Takes me back (although systems 20 years ago never looked this beat up, but that's his theme! ) I clearly recall how many Win64 device drivers (remember that one?) I had to use when I first began running Vista x64...! I lacked a lot of 64-bit drivers and then I was dual booting between Vista32 and Vista 64 until the drivers finally arrived at which time I dropped Vista32. But I swear I seem to remember a version of Windows called "Windows 64"...that's where I got my first 64-bit drivers so that I could actually use Vista x64 when it was brand new. But was it "Windows 64" or was it "win2k 64"...? Just can't remember where I got those drivers--except that the OS I found them in pre-dated Vista. Do you by chance remember?
LOVE IT! Socket A is my favorite platform since you can do Win98-XP generation builds that run the majority of games and older apps. The airbrushing and self made parts fit the vision well, very nicely done. I think some comments were from people who haven't owned Socket A or generally don't know what they're talking about. The 2500+ could be clocked about the same as the 3200+ chips (or the mobile variants) with the right board and cooler.
Pozdrav! I had no idea what case it was... someone told me it was an Antec, but I doubted it. DTK is more like it I bought it as a complete system for cheap, it had some P4 in it, but I only got it for the case. And yeah, I added wheels my self, saw them in Bauhaus for cheap and had to put them on, just for fun
1. I checked the mobo before posting, sadly only the 333 was supported. 2. well, it's like using a 1030 for a 2020 build. Rest.... well, you're right
I think you are making just one mistake... GPU in this build is FX5600, which was comparable to Radeon 9600, which was a best buy mid range option at that time.
VIA KT400(A) chipset on Asus A7V8X-X motherboard could work with 400MHz DDR but full stable only with one RAM stick. With 2 or 3 RAM sticks running DDR400 @ native speed VIA KT400(A) was not stable, random issues here and there, doesn't matter how much voltage one injects into chipset or RAM. So with 2 or 3 RAM stick, despite they were 400MHz capable, reverting back these to 333MHz is a must for fully stable system on every single one VIA KT400(A) board I've used (tried lots of VIA KT400(A) motherboards from MSI, GigaByte, Asus, EPOX...). I'm talking from firsthand experience, I had used Asus A7V8X-X for cheaper PC builds backthen based on Athlon XP CPU's (Thoroughbred A and B cores), for Athlon XP CPUs based on Barton core backthen I've prefered motherboards with NForce 2 chipsets because of much better OC potential, my personal record was Barton 2500+ OCed from stock 1833MHz to almost 2.8GHz (not sure, around 2.5V for CPU) on some EPOX NForce 2 Ultra 400 SPP based motherboard. Although never been much in love with Asus A7V8X-X, backthen EPOX had much better VIA KT400(A) motherboards, even cheaper EPOX motherboards based on VIA KT400(A) chipsets had 2 SATA ports and OC potential of these EPOX boards was a bit better. God, I feel old now
What a beautiful pc! This will probably be my pick for the roty, cheers to the builder, he bring me joy with this jewel
Yes, I remember... Just checked my BIOS/driver archive ana still have drivers and BIOS's for Soltek SL-75JV, SL-75JV2 and SL-75KAV Their VIA KT-133A motherboard lineup was quite decent for OC as far as I remember. Besides my favorite EPOX and Soltek you've mentioned, for good old times, just to add some more motherboard manufacturers I had worked on backthen so that we could feel even more older As far as I know non of there exists anymore in PC motherboard market: Shuttle Chaintech (OC champ mb's back in Slot 1 / Socket 370 days) DFI (they had very nice OC capable mb's) Matsonic Abit (one of my favotite OC mb's brand back in Socket A/462 era) (God, save me from these! #1) PC Chips QDI back in Socket 478 era (God, save me from these! #2) Zida Tomato Soyo back in Socket 370 era (God, save me from these! #3) EliteGroup (short: ESC) Everyone who survived working with #1, #2 & #3 should get benefited length of service, almost the same as firefighters, coal miners... edit Yes, we're old... but only on paper
If only I could find the damn power cable.....and this one is really made in Japan !! Can´t believe how old I am. It´s a shame, and I can´t find the "mouse" anymore, which was sticked right hand side to the "Laptop" and looked more like a "trackball" than a mouse....
Soyo and Abit were my favorites. I picked up a gem from the thrift store last year of a new-in-box Soyo KT400 ultra for a "new" socket A build sometime in the near future You don't happen to have any more pics of this rig or a build log do you? That would be cool to check out if so!