Project Old School - Page 2

DOM · Jan 21, 2012, 02:13 AM

im not that old never had a comp like that

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jan 21, 2012, 02:45 AM

This stuff isn't even from the first computer I built for myself. lol

Norton · Jan 21, 2012, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ThE_MaD_ShOt

This stuff isn't even from the first computer I built for myself. lol

My guess would be from the days where Cyrix made CPU's for Super Socket 7 and a 200mhz Pentium Pro CPU was over $500

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jan 21, 2012, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Norton

My guess would be from the days where Cyrix made CPU's for Super Socket 7 and a 200mhz Pentium Pro CPU was over $500

And you would be correct. My fist complete build was a super socket 7 system with a K6-2 266 proc. And here it is

Norton · Jan 21, 2012, 01:50 PM

I think I had that same case for my first builds

Short and wide with sideways PSU?

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jan 21, 2012, 02:06 PM

Yes It's a Inwin case. I still have that system in the closet.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jan 21, 2012, 04:07 PM

And so the build begins

Using a temporary case while the case for this builds make its way here. This is my Kt7a system which won't be hurt in this build and will be restored back to complete full health within 2 weeks.

Case almost empty.

Parts parts and more parts.

Wrigleyvillain · Jan 21, 2012, 04:18 PM

Looking good so far...

(Well nothing from that era actually looks "good" as we've discussed but you know what I mean!)

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jan 21, 2012, 04:53 PM

Mobo installed (Asus A7pro) will be doing a test boot shortly and if all goes well maybe load win 98se.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jan 22, 2012, 02:20 AM

It's alive

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jan 22, 2012, 06:28 PM

Got win 98se loaded along with the chipset, video, and soundcard drivers. Win 98 is just how I remebered it (a pita). Good thing I have logged plenty of time behind win9x machines. But somewhere between to os load and chipset driver load one of the cd drives in the machine took a dump. It was my good sony cd-rw drive thats like 5 to 10 yrs old. Oh well I have about 15 spare drives laying around. Next up Os customizing MaD ShOt style.

TRWOV · Jan 22, 2012, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ThE_MaD_ShOt

It's alive

http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/a...e050Medium.jpg

Honest, I hadn't seen your last post and chose the same line.

I'm having a little problem with mine, I think the HDD or the IDE cable is bad

If I don't figure it out I'll have to wait until tomorrow to get another IDE cable.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jan 22, 2012, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by TRWOV

Honest, I hadn't seen your last post and chose the same line.

I'm having a little problem with mine, I think the HDD or the IDE cable is bad

If I don't figure it out I'll have to wait until tomorrow to get another IDE cable.

Oh it's perfectly fine as it is the truth. Also check the jumper settings on the drive carefully. I had a 40 gig slated for this build and the system wouldn't see it. I ran through the jumpers 6 times until I realized the pic of the jumper block on the drive is backwards and upside down from the actual positions. Also some boards don't like certain drives at all. Swap the hdd cable with the cd rom cable. and see if the bios recognizes the drive. If not it's either the drive itself (jumper setting/bad drive) or the bios doesn't like the drive. What size is the drive?

On a side note I just picked up this lot of old stuff. Whats in there you ask? 2 Abit boards. One is a BE6 and has a pentIII 450 with it and the other is a KT7A with a Athlon 1.2 ghz proc. Everything shown was included in the lot.

TRWOV · Jan 22, 2012, 07:18 PM

Did you get the ORB SECC2 cooler?

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jan 22, 2012, 07:29 PM

No it has the factory cooler on it.

TRWOV · Jan 22, 2012, 08:10 PM

xBruce88x · Jan 27, 2012, 11:49 AM

damn i really need to finish my build... i think i first posted about it back in 2010 lol

Norton · Jan 28, 2012, 09:48 PM

How's it going on the project?

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jan 29, 2012, 12:07 AM

I am rethinking the project at the moment. Might do the build a little different. Going through the thought process at the moment. Will update as soon as I figure which way I am going to go now.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Feb 1, 2012, 03:55 AM

Okay so well I come to the conclusion that win98 just sucks for speed. Internet wise, no matter how much memory you throw at it it still just crawls. Pos And Ie 6 is just trash. I am using Netscape 9 right now. It's better just slow as shit. Well heres a screen shot thus far. Oh and I am on the system as I type.

