First post, by Nick4
Hey guys! Just wanted to share my current retro setup.
Build #3. 2007-2008. Silver Bullet
Every part of this PC was bought new in box. It was a pleasure to build this one. Tried to capture mid 2000s spirit with all the aluminium and those ridiculous 5.25 add-ons.
Specs:
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66 Ghz
MB: Asus P5QL-E
RAM: 4 Gb DDR2 Kingston
GPU: EVGA 8800 GTS 512 Mb
HDD: 500 Gb WD Blue + 640 GB WD Black
DVD: Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7173A
Case: Cooler Master Cavalier 1
PSU: BeQuite Pure Power 11 500 W
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master geminII M5 LED
Other: AeroCool GateWatch 2 + Thermaltake Hardcano 3
OS: Win 7 64 bit / Win XP 32 bit



I really should work on cable magement here...
Build #2. 2004. TIE Fighter
I had a similar PC back in 2004. AMD Socket A, nForce. Beautiful purple ECS mother board. Budget specs, but gets the job done. Partly NOS.
Specs:
CPU: AMD Sempron 2500+
MB: ECS Elitegroup N2U400-A rev. 1.0
RAM: 512 Mb DDR
GPU: Gigabyte ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128 Mb AGP
HDD: 40 Gb Seagate + 80 Gb Maxtor
CD: Samsung SC-152
Case: Unknown Multimedia PC ATX Case
PSU: Cooler Master RS-380-PMSP 350 W
CPU Cooler: Speeze Socket 370/A cooler
OS: Win XP 32 bit
Build #1. 1997-1998. Boombox
I have a topic about this one: 1997 Pentium MMX Rebuild
Specs:
CPU: Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz
MB: Asus TXP4 Motherboard
RAM: 32 Mb
GPU: S3 Virge DX + Diamond Monster 3D II 3Dfx Voodoo 2 8mb
Audio: Creative SoundBlaster AWE64 ISA
HDD: 4 Gb Seagate Medalist
CD: Asus CD-S520/A5
FDD: NEC 3,5"
PSU: Super AT 200 Watt
Case: AT Desktop Multimedia Case
OS: MS-DOS 6.22 + Win 98 SE






