Just loved this one but also need to make my way through RDR2 so more cooling needed lol
Nostalgia stickers got me started
This was the start of my first design with the distro plate in. Struggled to keep air bubbles from forming in the tubing to the cpu.
Love the Phanteks Evolv X case
Psu and few bits turned up
Back of the Asus P2B board. Old school with the traces on show. Love it
First faulty board from ebay
Mocking up designs
eBay stickers for the win
Asus z490 mini itx is a beast for its size
The retro system all up and working
First of the two Voodoo 2 cards in SLI
Screen to be fitted to the rear of the case for the retro system. Fits nicely behind the case glass
First design I really liked but unable to get rid of the air out the system.
Finishing off the tubing to the second design. Soon to have its own flaws.lol
Loved this design but with only a 120mm rad for the gpu it just couldn’t handle the cooling once overclocked in hot weather.
Ek fluid solid orange and purple
Looked great with some lighting
Almost finished second design before noticing in 30deg weather it couldn’t hold temps before it turned into a runaway train up to 90deg and the gpu underclocked itself.
Old cooling on the left of 240 for cpu and 120 for gpu. Now on the left a 420 rad for both. Won’t be as good but needs must for stable temperatures. Will post my 3rd design eventually
1st design again
Many months many pennys
This build has been a culmination of my gaming years. Its a celebration of the past and present kings of hardware.
All of these parts have near 20 years between them
Intel Pentium ii 400MHz - Intel i7 8700k
Asus 440BX P2B - Asus ROG Strix Z390mini ITX
3dfx Voodoo 2 in SLI - Asus ROG Strix 1080ti
Case: Phanteks Evolv X
Psu: Phanteks 1000w dual system
I wanted to have the nostalgia of playing Quake 2, Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Need for speed and loads of others with the original hardware that I was using as a kid playing them. I have very little space at home to have more than one pc setup so this is why I am squeezing them into one.
Hope you like my build. Still not finished but after a year and a half and two designs I thought I’d share my failures and lessons learnt
All of these parts have near 20 years between them
Intel Pentium ii 400MHz - Intel i7 8700k
Asus 440BX P2B - Asus ROG Strix Z390mini ITX
3dfx Voodoo 2 in SLI - Asus ROG Strix 1080ti
Case: Phanteks Evolv X
Psu: Phanteks 1000w dual system
I wanted to have the nostalgia of playing Quake 2, Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Need for speed and loads of others with the original hardware that I was using as a kid playing them. I have very little space at home to have more than one pc setup so this is why I am squeezing them into one.
Hope you like my build. Still not finished but after a year and a half and two designs I thought I’d share my failures and lessons learnt
Color(s): Gold
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: Retro
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build
Hardware
CPU
$ 175.00
CPU
Motherboard
$ 295.00
Memory
$ 378.64
Graphics
Storage
$ 89.99
Case
$ 318.60
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