Today was a good day. I had to drive an hour away to pick them up, but I got a Diamond Monster3D II 12MB! I also sourced a free CRT monitor... 17" ViewSonic UltraBrite E70F+, 1024x768@85hz. A bit of a later CRT as well, so it's incredibly light and only takes 75W to run.
Also, I've nailed down what I consider to be my final build. I have to say, due to the fact I'm not just going to be gaming (also considering some old school Windows development), I decided to run with Intel Chipset, Tualatin Processor. I couldn't find decent AMD motherboards, and the one or two VIA P3 boards I found weren't optimal, especially for the price. So, here we go... Parts with a star I haven't sourced yet:
- MOBO: Asus TUSL2-C w/ i815 Chipset
- CPU: Pentium III-S 1.4GHz Tualatin
- RAM: * 2x256MB SDRAM @133MHz, CL2
- AUDIO: Turtle Beach Montego II (Vortex 2)
- VIDEO AGP: * GeForce 4 Ti
- VIDEO PCI: Diamond Monster3D II 12MB
- HDD1: * 30GB IDE -or- Flash Memory adapter
- HDD2: 12.7GB Quantum Bigfoot TS
- Optical: * Sony CD-ROM
- Floppy: * Gotek emulator
I did manage to get some spare parts from all these transactions... GeForce 2 MX200, ATI Rage 128 Ultra, Celeron 700, and 128MB of SDRAM. Still need a case and PSU, but if it really comes down to it, I'll run to the electronics store and buy a cheap case, and I know where to go for power supplies.
I still haven't decided on operating system. Worst case, I'll just try WinME out, and if it doesn't work how I want, I'll fall back to Windows 98SE.
I'm questioning the Bigfoot, too... depending on what case I get, that drive can be over loud just by existing. We'll see! I haven't used it for 5 years...
I work on computers all day, just to come home and play with computers all night.