TRWOV · Feb 1, 2012, 05:20 AM

I found out the same. I've decided to omit the ethernet card on mine for the same reason (currently using an USB to ethernet adapter). Besides there isn't any anti-virus that works with 98 and still get updates. At most I'd use the web to post screenshots here so I don't mind.

Have you installed any games on it? I currently have Half Life and Tyrian running.

I hope you get the case soon. Looking forward to the finished build.

Ammonite · Feb 1, 2012, 07:01 AM

Awesome project. You better go find some old school games to go with that machine.

Yo_Wattup · Feb 1, 2012, 07:25 AM

Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus hardware was ugly back then.. holy f***ing shit that's hideous...

But seriously that's awesome stuff Mad shot, takes me back... keep up the good work! Is windows 98 the one where you had to choose 'shut down computer' then wait until it says you can switch off the computer, or was that 95? Man, good times were had on those machines...

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Feb 1, 2012, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by TRWOV

I found out the same. I've decided to omit the ethernet card on mine for the same reason (currently using an USB to ethernet adapter). Besides there isn't any anti-virus that works with 98 and still get updates. At most I'd use the web to post screenshots here so I don't mind.

Have you installed any games on it? I currently have Half Life and Tyrian running.

I hope you get the case soon. Looking forward to the finished build.

Case is here (thanks to Norton). Ye-haw. Will post pics later. I am using a USB Ethernet adapter for internet. I think the main issue is the web browser. IE 6 just plain sucks nowadays. Most sites just don't support it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yo_Wattup

Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus hardware was ugly back then.. holy f***ing shit that's hideous...

But seriously that's awesome stuff Mad shot, takes me back... keep up the good work! Is windows 98 the one where you had to choose 'shut down computer' then wait until it says you can switch off the computer, or was that 95? Man, good times were had on those machines...

Hell win 95/98/ME and win xp would do that under the right circumstance. It all has to do with what power management or lack of and if your motherboard supports softoff.

Norton · Feb 1, 2012, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ThE_MaD_ShOt

Case is here (thanks to Norton). Ye-haw. Will post pics later. I am using a USB Ethernet adapter for internet. I think the main issue is the web browser. IE 6 just plain sucks nowadays. Most sites just don't support it.

Hell win 95/98/ME and win xp would do that under the right circumstance. It all has to do with what power management or lack of and if your motherboard supports softoff.

The AT/Baby AT boards were the ones that did that... I think maybe?

I can't remember

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Jan 21, 2012, 02:13 AM	#26
DOM Eligible for custom title Join Date: May 2006 Location: TX, USA Posts: 6,464 (2.54/day) Thanks: 292 Thanked 790 Times in 706 Posts System Specs	im not that old never had a comp like that __________________

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Jan 21, 2012, 02:45 AM	#27
ThE_MaD_ShOt Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hi! I'm from the Internet Posts: 3,739 (6.97/day) Thanks: 2,530 Thanked 2,443 Times in 1,468 Posts System Specs	This stuff isn't even from the first computer I built for myself. lol __________________ Crunchers : Phenom II x6 1090t / 2x Phenom II x6 1055t / Phenom II x4 970BE / “I always succed in my mission tho. Beer just delays it!” -ChaoticAtmosphere “TPU is very mild, and I love to tell people I love them when they are being retarded, it makes me feel special in my special places. What was the point of this thread again? Oh well, I love all of you.” -Steevo

