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ty, it is quite fast, and also doubles as a space heater LoL. Above 3.2GHz and they start running fairly hot, I believe the Pentium 4 I'm using has a TDP of 115 watts

@@fiveleggedspider my shitrig is the same too, warms up my bedroom like no other heater ever does from its passive cooling. Im not a computer man as you are, I just remember specifically the Medal of Honor Pacific Assault specs requiring what you built amongst other games. I'd love an XP or a 98 rig one day for DOS/95 games

@@TheDzhoel That is wild, what kind of passive cooling are you using? Also as far has XP/98SE era goes there is a large in-between area from 2000 to about 2003 or 2004 where drivers were made for 98SE and XP both. For DOS games you just need to make sure you have something with decent OPL support like a SoundBlaster Vibra 16S (16C is sometimes OK but not true OPL2/3), or an ESS AudioDrive 1868 or 1869. I mention those here because that's about all that's affordable, there are all sorts of other solutions though. If you wanted one machine for both XP and 98SE at once, dual-boot or having a 3.5" hdd caddy installed in the front of the case to switch hdds are probably the best options. I say 98SE because I have found it's best to avoid the initial release of Windows 98 LOL

It is a full-height 5.25" drive so I would 100% say it would be 150TB at least LMAO

Indeed, it is meant to be ca. 1998/Very early 1999. The CPU is the only part that doesn't quite match, being a mobile K6-2+ 550MHz underclocked to 400MHz. I'm still happy to take the extra speed boost from it though.

Ty! I used to have a Pentium 4 Northwood 2.4GHz Dell Dimension 2400 that I upgraded to 2GB of RAM and put a PCI nVidia GeForce 6200 in to try to stretch out its functional lifespan as far as possible LOL. It is crazy that these are even retro now, time flies.

Quake Live, though I've changed the config to be closer to something that pros use (all bright green Keel for enemy models, gun is not visible, and I am using vertex lighting).

My old main PC (Dell G5 5587, Core i7 8750H, GTX 1060 6GB) does not have an HDD LED and it drove me bonkers for the 4 years I used it. When the PC is loading something and it looks like it has stopped for a while, there is no indicator lamp to see if the storage is being used and that it is still loading. The only way to do that is to open task manager and see what the disk usage statistics are. I could understand the loss of CD drives as really they are technically obsolete, but not having a disk indicator lamp blows my mind.

Oh yeah, it sucked to find out that I couldn't install my SSD with the original mounting bracket if I installed that intake fan. I was afraid of temps rising where the case is somewhat small, so I decided to go with the weird setup I have now. That is awesome by the way, I used to have an Inspiron 620 that I put a 1050Ti in back in the day but kept the original mb with the Core i5 2310.

@@fiveleggedspider After a power outage my original board (620) gave up, so I put a H570M in there. I might use spacers to get a 92mm fan upfront, otherwise I'm stuck use an 80mm pendant oriented to avoid the front I/O wiring. I thought about doing a video, but I cheaped out with a white Vetroo cooler so it looks out of place. Surprisingly everything worked with no mods.

@@zeroturn7091 Oh yeah power surges eat PCs for breakfast :( It is really shocking how little modification a lot of these OEM cases need to put custom motherboards in them, and to put OEM motherboards in custom cases.

Ty, I have a 165hz display, and the much higher framerate does really help. I have Quake maxxed out to 250FPS, reducing input delay anywhere you can is essential. I have my keyboard polling rate set to 8000hz and my mouse is set to 1000hz, in a vain attempt to compete with the awesome pros on Quake.

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Ty! I have been keeping an eye on them. My CPU maxxed out at around 70C, and my GPU maxxed out to 65c give or take. Not amazing results but having both an intake and an exhaust fan seems to keep it stable. The vent on the bottom just above the USB ports does surprisingly well when an intake fan is installed.

​@@fiveleggedspidermy 3060 run the same temps as yours, so it's fine (it's a modern case with six 12 cm fans)

@@maklogetrich2378 Ty for letting me know! I lucked out that the airflow through this case seems to be just enough to keep what I have in it cool. I bet your PC is super quiet, when you have a lot of large fans like that you can afford to run them at lower RPMs without losing airflow. I only have an 80mm intake fan and a 92mm exhaust fan so I have to run them both at full throttle (connected by molex with no thermal control) to keep the temps stable LOL. I wouldn't say mine is at jet engine levels however you can definitely hear when it is running.

