Beige Billy - My '99 Gateway Super Sleeper

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Beige Billy - My '99 Gateway Super Sleeper

This is a sleeper build I've been planning on for a while. A few years back I managed to snag several old desktop towers and a few busted laptops from a phone/computer repair person for $25. Over the years since I tried working on them (too far gone), experimenting, and finally, selling them to local repair folks. This is the last one and the oldest of the bunch. I held onto it for the case, of course.

*My current pc Craig is running windows 7 pro with half new/half used hardware ive steadily upgraded. With win 7 support ending next year, I plan on building a fresh win 10 build using this tower, and a few parts from the current build (namely my gtx 1070).


The build is centered around this case, a Gateway LP Mini Tower TB3 Performance 700 from the Pentium 3/Win95 days.

Im still considering which routes I want to go as far as CPU, motherboard and cooling.
AMD AM4 Ryzen: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LrdrNQ
AMD TR4 Threadripper: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cZ7sD2
Intel LGA 1151 coffee lake: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FVrnxG


Edit: I wound up going the coffee lake route: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7RWCGG

*My old PC Craig had some Ram and the main drive die a while back. I ended up replacing the drive and RAM, and upgrading it to windows 10. Once Billy was completed I donated Craig to my best buddy.
Color(s): Beige White
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: Retro
Cooling: Air Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build

Build Updates

2020 Upgrades (see video)

Build video uploaded

M.2 SSD upgraded with Heatsink

July 12th: All parts purchased and shipped

Purchased new Power supply, working on getting a better GPU

GPU purchased

Build Completed and Running, amidst setbacks

Hardware

CPU
$ 192.00
Intel - Core i7-8700K
Socket: LGA 1151
Cores: 6
Integrated Graphics: Yes
Motherboard
$ 190.00
MSI - Gaming Plus
Chipset: Z370
CPU Socket: LGA 1151
Size: ATX
Memory
Corsair - Vengeance LPX (3200MHz) (Black)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 8 GB
Memory
$ 41.99
G.Skill - Ripjaws V (3200MHz) (Red)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 16 GB
Graphics
$ 679.00
MSI - Duke
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: GTX 1080 Ti
Interface: PCIe x16
Storage
$ 139.90
Crucial - MX500
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 1 TB
Storage
$ 83.37
Seagate - FireCuda Gaming SSHD
Form Factor: 3.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 2 TB
PSU
$ 125.25
EVGA - 750 GQ
Wattage: 750
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
Custom - Custom (custom)
Case Fan
$ 21.78
Noctua - NF-F12 PWM
Size: 120 mm
Case Fan
$ 25.90
Noctua - NF-R8 redux-1800 PWM (2x)
Size: 80 mm
Case Fan
Raijintek - Aeolus β
Size: 120 mm
Cooling
$ 54.95
Noctua - NH-D9L
Type: Air Cooler
Size (WxHxD): 110 mm
Cooling
$ 12.99
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