*Socket A // Old Case* xnox202's Rig

Key features

AMD CPU AMD Graphics

The build

This pc was built on 1-Jan-2003. It had A7N266-VM Motherboard with AMD 2000+ XP Processor, along with GeForce Ti4200 AGP Card with it's Western Digital IDE HDD and Optical Drives. I was only 14 years old back then. As for that, I only had limited budget for upgrade. I only upgrade the memory to 1GB. It was a value ram. Then changed the graphics card from the Ti4200 to 9600XT. Then 2006, I'm a college student, used the money to upgrade my pc. Major change took placed for the pc. Upgraded the memory to Corsair, the processor to an XP-M, the PSU and other little stuffs. Changed the 9600XT with an 9600PRO. I'm using it as a temporary card as my 9600XT actually got damaged by a falling PSU on it. Pretty sad. My careless mistake aswell while swapping the PSU on standing position. Since then I always lie down the PC when I'm making adjustments. Check out my new rig too! It's also been updated with some new components.

System specs

CPU
AMD Athlon XP-M 2800+
Motherboard
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
RAM
1 GB Corsair XMS TWIN-3200XL Platinum PC-3200 DDR
GPU
Powercolor Radeon 9600 PRO EZ-Edition AGP
Storage
Western Digital IDE HDD 80 GB
Storage
2x Maxtor DiamondMax9 SATA 120 GB (RAID-0)
Optical
Asus 56x CD-ROM
Optical
48x16x48 CD-RW
Optical
Sony 3.5" Floppy
PSU
Enermax Liberty 500 W
Network
PCI 56k Modem
Network
PCI Wireless Ethernet Linksys
Fan Controller
Vantec Nexus NX-305

Performed mods

It has been updated.
Changed the CPU cooler with G-Power Pro cooler. Temp dropped by more than 12 degrees from 3D-Rocket cooler. (With AS5).
Spend hours figuring out to route the wirings for the CPU cooler (such a hectic, but finally came out okay I guess).
Added two exhaust fans (AC Ryan 80mm).
Changed PC keyboard (Saitek Eclipse II Illuminated).
A faster and newer Graphics card is still on its way.
It's about time to OC this thing!

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11 Comments on *Socket A // Old Case* xnox202's Rig

#2
EviLZeD
specs are abit outa date but the comps cable management lights are really well done

yea just look to build a new comp soon save up and wait till more dx10 cards come out then get one ur new computer would be awesome i give u an 8 someone gave a 1 :(
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#3
Velcro
I like what you did whith the stata cables looks good lol. Its a solid overall system my athlon xp sytem is still fast enough to play most of todays games given its oc'd to 2.1GHZ!!(athlon 1700+) just get a better vid card like a 1950pro or sumthing fairly quick.
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#4
xnox202
Thanks for posting the comments guys. Yeah, too bad for the '1' vote. I don't really care about it though. Just posting my rig here to see any of you guys could suggest me with something. Yeah, I know the PC specs are kinda outdated, but hey, it's still running strong up till now! I just finished my NFS: Carbon with this spec like few days ago! Oh, and I also ran 3DMark03, 2k+. LOL. Crap card.
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#5
strick94u
love the sata cords nice job 7/10
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#6
mitsirfishi
i like the cable job and twisty sata cables overall good job you get a 7 from me
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#7
xnox202
It's now updated. See description for more info!
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#9
JC316
Knows what makes you tick
Cool lighting, good cables, and a good job at tweaking the parts that you have. 6/10.
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#10
xnox202
OC-ed at 218x11 @ 1.675 vCore now. 41/46(28 Ambient). 2-2-2-9 (2.8v)
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#11
xnox202
Update: Got my X1950AGP and a new case! Will post new pics soon.
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