvidia 475.14 driver

I use this PC for Windows XP games (2004+) as well as modern Boomer Shooters like Warhammer 40K Boltgun, Ion Fury and so on, but also indie games with 8/16bit pixel graphics witch I find look so much better on a CRT.

Socket3 wrote on 2025-05-25, 18:23:

That "UNIKA Radeon X800 XT AGP" is pretty interesting - never heard of this brand before. And is that a dual slot cooler on it? […]
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Wurenji wrote on 2025-05-25, 15:29:

This is my most used retro PC (main topic) It is a Win2K-centric machine with Pentium E5800 and 865G chipset. I use it to run ga […]
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This is my most used retro PC (main topic)
It is a Win2K-centric machine with Pentium E5800 and 865G chipset. I use it to run games that I played in childhood like CS1.6 and Diablo II.

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- Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352
- Monitor: Lenovo ThinkVision LT1913p
- Speakers: Edifier R1200TII
- Keyboard: Rapoo V500Pro mechanical gaming keyboard
- Mouse: Some unbranded USB mouse, got it for free from my previous roommate
- USB hub: Ugreen switchable USB hub

- CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5800 @ 3.20 GHz
- Mainboard: Gigabyte 8I865GME-775-RH Rev. 2.0 with 45nm patch
- RAM: Two A-Data DDR400 1GB sticks with stock 3-3-3-8 timings
- Graphics: UNIKA Radeon X800 XT AGP
- HDD: Seagate ST3500418AS (Windows 2000, XP and Data)
- SSD: Gloway Fervent 120GB (Windows 7 32-bit and Debian 11 64-bit)
- ODD: Optiarc DVD+-RW AD-7250H, via SATA-to-IDE adapter
- FDD: Sony MPF920-Z
- Audio: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
- Network: Onboard Intel 82562
- CPU cooler: DeepCool GAMMAXX 300
- PSU: Huntkey HK400-52SP (300W max)

My other retro PCs:
- Dell Vostro 230s: E8400/G41/HD8570, for some earlier Linux tasks, have CentOS 6 32-bit on it
- IBM ThinkPad R51e: PM770/Radeon Xpress 200M/iGPU, with Windows 2000 and XP
- Lenovo Xuri C467A: T8300/PM965/GeForce 8400M G, very period correct for Windows XP and Vista. Xuri (means rising sun) was the budget business laptop line by Lenovo before the acquisition of ThinkPad

Spare mainboards that are retro:
- Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P: AMD 770 & SB710, a very expandable mainstream mobo good for overclocking and core unlocking

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- Gigabyte M68MT-D3: Nvidia MCP68, a retro-friendly AM3 mobo, has IDE and FDD ports and drivers for Win2K

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- ECS K8M800-M3: VIA K8M800 & VT8237+, a Socket 754 mobo that can do Win98. Currently bricked for flashing the wrong BIOS, don't have programmer for LPC NOR flash

Retro Macs:
- iBook G3 (Dual USB): PowerPC G3 750cxe/Rage Mobility 128, not used for a long time because of broken keyboard
- PowerBook G4 17": PowerPC G4 7455/GeForce4 440Go, for OS 9 (unofficial) and OS X Tiger
- Mac mini G4: PowerPC G4 7447a/Radeon 9200, for OS 9 (unofficial), OS X Tiger and Leopard. You can see it on my desk

That "UNIKA Radeon X800 XT AGP" is pretty interesting - never heard of this brand before. And is that a dual slot cooler on it?

theelf wrote on 2025-05-25, 15:37:

Today im cleaning home, then one of my main computers are not in desk, the 286, but in the desk i have a imac, a 286, celeron mendocino PC, 286 amber CGA laptop and TV

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Lovely looking iMac G3 - wish I had one, but they rarely made it in my part of the world so they're very rare here, and it's size and weight makes it prohibitive to have shipped from the US....

Unika was a brand founded in Hong Kong in 1993, but its main market is China mainland, mainly budget graphics cards and mainboards. Actually my X800 was made in 2007, at this time they sold a batch of X800 XT with DDR memory and lower core clocks for a very low price, when Radeon HD 2000 and Nvidia GeForce 8 have already came out and X800 was considered a little bit obsolete.

It was active until early 2010s, then disappeared for several years until 2022. Then it came back to life with Abit, EPoX and some others (actually they are just ODM mobos with trademark licensing).

Wurenji wrote on 2025-05-27, 14:26:

Socket3 wrote on 2025-05-25, 18:23:

That "UNIKA Radeon X800 XT AGP" is pretty interesting - never heard of this brand before. And is that a dual slot cooler on it? […]
Show full quote

Wurenji wrote on 2025-05-25, 15:29:

This is my most used retro PC (main topic) It is a Win2K-centric machine with Pentium E5800 and 865G chipset. I use it to run ga […]
Show full quote

This is my most used retro PC (main topic)
It is a Win2K-centric machine with Pentium E5800 and 865G chipset. I use it to run games that I played in childhood like CS1.6 and Diablo II.