System Name:	Selene / Yoda / Xp Gaming rig
Processor:	Phenom II x6 1090t @ 3.6 / Phenom II x6 1055t @ 3.2 / Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Motherboard:	Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 /Gigabyte 890XA-UD3 / Asus A8n Sli Premium
Cooling:	CM Hyper 212+ / CM Hyper 212+ / Koolance W/C'd
Memory:	4x 4gb G.Skill Ripjaws / 4x 4gb G.Skill Ares / 2x 1gb & 2x 512mb Crucial Pc3200
Video Card:	2x Visiontek Hd7850's C'fired / Visiontek and Xfx HD6850's C'fired / 2x Evga 8800gtx's Sli'd
Hard Disk:	2x 1tb / 2x 1tb / 250 gb
Optical Drive:	Samsung Sata dvd burner / Sony dvd burner / Sony dvd burner
CRT/LCD Model:	Hp W2207H 22" LCD / Acer 20" Led/ Viewsonic 19" Lcd
Case:	Chieftec Dragon Blue / Chieftec Dragon Blue / Koolance PC3-720BK
Sound Card:	Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio / Creative Sb Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
PSU:	Corsair TX 750 watt / Corsair TX 650 watt / Apevia 700 watt
Software:	Win 7 pro 64 bit / Win Vista Home prem. 64 bit / Win xp Pro Sp3

System Name:	My Fortress/Trish (WCG #1)/Julia (WCG #2)/Junior (WCG #3)/Norton3 (WCG #4)/My Niece (WCG #5)/TBA
Processor:	FX-8350/PII 1045T/1045T/FX-6200/FX-8150/Xeon (6c/12t)/i7 920
Motherboard:	ASUS M5A99X Evo/ ASUS M4A79XTD Evo/Biostar A880GZ/Biostar A880GZ/ASUS M5A97 EVO/EVGA X58 SLI 3- x2
Cooling:	Xig Night Hawk/ AMD stock hp/Xig Gaia/Xig Night Hawk/Xig Night Hawk/H70/Phantek
Memory:	2x4GB G.Skill Ares DDR31866/2x4GB DDR3 1600/2x2GB DDR31600/2x2GB DDR31600/2x4GB DDR31600/2x3GB/2x3GB
Video Card:	HD 7870/8400GS/IGP/7770/HD 7870/3x HD 7770's
Hard Disk:	2xWD 640(Blue)/WD 80/WD 160/WD 320 (2.5")/WD 160(2.5")/WD VR 150GB/WD 320
Optical Drive:	DVD/RW (if used)
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell 2208WPF, 2409W / Dell 1907FP (shared)
Case:	Silverstone Fortress FT01B/Source 210/Source 210/Fractal Define Mini/Fractal R4/HAF 932/TBA
Sound Card:	on board (All)
PSU:	Corsair HX850/700w (Rosewill)/Antec HCG-620/CX500 v2/TX850/AX1200/TX550M
Software:	Windows 7 HP 64/Win7 Pro 64/ Vista 64bit/Win7 Pro 64/Win7 Pro 64/Win7 Pro 64/Win7 Pro 64
Benchmarks:	Why sit on the Bench when you can get in the game and Crunch!!!

Jan 21, 2012, 01:50 PM	#30
Norton WCG Team Assistant Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Northeast, USA Posts: 5,127 (9.94/day) Thanks: 5,363 Thanked 10,013 Times in 3,161 Posts System Specs	I think I had that same case for my first builds Short and wide with sideways PSU? __________________ *Why sit on the Bench* when you can get in the game and Crunch!!!- World Community Grid (FTW) CPU crunchers- FX-8350(4.4)/FX-8150(4.0)/FX-6200(4.0)/ PII 1045T/PII 1045T/i7-920/Xeon (6c/12t)....(44 cores/54 threads) GPU crunchers- no WCG GPU work available Folding@Home- 2x GTX 580's WCG-TPU Mothers Day Challenge (5/10 thru 5/19- crunch for our Team, for Mom, for games and prizes )**

Jan 21, 2012, 02:06 PM	#31
ThE_MaD_ShOt Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hi! I'm from the Internet Posts: 3,739 (6.97/day) Thanks: 2,530 Thanked 2,443 Times in 1,468 Posts System Specs	Yes It's a Inwin case. I still have that system in the closet. __________________ Crunchers : Phenom II x6 1090t / 2x Phenom II x6 1055t / Phenom II x4 970BE / “I always succed in my mission tho. Beer just delays it!” -ChaoticAtmosphere “TPU is very mild, and I love to tell people I love them when they are being retarded, it makes me feel special in my special places. What was the point of this thread again? Oh well, I love all of you.” -Steevo

