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First post, by F2bnp

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Hello friends, lately I've been thinking of building a 440BX Tualatin system, however, looking around the house I found something I had bought some time ago.

It's an IWILL KK266-R motherboard with a Palomino 1700+! This board is based on the popular Via KT133A and as far as I can tell, all of the capacitors seem to be in top quality. I believe these are Hermei capacitors, are they any good or should I be worrying?
The idea is that this system could be a fun distraction to play around with and would make a Tualatin 440BX system kinda redundand. So, I'm thinking of building the system like this:

Athlon XP 1700+ (Palomino)
KK266-R
512MB SDRAM
GeForce FX 5700 AGP
Vortex 2 or SB Live!

So a few points that I need some help with:

a) I've got a Thermalright SLK-800 CPU Cooler. Is that good enough for this CPU?
b) I don't expect to be installing any Voodoo cards in this machine, but if I do install a couple of Voodoo 2 cards, what should I note? I remember some weird Athlon drivers, but not much else...
c) Should I install any 3in1 Service Packs? Generally, what drivers should I install for this motherboard and GPU?
d) Are those Hermei capacitors trustworthy? They look to be in tip top shape, but should I upload a photo just in case?
e) What kind of PSU should I use for such a system? I know that Athlons like the 5V rail, how many Amps should I need for such a CPU? I'm not going to overclock it at all.

That's all, thanks for reading! 😀

Reply 1 of 3, by nforce4max

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Don't stress so much about each single build as there is plenty these days to go around. Personally I would just go for it and build it just for the fun of it, I don't economize on space (hoarder).

On a far away planet reading your posts in the year 10,191.

Reply 2 of 3, by elianda

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For KT133A in combination with SB Live! I strongly recommend to read this article:
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Reply 3 of 3, by F2bnp

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Damn, I had completely forgotten about that! Thanks elianda!

nforce4max, I'm not really going for one build, I just don't have the money to source everything I need hehehe. The only retro PC I use anymore is a K6-3+ CPU with a Voodoo 3, but it'd be nice to have something faster for those games that require that much more oomph.