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| System Name | Ryzen |
|---|---|
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5700X |
| Motherboard | Asus TUF Gaming B550-Plus (Wi-Fi) |
| Cooling | Cryorig H7 |
| Memory | Kingston Fury Beast DDR4 3200MHz 2x8GB + 2x16GB |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING OC |
| Storage | WD_Black SN850 500GB NVMe SSD + Adata XPG SX8200 Pro 512GB NVMe SSD |
| Display(s) | Gigabyte G27QC |
| Case | NZXT H510 Flow |
| Audio Device(s) | SteelSeries Arctis Prime |
| Power Supply | Corsair RM650x Gold 650W |
| Mouse | Logitech G502 X |
| Keyboard | HyperX Alloy FPS Cherry MX Blue |
| Software | Windows 11 Pro |
Specs
Background
About 6 months ago, my friend gave me his Voodoo 5 5500 video card (!). I’ve been sitting on it for that time until today.
One of the quirks with this card is the requirement for a 3.3V AGP slot. Now, when the Pentium 4 was introduced, 3.3V was discontinued. Well, for the most part that is. There were a few 3.3V AGP motherboards introduced by board partners eventually for a short amount of time. The GA-8STXC is one such board.
I wanted to test out the Voodoo 5 in something that won’t bottleneck. I could have got it up and running in my Pentium 2 box, but this is more suited for the Voodoo 2. I was looking around the web for a second hand Pentium 3 board initially, but everything was overpriced. I eventually came across the GA-8STXC – one of the few Pentium 4 3.3V AGP compatible motherboards! I found it on eBay for sale in Greece for a reasonable amount with international postage (some of these boards are listed at ridiculously high prices).
I already had the Pentium 4 CPU laying around which is suited for this board. It’s not one of those fancy Northwood chips with 800MHz FSB that came out a bit later – it’s one of the older 533MHz FSB Northwoods with no HT.
I ended up putting everything together in a case which I’ve owned for about 15 years now. A fitting setting for a system of this vintage I think. It even has blue lights on the front! RGB… er, well, B, 2003 style!
Build Pictures
The GA-8STXC motherboard with Pentium 4 2.53 Northwood installed into the 478 socket. I'm using the noisy stock CPU fan for this setup. I remember there being plenty of third party socket 478 CPU coolers back in the day, but I can't seem to find anything available on the second hand market anymore. Oh well.
The Voodoo 5 beast. A little bit of vintage dust build up on the board - I'll clean this up later:
Trusty old WD Caviar:
Everything inside the case. Cable management at its finest
:
A look around the back:
Built and installing Windows XP:
I’ve installed Windows XP on her at the moment. Next up I’ll install and play some of those Glide games.
- CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.53 Northwood Socket 478
- Mobo: Gigabyte (Fujitsu Siemens) GA-8STXC Socket 478 w/ SiS 645DX chipset
- RAM: 256MB DDR SDRAM
- Video card: Voodoo 5 5500 AGP
- HDD: 80GB Western Digital Caviar SE
- CD-ROM: LTN-403
Background
About 6 months ago, my friend gave me his Voodoo 5 5500 video card (!). I’ve been sitting on it for that time until today.
One of the quirks with this card is the requirement for a 3.3V AGP slot. Now, when the Pentium 4 was introduced, 3.3V was discontinued. Well, for the most part that is. There were a few 3.3V AGP motherboards introduced by board partners eventually for a short amount of time. The GA-8STXC is one such board.
I wanted to test out the Voodoo 5 in something that won’t bottleneck. I could have got it up and running in my Pentium 2 box, but this is more suited for the Voodoo 2. I was looking around the web for a second hand Pentium 3 board initially, but everything was overpriced. I eventually came across the GA-8STXC – one of the few Pentium 4 3.3V AGP compatible motherboards! I found it on eBay for sale in Greece for a reasonable amount with international postage (some of these boards are listed at ridiculously high prices).
I already had the Pentium 4 CPU laying around which is suited for this board. It’s not one of those fancy Northwood chips with 800MHz FSB that came out a bit later – it’s one of the older 533MHz FSB Northwoods with no HT.
I ended up putting everything together in a case which I’ve owned for about 15 years now. A fitting setting for a system of this vintage I think. It even has blue lights on the front! RGB… er, well, B, 2003 style!
Build Pictures
The GA-8STXC motherboard with Pentium 4 2.53 Northwood installed into the 478 socket. I'm using the noisy stock CPU fan for this setup. I remember there being plenty of third party socket 478 CPU coolers back in the day, but I can't seem to find anything available on the second hand market anymore. Oh well.
The Voodoo 5 beast. A little bit of vintage dust build up on the board - I'll clean this up later:
Trusty old WD Caviar:
Everything inside the case. Cable management at its finest
:A look around the back:
Built and installing Windows XP:
I’ve installed Windows XP on her at the moment. Next up I’ll install and play some of those Glide games.
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