That's definitely faster than a stock P3-1400 with 512kB L2 cache, nice. I must have a Celeron 1300 laying somewhere, with a broken pin, but works...
i386 16 ⇒ i486 DX4 100 ⇒ Pentium MMX 200 ⇒ Athlon Pluto 700 ⇒ AthlonXP 1700+ ⇒ Opteron 165 ⇒ Dual Opteron 856
PcBytes wrote on 2026-04-20, 18:42:PD2JK wrote on 2026-04-20, 15:02:Building my 'ultimate' Pentium 3 system comes almost to an end. […]
Building my 'ultimate' Pentium 3 system comes almost to an end.
Fractal Pop case with glass panel
Abit BX133-RAID
Pentium III-S 1400 with upgradeware 370GU underneath
256MB PC133 CL2
Asus GeForce 3 Ti500
Auroral Vortex 2 SQ2500
SB Live!
160GB WD CaviarHDD
LG DVD opticalNeat, I'm also on a BX133-RAID except I went with a Tualeron since it's cheaper to find at high speeds. I'm probably dropping a GF2 Ti on it, although a 3 Ti would've been my choice initially as well, even if my Tualeron 1300 runs @ 1733MHz.
Wowzers! I was thrilled enough just to get my BX + Tualeron system working as it was, never considered pushing it past spec. Unfortunately it's on a Gigabyte GA-6BA; pretty sure it's strictly jumpers and can't go beyond 100 fsb.
I'm pretty committed to the "maxed out baby at" bit with that one though, so I'll probably leave it as is.
Looking into getting a sata card for my Athlon XP machine. Which ones would be recommended for Windows 2000?
Or would it be better to consider soldering the controller chip and ports directly to the board? It's an MSI K7N2 board, and has two unpopulated connectors for SATA. I don't know which chipset to use, however.
RetroLizard wrote on Yesterday, 14:23:Looking into getting a sata card for my Athlon XP machine. Which ones would be recommended for Windows 2000?
Or would it be better to consider soldering the controller chip and ports directly to the board? It's an MSI K7N2 board, and has two unpopulated connectors for SATA. I don't know which chipset to use, however.
I went down the path of PCI SATA cards, then swapped to simple IDE->SATA adapters because there are glitches/limitations with every solution.
Milestones [ MOS 7501 → 68030 → x86(P5/MMX) → x86(K6-2) → x86(K7*) → PPC(G3*) → x86-64(K8) → x86-64(Xeon) → x86-64(i5) → x86-64(i7) ] * original lost
giantenemycat wrote on 2026-04-19, 04:04:I previously thought this was the only photo that "shows" my old family PC, which I've been on a years long quest to identify.
Just using my phone camera for now, I was able to get this result from the negative.
Isn't that the comfiest looking chair you've ever seen for a PC corner?
MattRocks wrote on Yesterday, 14:54:RetroLizard wrote on Yesterday, 14:23:Looking into getting a sata card for my Athlon XP machine. Which ones would be recommended for Windows 2000?
Or would it be better to consider soldering the controller chip and ports directly to the board? It's an MSI K7N2 board, and has two unpopulated connectors for SATA. I don't know which chipset to use, however.
I went down the path of PCI SATA cards, then swapped to simple IDE->SATA adapters because there are glitches/limitations with every solution.
What about adding ports to the board?
Someone was selling a Commodore 1702 monitor for 70 bucks . Seemed like a great deal. It took a long time to arrange a time to meet. I asked about condition and all that stuff and I dont quite recall what he said but he said it worked im sure, but when I picked it up the power cord was cut . I talked him down to 40 dollars.
well I finally had time yesterday to fix the cut power cable.
I used the power cord from an old RF converter I had and was about to throw away. It came in very handy.
I think the picture and sound are a but nicer that my 1701. and yes I adjusted both of them while I had them open.
Great 40 dollar purchase . Though I spend 200 on the 1701 around xmas time.
RetroLizard wrote on Yesterday, 15:07:MattRocks wrote on Yesterday, 14:54:RetroLizard wrote on Yesterday, 14:23:Looking into getting a sata card for my Athlon XP machine. Which ones would be recommended for Windows 2000?
Or would it be better to consider soldering the controller chip and ports directly to the board? It's an MSI K7N2 board, and has two unpopulated connectors for SATA. I don't know which chipset to use, however.
I went down the path of PCI SATA cards, then swapped to simple IDE->SATA adapters because there are glitches/limitations with every solution.
What about adding ports to the board?
I don't know about that and its way beyond my competency in electronics. I'd be concerned that a dependency is missing either mechanically (e.g. resistors) or in the firmware.
Milestones [ MOS 7501 → 68030 → x86(P5/MMX) → x86(K6-2) → x86(K7*) → PPC(G3*) → x86-64(K8) → x86-64(Xeon) → x86-64(i5) → x86-64(i7) ] * original lost
I was testing out a cheap AliExpress RGB adapter for my old PC Engine CoreGrafx console earlier. I had it hooked up to my 4K living room TV using a GBSC Scaler (RGB SCART to HDMI) and it looked and played great! It's nice to have a mindless blasting session on old games such as Blazing Lazers, Soldier Blade (love the music) and Bomberman etc.
I guess the retro activity was playing the old console itself. I personally think the appearance of the console has aged pretty well considering it was released in 1989! Mine doesn't have a hint of discolouration either.
Successfully revived the second of three industrial P4 motherboards I've been working on recently. This one is an Advantech AIMB-742 board, one of a pair that I have.
I replaced the KZG capacitors with polymer caps. Four of the six had been leaking and were toast. I also had to replace some components I'd cannibalized while trying to fix another AIMB-742 motherboard.
The board does have some nasty rust on the chokes near the CPU socket and MOSFETs. Even so, the voltages all test normal and the board booted up just fine.
