The Tiniest Pentium Gaming PC

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This system ended up being shockingly powerful but is far smaller than you would expect! It's been a fun combination and here's how I put it together!
This system has been way more fun for me than I would have expected. I didn't know I was missing a Tiny Pentium computer in my life but it has become a regular activity for me to to play it now! It really helps that it's small enough I can keep out in places other systems wont fit.
I was somewhat wrong in this when I said the Pentium 233 MMX was "max" spec, despite Wikipedia's listing for the P5 series there is a Pentium 266 MMX. While I could try to seek one of those out or go AMD for even faster chips I'm happy with it as is. It's not worth risking overheating the CPU with the severely restrictive case to try and get a little more power that will still be held back by RAM and the Voodoo 2.
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  • @AdamChristensen
    @AdamChristensen4 жыл бұрын

    Point of sale computers have extra cache built-in.

  • @BlackEpyon

    @BlackEpyon

    4 жыл бұрын

    But do you have to open the drawer to use it?

  • @eddiehimself

    @eddiehimself

    4 жыл бұрын

    It took me a while lol.

  • @jamesmillerjo

    @jamesmillerjo

    4 жыл бұрын

    But isn't it requires additional casher?

  • @devil8975

    @devil8975

    4 жыл бұрын

    Downvoted due to punnery.😁

  • @lewisfilby2394

    @lewisfilby2394

    4 жыл бұрын

    get out that tickled me

  • @paulmccoy2908
    @paulmccoy29084 жыл бұрын

    This takes me back. Growing up poor, all of my first computers were made from old POS micro ATX parts that I scavenged at the e-waste dropoff. I never had much luck keeping everything inside the case, so it all looked like a prop from a bad SciFi. Those computers, and fixing all that junk is what eventually led to a degree and career in Electrical Engineering. I can look back with pride where once there was just shame.

  • @dialupdave6276

    @dialupdave6276

    4 жыл бұрын

    cool. what games did you play.

  • @BlackEpyon

    @BlackEpyon

    4 жыл бұрын

    In my case, I got the hand-me-downs from my parents, and whoever they were fixing/upgrading computers for. My room was filled with them. Unfortunately, I ditched most of it years ago, something I'm still regretting, because you pay money to get that "junk" now. Fortunately, I saved a few systems (two of my Tandys), from that fate.

  • @RdandTrk1

    @RdandTrk1

    4 жыл бұрын

    I love your story.

  • @arpitagarwal9891

    @arpitagarwal9891

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@RdandTrk1 i grew up in rich family but then my parents kicked me out of house and now i used to beg and i am proud of myself and my life is now fully settled

  • @rodrigoacosta9708

    @rodrigoacosta9708

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@arpitagarwal9891 I´m crying rigth now for you brave soul. Tell us more!!!!

  • @magreger
    @magreger4 жыл бұрын

    Thought this was LGR when I saw the thumbnail and that's fine by my book.

  • @pabloleon9884

    @pabloleon9884

    4 жыл бұрын

    It took me until the end of the video when I scrolled down to smash like... now I discovered a new channel :')

  • @RWL2012

    @RWL2012

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@pabloleon9884 This channel used to be called "AkBKukU"

  • @tuff_lover

    @tuff_lover

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@RWL2012 old times, eh

  • @AltimaNEO

    @AltimaNEO

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was confused and thought this was Technology Connections. Forgot he changed the channel name a while back.

  • @goodiesguy

    @goodiesguy

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@RWL2012 Makes sense why I don't remember subscribing to Tech Tangents.

  • @benjbk
    @benjbk4 жыл бұрын

    "Heat may be an issue" *puts all the cables in front of the only exhaust fan*

  • @Blackadder75

    @Blackadder75

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's not like he had any choice in where to put the cables

  • @wich1

    @wich1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Blackadder75 could have made a shorter cable though

  • @competetodefeat4610
    @competetodefeat46104 жыл бұрын

    Label: DO NOT OPEN, NO OPERATOR SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. Me: laughs in computer geek

  • @MultiTelan

    @MultiTelan

    4 жыл бұрын

    My first thought - "Wanna bet?"

