First post, by bofh.fromhell
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So with 2020 getting closer I've decided to check out what would be top of the line hardware for that era (or close to it).
Hardware I already have is:
Athlon 1200C "Thunderbird".
GeForce2 Ultra.
A typical, and actually made in, year 2000 case.
Tons of memorysticks, bound to have a few with the correct manufacturing dates.
Most likelly have a typical optical drive too.
At the moment the system is built with an ABIT KT7A (and working perfectly).
The chipset is time correct (KT133A), but the board wasnt released until 2001.
So im guessing the AMD 760 chipset would be the way to go ?
But what motherboard's were considered good ?
I know the ABIT 760 variant didnt come out until 2001, so thats DQ'ed too.
Also what HDD's did we use at the time ?
Was it the IBM "Deathstar" GXP's ?
I guess a P4 423 system would be cool (limited to 1.4 and 1.5GHz in 2000).
But IIRC the Athlon smoked them in most benchmarks.
And what cooler would be approptriate ?
I belive the 1200C needs something above the usual alu extruded "S370/A" variants.
Got an Alpha PAL6035 wich is period correct, but I'm not sure its up to the task.