Jan 21, 2012, 04:07 PM	#32
ThE_MaD_ShOt Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hi! I'm from the Internet Posts: 3,739 (6.97/day) Thanks: 2,530 Thanked 2,443 Times in 1,468 Posts System Specs	And so the build begins Using a temporary case while the case for this builds make its way here. This is my Kt7a system which won't be hurt in this build and will be restored back to complete full health within 2 weeks. Case almost empty. Parts parts and more parts. __________________ Crunchers : Phenom II x6 1090t / 2x Phenom II x6 1055t / Phenom II x4 970BE / “I always succed in my mission tho. Beer just delays it!” -ChaoticAtmosphere “TPU is very mild, and I love to tell people I love them when they are being retarded, it makes me feel special in my special places. What was the point of this thread again? Oh well, I love all of you.” -Steevo

Jan 21, 2012, 04:18 PM	#33
Wrigleyvillain Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 4,498 (2.20/day) Thanks: 1,523 Thanked 1,573 Times in 1,116 Posts System Specs	Looking good so far... (Well nothing from that era actually looks "good" as we've discussed but you know what I mean!) __________________ “i dont care what consoles have they dont have mouse and keyboard” -crazyeyesreaper

System Name:	DarkStar
Processor:	i5 3570K
Motherboard:	Asrock Z77E-ITX
Cooling:	Apogee HD White/AC Nexxos 120/XSPC H2O 750
Memory:	8GB Samsung Green 1600
Video Card:	MSI HD 7950 TF3
Hard Disk:	OCZ Agility 3 240GB
Optical Drive:	Asus Blu Ray burner
CRT/LCD Model:	23" Apple Cinema Display HD Aluminum
Case:	Bit Fenix Prodigy (Yang)
PSU:	NZXT Hale82 650W
Software:	Windows 7 x64

Jan 21, 2012, 04:53 PM	#34
ThE_MaD_ShOt Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hi! I'm from the Internet Posts: 3,739 (6.97/day) Thanks: 2,530 Thanked 2,443 Times in 1,468 Posts System Specs	Mobo installed (Asus A7pro) will be doing a test boot shortly and if all goes well maybe load win 98se. __________________ Crunchers : Phenom II x6 1090t / 2x Phenom II x6 1055t / Phenom II x4 970BE / “I always succed in my mission tho. Beer just delays it!” -ChaoticAtmosphere “TPU is very mild, and I love to tell people I love them when they are being retarded, it makes me feel special in my special places. What was the point of this thread again? Oh well, I love all of you.” -Steevo

Jan 22, 2012, 02:20 AM	#35
ThE_MaD_ShOt Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hi! I'm from the Internet Posts: 3,739 (6.97/day) Thanks: 2,530 Thanked 2,443 Times in 1,468 Posts System Specs	It's alive __________________ Crunchers : Phenom II x6 1090t / 2x Phenom II x6 1055t / Phenom II x4 970BE / “I always succed in my mission tho. Beer just delays it!” -ChaoticAtmosphere “TPU is very mild, and I love to tell people I love them when they are being retarded, it makes me feel special in my special places. What was the point of this thread again? Oh well, I love all of you.” -Steevo

Jan 22, 2012, 06:28 PM	#36
ThE_MaD_ShOt Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hi! I'm from the Internet Posts: 3,739 (6.97/day) Thanks: 2,530 Thanked 2,443 Times in 1,468 Posts System Specs	Got win 98se loaded along with the chipset, video, and soundcard drivers. Win 98 is just how I remebered it (a pita). Good thing I have logged plenty of time behind win9x machines. But somewhere between to os load and chipset driver load one of the cd drives in the machine took a dump. It was my good sony cd-rw drive thats like 5 to 10 yrs old. Oh well I have about 15 spare drives laying around. Next up Os customizing MaD ShOt style. __________________ Crunchers : Phenom II x6 1090t / 2x Phenom II x6 1055t / Phenom II x4 970BE / “I always succed in my mission tho. Beer just delays it!” -ChaoticAtmosphere “TPU is very mild, and I love to tell people I love them when they are being retarded, it makes me feel special in my special places. What was the point of this thread again? Oh well, I love all of you.” -Steevo