  • @NickShvelidze

    @NickShvelidze

    4 жыл бұрын

    Turns out it was right

  • @FirstWizardZorander

    @FirstWizardZorander

    4 жыл бұрын

    DO YOU THINK ME A MERE USER?!

  • @JanaBuvari

    @JanaBuvari

    4 жыл бұрын

    steve jobs saw this sticker and smiled

  • @TorutheRedFox

    @TorutheRedFox

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Norri Buvari remember that the iMac G5 exists

  • @dragonwithafez
    @dragonwithafez4 жыл бұрын

    When you were talking about how hard it was to find small speakers, I literally thought to myself, "hey those old Cambridge Soundworks speakers I have would be perfect!" Imagine my surprise when you pulled out the exact same set!

  • @TTULangGenius
    @TTULangGenius4 жыл бұрын

    Ah, the jumper settings for voltage. That takes me back! When I was 17 years old in early 1999, my dad’s coworker bought a 300 MHz AMD K6 in combination with a weird motherboard that only SLIGHTLY undervolted the CPU. He gave them to me and I built a very stable Windows 98/DOS machine from it. Almost never crashed on me. I still have the 16MB Voodoo3 3000 AGP graphics card I bought for that build. That also included 64 MB RAM, a SoundBlasrer AWE64 plus a DVD decoder card. I also bought a 17-inch CTX monitor to go with it. With the money I saved from my part-time job and my high school graduation money, I had a decently tricked-out machine for the time. I’ve been thinking lately about rebuilding something close to that system (without the motherboard and CPU mismatch). I think the case is still in my dad’s shed, too. Time to start gathering parts!

  • @ElkInvest

    @ElkInvest

    2 жыл бұрын

    Давай!

  • @HappyBeezerStudios

    @HappyBeezerStudios

    Жыл бұрын

    That is a really great rig. The Voodoo would benefit from a faster CPU, but the K6 isn't a bad chip itself. If you still have the parts nice, if not, well, et your wallet ready. Stuff like an AWE64 and basically all voodoo cards are expensive.

  • @JamesPotts
    @JamesPotts4 жыл бұрын

    Laughed out loud when you called it a "PoS."

  • @dafunk420

    @dafunk420

    4 жыл бұрын

    ha HA ha HA soo FUnny HA ha HA

  • @leolyboi

    @leolyboi

    4 жыл бұрын

    pacificStandard ikr

  • @KlingonCaptain

    @KlingonCaptain

    3 жыл бұрын

    Point of Sale...

  • @JamesPotts

    @JamesPotts

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@KlingonCaptain Yes, in fact that was my first thought. But I appreciated the double meaning.

  • @JoaoVitor-cw2vg

    @JoaoVitor-cw2vg

    3 жыл бұрын

    “Piece of Shit”

  • @DFX2KX
    @DFX2KX4 жыл бұрын

    "And Maybe two expansion slots" Those are RAM slots for SDR DIMMS....

  • @BlackEpyon

    @BlackEpyon

    4 жыл бұрын

    I've had a few of those super-7 motherboards. Great for upgrading.

  • @jrr851
    @jrr8514 жыл бұрын

    My Dad was a huge fan of the Socket 370 "Book PC" machines. We had one connected to each TV. My dad would sit on the couch and download movies and music from Kazaa on it.

  • @MarkTheMorose

    @MarkTheMorose

    4 жыл бұрын

    I remember a colleague seeking me out to help fix his Book PC. Paid through the teeth to get a replacement PSU, and that was 15 years ago. I hate to think what it would cost now.

  • @mashakos1

    @mashakos1

    4 жыл бұрын

    your dad and I would get along! I have hdmi and usb ports extended from my bedroom PC to the living room. Can watch movies, stream or play a few console ports with no lag and no large PC case next to the TV cluttering up the place

  • @GTFour

    @GTFour

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mashakos1 You need Plex in your life lol

  • @mashakos1

    @mashakos1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@GTFour you dont get it. Plex doesnt magically make latency disappear. Streaming is garbage for games

  • @eddiehimself
    @eddiehimself4 жыл бұрын

    It obviously came with 3D integrated graphics so you can have the 3D Maze screensaver running when you're not using it lol.

