Get out your time machines!
I suppose the idea here is to pretend that we are back in 1998β¦ or more likely, on a budget in 1999.
A little fictional back story perhaps?
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So this awesome computerdude(me) is feeling the pain with a 200MHz P1 or whatever it is and such. Time for an upgrade!
But on a mild budget.
The good news is that awesome-computer-dude was able to nab some parts real cheap off a few nutbars freaking out about the y2k bug, as they offloaded computers in favour of survival gear! a couple parts may be a little mis-matched but it is all good.
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The general idea is to reuse the old case and another part here or there if possible.
Lets get started!
So first off⦠Out with the old and in with the ne.. err. old.
Pretty sure I last used this to flash some PCI cards.
This is what I was thinking for the build.
Should probably find a fan for that heatsink because another one will not fit without a bunch of cutting to clear AGP, caps, and case: http://i.imgur.com/XTWA3ZJ.jpg
ASUS P5A-B
K6-2/500
Random 3x 128MB 133MHz SDRAM
RAGE IIC
STB Voodoo2 8MB
Diamond Voodoo2 12MB
Random RTL8139D NIC
Random ISA sound card
HDD and ODD are undecided atm
Case has a Sidus Formula badge on the front, will picture the front panel in a later post.
Yes mismatched SLI setup there. Not a big deal with modded drivers or some soldering and donor card if I can find one.
Parts are subject to change of course, and tbh I do not remember if this P5A-BΒ works. We will find out later!
Not sure about any extreme case modifications yet, might not jive with the rest of the build.
Also need to dig up a fan for the case and find or make an SLI cable.
I probably could have drawn this out a bit longer, but it is not finalized or built yet so there is still time.