Your Retro Gaming PC Builds (1995 - 2005)

jaw shwaa · Dec 9, 2018

Love the miniseries you're doing on you tube. Think I got some parts here that I can do a rat Rodd themed PC with lol,

MonsterMawd · Dec 10, 2018

Thank you everyone for being patient! Here's Ep4 of my Retro PC Build Series,

thats the FIRST wave of photo submissions, I will have more in next Ep!

Ruru · Dec 10, 2018

Damn if I'd had pics of my old systems.. Pics here bring a lot of memories to my mind.

Splinterdog · Dec 10, 2018

MonsterMawd said:
Thank you everyone for being patient! Here's Ep4 of my Retro PC Build Series,

thats the FIRST wave of photo submissions, I will have more in next Ep!

I really enjoyed that blast from the past @MonsterMawd
Keep em coming!

Vario · Dec 11, 2018

Mr.Scott said:
Those are ridiculous prices.
Going rate for a Voodoo 5500 is around 200 bucks.

Wow, sold my Voodoo 3 with box for ~$120 about three years ago.

Mr.Scott · Dec 12, 2018

Vario said:
Wow, sold my Voodoo 3 with box for ~$120 about three years ago.

That would have been about right.
Sold 2 5500's last year. Got 180 for one and 200 for the other.
Still have 2.

MonsterMawd · Dec 12, 2018

Thank you! I'll be Working to get Ep5 finished after Xmas

Here's ep4 again if anyone missed it

Susquehannock · Dec 12, 2018

Mr.Scott said:
Those are ridiculous prices.
Going rate for a Voodoo 5500 is around 200 bucks.

Ridiculous - yes. Wishful thinking sellers. Watching sold/completed listings on Ebay the last few years, V5 always commanded a premium. They are $3-400 currently. Prices on V4 has been interesting. Were selling at $75 two years ago but have several on my watch screen that sold recently at $200 and higher. There is a V4 +box (pci card) with bids up to $430 at this very moment. Should probably sell mine to help fund a 1080 ti.

Mr.Scott · Dec 12, 2018

Wow. At those prices, I might have to sell another one.

[XC] Oj101 · Dec 13, 2018

Gorstak said:
https://www.3dmark.com/3dm05/3644938

this is the oldest machine I kept scores of

not sure if 3d mark existed before that?

3DMark goes all the way back to 3DMark99

Sasqui said:
Great video. Cablegami! Hahaha... remember how cool it was when they came out with ROUND IDE cables?

Did you ever made your own? Take a normal IDE cable, cut a slit between every 5-10 wires, pull them apart end to end, and then bunch them up using insulation tape, zip ties or cable management tubing (I don't even remember what it's called anymore).

Or... If you were fancy with a DFI board, you had them already and you just needed some UV CCFLs

E-Bear · Dec 13, 2018

What are the Intel and AMD sockets available around that time? I have plenty older part and wish to build one. Thank you.

Sasqui · Dec 13, 2018

[XC] Oj101 said:
Did you ever made your own? Take a normal IDE cable, cut a slit between every 5-10 wires, pull them apart end to end, and then bunch them up using insulation tape, zip ties or cable management tubing (I don't even remember

No never tried that, more just careful folding and rolling up with cable ties. That is, until I discovered round IDE cables

E-Bear · Dec 13, 2018

Mr.Scott said:
Those are ridiculous prices.
Going rate for a Voodoo 5500 is around 200 bucks.

Why these Voodoo cards worth that much now?

[XC] Oj101 · Dec 13, 2018

Sasqui said:
No never tried that, more just careful folding and rolling up with cable ties. That is, until I discovered round IDE cables

I was 13, I didn’t have money to waste on round IDE cables so I made my own

You knew you’d screwed up if it would hang on detecting the drives during POST

I also mounted my hard drives back to front with the connectors facing the front of the case so they’d be at least partially hidden.

E-Bear said:
Why these Voodoo cards worth that much now?

$ 200? They have collectors’ value
$ 1,200? They don’t. Someone is trying to get rich

If it’s a WORKING Voodoo 6000 I can see it taking a small fortune, but the 5500 isn’t that rare. There are several working samples I know of in South Africa alone, a WORKING 6000 though? I’ve only come across one or two on HWBOT and the like.

Susquehannock · Dec 13, 2018

[XC] Oj101 said:
If it’s a WORKING Voodoo 6000 I can see it taking a small fortune, but the 5500 isn’t that rare. There are several working samples I know of in South Africa alone, a WORKING 6000 though? I’ve only come across one or two on HWBOT and the like.

re: working Voodoo5 6000
[H]ave you seen this one? Surely cost a pretty penny. Great to see it up and gaming after watching the buyer search for so long.
From what I understand only about 150 V5 6k were made. With only 30 or so known to still be working. Those who have them are holding tightly. Apparently a lot of them fried on BOOT since the card has very specific power requirements - only a few compatible boards.

E-Bear · Dec 13, 2018

[XC] Oj101 said:
I was 13, I didn’t have money to waste on round IDE cables so I made my own You knew you’d screwed up if it would hang on detecting the drives during POST I also mounted my hard drives back to front with the connectors facing the front of the case so they’d be at least partially hidden.

