Athlon XP Vintage Build
This build was made with vintage parts from my old Athlon XP PC which I used back in the early 2000's. It hadn't been turned on in about 14 years but I decided it would be a fun project to rebuild it to be the best possible version of itself. It took about 2 months and countless hours to finish but in the end i'm very proud of the way it turned out and on top of that I learned a hell of a lot about working with old components/OS's. The original parts I was able to use were the AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 2.2Ghz CPU, OEM copper heatsink, MSI MS-7021 KT4V motherboard, Soundblaster Live! and ATI All In Wonder 9700 Pro video card. I was able to find new IDE cables, IDE DVD-ROM, USB 2.0 adapter for the front ports, CPU fan, RGB exhaust fans and Corsair PSU between Amazon and Micro Center. On eBay I purchased authentic copies of Windows XP Professional and Windows Vista 32-bit with product key's. I installed both in order to run a dual boot to take advantage of the benefits of each. I was able to find and download all the latest drivers for each OS which was very tedious as well. I installed the components in a new Corsair Carbide Series 100R case.
Color(s): Black
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: none
Cooling: Air Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build
Hardware
CPU
Storage
$ 139.00
PSU
Case
$ 370.00
Case Fan
$ 9.99
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