Hello, I'm planning on a 90s vintage gaming setup and would really appreciate some advice. I'd like something along the lines of:
- 400-900MHz P3 / K6-2 / Athlon
- 128-256MB
- horizontal desktop case
- 14-17" CRT monitor
I already have a Voodoo 3 (PCI), Soundblaster AWE64 Gold (ISA) and a Samsung 40GB IDE HDD and there's local guy selling one of these for cheap:
http://www.motherboard.cz/mb/qdi/KinetiZ 7E.htm
Including an unknown CPU, RAM and cooler (judging by what the board supports though, any compatible CPU should be fine).
My first question is if I'll be able to install this (pretty normal-looking) motherboard in a horizontal case? I was young in the 90s so only have vague recollections, but didn't horizontal systems require riser boards etc? Would I be able to get this board into a horizontal case with my Voodoo and Soundblaster?
Also I've seen a lot of talk about popped capacitors. Realistically will I need to re-cap or will it most likely work fine?
And for operating systems, presumably if I install MS-DOS 6.22 first, I can install Windows 98 second for a dual-boot on a single partition?
Thanks for any advice.
- 400-900MHz P3 / K6-2 / Athlon
- 128-256MB
- horizontal desktop case
- 14-17" CRT monitor
I already have a Voodoo 3 (PCI), Soundblaster AWE64 Gold (ISA) and a Samsung 40GB IDE HDD and there's local guy selling one of these for cheap:
http://www.motherboard.cz/mb/qdi/KinetiZ 7E.htm
Including an unknown CPU, RAM and cooler (judging by what the board supports though, any compatible CPU should be fine).
My first question is if I'll be able to install this (pretty normal-looking) motherboard in a horizontal case? I was young in the 90s so only have vague recollections, but didn't horizontal systems require riser boards etc? Would I be able to get this board into a horizontal case with my Voodoo and Soundblaster?
Also I've seen a lot of talk about popped capacitors. Realistically will I need to re-cap or will it most likely work fine?
And for operating systems, presumably if I install MS-DOS 6.22 first, I can install Windows 98 second for a dual-boot on a single partition?
Thanks for any advice.