This is the computer I've been talking about in other threads. The point behind this computer is to have a higher end computer using parts from around 99/00 for games from the Win9x era. Most parts are period correct, but the case and drives are all from around 03/04. I got a new case yesterday, and today I moved all of my parts over. This case will be the permanent home of this build.
Case: Lian Li PC-6077
PSU: Chieftec HPC-360-202
Motherboard: Asus CUSL2
CPU: Pentium III 933 (Coppermine)
RAM: 512 MB PC133 (256+128+128). Kingston branded
Graphics card: Asus AGP-V6800 Deluxe (GeForce 256 DDR)
3D accelerator: Creative (CT6670) Voodoo2 12MB
Sound card: SB Live (CT4620)
HDD: Some random 80 GB IDE drive by Seagate
DVD drive: NEC ND-3520A
It currently runs Windows Me, and I'm considering dualbooting with Slackware for current software.
I love this computer, but I have had some problems with instability. I suspect it is caused by the SB Live or its drivers as Windows locked up when I installed liveware 3.0. I had a couple of bluescreens while shutting down too. The computer does boot reliably, and games run well with great sound and no stuttering. At this point the crashes and bluescreens are very rare. The only real issue left is that I get nothing but white noise when I move close to torches in Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi. There are no issues with sounds in that game when I turn off hardware acceleration in dxdiag.
This case was pretty easy to work with. Lots of room, and the removable motherboard tray is pretty convenient. This case has a lot of clips and thumb screws too, but it isn't completely tool-less. I still need my phillips screw driver nearby when I work on this computer.
I removed the top and rear mounted exhaust fans because the computer was far too loud with all of its fans installed. Right now this case only have the three (2x80mm + 1x120mm) frontal intake fans.
Lots of room for 3.5" drives as well, but so far I only need room for one. 😀
I forgot the make of the CPU cooler. It is something I originally bought for my Athlon XP 2500+ 10 years ago, but it clip fits the socket, and it is a lot quieter than the stock Pentium III heatsink and fan. It keeps the CPU cool enough.
I have a thing about filling out every single slot on motherboards, so I chose to use one double-sided DIMM and two single-sided ones for a total of 512 MB PC133 RAM.
Also in this picture is 95% of my cable management effort. A single cable tie to manage the ATX power and PSU fan cable. 😀
No ISA slots, but that doesn't really bother me with this build. I don't think I'll need ISA cards in this computer.
The fan on my GeForce256 is loud, but it was a lot noisier before I oiled its bearings. I wouldn't mind if it had a bigger and quieter cooler.
Here's the rest of my cable management. I just stuffed the remaining cables in a spare 5.25" bay.
This computer is pretty big when compared to my current mATX computer. It is also a lot lighter thanks to being made out of aluminium (the case for my current computer is made out of steel).
The cover for the front I/O ports is gone. I don't know where it is.
I have no floppy drive in this build yet, but I will install a permanent one when I have a bay adaptor and aluminium faceplate. I might use an LS120 drive instead of a floppy drive. I hear they can read floppies, and it would be nice to have something other than a flash drive for moving files between my main desktop and 99/00 build.
I would also like a matching Voodoo2 12MB for SLI.
A high end case from around 99/00 would be nice too, but I'm not going to bother with importing one now that I have this new case.
Wallpaper from digital blasphemy ofc. 😀