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- Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352
- Monitor: Lenovo ThinkVision LT1913p
- Speakers: Edifier R1200TII
- Keyboard: Rapoo V500Pro mechanical gaming keyboard
- Mouse: Some unbranded USB mouse, got it for free from my previous roommate
- USB hub: Ugreen switchable USB hub

- CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5800 @ 3.20 GHz
- Mainboard: Gigabyte 8I865GME-775-RH Rev. 2.0 with 45nm patch
- RAM: Two A-Data DDR400 1GB sticks with stock 3-3-3-8 timings
- Graphics: UNIKA Radeon X800 XT AGP
- HDD: Seagate ST3500418AS (Windows 2000, XP and Data)
- SSD: Gloway Fervent 120GB (Windows 7 32-bit and Debian 11 64-bit)
- ODD: Optiarc DVD+-RW AD-7250H, via SATA-to-IDE adapter
- FDD: Sony MPF920-Z
- Audio: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
- Network: Onboard Intel 82562
- CPU cooler: DeepCool GAMMAXX 300
- PSU: Huntkey HK400-52SP (300W max)

My other retro PCs:
- Dell Vostro 230s: E8400/G41/HD8570, for some earlier Linux tasks, have CentOS 6 32-bit on it
- IBM ThinkPad R51e: PM770/Radeon Xpress 200M/iGPU, with Windows 2000 and XP
- Lenovo Xuri C467A: T8300/PM965/GeForce 8400M G, very period correct for Windows XP and Vista. Xuri (means rising sun) was the budget business laptop line by Lenovo before the acquisition of ThinkPad

Spare mainboards that are retro:
- Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P: AMD 770 & SB710, a very expandable mainstream mobo good for overclocking and core unlocking

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- Gigabyte M68MT-D3: Nvidia MCP68, a retro-friendly AM3 mobo, has IDE and FDD ports and drivers for Win2K

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- ECS K8M800-M3: VIA K8M800 & VT8237+, a Socket 754 mobo that can do Win98. Currently bricked for flashing the wrong BIOS, don't have programmer for LPC NOR flash

Retro Macs:
- iBook G3 (Dual USB): PowerPC G3 750cxe/Rage Mobility 128, not used for a long time because of broken keyboard
- PowerBook G4 17": PowerPC G4 7455/GeForce4 440Go, for OS 9 (unofficial) and OS X Tiger
- Mac mini G4: PowerPC G4 7447a/Radeon 9200, for OS 9 (unofficial), OS X Tiger and Leopard. You can see it on my desk

That "UNIKA Radeon X800 XT AGP" is pretty interesting - never heard of this brand before. And is that a dual slot cooler on it?

theelf wrote on 2025-05-25, 15:37:

Today im cleaning home, then one of my main computers are not in desk, the 286, but in the desk i have a imac, a 286, celeron mendocino PC, 286 amber CGA laptop and TV

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Lovely looking iMac G3 - wish I had one, but they rarely made it in my part of the world so they're very rare here, and it's size and weight makes it prohibitive to have shipped from the US....

Unika was a brand founded in Hong Kong in 1993, but its main market is China mainland, mainly budget graphics cards and mainboards. Actually my X800 was made in 2007, at this time they sold a batch of X800 XT with DDR memory and lower core clocks for a very low price, when Radeon HD 2000 and Nvidia GeForce 8 have already came out and X800 was considered a little bit obsolete.

It was active until early 2010s, then disappeared for several years until 2022. Then it came back to life with Abit, EPoX and some others (actually they are just ODM mobos with trademark licensing).

Do you have any pictures of it? I can't find anything online. I've always found china exclusive hardware pretty fascinating

Socket3 wrote on 2025-05-27, 13:41:

I also mainly play win9x games - that period was a "golden age of gaming" for me. […]
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I also mainly play win9x games - that period was a "golden age of gaming" for me.

Quake 2, Uprising, Black and White, Sacrifice, Dungeon Keeper 1 and 2, Homeworld, Half Life, Command and Conquer tiberian dawn, Tiberian Sun, Red Alert 1 and 2, Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1 and 2 + Defiance, Blood omen 2, Diablo 1 and 2 and so many others...

How do you get along with the Mach64? Any flickering or scrolling issues in DOS games? I had a Mach64 PCI and a Rage II+ DVD that both had serious scrolling issues (jumping, flickering) in Jazz Jackrabbit and Commander Keen V.

That GTX 590 kicks ass.

I've got a WinXP build myself but don't use it nearly as much as the other two PCs, witch is why I didn't post it initially...

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Specs:

Intel Core i7 2600k @ stock clocks, ID Cooling IS-60 with Thermalright 120mm fan
Gigabyte Z68-UD3p mainboard
8GB 1600MHz Kingston Ripjaws CL9 DDR3
Geforce GTX 780ti founder's edition
256GB Kingston SATA SSD + 1TB Seagate HDD
Creative SB0820 X-FI Xtreme Audio PCI-E
Cooler Master CM690 nvidia edition
Seasonic 850w gold PSU

Peripherals:

Dell P1130 21" CRT
Natec Genesis Thor 300 keyboard, Ortemu Blue switches
Scorpion M425g mouse
Logitech X-140 2.0 speakers

Software:
Windows XP Service Pack 3 32bit, Forceware 368.81, Direct X 9.0c
Windows 10 22H2 64 bit (tiny win10), Nvidia 475.14 driver

I use this PC for Windows XP games (2004+) as well as modern Boomer Shooters like Warhammer 40K Boltgun, Ion Fury and so on, but also indie games with 8/16bit pixel graphics witch I find look so much better on a CRT.

