First post, by vetz
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I've had some parts laying around and my brother finally upgraded his old 2003 Chieftec case to a new modern one. Putting these parts into it makes it perfect for creating a 2003-2004 style Windows XP computer.
The case (will need some cleaning and cable management). Notice that it has FAN controls and temperature monitor built-in. The Pentium 4 sticker also probably needs to be replaced:
Motherboard Asus A7N8X-E (supports 400mhz FSB Bartons)
Here is what I have to choose from of Socket A CPUs:
- Duron 600 (Spitfire)
- Duron 700 (Spitfire)
- Athlon XP-M 2200+ (Thoroughbred)
- Athlon XP 2800+ (Barton)
Memory chips:
- 2x 512MB PC3200 CL2.5 Twinmos
- 1024MB PC3200 CL3 Twinmos
- 512MB PC3200 CL3 Crucial
Video cards:
- Voodoo 5 5500 64MB PCI
- Geforce 5950 Ultra
- Geforce 6800GT 256MB AGP /w fanless heatsinks
Testing parts, as many of them had not been used for several years, and not been stored properly. Did not use the fan on the CPU heatsink for short testing:
Turned out these parts were dead:
The Duron 700 seems to have a part of its core chipped of. It started to smell of burned plastic and chemicals when I fired it up. Not good!
The XP-M and the memory just failed to boot in the A7N8X-E motherboard.
So here are the parts I'll be using:
Athlon XP 2800+ Barton /w Thermalright copper heatsink
3x 512MB RAM
Asus A7N8X-E motherboard
Geforce 6800GT 256MB AGP /w fanless heatsinks
Harddrive not yet decided
I'll post more when I've cleaned the case and installed the motherboard 😀