  • @damian9303

    @damian9303

    3 жыл бұрын

    I know someone who’d point out that screensaver makes use of raytracing lol

  • @thepirategamerboy12

    @thepirategamerboy12

    2 жыл бұрын

    That screensaver is actually software rendered, doesn't use 3D hardware at all.

  • @nickf3242
    @nickf32424 жыл бұрын

    You need to get a matching cash drawer to hide upgrades (like more storage or relocate a hidden optical drive so you can move your cards around)!

  • @un1qu3-senpai
    @un1qu3-senpai4 жыл бұрын

    31:47 >[SD card access sounds] This is a fantastic little build. Masochistic, but it's got everything anyone would want from that era. I dig it.

  • @rickpickle

    @rickpickle

    2 жыл бұрын

    masochistic is so the right word. plug and PRAY!

  • @Okurka.
    @Okurka.4 жыл бұрын

    5:57 Those are PC100 SDRAM slots on your PCCHIPS MB-M550-512K motherboard.

  • @BlackEpyon

    @BlackEpyon

    4 жыл бұрын

    I've got a PCChips M570. I used it for a Pentium 120 build. I've got better processors, but that kinda defeats the point of the build.

  • @AmstradExin

    @AmstradExin

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, how does he not know that? O_o

  • @michaelmiller1790

    @michaelmiller1790

    4 жыл бұрын

    Looks like EDO SIMMS sticks to me EDIT: yeah those are EDO and not SDRAM

  • @brianb6653

    @brianb6653

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not sure what you're referring to. His PoS box definitely has EDO memory, it was clearly on the label, but i'm pretty sure Okurka is referring to the similar slightly smaller board used as a comparison that had EDO/SIMM (4 slots) as well as 2 longer SDRAM slots. You could use either, but not both types

  • @Grumpy_old_Boot

    @Grumpy_old_Boot

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, a lot of PC's during the transition period to Pentiums had both SIMM and DIMM slots on them, so people could use some of their old memory .. or be smart and get the new style memory. But hey, it was a bunch of point-of-sale PC's, so no wonder they used the old stuff first.

  • @RadJim
    @RadJim Жыл бұрын

    Hi dude! I've only just discovered your channel. It's really great to see these old computers being set up again. I started doing this sort of thing for a living in 1995, and in 1997 I landed a job at Acclaim in the UK. A lot of my work involved trying out the latest PC hardware and testing our current games on it. We got sent things like the first 3d graphics cards to try out, including the first 3DFX cards. So seeing you doing what I was doing 25 years ago is a really nice trip down memory lane. Also, it's cool to see you running ReVolt and Turok - both Acclaim games. I worked at the studio that made ReVolt - some of my ideas are in that game. I got to play test some of the Turok games too. If you want a suggestion, if you've got an original copy of Forsaken give that a go - at the time it was the best looking 3D accelerated game available. It was developed as a multiplayer though, the single player game was an afterthought and isn't the best, but it does at least look really nice. Best wishes from the UK. James.

  • @sirlightbright

    @sirlightbright

    Жыл бұрын

    You truly had the best job ever, in the best moment ever.

  • @ThyBonesConsumed
    @ThyBonesConsumed4 жыл бұрын

    2:50 Wait until you see the Pentium-based Toshiba Librettos. They're slightly bigger than a VHS tape. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_Libretto

  • @cdigames

    @cdigames

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think his point is this is one of the smallest Socket 7 boards, the Libretto still used laptop grade components, right?

  • @Choralone422

    @Choralone422

    4 жыл бұрын

    I repaired many of the Toshiba Librettos back in the day. They were a real POS to work on. Yes they're 100% laptop parts, they were a marvel of miniaturization back in those days.

  • @joeyscleaninglady2877

    @joeyscleaninglady2877

    4 жыл бұрын

    There was a twinhead laptop that used the same pentium chips as in the desktop variant and even had a noisy fan.

  • @DoRC
    @DoRC4 жыл бұрын

    13:35 there's actually a notch cut in the side of the fan housing directing air sideways toward the heatsink. There's arent any holes in the bottom so it won't be cooling anything beneath the fan.

  • @HappyBeezerStudios

    @HappyBeezerStudios

    4 жыл бұрын

    Makes me thing about a low-profile cooler with a radial fan to the side. Might be a bit overkill, but better safe then sorry. I'd rather go bit bigger with the cooling if it means there is less risk of overheating.

