First post, by borgie83
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Well people, I just thought I'd share my latest newly finished retro rig. Its been a while in the making as I've had to source out parts from all over the world via ebay and amazon but its finally finished and I thought I'd share it with everyone. Might give you guys/girls some ideas for your retro rig. Oh and I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone on Vogons that helped me with deciding on certain things like sound cards and getting everything configured properly. Anyway, here it is and don't forget to upload some specs/pics of your retro rig 😀
Intel SE440BX-2 Motherboard
Intel Slot 1 Pentium II 450Mhz CPU (With Dual Fan Cooler)
Western Digital Caviar SE 120GB IDE Hard Drive
Kingston PC100 384mb SDRam (3 x 128mb)
Diamond V770U 32mb AGP Graphics Card (TNT2 Ultra)
Diamond Monster 3D II 12mb Voodoo 2 PCI 3D Accelerator Cards in SLI
Diamond Monster MX300 PCI Sound Card (For Windows 98SE)
Creative CT3900 Sound Blaster AWE 32 ISA Sound Card (With OPL and 28mb Upgrade)
Yamaha DB50XG Daughterboard (Attached to AWE 32 Waveblaster Header)
Gravis Ultrasound Classic Rev 3.7 ISA Sound Card (With 1mb Upgrade)
Coolermaster HAF Combat Case
Coolermaster 600Watt Thunder Power Supply
Sony MPF920 Floppy Drive
Sony DDU1615 DVD Rom Drive
This rig is built for maximum compatibility for most 90`s games. Didn't want to go too fast with the CPU as slowdown utility's like MoSlo don't work too well over 500Mhz. At least from my experience....
Oh and before anyone asks, no the front USB/Audio ports are not connected. Also to fit the AWE32/GUS Sound Cards in, I had to drill out the pivots holding the hard drive cage in (located at the bottom of the case) and remove the cage altogether. I then mounted the hard drive between the DVD Rom and Floppy drives using a hard drive bracket.