System Name:	Sandy Bridged 3rd Take
Processor:	Core i5-2320 @ 3.5Ghz
Motherboard:	GYGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H
Cooling:	Antec Kuhler H2O 620
Memory:	2x4GB A-DATA XPG 1600GS
Video Card:	ATi RADEON HD7870 2GB / Zotac GT430
Hard Disk:	500GB WD / 64GB Samsung SSD (SRT cache) / 2TB Seagate
Optical Drive:	Samsung SH-B123A Blu-ray/DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer V223W 22" LCD 1680x1050
Case:	Cooler Master Gladiator 600
PSU:	Cooler Master Silent Pro M 700w
Software:	Windows 8 Pro with Media Center
Benchmarks:	3dmark11 7925, IBT 90Gflops

Jan 22, 2012, 07:18 PM	#39
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,044 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	Did you get the ORB SECC2 cooler? __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650

Jan 22, 2012, 07:29 PM	#40
ThE_MaD_ShOt Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hi! I'm from the Internet Posts: 3,739 (6.97/day) Thanks: 2,530 Thanked 2,443 Times in 1,468 Posts System Specs	No it has the factory cooler on it. __________________ Crunchers : Phenom II x6 1090t / 2x Phenom II x6 1055t / Phenom II x4 970BE / “I always succed in my mission tho. Beer just delays it!” -ChaoticAtmosphere “TPU is very mild, and I love to tell people I love them when they are being retarded, it makes me feel special in my special places. What was the point of this thread again? Oh well, I love all of you.” -Steevo

Jan 22, 2012, 08:10 PM	#41
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,044 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	__________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650

Jan 27, 2012, 11:49 AM	#42
xBruce88x Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Winder, GA, USA Posts: 2,216 (1.71/day) Thanks: 652 Thanked 504 Times in 399 Posts System Specs	damn i really need to finish my build... i think i first posted about it back in 2010 lol __________________

System Name:	Phenom-inal / IBM T43 2668-45U
Processor:	Phenom II X4 920 OC 3.2ghz / Pentium M 735 1.7Ghz
Motherboard:	ECS IC780M-A V2.0 / T43
Cooling:	7 80mm and 1 92mm case fan, Contac 30 / Stock
Memory:	Super Talent DDR2-800 2x 2GB + G.Skill 2x1GB DDR2 533 / 2x 1GB Samsung DDR2 533
Video Card:	ASUA DirectCU II HD 7850 2GB / ATI X300 64MB
Hard Disk:	500GB Hitachi 16mb 7200RPM, 1x 250GB seagate 2.5in 5400, 160GB IDE / 40GB
Optical Drive:	DVD/CD-RW combo 16x/48x Sony / DVD-ROM CD-R/RW combo
CRT/LCD Model:	ViewSonic @1280x1024 / 14.1in 1024x768
Case:	Unknown but cool / IBM Thinkpad T43
Sound Card:	Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 THX 200W and RT ALC662 / SoundMax via Intel
PSU:	CX500 / 6cell battery - 125w brick
Software:	Windows 7 Pro x64 / XP Pro SP3
Benchmarks:	The IBM can handle Farcry with Med/High settings

Jan 28, 2012, 09:48 PM	#43
Norton WCG Team Assistant Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Northeast, USA Posts: 5,127 (9.94/day) Thanks: 5,363 Thanked 10,013 Times in 3,161 Posts System Specs	How's it going on the project? __________________ *Why sit on the Bench* when you can get in the game and Crunch!!!- World Community Grid (FTW) CPU crunchers- FX-8350(4.4)/FX-8150(4.0)/FX-6200(4.0)/ PII 1045T/PII 1045T/i7-920/Xeon (6c/12t)....(44 cores/54 threads) GPU crunchers- no WCG GPU work available Folding@Home- 2x GTX 580's WCG-TPU Mothers Day Challenge (5/10 thru 5/19- crunch for our Team, for Mom, for games and prizes )**