  • @hugovangalen

    @hugovangalen

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeh and even if it were blowing down through any holes -- the metal part that the fan is attached to would cool down, so heat generated by the CPU still has a colder part to dissipate towards. I think it's kinda neat how "flat" they made the whole board!

  • @GTFour

    @GTFour

    2 жыл бұрын

    Little 3d printed clip over plastic shroud would help direct air entirely over the heatsink too

  • @incumbentvinyl9291

    @incumbentvinyl9291

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HappyBeezerStudios *think *than

  • @ch-tc4ct

    @ch-tc4ct

    Жыл бұрын

    a lot of modern graphics card coolers have the same design, radeon 3870 for example. fan is on one side and blows air sideways over the heatsink and out of the case.

  • @taylorkelly6414
    @taylorkelly64143 жыл бұрын

    Just discovered your channel and I'm basically hooked. I started taking apart/rebuilding PCs as a young child during the late 90's and early 2000's, so these videos are a total blast of nostalgia. You've really rekindled my interest in retro builds. Keep on doing what you do!

  • @lunsj
    @lunsj3 жыл бұрын

    This was a cool project. Thanks for filming it and sharing it with us. I like that you told us about the all the problems you had. I'm sure behind the scenes most of these retro projects have a slew of issues. But all we ever see is the shiny finished product with everything working great.

  • @meiklman
    @meiklman4 жыл бұрын

    39:53 If you run Quake directly from DOS, it will offer you resolutions up to 1280x1024. Because VBE 3.0 or something like that. On Windows, that doesn‘t work. Great system, fantastic video, subscribed! :D

  • @PassiveDestroyer

    @PassiveDestroyer

    4 жыл бұрын

    I only ever had Quake on the Mac. If I remember it right, it had full video resolutions up to 1280x1024 available as well, but my Mac could only do software render because it was an all-in-one Power Mac. It didn't have discrete video, but it was weird to see him only have 320x resolutions on Quake in Software render. I subbed as well, great build.

  • @hingeslevers

    @hingeslevers

    4 жыл бұрын

    For me, installing Display Doctor gave me more options with limited video cards.

  • @yeong126
    @yeong126 Жыл бұрын

    All those cards and drives fitting perfectly into the tiny case is so satisfying to watch. Talk about the elaborate work to get it all connected!

  • @nickf3242
    @nickf32424 жыл бұрын

    Much respect sir! I would be swearing that whole time while putting it together. The last thing I would want is an audience or to worry about filming. Makes me regret I had no place to store the 15 to 25 POS systems that ended up getting scrapped when I helped close my local Sears. They were all wiped but nobody bought 'em in the liquidation sale. Great build! Thanks for sharing this one.

  • @gordonfreeman320
    @gordonfreeman3203 жыл бұрын

    Love this build! Was a joy to watch you assemble it and play games.

  • @lewisfilby2394
    @lewisfilby23944 жыл бұрын

    you started showing up in my recommended - this is like everything else I watch already - how have I not seen this channel before? subbed

  • @Psychlist1972
    @Psychlist19724 жыл бұрын

    On the fan, if you look closely, you'll see it has an intake opening on the side with the fins, and it's solid underneath. So it will draw some amount of air through the fins and exhaust them on to your soundblaster. The S3 is completely out of the airflow. Edit: after seeing the final build...well, I was assuming there was a way to get air into the fan to begin with :D

  • @wich1

    @wich1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Other way around I would think, take in air from above and blow it out the side through the fins

  • @Kaziklu
    @Kaziklu4 жыл бұрын

    Did you call two SDRAM slots "expansion slots"?

  • @nelizmastr

    @nelizmastr

    4 жыл бұрын

    Did you call 72-pin EDO SIMM slots SDRAM slots?

  • @HappyBeezerStudios

    @HappyBeezerStudios

    4 жыл бұрын

    It has both! 186 pin SDRAM DIMMs and 72 pin EDO SIMMs

  • @Psi105

    @Psi105

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@HappyBeezerStudios Yeah. Some boards had an option for both. You could only use one or the other though, couldnt use both at once

  • @Kaziklu

    @Kaziklu

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nelizmastr No I called the SDRAM slots SDRAM Slots not the SIMM slots.

