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| System Name | Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad T480 |
|---|---|
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael \ i7-8550U Kaby Lake-R |
| Motherboard | ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 2.02 AMD AGESA 1.1.0.0 \ Lenowo 20L60036MX Bios 1.47 |
| Cooling | Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo WN-2 |
| Memory | G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17 |
| Video Card(s) | Asus GeForce RTX™ 4070 Dual OC GPU: 2325-2355 MEM: 1462| Nvidia GeForce MX™ 150 2GB GDDR5 Micron |
| Storage | Gigabyte M30 1TB|Sabrent Rocket 2TB| HDD: 10TB|1TB \ SKHynix 256GB 2242 3x2 |
| Display(s) | LG UltraGear 27GP850-B 1440p@165Hz | LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR | AUO 14" 1440p IPS |
| Case | Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh | Lenowo T480 chassis |
| Audio Device(s) | Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless |
| Power Supply | Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie | 65W |
| Mouse | Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless | Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305 |
| Keyboard | Akko 3108 DS Horizon V2 Cream Yellow | T480 UK Lumi |
| Software | Win11 Pro 23H2 UK |
| Benchmark Scores | 3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr |
A couple of months ago I thought about building a XP Gaming machine to play some older titles that just works better on XP then Windows 10 and will bring a really great experience for not a lot of money so purchased some used parts like the cpu, mobo, ram but a brand new psu because used once in the sfx factor is still expensive and is usually 500Watt or more when on sale used.
Parts I already owned:
Audio: Asus ThunderFX
Case: Factal Design Core 500 (1x140mm fan)
SSD: KingFast F6Pro 240GB
Used parts:
Combo deal for about £29.50 / 34.37 USD with shipping
CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 (Listed by the seller)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i
Board: Asus P9D-I Server & Workstation ITX (USB 3.0 works great in Windows XP SP3 even it's a Intel chip.)
RAM: Apacer 2x2GB ECC PC3-8500 CL7 (Board works with ECC and was included in the price).
GFX: MSI GTX 750 Ti Gaming (Twin Frozr IV cooler and I believe it's the OC model not sure if this was the only model MSI made back then.)
Price I think was £58.21/72USD
New part:
PSU: SeaSonic SSP-300SFG 80Plus Gold
around the same price as the GPU.
I was aiming for a ITX system because I wanted it to be small and don't take up so much space and I wanted to reuse med old Fractal Design Core 500 case with the 140mm case fan in the top to help keep the noise and temp level down and the Twin Frozr IV on the GTX 750 Ti is overkill but is really not making a any sounds while keeping it cool.
As far as I know the GTX 750/750 Ti based on Nvidia's Maxwell GPU was one of the lasted cars being supported officially with the driver version 361.81 for Windows XP 32bit and you are all free to correct me if I am wrong.
I had some UEFI boot issues on the Asus P9D-I board which was really weird but got fixed and thanks for the users who helped me out trying to fix the boot issue I had that can be read in this thread: USB Boot issue on Asus P9D-i
How the build look:
After fixing the boot issue I had I installed Windows XP from USB with Easy2boot and it went smooth as butter and it's really fast booting after the workstation board has booted that takes like a min or something weird
When I see the Windows XP boot logo the small indicator underneath doesn't even load anything and XP just boots up thanks to the SSD
What is running a fine machine like this without trying 3DMark2001se to see the score?
I didn't expect this setup to score as well as it did to be honest:
I have just completed Call of Duty today it's one of the games that are installed as you can see on the desktop and I had fps between 100-125fps all the time no stutter or lag issue and the game loads insanely fast.
Things I didn't expect:
I read around even on Reddit that Intel USB 3.0 was a no go on Windows XP so that was a downer until I just installed the Intel chipset driver from Asus' website and even the USB 3.0 installed and is fully working and I use them for the Asus ThunderFX which also got official driver for XP 32bit.
Things I knew going into the project:
1. I wanted it to be ITX because I already had a case and size needed to be small.
2. I was planning to use my Asus ThunderFX no matter onboard audio or not.
3. I wanted a GTX 750 or GTX 750 Ti the no external power version.
4. I wanted it to be low powered that's also why I purchased a solid brand PSU.
5. Any components I want to change? - Answer: Short answer is no.
One of the reasons I didn't went for a i5/i7 quad-core was kinda the price I wanted to use max about £120/148,44 USD plus that a quad-core cpu can cause problems with all cores and threads enabled for some games so an i3 was great and hopefully it will be even the clock speed is only 3.40GHz I hope that will be enough.