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Dos I'm mainly playing Doom 1 & 2, Warcraft 1 & 2, Original GTA
Win9x I'm mainly playing Diablo 1 & 2, Need for Speed 3, 4, Porsche
WinXP I'm playing GTA 3, VC, SA, Farming Simulator 2013 and C&C First Decade, as like the convenience of the unofficial patch.

The Mach64 definitely has compatibility issues with Keen, but I never really liked those games anyway. I don't remember issues with Jazz Jackrabbit, but it's not a game I play often.

Your XP "green Nvidia" build looks really nice and what I was trying to do for awhile, but kind of gave up on
2 are in a Antec 3000 case, the PPP or Purple dual Pentium Pro and the above dual P3 in blue just because it's a nice colour.
2 in a Corsair Obsidian 650D case, the P4 S478 Win9x/XP build in red (cause P4's run hot) and the above XP build which was going to be green, but It's got fancy RAM with red flashing LED's so haven't replaced the fans yet.

Socket3 wrote on 2025-05-27, 15:11:

Wurenji wrote on 2025-05-27, 14:26:

Socket3 wrote on 2025-05-25, 18:23:

That "UNIKA Radeon X800 XT AGP" is pretty interesting - never heard of this brand before. And is that a dual slot cooler on it?

Lovely looking iMac G3 - wish I had one, but they rarely made it in my part of the world so they're very rare here, and it's size and weight makes it prohibitive to have shipped from the US....

Unika was a brand founded in Hong Kong in 1993, but its main market is China mainland, mainly budget graphics cards and mainboards. Actually my X800 was made in 2007, at this time they sold a batch of X800 XT with DDR memory and lower core clocks for a very low price, when Radeon HD 2000 and Nvidia GeForce 8 have already came out and X800 was considered a little bit obsolete.

It was active until early 2010s, then disappeared for several years until 2022. Then it came back to life with Abit, EPoX and some others (actually they are just ODM mobos with trademark licensing).

Do you have any pictures of it? I can't find anything online. I've always found china exclusive hardware pretty fascinating

It looks very generic, but it's different than other X800 XT, as it have PCIe 6-pin power connector and DDR memory at 700MHz effective instead of GDDR3. I think this combination is also China exclusive.

Btw, the fan is extremely loud, always runs at full speed and makes my case vibrate. I have been considering of buying an aftermarket cooler, but prices are not very friendly and many of them do not support this board

Computer p0rn? Computer por%??! Oh man do I have plenty of this. I'll refrain and just dispatch my most used two. I actually cycle trough quite a bit of systems, because I like making sure the troops are READY.

These two are always plugged in and ready:

My most frequent used machine is my M2N-E - Work Computer:

Cooler Master Centurion 5
ASUS M2N-E
Athlon64 X2 4600+ with Zalman CNPS 9900MAX
2x2GB Corsair DDR2-800
PNY GTX 670 XLR8 (too much horsepower, but I can't ever find good 9800GTs...)
SoundBlaster X-Fi Elite Pro (receiver not connected right now, no space)
Thermaltake Smart 600W
Hitachi and ASUS DVD multi drives
SATA external bay for 3.5 and 2.5 drives
Iomega ZIP 250
WD 60GB (unfortunately the OS ended up here and I haven't cared to fix it. Feels authentic, 🤣)
Patriot P210 240G SSD
2xWD Raptor 74GB (RAID0)
Teac FD-235HF (2006 model)

And wow. I haven't opened it in a while, but it's gotten the regular-looking dirty happening inside. Of course that happens using it almost every day. Underneath this is my server. Boring.

The second system is my Boom-Box:

Lian-Li "Industrial" PC-60 (what I call them)
ASUS P55TVP4
Intel Pentium 133 (SY022)
2x32M FPM 60ns
Matrox Millennium 4MB (might switch to Cirrus 5446, since it's mostly DOS)
Sound Blaster Value CT2770 (might switch this out for ESS1869 w/wavetable)
Adaptec AHA-2940
AHA-1542CF
Perfect! 200W AT PSU w/120mm fan mod
TDA amplifier (forgot which one, was an Altec speaker sys) w/Altec Speakers w/70-80MM adapters
Quantum CR 6GB
Panasonic JU-257A655P (1.44M)
LKM-F934-1 (LS120)
Iomega ZIP 250 (removed, not working yet, in the "fix it" pile)
Toshiba ND-0801GR (1.2M)
Plextor PX-43CS (CDROM)
Ricoh RO-5030E II (MO)

I haven't had this one together for too long, but I use it all the time, since it makes noise (the good kind)

So yeah, if you don't mind, I can share a few pictures of the pile, see if any look interesting to you, maybe go over a few favorites. I finally got most of them on the same wall. (favorite wall)