  • @besimai
    @besimai4 жыл бұрын

    I swear! 5 hours before you posted, i checked your channel to see if there is something new! Glad to see you back 😁

  • @singletona082
    @singletona082 Жыл бұрын

    I come back to this video every few months and. Honestly? My appreciation for what you've managed only grows over time. You took essentially a cash register, and turned it into a dos era gaming monster.

  • @TheGodOfAllThatWas
    @TheGodOfAllThatWas4 жыл бұрын

    You mention the jumpers being wrong and it was picking up as a 166, I wonder if that was on purpose to underclock the cpu and cut down on heat....

  • @BlackEpyon

    @BlackEpyon

    4 жыл бұрын

    That dumbass heatsink probably doesn't help. It doesn't even look like there's and room under the fan for the air to blow. If you want to under-clock a CPU, you use the clock and multiplier jumpers, not the voltage jumpers.

  • @boltinabottle6307

    @boltinabottle6307

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@BlackEpyon I'm so glad we don't have to do that anymore. I went from a Pentium III 500 to a 1ghz and had no idea about the jumpers back then. I eventually got it working but I'm lucky I didn't fry it.

  • @BlackEpyon

    @BlackEpyon

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@boltinabottle6307 Yeah, that's all in the BIOS now.

  • @Zagroseckt

    @Zagroseckt

    4 жыл бұрын

    More likely the unit had an issue and someone changed the cpu with whatever thay could find at the time without changing any of the jumpers. it kinda worked and probably drove cashews nuts for years. i've seen it happen more than a few times. Bad power cycle in the store takes out the psu and cpu they fix it without fully configuring it.

  • @brianb6653

    @brianb6653

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@BlackEpyon Look at the fan closer. Mainly between the fan and the fins on the heatsink. There's an opening. It presumably draws air down and out that hole towards the fins effectively blowing air over 'em. It does not, however, have a lot of room to draw air in as i'm sure it's damn near touching that Voodoo2 card, but that's how it works. It doesn't draw air 'through' it, so it doesn't matter what's underneath.

  • @fabiangirsch2391
    @fabiangirsch23914 жыл бұрын

    Finally I really missed your content, great video tho

  • @branimirfilovski8388
    @branimirfilovski83884 жыл бұрын

    Happy to find another vintage computer channel! Subscribed!

  • @thomaspleacher2735
    @thomaspleacher27354 жыл бұрын

    This video is so cool! I really love computers from that era, so I'm glad you gave this machine another lease on life.

  • @KomradeMikhail
    @KomradeMikhail4 жыл бұрын

    Late Socket 7 with MMX is my favourite era for retro builds. You should follow through on some of those changes you thought of. A few additional tips: MMX is a middling Win98 platform, but is an absolute beast DOS rig. And ever since Phil showed MMX chips are very unique using setmul in DOS, that should be the target. The Voodoo 3 can be found in a short-board formfactor, leaving the space for an ISA soundcard. But they run super hot, so intake fans are called for, and maybe even dremel mod case venting holes. Test the CPU heasink fan flipped from Push to Pull. It may not matter. A replacement fan in the PSU too. LS120 SuperDrive runs on IDE, letting you lose the floppy ribbon cable in addition to the floppy drive istelf. It would limit you to one hard disk, but the LS120 storage (and USB) mitigates that. A CompactFlash instead of SD adapter may allow it to recognize and format larger HDD space. Check some drive tool software too.

  • @HappyBeezerStudios

    @HappyBeezerStudios

    Жыл бұрын

    The fan seems to be a rather regular axial fan with a hole in the side to get the air out, mounting some sort of duct over part of the assembly might help bringing the air into the fins. And while the LS120 is a nice idea, he needs another drive on the other end to have practical use of it. I'd rather go with a nice CF adapter for swappable storage and use the ethernet port at the back to transfer files.

  • @drPeidos
    @drPeidos3 жыл бұрын

    I would still place a couple of tiny fans pointing to the voodoo card and to the cpu, just to prevent problems. Nice build.

