1999 Retro Gaming PC Case Build Setup Ep1 "VooDoo PC Cablegami"

[@Heidegaff]

When the video starts with a guy inserting a cassette tape in a PC, you know this means business. Subscribed.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

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[@RetroJay1974]

Back in the late 1990's I pretty much did the same, rounded my own cables, cobbled cathode bulbs together, cut blowholes into side panels. cut windows and used plexiglass, figured out out how to make a few rheostats to control fan speed etc. But I never ever did buy one of those 5.25 inch tape deck things! Unable to find a single one now :(

[@jawshwaa]

The old Zen art of folding flat ide and other ribbon cables

[@MaxellAdGuy]

Yes!!!! I'm already editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@jawshwaa]

@@MaxellAdGuy you don't have to tell me , I've been watching your videos since I wanted to know how to mod a turbine fan into a pc, I had a really nice t700r that was inspired by you

[@khyypio]

I like your channel and videos overall, but this retro build series is what I keep coming back to. Hope to see more retro builds from you!

[@wyzemann]

Sweet nostalgia done sooo RIGHT!

[@RodRosenberg]

Super cool build I've been really itching to grab some old beige box and mod it since its the roots of true modding and even some scratched up rusty case from 20 years ago can become a modern work of art!

[@MaxellAdGuy]

You should dude! and definately BEIGE, 486 era desktops are like restoring a 32 ford for us car guys!...haha

[@TheSeanUhTron]

Oh boy... Cable management in any PC before the 2010's was a nightmare. Especially when dealing with IDE cables. Even those round IDE cables were still pretty difficult to deal with.

[@nicholasbaldwin1674]

This is epic. I was playing Unreal Tournament and remember playing it for hours. I also used to folded up IDE cables like that to maximize the airflow in the case and never had a window back then so didn't care all that much about looks, but always tight cable management to make sure best airflow for hours of UT gaming

[@MaxellAdGuy]

Good to hear from you Nick! I'm editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@prorandocopier7945]

man, me, all my brothers, my cousin, and my dad are REAALLY into gaming and PC building lol

[@jimmydali]

Awesome low key retro sleeper build buddy!

[@jimmydali]

@@TefensTech I knew that bud. just saying...for clickbaits sake ;)

[@georgez8859]

Awesome! I never saw a PC with a Cassette Deck.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

love your profile photo George, great to have you in our FB group, too! Bill at www.mnpctech.com

[@smsamurai93]

This video is awesome Bill! I was 6 years old in 1999, but I've built many a PC like this while my Dad was working at Dell in those days. Some grew up throwing a baseball I grew up learning how to slot RAM and apply thermal paste! Love the extra info about the onboard DSP! Keep em coming!

[@MaxellAdGuy]

Wow, working at DELL, thats really cool! my 1st PC was 486 P1 Dell! I'm already editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@Severius33]

I remember that Maximum PC article. Still have the issue around here somewhere.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

great era for pc building.

[@Tango_November]

Glad to see this new project, Bill. I’ve been subscribed for a while now and I’ve always enjoyed your modding/custom build videos. Glad to see this in my sub box!

[@MaxellAdGuy]

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[@JamesLundquist]

Had to hit the like button just for that intro!!! Love it!! Excited to see the coming mods!!

[@smiththers2]

im going through all the music trying to find the intro song

[@MaxellAdGuy]

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[@Rufinoman]

Cablegami isn't a word that I'll ever forget now. Great stuff, keep it up.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

Thank you for watching! Have a great weekend! Bill at www.mnpctech.com

[@KevinSills]

What was worse than the IDE cable management back then was the mess of wires coming from the power supply. I have three older systems, I upgraded the power supplies on all of them, and one benefit of doing that is that all the newer power supplies have the cables wrapped already, then by tucking what is not used away into an unused drive bay you can make the case super tidy!

[@HikingFeral]

I found your video from a post you made on Techpowerup in 2018 lol and I found that because I was looking to see what Gaming PC's looked like in 2003, when I was 18ish and at college doing an NVQ in I.T :) I love vintage tech, especially PC's.

[@showmemoblues]

hey Bill enjoy all your vids. Great to watch your mod vids hope to see more soon.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

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[@jefflauffman8944]

I was not prepared for this intro.🤘🤟

[@magr7424]

Phantastic video...

[@loranpg9876]

Bill; you talked about Unreal Tournament I am still playing it. Still have an older black Antec Sonata case (all steel) modded the door for two 80mm fans with aluminum grills.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

that's Awesome to hear, I'm already editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@matchmakerchris7617]

I've watched this video a couple of times now and I really like the cable management inside of that computer. It's on par with modern builds, but this computer case doesn't even have any built in management holes or hiding space! How awesome is that?? I've managed to adopt the art of folding ribbon cables myself now, but I'm still figuring out how to do psu cable management as good as this. But I'm gonna make it somehow, for my upcoming retro sleeper pc.

