Hey all
it has been some time I posted anything new.
As this project goes, well I have been hunting some of these parts for a long time now, so far it's all going well.
The mainboard I buy from a dear friend from here at VA which is masterj85
Furthermore this is just a build log of this system, every time I obtain new arts for it I'll add them in this post, just one post for everything.
around May 24th, with the CPU's & CPU coolers I will try and find some ram as well, but the graphics cards & the sound card are ready as is he case, and needed stand offs many thanks to Karre calling out for that and sending me the needed stand offs, they have not arrived yet, but I will let ya know for sure
first off the name & specs:
Gradinko SMP 2003
Dual AMD AthlonMP 2800+ Barton CPU's @ 2x 2133Mhz, 2x 512KBB L2
4x 512MB PC-2100 ECC Reg HP/Hynix
Gigabyte GA-7DPXDW-P AMD 760MPX chipset
Sapphire Atlantis Radeon X800 XT AGP 256MB 256Bit GDDR3 0448 (Year 2004 - Week 48)
3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macintosh 64MB Rev.A1 2900 + PC Bios 1.18_DVI
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS
Intel 120GB SATA II SSD Windisk with Sata to ATA-133 Convertor
Samsung 250GB SSD Game disk with Sata to ATA-133 Convertor
Enermax Modu 82+ EG525VE 525Watt PSU with EPS 12V + 24V.
Addtronics 7896A Server Tower from 1999
Compaq S710 CRT monitor , yea it's all I have for now.
Here some pics, things might change here and there but I think this config can work.
Ram wise 2x 1GB or 4x 512MB does that really matter?
PSU wise, if I can find a similar PSU that has enough molex power connectors but SATA as well which one to get and where.
And an Audigy2 ZS Platinum Front panel drive ++ needed data & power cables? this is just optional for now.
Here the Addftronics 7896A Server Tower from 1999 and yes I painted it like this back then as well, 2nd pic shows the Dual P3/EB 1Ghz in it:
Here the mainboard that masterj85 reserved for me, I will buy this on May 245th with the AthlonMP 2800+ CPU's I am very thankful for his help and support this means a lot.
It seems it was recapped with KEMET Low ESR type capacitors as well, it's just beautiful all ways round
Gigabyte GA-7DPXDW-P AMD 760MPX chipset, Masterj85 also made the photo for me, 2nd pic shows the nice spacious area around the sockets, it's friendly for larger type coolers, always a welcoming thing to have around.
Here the main graphics card that I received yesterday:
Sapphire Atlantis Radeon X800 XT AGP 256MB 256Bit GDDR3 0448 (Year 2004 - Week 48)
Here the card after I cleaned it
And here the card after Cleaning it's like new again
3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macintosh 64MB Rev.A1 2900 + PC Bios 1.18_DVI
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS
And that is it for now