First post, by p6889k
It's an ATX case. Right now I have in it an ATX Pentium Pro with setup that I won't be needing anymore as I'm also setting up a dual Pentium Pro in a separate AT case. So now of course I have a good reason to build a new setup in this ATX case. To the best of my recollection it looks similar to Inwin case I had for my Slot-A Athlon 600 through Athlon XP era. The front I/O bay panel also seems very appropriate as the board I want to put in has internal USB, Audio, GamePort and FireWire connectors. After that I switched to Core Duo and modern black cases with bunch of fans, USB connectors, etc.
Right now I'm thinking of putting in it:
Asus A7N8X-Deluxe
Barton 2500+
NVidia 7800GS AGP (the best AGP card I have for now). I also have ATI 9800 Pro as an alternative. The ATI may be more emotional choice for me as I remember having ATI 9700 Pro with this very board and cpu back in the day.
Voodoo2: Should I put one in? I have two potentially for SLI, but the other one is in PPro system I also have.
OS: Win2K or WinXP. WinXP seems more appropriate for the period. But I would like to have at least one system with Win2K. Likely won't bother with dual boot into Win9x as I already have that covered with PPro system and this Asus board doesn't have ISA for trouble free DOS sound compatibility.
I also have a great Pentium 4 board with ISA that I used to have in this case with 2.6GHz P4, problem was that once I upgraded CPU to 3.4GHz Northwood, it was overheating in that case - to the point where one could smell the heat. The case has 80mm intake fan at the front bottom and 80mm exhaust fan in the rear, but it wasn't enough, likely due to the small case size and no free airflow inside.
I could put the Pentium 4 in this case again, but use 2.6Ghz or 2.8 to reduce heat output. That would probably make more practical sense as the Pentium 4 board I have also has working ISA for sound, but I already have other computers for DOS, so it's not really needed at this moment, and I really want to use the 3.4GHz P4.
Here are systems I already have and plan to keep running.
386DX: in a nice period correct desktop running DOS and Win3x with MT32. Primarily for games up to 1992.
Dual PPro 200: in a nice period correct AT workstation tower with front bays filled to the top, Win95 and NT4. For games from 1992-1996/7/8, plus some tinkering in NT4. Has Voodoo2 and connected to Roland SC-55. The build is still under construction, but should be finished as soon as I get to reflash BIOS that I killed the other day. 🙁
Here's what I still want to add, already have the parts, except cases.
P4 with ISA Soundblaster, Voodoo2, etc.: tripple boot with Win3x, Win98SE and Win2K for 1990-2003 era (roughly). I need a new case with better airflow. Something from the era between beige cases and ultra modern cases. This system is great as it can play games from very broad time era (DOS to early XP) as it supports ISA sound (two slots) and can be slowed down with SW all the way to lowly 286 speed. If I was more rational, this would be probably the only system I would ever need.
Intel quadcore Q9550s on Abit IP-35 Pro with Nvidia GTX 285 for modern XP era games with XP os. For this I'll get a fairly modern case. I'll probably wait another 5-10 years before I set this up, it doesn't feel retro enough yet.
I also have enough parts to build full systems around these components, just don't have the space for all of them.
486DX33, Single PPro, Few other Athlon XPs and Pentium 4s, Opteron. The 486 with VLB may be interesting, if I find a good case for it I may build it one day.
In all honesty I probably don't need the AthlonXP system, but I have the case, so need to put something in it 😀 And Athlon XP was such a big success during its time...
Oh and in case you're wondering about that Designed For Windows 98 Sticker, that is certainly not original 😀
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k, 48k+, 128k, +2
Amiga 1200, 68030/40mhz
386DX/33, ET4000, SBPro2, MT32
Dual PPro/200, Millennium II, Voodoo 2, AWE32, SC-55
etc.