Jan 29, 2012, 12:07 AM	#44
ThE_MaD_ShOt Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hi! I'm from the Internet Posts: 3,739 (6.97/day) Thanks: 2,530 Thanked 2,443 Times in 1,468 Posts System Specs	I am rethinking the project at the moment. Might do the build a little different. Going through the thought process at the moment. Will update as soon as I figure which way I am going to go now. __________________ Crunchers : Phenom II x6 1090t / 2x Phenom II x6 1055t / Phenom II x4 970BE / “I always succed in my mission tho. Beer just delays it!” -ChaoticAtmosphere “TPU is very mild, and I love to tell people I love them when they are being retarded, it makes me feel special in my special places. What was the point of this thread again? Oh well, I love all of you.” -Steevo

Feb 1, 2012, 03:55 AM	#45
ThE_MaD_ShOt Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hi! I'm from the Internet Posts: 3,739 (6.97/day) Thanks: 2,530 Thanked 2,443 Times in 1,468 Posts System Specs	Okay so well I come to the conclusion that win98 just sucks for speed. Internet wise, no matter how much memory you throw at it it still just crawls. Pos And Ie 6 is just trash. I am using Netscape 9 right now. It's better just slow as shit. Well heres a screen shot thus far. Oh and I am on the system as I type. __________________ Crunchers : Phenom II x6 1090t / 2x Phenom II x6 1055t / Phenom II x4 970BE / “I always succed in my mission tho. Beer just delays it!” -ChaoticAtmosphere “TPU is very mild, and I love to tell people I love them when they are being retarded, it makes me feel special in my special places. What was the point of this thread again? Oh well, I love all of you.” -Steevo

Feb 1, 2012, 05:20 AM	#46
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,044 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	I found out the same. I've decided to omit the ethernet card on mine for the same reason (currently using an USB to ethernet adapter). Besides there isn't any anti-virus that works with 98 and still get updates. At most I'd use the web to post screenshots here so I don't mind. Have you installed any games on it? I currently have Half Life and Tyrian running. I hope you get the case soon. Looking forward to the finished build. __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650

Feb 1, 2012, 07:01 AM	#47
Ammonite Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Christchurch, NZ Posts: 47 (0.10/day) Thanks: 11 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts	Awesome project. You better go find some old school games to go with that machine.

Feb 1, 2012, 07:25 AM	#48
Yo_Wattup Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 704 (1.47/day) Thanks: 176 Thanked 199 Times in 125 Posts System Specs	Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus hardware was ugly back then.. holy f***ing shit that's hideous... But seriously that's awesome stuff Mad shot, takes me back... keep up the good work! Is windows 98 the one where you had to choose 'shut down computer' then wait until it says you can switch off the computer, or was that 95? Man, good times were had on those machines...

System Name:	Desktop/Gamer/Digital Audio Wokstation \|\|\| HTPC
Processor:	2500k @ 4.65ghz \|\|\| AMD A8 @ 3.6ghz
Motherboard:	ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
Cooling:	Noctua NH-D14 with single Blue Antec Tri-Cool 120mm \|\|\| Stock
Memory:	16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X 1600 @1900mhz 8-9-9-24 \|\|\| 8GB G.Skill 1600 CL9
Video Card:	2x HIS HD6950 2GB Crossfire, 6970 clocks \|\|\| HD6550D
Hard Disk:	120GB Intel 320 series SSD + 2TB storage \|\|\| 1TB Seagate
Optical Drive:	same as everyone else, some generic one. \|\|\| <---
CRT/LCD Model:	32" Sony Bravia LCD 1080p \|\|\| 50" Hitachi Plasma 1080p
Case:	Raidmax Raptor modded to 7 fans \|\|\| A compact HP Case
Sound Card:	Firewire audio interface + two 9" studio monitors, 450 REAL watts \|\|\| onboard
PSU:	Corsair TX 750W \|\|\| generic 400W
Software:	Win 7 Ultimate + Win 8 consumer preview\|\|\| Win 7 Pro
Benchmarks:	Never drops below 60fps Battlefield 3 everything on max, fov 90. :D

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