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dionkoffie
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I've spent the past few months gathering some components for my 'retro' gaming PC that I've put together for fun. I'm aiming it with parts from 2006 to the late 2000's. 

 

 

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CPU: Core 2 Quad Q9500 2.8GHz base (OCed to around 3.6Ghz fine for me). 

Motherboard: Asus P5E (not the Deluxe)

Ram: 4GB DDR2 400MHz (need different set of ram)

GPU: 1X Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTX. There's a 9600GT in the picture. 

PSU: Brand new Sharkoon PSU. The only new component in the system. Don't trust an old power supply. Not that this is perfect but it'll do just fine. 

HDD: Some WD one I don't know. It's 7200RPM and has been with me for 29.000 spin hours but still performs really great. 

 

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Yes this is a 9 inch monitor. Easy to store away if I don't need it. 

 

What am I planning to do with it?

 

Well most parts in this build are cheap and easy to find. I like to switch back to the XP era and play some games on hardware I could never afford back in the day. Plus it's nice to play with hardware again without the fear of breaking an expensive new CPU. I'm still looking to get another identical 8800 GTX so I can run them in SLI. I've never ran anything in SLI or CrossFire ever. These cards can suck a lot of power and I'm not planning on overclocking the card. It's not needed and I don't want to risk breaking the card.

 

The reason I chose to run Windows XP and not Windows 7 with better driver support is because I like XP and this is the OS I would've been running if I had the hardware back then. I still ran XP until 2012. 

 

Anyone have any ideas what I should do or what I should've done? I'd love some feedback :)

 

 

 

 

 

CPU: AMD 3800X GPU: GTX 1080 Ti RAM: (16GB) 2x Corsair 8gb DDR4 3200Mhz Drives: SanDisk 240GB SSD, Samsung 500GB SSD, WD 1TB HDD

Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming pro plus PSU: Gigabyte 650 watt Monitor(s): 27 inch AOC 1440p

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9 minutes ago, dionkoffie said:

Anyone have any ideas what I should do or what I should've done?

I'd use an SSD for the boot drive.

 

10 minutes ago, dionkoffie said:

There's a 9600GT in the picture.

I had a 9600GT paired with an Core 2 Duo e7300 (2.66GHz) back in the day. Was great for Fallout 3, Borderlands, Assassin's Creed. Later I put these parts in my wife's (then girlfriend) first gaming PC that I built for her birthday. I added an extra 9600GT for SLI and OCed the e7300 to 4Ghz!

BabyBlu (Primary): 

  • CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K @ up to 5.3GHz, 5.0GHz all-core, delidded
  • Motherboard: Asus Maximus XI Hero
  • RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 4x8GB DDR4-3200 @ 4000MHz 16-18-18-34
  • GPU: MSI RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X, 2070MHz core, 8000MHz mem
  • Case: Phanteks Evolv X
  • Storage: XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB, 3x ADATASU800 1TB (RAID 0), Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB
  • PSU: Corsair HX1000i
  • Display: MSI MPG341CQR 34" 3440x1440 144Hz Freesync, Dell S2417DG 24" 2560x1440 165Hz Gsync
  • Cooling: Custom water loop (CPU & GPU), Radiators: 1x140mm(Back), 1x280mm(Top), 1x420mm(Front)
  • Keyboard: Corsair Strafe RGB (Cherry MX Brown)
  • Mouse: MasterMouse MM710
  • Headset: Corsair Void Pro RGB
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

Roxanne (Wife Build):

  • CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K @ up to 5.0GHz, 4.8Ghz all-core, relidded w/ LM
  • Motherboard: Asus Z97A
  • RAM: G.Skill Sniper 4x8GB DDR3-2400 @ 10-12-12-24
  • GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 w/ LM
  • Case: Corsair Vengeance C70, w/ Custom Side-Panel Window
  • Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Samsung 860 EVO 1TB, Silicon Power A80 2TB NVME
  • PSU: Corsair AX760
  • Display: Samsung C27JG56 27" 2560x1440 144Hz Freesync
  • Cooling: Corsair H115i RGB
  • Keyboard: GMMK TKL(Kailh Box White)
  • Mouse: Glorious Model O-
  • Headset: SteelSeries Arctis 7
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

BigBox (HTPC):

  • CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX
  • RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4-3600 @ 3600MHz 14-14-14-28
  • GPU: MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3X Plus OC, de-shrouded, LM TIM, replaced mem therm pads
  • Case: Fractal Design Node 202
  • Storage: SP A80 1TB, WD Black SN770 2TB
  • PSU: Corsair SF600 Gold w/ NF-A9x14
  • Display: Samsung QN90A 65" (QLED, 4K, 120Hz, HDR, VRR)
  • Cooling: Thermalright AXP-100 Copper w/ NF-A12x15
  • Keyboard/Mouse: Rii i4
  • Controllers: 4X Xbox One & 2X N64 (with USB)
  • Sound: Denon AVR S760H with 5.1.2 Atmos setup.
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

Harmonic (NAS/Game/Plex/Other Server):

  • CPU: Intel Core i7 6700
  • Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY H270M
  • RAM: 64GB DDR4-2133
  • GPU: Intel HD Graphics 530
  • Case: Fractal Design Define 7
  • HDD: 3X Seagate Exos X16 14TB in RAID 5
  • SSD: Inland Premium 512GB NVME, Sabrent 1TB NVME
  • Optical: BDXL WH14NS40 flashed to WH16NS60
  • PSU: Corsair CX450
  • Display: None
  • Cooling: Noctua NH-U14S
  • Keyboard/Mouse: None
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

NAS:

  • Synology DS216J
  • 2x8TB WD Red NAS HDDs in RAID 1. 8TB usable space
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1 minute ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

I'd use an SSD for the boot drive.

 

I had a 9600GT paired with an Core 2 Duo e7300 (2.66GHz) back in the day. Was great for Fallout 3, Borderlands, Assassin's Creed. Later I put these parts in my wife's (then girlfriend) first gaming PC that I built for her birthday. I added an extra 9600GT for SLI and OCed the e7300 to 4Ghz!

I don't have an SSD laying around but when I do I might switch to that. Honestly this hard drive is not bad at all. Boot time to the desktop is still well under a minute. 

 

The 9600GT sure is a good card. I picked it up for a price of a coffee few weeks ago and it surprised me by its performance compared to the 8800GTX. Tbh I've used that card more than the 8800 GTX.

 

I'm looking in to flashing a 9600 GT XXX bios on to it. That card basically has the same hardware but is clocked higher. 

CPU: AMD 3800X GPU: GTX 1080 Ti RAM: (16GB) 2x Corsair 8gb DDR4 3200Mhz Drives: SanDisk 240GB SSD, Samsung 500GB SSD, WD 1TB HDD

Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming pro plus PSU: Gigabyte 650 watt Monitor(s): 27 inch AOC 1440p

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