  • @anthonyspecf
    @anthonyspecf4 жыл бұрын

    I love the build. Glad to hear that it is staying cool enough for extending play.

  • @riopato2009
    @riopato20094 жыл бұрын

    This video takes me back to my first PC. including all the issues and games you've demoed.

  • @vwestlife
    @vwestlife4 жыл бұрын

    Years ago I had a "Book PC II" which appears to be the successor to this design: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lGyK0LlugNKdcZc.html It uses the weirdo VIA C3 "1 Giga Pro" processor, which despite its name, does not actually run at 1 GHz.

  • @SegaSaturn94

    @SegaSaturn94

    3 жыл бұрын

    600mhz as i remember

  • @breakcoregirlxd

    @breakcoregirlxd

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Genesis Walter You were right spammer no one does

  • @xheralt

    @xheralt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Spammer and obligatory sock puppet for signal boost in thread. Don't engage, report it.

  • @mica7191

    @mica7191

    2 жыл бұрын

    That heatsink looks like a cooler on a GT 1030 GPU

  • @tonymahboi
    @tonymahboi4 жыл бұрын

    Very nice! Would love to see it after a retro bright treatment though. Also curious if it could get a Silverstone FPS01 integrated for ease of future use.

  • @jscollett
    @jscollett4 жыл бұрын

    That's insane. I'm surprised it didn't over heat. Nice build man. Thanks for sharing!

  • @superduder
    @superduder4 жыл бұрын

    Well. I definitely enjoy this vid. Great job! Your production has got really good. You have quite the talent. Thanks for the great Video.

  • @MegaManNeo
    @MegaManNeo3 жыл бұрын

    I love this build. It's small, it has a MMX233, 3D accelerated graphics and functions great.

  • @angieandretti
    @angieandretti4 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I certainly see the love/hate relationship with this thing! I was so happy when you said Voodoo2 - I was thinking it and you did it!! If this rig was mine, I would choose to remove the mechanical HDD because of the thermals. I could also see adding a 2nd SD card device to replace the missing storage space due to the BIOS drive size limitation... that and I like having my games installed onto a separate drive from the OS. FYI you can swap 3dfx splash screen by migrating some files: 3dfxspl*.dll I believe. I say this because I've seen the FastVoodoo2 4.6 driver vastly outperform the reference one, albeit on a Pentium III system. 3dfx Glide is said to have a much lower CPU overhead than Direct3D so I would expect the "3dfx custom driver" to run better than Direct3D on socket 7 machines. There's so much I'd like to ramble on and ask about with this really neat PC but I'll cut myself off and just say I WANT ONE!

  • @DextersTechLab
    @DextersTechLab4 жыл бұрын

    Great build, man that is so tight in there but looks great and packs a punch for such a small PC! Just built a SLI Voodoo 2 system in a modern case and re-enjoying the games from this era. Great times!

  • @UncleAwesomeRetro
    @UncleAwesomeRetro4 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoyed this video :) It's such a nice setup altogether. That monitor was perfect in size.

  • @GabrielZ666
    @GabrielZ6664 жыл бұрын

    When I saw the title I immediately thought about the UNISYS CWD Model 5001, but this one is awesome too! Now to watch the whole video!

  • @michaelsworkshop9031
    @michaelsworkshop90314 жыл бұрын

    Not all Win98SE CD-ROM discs were actually bootable - in fact, I don’t think any of mine ever were. There was this El Torito standard allowing PC BIOSes to boot from CD-ROM, but the CD disc had to have the filesystem laid out properly supporting it. Windows 2000 was the first Windows install CD I owned that booted, and was very neat! Maybe the Windows ME disc is a bootable CD?

  • @thenewBH

    @thenewBH

    4 жыл бұрын

    All of mine were bootable, but not a single one was legit...perhaps there was a kludge in the pirated...err, borrowed versions?

  • @michaelsworkshop9031

    @michaelsworkshop9031

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@thenewBH hey buddy how you been?

  • @thenewBH

    @thenewBH

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelsworkshop9031 Good man, busy as hell, same old same old. Hope all's good by you.