This is my Retro XP gaming box and it's not a fancy, insane or glory project just for me so I can play some old games when I want to
If there is anything questions comment and I will try to ask and I am not hoping for anything specific of posting this small build only for me it brings back memories from a time where I was young and had a great time in my life that I remember a little of.
Parts I already owned:
Audio: Asus ThunderFX
Case: Factal Design Core 500 (1x140mm fan)
SSD: KingFast F6Pro 240GB
Used parts:
Combo deal for about £29.50 / 34.37 USD with shipping
CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 (Listed by the seller)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i
Board: Asus P9D-I Server & Workstation ITX (USB 3.0 works great in Windows XP SP3 even it's a Intel chip.)
RAM: Apacer 2x2GB ECC PC3-8500 CL7 (Board works with ECC and was included in the price).
GFX: MSI GTX 750 Ti Gaming (Twin Frozr IV cooler and I believe it's the OC model not sure if this was the only model MSI made back then.)
Price I think was £58.21/72USD
New part:
PSU: SeaSonic SSP-300SFG 80Plus Gold
around the same price as the GPU.
I was aiming for a ITX system because I wanted it to be small and don't take up so much space and I wanted to reuse med old Fractal Design Core 500 case with the 140mm case fan in the top to help keep the noise and temp level down and the Twin Frozr IV on the GTX 750 Ti is overkill but is really not making a any sounds while keeping it cool.
As far as I know the GTX 750/750 Ti based on Nvidia's Maxwell GPU was one of the lasted cars being supported officially with the driver version 361.81 for Windows XP 32bit and you are all free to correct me if I am wrong.
I had some UEFI boot issues on the Asus P9D-I board which was really weird but got fixed and thanks for the users who helped me out trying to fix the boot issue I had that can be read in this thread: USB Boot issue on Asus P9D-i
How the build look:
After fixing the boot issue I had I installed Windows XP from USB with Easy2boot and it went smooth as butter and it's really fast booting after the workstation board has booted that takes like a min or something weird
When I see the Windows XP boot logo the small indicator underneath doesn't even load anything and XP just boots up thanks to the SSD
What is running a fine machine like this without trying 3DMark2001se to see the score?
I didn't expect this setup to score as well as it did to be honest:
I have just completed Call of Duty today it's one of the games that are installed as you can see on the desktop and I had fps between 100-125fps all the time no stutter or lag issue and the game loads insanely fast.
Things I didn't expect:
I read around even on Reddit that Intel USB 3.0 was a no go on Windows XP so that was a downer until I just installed the Intel chipset driver from Asus' website and even the USB 3.0 installed and is fully working and I use them for the Asus ThunderFX which also got official driver for XP 32bit.
Things I knew going into the project:
1. I wanted it to be ITX because I already had a case and size needed to be small.
2. I was planning to use my Asus ThunderFX no matter onboard audio or not.
3. I wanted a GTX 750 or GTX 750 Ti the no external power version.
4. I wanted it to be low powered that's also why I purchased a solid brand PSU.
5. Any components I want to change? - Answer: Short answer is no.
One of the reasons I didn't went for a i5/i7 quad-core was kinda the price I wanted to use max about £120/148,44 USD plus that a quad-core cpu can cause problems with all cores and threads enabled for some games so an i3 was great and hopefully it will be even the clock speed is only 3.40GHz I hope that will be enough.
This is my Retro XP gaming box and it's not a fancy, insane or glory project just for me so I can play some old games when I want to
If there is anything questions comment and I will try to ask and I am not hoping for anything specific of posting this small build only for me it brings back memories from a time where I was young and had a great time in my life that I remember a little of.
I forgot to post about my Quad Pentium server in my about page...dang!
Sadly i was an AMD fan up until i finally went Intel with the first Core i7 on socket 1366, that machine is still going now with a Xeon installed instead lol can't say i'm a fan of theirs now either, they're up to something... Everyone mocks Intel if they use multiple Dies on the same package but AMD can do it, everyone whines if Intel stick more cores on but AMD can do it.. And now they're vulnerable to meltdown too plus apparently have cheaper, weak Silicon that get damaged by their own boost clocks/voltage.. FX CPUs were a joke too! Haha.. But yeah, a lot of older stuff takes a crap when you have several cores/HT.. Yet AquaMark could use HT if it sees you have a Pentium 4!