Building a Gaming PC Like It's 2006!

[@VrILLR]

Every 35 year old dude sitting here watching like "yessssss". I remember playing WoW on something like this, great times. Case modding was a big thing then too, going to home depot and getting plexi cut to size for a size panel and all that. Golden age of computing.

[@NorexGG]

• Non-modular PSU • Molex cables • DVD R/W drive • IDE cables We really have it good nowadays don't we? I also didn't know that older fan controllers look like an XLR audio interface.

[@Darth-SF]

There was a lot of design creativity back then! Just remembering Logisys, you could get a full acrylic case with bubble-jet light tubes and all other LED accessories to stick around, and then power it all with an acrylic housed PSU that would last for about a month because the components were so bad. Sunbeam had a lot of the same kind of stuff, and they went out of business about the same time too.

[@00zero557A]

You forgot about setting drives as slaves / masters using those tiny blue things!

[@EdgarGrefve]

the good old days of computing love this era from about 2005 up to 2012

[@a2020vision_official]

Great idea! I played some but not all of those games back when I was a kid. In particular I loved Sim Copter, and was extremely frustrated by Lego Island. I'd like to do something like this myself eventually. My "unlimited space and unlimited money" version would have high-spec machines running various versions of Windows spanning 3.1 to XP (possibly excluding ME).

[@wakcedout]

Taking notes for when I get around to building an xp machine from that era to play my old games. Because I’m in the same boat, I got old stuff that won’t run on windows 11

[@Darth-SF]

Gotta keep the classics alive!

[@jairodanielsantoscolindres9993]

Awesome video bro. Keep going. (Only one advice buy a cheap microphone because we hear you in the background) we appreciate yours videos.

[@Darth-SF]

Thanks! I'm sure I'll be getting one of those eventually.

[@pufaxx]

Awesome. What a nice case. Also I really like the rear fan, the sleeving kit and your custom side panel window. Reading "Like It's 2006" I was expecting a Core2Duo - but around the same time, one of my PCs also was an Athlon X64 system.

[@Darth-SF]

Some of the parts like that came from old computers my family was no longer using to save on costs. I probably would've gotten something like a Core 2 Duo if I was buying all the parts, but that single core Athlon 64 works surprisingly fast in a Windows XP system!

[@i3l4ckskillzz79]

I love this "retro" stuff it always reminds me how far we've come. Someday I will do my own Vista build

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

Oh boy. Those Velociraptors were the fad back in the day before flash memory was invented. And of course, people often chose to ignore how loud they were or we had to make themselves feel better about the noise by showing how loud those 22,000 RPM SAS drives were.

[@Darth-SF]

The one I put in is surprisingly quiet, even comparing to some old 5,400 and 7,200RPM drives I have. I'm sure they improved them quite a bit over early versions though, so it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of those were on the noisy side.

[@davidcrowder1202]

damn good vid man. you went above and beyond with that clear side panel mod so props.

[@Darth-SF]

Thanks! It took a while to cut that hole into the panel, but it was worth it!

[@jacobnix6691]

This looks AMAZING!! 🎉

[@joshwa1234]

Awesome video - love old stuff like this - plus Zalman made some great heatsinks! Love the water speakers!

[@slavvodkaman9359]

omg your vids are on my Home Recommendation!

[@Darth-SF]

Hope that's a good thing! :)

[@SP95]

Fun waterjet speakers

[@lumia_dayZ]

i really liked ur video one day i want to start building computers as well i have been so scared of trying i always took it to the shop for them to build

[@Darth-SF]

As long as you’re not doing extra customizations and such, building a PC is actually pretty easy! Sockets, cables and components are made to fit only one way to the correct places, so if you can build a puzzle and turn a screw, you can build a PC.

[@shiawaseblossom]

great video thanks!

[@mark902]

i have a similar lian li case from the same era. A pc-a05. I bought it brand new for a q6600 build. I was so sick of the ugly and tin can thin contemporary cases that I actually dragged it out of the basement and put my 5700x based system in it. Those cd rom covers were uptional purchases. I had to order mine separately.

