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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.
![01_mobo.jpg 01_mobo.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114989-0e4371b287a22b5171fcfa0d1e8b5ebb.jpg)
![02_cpu.jpg 02_cpu.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114990-097fad4a1137f11b27fa8df392574b53.jpg)
![03_heatsink.jpg 03_heatsink.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114991-79cb10f2bcb7a2d5da83e19594acd28b.jpg)
![04_thermalPaste.jpg 04_thermalPaste.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114992-e2b49c4f651e883f1e16a8e56ae226f4.jpg)
![05_moboCpuHeatsink_angle.jpg 05_moboCpuHeatsink_angle.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114993-5847ed2f20bd06cb29eccec1e1ca74a6.jpg)
![06_moboCpuHeatsink.jpg 06_moboCpuHeatsink.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114994-08fd8eec3cca241ecebcfb1967f44c7a.jpg)
![07_moboBack.jpg 07_moboBack.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114995-35bc37b188ae18568b2e9876fffe8448.jpg)
The Voodoo 5 beast. A little bit of vintage dust build up on the board - I'll clean this up later:
![08_voodooFront.jpg 08_voodooFront.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114996-c14a9607037cd288589eeccfaa110b14.jpg)
![09_voodooBack.jpg 09_voodooBack.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114997-664e9a730e737ae9867beea1dda5cb07.jpg)
Trusty old WD Caviar:
![10_hdd.jpg 10_hdd.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114998-d633a004711a277b8dbedb810b9d0609.jpg)
Everything inside the case. Cable management at its finest
:
![11_insideCase.jpg 11_insideCase.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114999-dae4400628314d1c511ad2b8ca0c86b8.jpg)
![12_insideCaseClose.jpg 12_insideCaseClose.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/115/115000-db463da8f5d785141225506c9446cb8f.jpg)
A look around the back:
![13_caseBack.jpg 13_caseBack.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/115/115001-026bf0dafa80df5a70d16beaf2aa109e.jpg)
Built and installing Windows XP:
![14_complete.jpg 14_complete.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/115/115002-a1ff6345e108b70886f706c5b9fb3265.jpg)
![15_complete_angle.jpg 15_complete_angle.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/115/115003-671b5292b1f6774c5d287975b9e98842.jpg)
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.
![01_mobo.jpg 01_mobo.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114989-0e4371b287a22b5171fcfa0d1e8b5ebb.jpg)
![02_cpu.jpg 02_cpu.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114990-097fad4a1137f11b27fa8df392574b53.jpg)
![03_heatsink.jpg 03_heatsink.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114991-79cb10f2bcb7a2d5da83e19594acd28b.jpg)
![04_thermalPaste.jpg 04_thermalPaste.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114992-e2b49c4f651e883f1e16a8e56ae226f4.jpg)
![05_moboCpuHeatsink_angle.jpg 05_moboCpuHeatsink_angle.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114993-5847ed2f20bd06cb29eccec1e1ca74a6.jpg)
![06_moboCpuHeatsink.jpg 06_moboCpuHeatsink.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114994-08fd8eec3cca241ecebcfb1967f44c7a.jpg)
![07_moboBack.jpg 07_moboBack.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114995-35bc37b188ae18568b2e9876fffe8448.jpg)
The Voodoo 5 beast. A little bit of vintage dust build up on the board - I'll clean this up later:
![08_voodooFront.jpg 08_voodooFront.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114996-c14a9607037cd288589eeccfaa110b14.jpg)
![09_voodooBack.jpg 09_voodooBack.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114997-664e9a730e737ae9867beea1dda5cb07.jpg)
Trusty old WD Caviar:
![10_hdd.jpg 10_hdd.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114998-d633a004711a277b8dbedb810b9d0609.jpg)
Everything inside the case. Cable management at its finest
![Wink ;) ;)](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/assets/smilies/wink-v1.gif)
![11_insideCase.jpg 11_insideCase.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/114/114999-dae4400628314d1c511ad2b8ca0c86b8.jpg)
![12_insideCaseClose.jpg 12_insideCaseClose.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/115/115000-db463da8f5d785141225506c9446cb8f.jpg)
A look around the back:
![13_caseBack.jpg 13_caseBack.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/115/115001-026bf0dafa80df5a70d16beaf2aa109e.jpg)
Built and installing Windows XP:
![14_complete.jpg 14_complete.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/115/115002-a1ff6345e108b70886f706c5b9fb3265.jpg)
![15_complete_angle.jpg 15_complete_angle.jpg](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/attachments/115/115003-671b5292b1f6774c5d287975b9e98842.jpg)
I’ve installed Windows XP on her at the moment. Next up I’ll install and play some of those Glide games.