$ 200? They have collectors’ value
$ 1,200? They don’t. Someone is trying to get rich

If it’s a WORKING Voodoo 6000 I can see it taking a small fortune, but the 5500 isn’t that rare. There are several working samples I know of in South Africa alone, a WORKING 6000 though? I’ve only come across one or two on HWBOT and the like.

No I meant what is the reason for it to worth that amount since its old card? Is there anything special about it?

Komshija · Dec 14, 2018

I don't have much photos from that time and I sold or disposed most dead/not working hardware. I still have an old photo of my upgraded system which borrowed case and PSU from my PC built in 2002. I have no idea which brand the case and PSU were, but I do know that PSU was "400W".
Upgraded system (from 2004) had AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton, Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe, 512 MB Kingmax DDR 400 RAM, Sapphire 9600 XT 128 MB, 40 GB WD400 BB, while Samsung SM551s monitor was replaced with LG 1730B somewhere in 2006. There can be seen unplugged HP Deskjet 845C which had some issues. This is the only photo of that system. There was no such thing as case window or glass panels at the time.

I kept AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton for a while, but eventually used it in one retro system which I assembled and gave to one poor family a few years ago.

[XC] Oj101 · Dec 14, 2018

E-Bear said:
No I meant what is the reason for it to worth that amount since its old card? Is there anything special about it?

I mentioned that above. 3dfx was the daddy of the 3D graphics we have today with innovations including hardware acceleration, anti aliasing, soft shadows and reflections, depth of field blurring, motion blur, multi GPU cards, etc.

“You could play a PC CD-ROM game without a 3DFX card, but I wouldn’t recommend it” – Gary Keith of Eidos at the time.

They were a big thing before poor choices and being surpassed ended them.

27MaD · Dec 14, 2018

Komshija said:
I don't have much photos from that time and I sold or disposed most dead/not working hardware. I still have an old photo of my upgraded system which borrowed case and PSU from my PC built in 2002. I have no idea which brand the case and PSU were, but I do know that PSU was "400W".
Upgraded system (from 2004) had AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton, Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe, 512 MB Kingmax DDR 400 RAM, Sapphire 9600 XT 128 MB, 40 GB WD400 BB, while Samsung SM551s monitor was replaced with LG 1730B somewhere in 2006. There can be seen unplugged HP Deskjet 845C which had some issues. This is the only photo of that system. There was no such thing as case window or glass panels at the time.
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I kept AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton for a while, but eventually used it in one retro system which I assembled and gave to one poor family a few years ago.
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This shit is neat dude

MonsterMawd · Dec 16, 2018

those are awesome photos, Thanks again guys!! I will share them in next episode in my series, predicting around new years

System Name	Madness
Processor	6700k delidded 5.0ghz from silicone lottery
Motherboard	Msi z270 m5
Cooling	xspc cpu block , ek pump/res , alphacool 360 rad , ek fc x2 , monsoon fittings
Memory	corsair dominator platinum16gb with light bar kit
Video Card(s)	Msi 1070 seahawk x2
Storage	adata sp550 256gb , seagate 1tb
Display(s)	hp 24' monitors x3
Case	Phanteks enthoo evolve tempered glass
Audio Device(s)	Samsung 5.1 surround system
Power Supply	xfx 1250w pro series , custom cables
Mouse	Logitech g403
Keyboard	Logitech g11 ,painted white and black

System Name	4K-gaming / console
Processor	5800X @ PBO +200 / i5-8600K @ 4.6GHz
Motherboard	ROG Crosshair VII Hero / ROG Strix Z370-F
Cooling	Alphacool Eisbaer 360 / Alphacool Eisbaer 240
Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3600
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 3080 TUF OC / Powercolor RX 6700 XT
Storage	3.5TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
Display(s)	4K120 IPS + 4K60 IPS / 1080p60 HDTV
Case	Corsair 4000D AF White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s)	Sony WH-CH720N / TV speakers
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750W / Fractal ION Gold 550W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk / Logitech G400s
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	They run Crysis

System Name	Ryzen Monster
Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair Hero VII WiFi
Cooling	Corsair H100i RGB Platinum
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (4x8GB) 3200Mhz CMW16GX4M2C3200C16
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix RX5700XT OC 8Gb
Storage	WD Black 500GB NVMe 250Gb Samsung SSD, OCZ 500Gb SSD WD M.2 500Gb, plus three spinners up to 1.5Tb
Display(s)	LG 32GK650F-B 32" UltraGear™ QHD
Case	Cooler Master Storm Trooper
Audio Device(s)	Supreme FX on board
Power Supply	Corsair RM850X full modular
Mouse	Corsair Ironclaw wireless
Keyboard	Logitech G213
VR HMD	Headphones Logitech G533 wireless
Software	Windows 11 Start 11
Benchmark Scores	3DMark Time Spy 4532 (9258 March 2021, 9399 July 2021)