[@Darth-SF]

I saw when looking for info on the case that they were usually sold without the CD flip-down covers. I assume mine had them because it was a custom order case instead of stock Lian Li.

[@natr0n]

nice build

[@DumDoDoor]

Hey wake up, it's 2006!

[@kuidan]

2006 called they said you did a great job.

[@dj_noxxie]

You actually don't need the cd-rom cable when running xp

[@Darth-SF]

Thanks for the info!

[@dj_noxxie]

@@Darth-SF you're welcome

[@ebrenTHR]

love this

[@Junkyard_Dawg]

Those speakers are so cool! Please add a Sound Blaster card for EAX support. I like the Dell SB0770 for PCI, because it has a regular front panel audio header. If you prefer PCI-Express x1, I would go for the Sound Blaster X-Fi SB088X series.

[@thebenji8653]

46:30 Turn on Windows 95 compatibility mode.

[@Darth-SF]

I did try that off camera, which is how I at least got environmental sounds in the last clip, but I think it is sound driver compatibility. I’ve had the game running on Windows 10 (with graphics problems unfortunately) with a Xonar card and modern drivers with no sound issues, so I’m going to try a cheap Sound Blaster sometime and see if that works.

[@kevinjennings8525]

You did a nice job on cutting the case panel and especially the plexi cutout for the fan. What did you use to cut that so cleanly?

[@Darth-SF]

@@kevinjennings8525 Thanks! For the metal panel, I traced out where to cut with a ruler and a sharp knife, then did the actual cutting with a Dremel and cutting wheels. I cleaned it up with a file and finished it with 600 grit sandpaper. For the hole in the window, I drilled a small guide hole first, and then used a 3” hole saw with a drill bit in the middle to sit in the guide hole. The hole saw was turned slowly and gently to make sure it didn’t bind and crack the plastic, and then I finished the edges with sandpaper, drilled the fan mounting holes and peeled the paper backing off. All together, it was a couple hours of work to get it done.

[@kommandokodiak6025]

I got a 16 bit installer for star wars sequel to rogue squadron, battle for naboo to run on windows 10! There are work arounds!

[@Darth-SF]

Nice! I've managed some workarounds before on my newer systems. As long as the program itself is 32-bit it can usually run if the files are copied to the right places.

[@kommandokodiak6025]

@@Darth-SF as i recall it was a simple reg-edit

[@michaelrivera4299]

Damn them fans are crazy

[@demonprincess5634]

I'm watching your video in vga mode on opera like it 2000's :)

[@samanthagriffinv2.08]

39:13 “woops someone crashed a plane in one of those towers” naw no way they did that that close 💀

[@Darth-SF]

Yeah, the programming wasn't exactly perfect. A friend who also had this game mistakenly put an airport and tall buildings right next to each other, and we'd hear a crash about every minute! And yet somehow, it never caused any problems for the city.

[@neidhardt1109]

Hello was wondering how you cut the fan hole

[@Darth-SF]

I used a 3" hole saw with a power drill. To make sure the saw didn't damage the acrylic, I made sure that it was only barely touching the sheet as it turned, and it eventually cut through and I sanded the edges smooth with some fine grit sandpaper. Took some patience, but the results were good!

[@neidhardt1109]

@@Darth-SF forgot to thank you. Appreciate it:)

[@edyallreadygalaxy717]

Nicee!

[@thebenji8653]

9:30 Bro don't use that crusty nearly 20 year old paste. You need to use a newer thermal paste.

[@Darth-SF]

I wasn’t going to, but it’s in surprisingly good usable condition since it was in a sealed packet. Thermal tests were all good too, so there’s not much reason to not use it for now.

[@gcmanuel85x]

Problem is, you cant activate old Windows anymore, very annoying, even if you have working hardware.

[@RetroPcCupboard]

Yes you can. It least you could a year or so ago the last time I needed to. Its just you have to do it by phone. Its an automated system.

[@mraaron1584]

u can u have to do it by phone