[@RufusThePorkshank]

It's. So. Damn. Clean.

[@tubawest9768]

Epic intro

[@MaxellAdGuy]

Glad you liked it! I'm already editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@vevveyfonzo]

Loved the video Bill! Hangin to see more

[@MaxellAdGuy]

cool! we could go really deep with this topic ya know? I knew of a friend who had STACKS of NEW PC cases from early 2000s, I will try and re-connect with him, and maybe go over there with a truck? I'm already editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@vevveyfonzo]

@@MaxellAdGuy awesome to hear! I would love to do my own one day as a personal project. If I can get one started, I will try and remember to drop you in the loop

[@RetroBerner]

Damn, I used to be a cablegami master. That thing is a beast!

[@socialkonstruct5397]

This build is so damn cute! Inspiring me to make an old school build myself.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

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[@SrtRacerBoy]

I had a set of those altec Lansing speakers. the volume knob failed and was making scratching sounds when you'd adjust it I dont remember 52x cd burners, dvd burners, or the fx5500 in 99'

[@dernubenfrieken5765]

Loving the video Bill. I've been volunteering at freegeek Twin Cities, partly to save old hardware like this. Love to see it repurposed and modded.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

You will like our future episode! ...btw, that Silver Lian Li Mid tower, up on the shelf in the back room of desktop cases is a real classic. I'd grab it for yourself! I'm already editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@Mini-z1994]

That's a great looking pc build, popped up randomly on my main page, subscribed here ofc. Love old stuff like this.

[@dthtr1]

I miss the retro good big cases as the Chieftec Dragon series.

[@Caleb-fv5fp]

I’d love to see a tutorial on retro pc cable management

[@Doobie3010]

Damn Bill,everything about this Video was an awesome nostalgia kick! Cheers man!

[@MaxellAdGuy]

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[@JHsillypantsMcGee]

That midi track was fire @2:38

[@rainbowbunchie8237]

I had just been born, but only two years later I jumped headlong into websurfing and playing a few DOS games on windows 95. When my dad upgraded to Windows XP, I lost some of my interest. In 2010 he purchased a 2009 Inspiron 545, the poorly selling AMD version. Fast forward to 2021 and I'm tinkering with a pile of systems from 8080 to Pentium, can't get enough of what I missed. A sleeper build is on my itinerary in absolute. As is a reverse sleeper.

[@BandanazX]

Cassette tape.. that's a new one for me.

[@SrtRacerBoy]

I think I have like 20 of those motherboards with p3's. they look exactly the same except for that onboard audio chip. the pads are on the board but no chip or audio outputs. Was this just a super common motherboard, or was there no 3rd party support for motherboards back then?

[@pcdoodle1]

It's actually an industrial rated board so most times, the sound IC was not populated for those applications. Got lucky!

[@jimflagg4009]

Did they have a DVD burner in 99. I know there were CD burners then but a DVD burner?

[@pcdoodle1]

Nope, the goal is to show what your PC would look like if you started building in 1999. Affordable DVD Burners were much later.

[@CruelQuertos]

I remember 99, miss the 90s and 80s

[@MaxellAdGuy]

me too! I'm already editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@Cooper3312000]

I want a NewQ Gold so badly for my retro PC. I just can’t find one anywhere. I have the cassette deck as well.

[@thelairofblair]

Does anyone know where I can download the program for the plus deck? I looked everywhere

[@smiththers2]

trying to find the song used in the intro... i love a lot of the music that DiodeMilliampere has made though!

[@MaxellAdGuy]

diodemilliampere.bandcamp.com/track/aquarius-2

[@mambasneak3929]

i would like to know if you guys can install tempered glass on the nzxt s340 razer edition

[@MaxellAdGuy]

we don't work with glass, contact local glass company, Thank you! I'm editing more episodes for this series, lots of retro goodness to come, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@fingolfirn8189]

I love those old retro PC from 90s. In 99 I had a Pentium with 133 MHz and 32 MB Ram. 🤣

[@MaxellAdGuy]

We do too! Thank you for watching, Mady at mnpctech.com/

[@ajsdfk]

smoking video, thanks

[@demonprincess5634]

Award Modular Bios V6.0 Bios show 1984-2000, does that make the motherboard 2000?

[@victorbart]

Awesome video :D

[@djyoungk]

Can the pc rip the tape like if I wanna sample a tape?

[@StevenJPiper]

I haven't used cassette tapes in many years..... But I don't care... I want that 5.25" tape player

[@StevenJPiper]

EDIT: About 1.5 months ago, I found one... and it's complete!

