Yo-vovich. Right now I'm building a Windows 98-based PC from the hardware dated around 2000-2001. Some components are older, some are newer, but the main components are typical for that particular era.
P.S.: I don't really know in which category I should post this thread since it's both hardware- and software-based, I'll just post it in the Windows 9x category. If I'm incorrect, just move this thread to another category, I won't mind it frankly.
The main components are:
Motherboard: Acorp 6A815 ver. 1.0 based on a Intel i815 chipset. Dated ca. 2000.
CPU: Pentium III, 933 MHz, 256 KB L2 cache, 133 MHz FSB. Dated 2001.
RAM: 160 MB PC133 /128 MB NCP stick + 32 MB Twin stick/. Date unknown.
Video card: ATI Radeon 7500, 128 MB, AGP x4. Dated ca. 2001-2002.
HDD: Western Digital WD400, 40 GB, IDE. Dated 2004.
OS: Windows 98 SE.
Some secondary components:
Peripherals:
This PC is primarily intended for nostalgia purposes and old or anything pre-2006 games, but I'm also willing to optimize it for some light modern tasks to see how would the nearly-two-decade-old machine would be doing nowadays in the late '10s. For example: install KernelEx to run versions of some apps that are a bit newer than officially supported; set a page file to add some memory over the physical 160 megabytes; enable DMA to avoid the CPU overloading and some others.
BTW, which page file size would you folks suggest to set for a 160 MB RAM Win98SE machine?
Feel free to discuss.
P.S.: I don't really know in which category I should post this thread since it's both hardware- and software-based, I'll just post it in the Windows 9x category. If I'm incorrect, just move this thread to another category, I won't mind it frankly.
The main components are:
Motherboard: Acorp 6A815 ver. 1.0 based on a Intel i815 chipset. Dated ca. 2000.
CPU: Pentium III, 933 MHz, 256 KB L2 cache, 133 MHz FSB. Dated 2001.
RAM: 160 MB PC133 /128 MB NCP stick + 32 MB Twin stick/. Date unknown.
Video card: ATI Radeon 7500, 128 MB, AGP x4. Dated ca. 2001-2002.
HDD: Western Digital WD400, 40 GB, IDE. Dated 2004.
OS: Windows 98 SE.
Some secondary components:
CD drive: TEAC 552E, 52x speed, CD-RW support. Dated 2003.
Sound card: Diamond Monster Sound MX300. Dated ca. 2000-2002.
Network card: Some PCI-based 10/100 Mbps card I'm going to get from Avito, I don't really know its name and model though.
Power supply: Cooler Master HP-P4017F5P, 330W. Dated ca. 2002-2003.
CPU cooler: GlacialTech Igloo 2510 Pro. Dated ca. 2003.
Case fans: DeepCool XFan 80L/R. 80x80mm, red LED backlight, Molex connection. Dated 2017 /probably the only new component in the whole machine/.
Sound card: Diamond Monster Sound MX300. Dated ca. 2000-2002.
Network card: Some PCI-based 10/100 Mbps card I'm going to get from Avito, I don't really know its name and model though.
Power supply: Cooler Master HP-P4017F5P, 330W. Dated ca. 2002-2003.
CPU cooler: GlacialTech Igloo 2510 Pro. Dated ca. 2003.
Case fans: DeepCool XFan 80L/R. 80x80mm, red LED backlight, Molex connection. Dated 2017 /probably the only new component in the whole machine/.
Peripherals:
Monitor: GVC M1566P, 15" color CRT, 1280x1024. Dated 1995.
Keyboard: BTC 5107, PS/2. Dated ca. 2000-2002.
Mouse: Compaq dual-button PS/2 mouse. Dated 1996.
Speakers: Arowana Sound 2000 acoustic system. Dated ca. 1998-1999.
Keyboard: BTC 5107, PS/2. Dated ca. 2000-2002.
Mouse: Compaq dual-button PS/2 mouse. Dated 1996.
Speakers: Arowana Sound 2000 acoustic system. Dated ca. 1998-1999.
This PC is primarily intended for nostalgia purposes and old or anything pre-2006 games, but I'm also willing to optimize it for some light modern tasks to see how would the nearly-two-decade-old machine would be doing nowadays in the late '10s. For example: install KernelEx to run versions of some apps that are a bit newer than officially supported; set a page file to add some memory over the physical 160 megabytes; enable DMA to avoid the CPU overloading and some others.
BTW, which page file size would you folks suggest to set for a 160 MB RAM Win98SE machine?
Feel free to discuss.
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