@@fiveleggedspider not really quiet actually, but yes, it can run at lower speed and higher speed, but I guess for 3060 it's still fine

@@maklogetrich2378 Ye, they don't need a whole lot from what I've seen so far with mine. Quiet or not it sounds like you have a really nice PC :D

I agree with that sentiment. I have my own biases, but at the end of the day it is to each his own. Newer PC designs look awesome, and people put a lot of hard work into making those builds look the way they do, it is just not my personal style :)

@@fiveleggedspider the sleeper builds are really tight. I think I might do one with a mid 2000s gateway black case now

@@banguseater That sounds sick! Gateway had some cool looking PCs around that time. The towers they made are nice, have plenty of airflow through them too if I remember right.

Ty, indeed LMAO

Ty! So for this case the connectors are proprietary, but it wasn't too bad. I just unclipped the contacts from the big connector they were attached to, and put them into smaller standard connectors from another ATX case I had. The wires were very easy to trace to each LED and the power button. The front USB 2.0 ports on this PC use a standard cable. I am unable to use the audio jack on the front panel because it is an entirely proprietary connector, so I just unclipped the contacts from the little connector that plugs into the front panel USB/3.5mm PCB. All the changes I made to the case are entirely reversible, in case I ever wanted to put an old Dell motherboard back in it.

@@fiveleggedspider that actually sounds really interesting! would it be possible to ask you for any help if i were to do a similar mod myself?

@@star_greeeen I could make a video on it at some point if you wanted. The biggest pain about it is not breaking the little plastic clips that hold the contacts in, I usually just slide a razor blade under the plastic clip very gently and tilt up slightly to be able to pull the contact out. After that you can slide it into an empty ATX clip and it will click into place. The contact block that connects to the USB header works exactly the same way, though the contacts and clips are tiny so it is harder to do.

@@fiveleggedspider sorry for the late reply, but that sounds great. if you are able to, definitely make one, i've been trying to locate a tutorial for a while now and i can't really find anyone

@@star_greeeen Sounds good, I will see about making one in the next few days!

Ty! Using a Pentium 4 in 2024 :p

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Ty! It's funny, the cards that would have been cheapest (as far as 2000's cards go) when they were new are now quite expensive. Also that's a great deal, I have bought a few untested or "for repair," things myself that ended up being just fine.

@@fiveleggedspider since there’s less PCI models, they fetch for more. I have been buying untested stuff for a while now off eBay. I just looked for the free returns on every auction just incase I have to return it

Oh man I bet that thing flew. Pentium @ 188MHz is crazy fast, let alone having an MMX at 225 while having a Matrox card the whole time. Did you overclock by messing with the multiplier or increasing the FSB speed? Also, I was running the Tyrian setup program which has a jukebox mode where you can listen to the soundtrack. I hate to admit that I have used that mode more than I have played the game itself LOL

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Yw! What are the specs of that PC if you don't mind me asking?

@@fiveleggedspider the specs on my PC are… Pentium MMX 200 Random 430VX chipset motherboard (AT) Diamond Monster RIVA 128 (PCI) 4MB Sound Blaster 16 PRO PNP 3.4GB HDD Cooler Master ATX PSU w/ ATX to AT adapter 16MB simms of memory Startech heatsink/fan combo Going to add more memory

​@@mOddEdLiKeHeLLTy for sharing, I love how high-end it is. I love all old PCs, high or low end, but there is something about having a PC kitted out with all the fast, expensive parts. I bet that thing would've easily fetched at least $2,000 back in the day LOL, that is one nice PC!

@@fiveleggedspider thanks! Yes, back in the day it would have most definitely been expensive. Now it’s just some pc I bought in a bundle with 4 other PC’s that I’ve bought a few inexpensive parts for and built it up just a tad bit. I’m following you by the way. Hoping to see more videos in the future

@@mOddEdLiKeHeLLYw, and ty! I got a bundle of a lot of crazy stuff a while back, that's where a lot of my PCs now came from. I still have a few PCs I am working on, and every once in a while I either get another entire computer or get parts to build a new one, and as I get them or "finish," my existing PCs I will make videos on them.

I will make a quick video on it here soon! This process will also work on Windows 98.

@@fiveleggedspider thank you kind sir!

@@mOddEdLiKeHeLLyw! Just uploaded it.

@@fiveleggedspider I’ll take a look!

Ye, this ViewSonic is a good one. 1024x768 at 85hz is my favorite desktop resolution on this monitor. It is also very nice for DOS games, I think all CRTs are better in DOS games than LCDs but LCDs definitely have a lot of advantages too.

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I have been using Norton Utilities 4.5 on it, mainly for Norton Speed Disk. A feature I miss in MS-DOS 3.3 that was later added to DOS is defrag. Once I started using Speed Disk, I found out that the defrag included in later versions of MS-DOS was just a rebranded Norton Speed Disk anyways LOL

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