[@ironinquisitor3656]

I was 2 years old in 1999 lol. I hope to make an ultimate Windows 98 PC.

[@sburton015]

I still have an old Toshiba Satelite laptop in my collection that still works. It's actually date of manufacture says 11/14/98. Has 266 MHz Pentium CPU, 96 MB ram, 4.1 gb hard drive, and runs Windows 98 second edition.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

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[@stestewart1119]

This is the very reason im buying magazines from the 90s..... Looking for new/old stock etc ebay. Just in the uk its quite hard 😑 we have a 97/98 compaq persario 5030 👌 still got it now

[@alfredcornflake5032]

Whoa... I have those same speakers.. Been using them for 4 years now. Never realized how old they are. Still sound great though. I found them in my grand parents basement haha. I hate the on/off/volume dial. You can't turn it without finger nails.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

they sound AMAZING! I'm already editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@mrmactknife]

Awesome. Retro stuff is soo cool. :)

[@MaxellAdGuy]

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[@pentiummmx2294]

I replaced my Windows 98 PC's motherboard with a ASUS P2B after the SE440BX-2 in it died mysteriously years ago, like back during 2014. It stopped POSTing randomly when i was going to turn it on, i just recycled the SE440BX-2 cause i didn't know how to fix it at the time and my parents said that it could not be fixed.

[@H31MU7]

holy shit that windows media player skin... i seem to remember it being called headspace

[@MaxellAdGuy]

Yes! thanks for watching, Bill at www.mnpctech.com

[@Deac0n_Blues]

I was 6 at the time, I remember my dad was upgrading our home computer's graphics card.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

Nice, do you recall the mode card? Thank you for watching! Bill at www.mnpctech.com

[@Deac0n_Blues]

I do not, I'm sorry

[@JBadAss98Gameing]

Hey! Where’s the need for speed bet at? Who won the case of beer?!

[@spood87839]

I was the first on my block with an 850 MB HD, a 486dx processor and a 15" Viewsonic monitor. My nerd friends were in awe at the time.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

thats awesome! 486 is considered the most wanted for retro collecting now. I'm already editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@olegshteker]

I want to buy this Cassette PC Deck

[@MaxellAdGuy]

watch ebay, they appear periodically

[@wyzemann]

I owned no PC in '99. I was 25 years old and a few years shy of caring anything about PCs. It wasn't until '04, when I purchased a very expensive Alienware gaming laptop, that I saw the potential fun in all things PC. That finally died in '07, and a year later I graduated to a Core 2 Duo desktop from parts I ordered onTigerDirect.com. Since that moment, I've become a desktop purist and amateurish PC repairman.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

Wow, that's amazing! and recall getting the tigerdirect catalog, it seemed like it came every two weeks, same stuff, just different ortder of pages, haha, I'm already editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@wyzemann]

Bill Owen Yes, I’ve already 👍🏾 pt. 2. That’s window case was nice🌞.

[@panosgb]

excellent video as always :)

[@MaxellAdGuy]

Thank you! I'm already editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@aldwinpanny10]

Is this computer running Windows 98?

[@garyr7027]

Didn't know they made cassette decks for computers?... interesting. Is it auto reverse?... have seek? Been years since I used cassette decks, always had one in my car in the 80's.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

they appear on Ebay periodically.

[@treymcgougan5698]

What is the cases name?

[@aethertech]

Tran Micro! They built my first PC! (K6-2!+, Via MB, don't remember the rest of it.)

[@MaxellAdGuy]

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[@user-th7fk5xb8w]

what pc name is this or am I missing something to read?

[@PaulHindt]

This Voodoo 5500 was dropped off for SCRAP??

[@MaxellAdGuy]

yeah, it happens sometimes, thats why always good to watch recycler donations

[@thelairofblair]

Can you install it on a newer motherboard?

[@MaxellAdGuy]

Yes, ATX, MATX, or ITX motherboard will fit, thanks for watching! If you need anything elser for your PC, visit my store, mnpctech.com and use my DISCOUNT code, MNFAN at check out for 15% off your order.

[@Hebdomad7]

If you're going to do a retro build. You know you'll have to track down some neon tubes. No LED lights here!

[@MaxellAdGuy]

we will touch upon cold cathode lights, and why they were dangerous!

[@pcretropcworkshop8031]

plusdeck & newQ wow cool~

[@FeatherstoneApothecary]

in 1999 i just had my daughter and was in the army.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

It was a great year for sure!!!!!

[@alessandrobozzo8440]

Where do you find the compnents

[@MaxellAdGuy]

Ebay and local Computer Recycler

[@alessandrobozzo8440]

Thanks

[@Robonoobatron]

I love seeing all of computers I grew up with being tricked out.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

Awesome to hear! I'm already editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@nerdrocker89]

Dude looks like David Gilmour, Sean Bean, and Bam Margera morphed together.