System Name	Computer of Theseus
Processor	Intel i9-12900KS: 50x Pcore multi @ 1.18Vcore (target 1.275V -100mv offset)
Motherboard	EVGA Z690 Classified
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15S, 2xSF MegaCool SF-PF14, 4xNoctua NF-A12x25, 3xNF-A12x15, AquaComputer Splitty9Active
Memory	G-Skill Trident Z5 (32GB) DDR5-6000 C36 F5-6000J3636F16GX2-TZ5RK
Video Card(s)	ASUS PROART RTX 4070 Ti-Super OC 16GB, 2670MHz, 0.93V
Storage	1x Samsung 990 Pro 1TB NVMe (OS), 2x Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB (data), ASUS BW-16D1HT (BluRay)
Display(s)	Dell S3220DGF 32" 2560x1440 165Hz Primary, Dell P2017H 19.5" 1600x900 Secondary, Ergotron LX arms.
Case	Lian Li O11 Air Mini
Audio Device(s)	Audiotechnica ATR2100X-USB, El Gato Wave XLR Mic Preamp, ATH M50X Headphones, Behringer 302USB Mixer
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex Platinum SE 1000W 80+ Platinum White, MODDIY 12VHPWR Cable
Mouse	Zowie EC3-C
Keyboard	Vortex Multix 87 Winter TKL (Gateron G Pro Yellow)
Software	Win 10 LTSC 21H2

System Name	Master
Processor	Pair of Xeon X5675's @ 4.3
Motherboard	SR-2 Classified
Memory	12 GB of Corsair Dominator GT's @ 2000 7-7-7-21
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX680
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750

Your Retro Gaming PC Builds (1995 - 2005)

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System Name	Dell T3500
Processor	Xeon X5687
Motherboard	Dell - 9KPNV
Cooling	Dell U016F
Memory	12gb ECC 1333
Video Card(s)	MSI rx480 gaming X
Storage	1tb WD blue
Case	Dell T3500

Processor	Pentium II 400 @ 516MHz
Motherboard	AOpen AX6BC EZ
Cooling	Stock
Memory	192MB PC-133
Video Card(s)	2x Voodoo 12MB in SLI, S3 Trio64V+
Storage	Maxtor 40GB
Display(s)	ViewSonic E90
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster 16
Software	Windows 98 SE

System Name	HP Pavilion a6552f
Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Motherboard	Asus IPIBL-LB / HP Benicia-GL8E
Cooling	DeepCool Gammaxx 200
Memory	8gigs Kingston 4x2gigs DDR2-800
Video Card(s)	Zotac GT630 "Fermi" 2gb DDR3 128bits Synergy Edition
Storage	Western Digital Green 7200rpm 1tb
Display(s)	LG Flatron EW234 Super LED
Case	HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Thermaltake TR2 430w
Mouse	Razer Abyssus Mirror Special Edition Blue LED
Keyboard	Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Commander Red LED Backlighting Mechanical Keycaps Membrane Gaming Keyboard
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bits

System Name	Senile
Processor	I7-4790K@4.8 GHz 24/7
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 Gaming
Cooling	Be Quiet Pure Rock Air
Memory	16GB 4x4 G.Skill CAS9 2133 Sniper
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE Vega 64
Storage	Samsung EVO 500GB / 8 Different WDs / QNAP TS-253 8GB NAS with 2x10Tb WD Blue
Display(s)	34" LG 34CB88-P 21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD (34401440) FREE_SYNC*
Case	Rosewill
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + HD HDMI
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Mouse	Logitech G5
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB & G610 Orion Red
Software	Win 10

System Name	1.21 gigawatts!
Processor	Intel Core i7 6700K
Motherboard	MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X
Cooling	Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Slim with Arctic MX-4
Memory	16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 MHz
Video Card(s)	Palit GTX 1080 Game Rock
Storage	Mushkin Triactor 240GB + Toshiba X300 4TB + Team L3 EVO 480GB
Display(s)	Philips 237E7QDSB/00 23" FHD AH-IPS
Case	Aerocool Aero-1000 white + 4 Arctic F12 PWM Rev.2 fans
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Audio Boost 3 with Nahimic Audio Enhancer
Power Supply	FSP Hydro G 650W
Mouse	Cougar 700M eSports white
Keyboard	E-Blue Cobra II
Software	Windows 8.1 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R15: 948 (stock) / 1044 (4,7 GHz) FarCry 5 1080p Ultra: min 100, avg 116, max 133 FPS

Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 2600, OC: 4.0 GHz @1.3 V
Motherboard	ASRock B450 Steel Legend, BIOS Version: 10.31 [Beta]
Cooling	Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML120L V2 RGB, 5x Galax Vortex Wind-02 (3x Front Intake + 2x Top exhaust)
Memory	Kingston FURY Beast RGB 3600 MT/s 32 GB (4x 8GB), (KF436C17BBA/8)
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Dual OC
Storage	Kingston NV2 1 TB
Display(s)	MSI PRO M251 (HDMI), Running @104 Hz
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox MB520
Audio Device(s)	HP H360G USB
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE 550 80+ White
Mouse	HP G200 Black
Keyboard	Redragon MITRA K551-1 RGB
Software	Windows 11 Home