Hi All
Do you all remember when the 2000 Mhz Pentium4 hit the market and what a big rage it gave the crowd, for just being the first ever released 2000Mhz CPU, even though it's overall performance wasn't much faster than the AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1400Mhz rofl, it only shined in Q3A based games this is where it's Rambus Memory interface and its Netburst Tech really showed it's true native performance, also it came with SSE2, only back then SSE2 was not really supported, although these days it might get along a lot better than back then.
But overall the 1.40Ghz Athlon T-Bird was the king over this CPU, but for the ones that really loved Intel this was Intel's best at the time. And since there are quite a lot of Intel users here, I thought to share some awesome history of back then as I bought this mainly for Quake III Arena, it was the best you could get for just that game rofl.
So it all began yesterday, after having a nice BBQ at my sister's place, she gave me my old gaming system from 2001 back and it came with these parts:
Intel Pentium 4 2.00Ghz Willamette Socket 423 256KB L2, 400Mhz FSB
ASUS P4T Rev. 1.07 0135 With Intel i850 Chipset & AGP Pro 50 x4
2x 256MB PC-800-45 ECC Rambus Samsung Original
2x 128MB PC-800-45 Non-ECC Rambus Samsung Original
HIS ATi Radeon 9550 AGP 256MB 128Bit DDR
Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
3-Com 3C905C TX-M 10/1000MBit Ethernet Card
Sweex 5 Ports USB 2.0 PCI Card, 4 External, 1 Internal
Enermax Modu 82 525 Watt PSU
A-Open H600-B ATX Case
My plan is to clean this thoroughly and make it look like new again as when I built it back in 2001, which will have this name & layout:
Stealth 2001
Intel Pentium 4 2.00Ghz Willamette Socket 423m 256KB L2, 400Mhz FSB
ASUS P4T Rev. 1.07 0135 With Intel i850 Chipset & AGP Pro 50 x4
2x 256MB PC-800-45 ECC Rambus Samsung Original
2x 128MB PC-800-45 Non-ECC Rambus Samsung Original
Gainward GeForce3 AGP 64MB Golden Sample Rev.A 0131 with ViVo.
Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
3-Com 3C905C TX-M 10/1000MBit Ethernet Card
Sweex 5 Ports USB 2.0 PCI Card, 4 External, 1 Internal
Enermax Modu 82 525 Watt PSU
A-Open H600-B ATX Case
So here some pics of my progress
Stealth 2001 undergoing disassembly
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5841…Disassembly.jpg
Cards removed
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/58415-1/Cards+removed.jpg
Case dismantled, CPU, CPU HSF & Ram still in place
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5841…am+in+place.jpg
ASUS P4T CPU, CPU HSF, Cards & Ram removed
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5842…Ram+removed.jpg
Intel Pentium 4 Willamette 2.00 Ghz & 1.70 Ghz Socket 423 CPU's top
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5842…3+CPU_s+top.jpg
This was the first 2000Mhz CPU ever to be made for the consumer's market, It used Net Burst Technology to which only performed best in games that used idTech 3 engine also known as the be famed Q3A Engine.
Intel Pentium 4 Willamette 2.00 Ghz Left & 1.70 Ghz Right Socket 423 CPU's rear
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5842…+CPU_s+rear.jpg
P4 2.00Ghz Right & 1.70 Ghz left S423 CPU's flipped mode
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5843…lipped+mode.jpg
CPU repasted
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/58433-1/CPU+repasted.jpg
CPU repasted closeup
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5843…ted+closeup.jpg
Stealth 2001's parts cleaned top
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5843…cleaned+top.jpg
Note the Gainward GeForce3 AGP Golden Sample, I will replace the Radeon 9550 AGP 256MB< as this was the same exact GeForce3 I had in this system, back in the day I bought it with the P4 1.70Ghz CPU, which I later upgraded to the 2.00Ghz CPU about 9 months later in December 2001.
Stealth 2001's cleaned parts rear
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5844…+parts+rear.jpg
Stealth 2001's cards cleaned top
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5844…cleaned+top.jpg
ASUS P4T Rev 1.07 0135 top
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5844…07+0135+top.jpg
ASUS P4T Rev 1.07 0135 rear
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5845…7+0135+rear.jpg
Note the lovely Golden PCB color, This Motherboard is the first i850 based motherboard released for the consumers market, it was made in 2001 week 35 aka 0135 and it was made in Yang An, Taiwan.
ASUS P4T Rev 1.07 0135 headshot
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5845…35+headshot.jpg
That big blue CPU HSF is the Thermaltake Indigo Orb for Socket 423, it cools the the 2Ghz Monster under it's hood [sm=001_cool.gif]
Cleaning Case side panel, dust visible
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5845…ust+visible.jpg
Here I was cleaning the side panel, this is how I cleaned the entire case after taking it 100% apart, with hot water and anti bacterial soap.
Rear Case fan before treatment
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5846…e+treatment.jpg
Rear Case fan after treatment
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5846…r+treatment.jpg
And yes those little scrubs of dirt I did remove them after I made the shot before putting it back in the case haha
Rear case fan placement before treatment
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5846…e+treatment.jpg
Rear case fan placement after treatment
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5846…r+treatment.jpg
Stealth 2001's Mobo, CPU, CPU HSF & Cards in place after treatment
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5847…r+treatment.jpg
Stealth 2001's Mobo, CPU, CPU HSF & Cards in place after treatment side
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5847…atment+side.jpg
Gainward GF3 GS & Indigo Orb Closeup
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5847…Orb+Closeup.jpg
IO Drives mounted
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/58481-1/IO+Drives+mounted.jpg
Lian Li Ventilated Slot brackets placed
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5848…kets+placed.jpg
Stealth 2001 Renovation Complete Front
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5848…plete+Front.jpg
Stealth 2001 Renovation Complete! Side
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5849…plete_+Side.jpg
Stealth 2001 Renovation Complete! Side
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5849…plete_+rear.jpg
And there you have it, it's all done ! xDDD All I need to do now is a first bootup, which should gop well, I will run some old games from 1999 to 2003, see how this P4 does [sm=001_smile.gif]
The only 3D Mark I really liked was Mad Onion's 3D Mark 2001 SE, so I do plan on running that one on this 2Ghz P4
Stay Tuned for more in action pics and 1080p video's! [sm=001_tt1.gif][sm=001_smile.gif]