[@RetroglowSystems]

Nice vid

[@Mini-z1994]

Was 5 at the time so i was most likely playing with toy cars still & some rc car. Oldest pc i got is a amd k6-2+ taken from a laptop. original cpu was a pentium mmx 166 mhz overclocked too 200 mhz. 32 mb edo ram 4 gb ide harddrive quantum fireball of some sort. 4 mb voodoo 1 from diamond & a matrox mystique 4 mb With their own software rendering tech that was like supported in 8 games at best ? Soundcard is a soundblaster awe 32 pnp, but ive been trying too get a creative audio pci 3000 too work in it for a few days, might need too swap things around some more too get it working. Also working on a low budget windows 98 build using a socket 775 pentium 4 or a slow celeron underclocking it & a ati radeon 9550 256 mb & either using the built in sound or utilizing that audio pci 3000 card in this + the voodoo card with some heatsinks mounted on it, might skip the voodoo card & use nglide instead though. (Software wrapper utilizing dx9 & lately vulkan too run glide games with modern gpu's & processors.)

[@MaxellAdGuy]

that's amazing! thank you for sharing Marcus! I'm editing more episodes for this series, lots of retro goodness to come, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@RetroAdventure]

Great, now I want to build one...lol

[@MaxellAdGuy]

haha, think you've got us all beat in the retro dept! btw, making your parts this week, and I'm editing more episodes for this series, lots of retro goodness to come, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@RetroAdventure]

Awesome thanks! I'm interested to see how this turns out.

[@FMXIAN]

Lost my shit when I saw high stakes in the drive, best music of any game ever, bar none

[@MaxellAdGuy]

thats what Derek said! We're considering the Microsoft Sidewinder Steering wheel for the game! I'm already editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@tushar5556]

I was in 5th grade back in 1999 😁

[@WalnutSpice]

that car radio head is fucking ridiculous and i need one right fucking now edit: I need links for that tape deck & radio rn i swear to god

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[@AlexandreMS71]

Best game of 1999 was Homeworld.

[@youtubasoarus]

Voodoo 5 in there and it was going for scrap? I think i'm going to pass out. I feel light headed.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

Agreed! Thank you for watching! I'm already editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@fabricio4794]

put all Saint Pepsi s dancing tracks on that cassette tape.

[@DachoL777]

You had me at 10s

[@MaxellAdGuy]

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[@amyjinkerson1822]

1999 I was just getting out of a psyc hospital after an unwarrent 5 years stay

[@GENERALCHAOS13]

Starwars Jedi knight Jedi Academy with JA+ mods ..... And that dreaded Grinding lvl ups in Shaiya

[@GENERALCHAOS13]

Nostalgia much the hype was real Pentium 3 733mhz 512mb ram ASUS TUA266 Some Basic case I can't find any info

[@alexisog1768]

I was 1 years old

[@MaxellAdGuy]

Awesome! Thank you for commenting! editing more episodes for this series, retro goodness! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@alexisog1768]

Pretty cool that u like all ur comments and reply, I’ll have a look at what u linked me, cheers👍🏻💗

[@arncht6507]

From this computer just the cpu and the mainboard from 99.

[@MaxellAdGuy]

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[@TMG_Dude]

In '99 I was 3

[@Jackie-hl7br]

Wowowooooooooow

[@horaciodelre2210]

cassette player!!!!!!!! yeahhh!!!!

[@horaciodelre2210]

I have to get them, the Plus Deck 2 and the NewQ Gold

[@elckoson1]

😃 👌🏻 Old Scchol

[@sasapetrovic2556]

in the yier 1999 i was 20 yiers old and i was defending my country from nato bombing,as a regu;ar soldier... in that time my pc was amd athlon 1500 mhz,256 mb ram and gpu was TNT 2 32mb hdd was seagate 40gb. Unreal tournament was my favorite game...Greetings from Serbia

[@MaxellAdGuy]

LOVED THIS, thank you for sharing and sending love to Serbia!

[@coryandrum]

1999 i though Tomb Raider and NASCAR 98 looked amazing

[@MaxellAdGuy]

LOVED Nascar 98! I'm already editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@RaffN1]

Can I Haz ze need For speed challenge?

[@MaxellAdGuy]

We're considering the Microsoft Sidewinder Steering wheel for the game! I'm already editing more episodes for this series, See you soon! Bill - mnpctech.com/

[@Barttoocool]

I wanted to see ya play need for speed lol

[@chloedevereaux1801]

why would you find a yamaha sound chip in a roland product?????????? you wouldn't