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Lil Chillbil
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I have $300 to build a retro gaming pc from the late 90's early 00's hoping to have sli and raid 0. 

 

Starting with the cpu i'm considering dual pentium 3's and sli voodoo 5 cards

 

 

found a mobo for the build http://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-P3V4X-Motherboard-Pentium-III-Processor-Memory-and-Literature-Working-/141077258423?pt=Motherboards&hash=item20d8dc20b7

 

not exactly dual pentium 3's but at least its 600mhz 

 

And for a case I found this nice atx retro looking one 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CABLES-UNLIMITED-Case-Atx-Front-Usb-2-0-Audio-Beige-Mid-Tower-4-in-Beige-/390599872224?pt=US_Rackmount_Cabinets_Frames&hash=item5af1910ee0

pretty good I must say 

 

only found 1 gpu so far but voodoo 2 it is then

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Creative-Voodoo-2-3DFX-PCI-slot-64bit-3D-Accelerator-Card-tested-/181226514503?pt=AU_Components&hash=item2a31f12847

 

and a ssd

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Super-Talent-2-5-inch-64GB-DuraDrive-ET2-IDE-Solid-State-Drive-MLC-/170873819511?pt=US_Solid_State_Drives&hash=item27c8df9177

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What is that giant port on the bottom of the board?

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Dual Pentiums? Awesome! You should make a build log once you start building.

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PS4...

you could probably run an emulator if you build a dirt cheap one. But an optiplex might be a better option.

Ive personally seen mac pros with dual xeons and 2gb of ram for $350 on Craigslist

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PS4...

you could probably run an emulator if you build a dirt cheap one. But an optiplex might be a better option.

Ive personally seen mac pros with dual xeons and 2gb of ram for $350 on Craigslist

He wants retro.

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PS4...

you could probably run an emulator if you build a dirt cheap one. But an optiplex might be a better option.

Ive personally seen mac pros with dual xeons and 2gb of ram for $350 on Craigslist

 

I already have a good gaming pc, I just want to play retro video games the way they were intended, with sli and ssd's :P 

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