  • @N0zer0

    @N0zer0

    4 жыл бұрын

    OEM Win98 CDs are bootable

  • @HappyBeezerStudios

    @HappyBeezerStudios

    Жыл бұрын

    The point when having a boot floppy is essential. I'm actually working up "updating" the 98 SE cd to include basic drivers and updates to save myself the trouble

  • @studystaples2136
    @studystaples2136 Жыл бұрын

    Such a sweet build. Nice work!

  • @DannyCodePlays
    @DannyCodePlays4 жыл бұрын

    Wow, I used to install these models (and similar) when I worked for a POS retailer/installer. Brings back MANY memories! Thanks for sharing!

  • @MikeStavola
    @MikeStavola4 жыл бұрын

    I remember in 2004-08, I would get a lot of old, junk point of sale and kiosk computers. They were mostly designed in the mid to late 90s, but as time advanced, the companies would slap whatever parts they could find in there. In 2008, I can remember finding this weird, low profile case. It had a date stamp of 1994 on the back. Inside was an underclocked Pentium 3 650Mhz, in a gigabyte 440BX baby AT motherboard, with an ATI Rage Fury Pro AGP card crammed into a weird, crooked, right angle AGP adapter, a single 64MB stick of RAM, a generic IDE CD drive with no face plate, that couldn't be accessed unless you opened the case, and a 200ish MB flash drive that plugged directly into the primary IDE header on the board. Here's the kicker. The system was manufactured by some company to run some kind of big screen display to show static images, and this particular one was made in 2004. It was less than 5 years old at the time.

  • @RetroTinkerer
    @RetroTinkerer4 жыл бұрын

    Damnit the cooling compulsive person in me had a difficult time watching this system being put together. I really love your idea but I would modify the crap out of that case, use a different CPU cooler with a blower, install heatsinks on the voodoo, remove the HDD and use dual SD cards, increase the airflow of the PSU or replace it with a PICO one. Thanks for the video I will keep an eye for one of these!

  • @whoevertf

    @whoevertf

    4 жыл бұрын

    And all of that would be absolutely foolish and pointless. Shit back then didn't need insane cooling to perform correctly. Anyway it'd ruin the entire legitimacy of the build.

  • @RetroTinkerer

    @RetroTinkerer

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@whoevertf back then I had a PII 300 in big tower case full of 80mm Nidec fans and 2 big blowers pointing directly to my voodoo2 sli and tnt2, its a little bit of a stretch calling non legit whatever you decide people were or not doing back then... also back then I didn't gave a crap about my hardware longevity new and faster 3d hardware appeared every 6 months that's not the case any longer.

  • @bradwindysucks
    @bradwindysucks4 жыл бұрын

    Your content just keeps getting better and better. Keep it up! :D

  • @roolaing
    @roolaing Жыл бұрын

    Great video! Just find your channel and subscribed. I was 14 in 1998, so this is right in the middle of my PC gaming playground chats... HL, Quake, Red Alert, Kingpin, MDK, System Shock 2, Age Of Empires 1+2... Good Times.

  • @Elastane
    @Elastane4 жыл бұрын

    The CMOS battery is in the wrong way round.. JK, ace mini sleeper setup :D

  • @cleanycloth
    @cleanycloth4 жыл бұрын

    Cambridge SoundWorks! Maaaan, my dad had a quadraphonic pair of those exact speakers, that brings back memories. They were absolutely incredible for their size! Unfortunately ours started having connection issues and in the end, we got a whole new computer setup which included new speakers. They were a pair of Dell 5.1 speakers that my dad still uses today, though the rear wireless dual-speaker...thing sucks. You have to turn it up until you go deaf for it to connect properly.

  • @FOIL_FRESH
    @FOIL_FRESH4 жыл бұрын

    did not see the voodoo coming even tho i saw the tweet. this pc is amazing i want it!! great find and good vid, ak.

  • @rollingtroll
    @rollingtroll4 жыл бұрын

    Just ran into this rather good video. Weird how the stuff in the background and even the hands spell "LGR". :D. Subscribed!

  • @EvertvanIngen
    @EvertvanIngen4 жыл бұрын

    This guy is so funny, the way he tries things and just say "Yeah, that just happend"

  • @TheErador
    @TheErador4 жыл бұрын

    Haha i use a 4.1 set of those speakers on my TV, they do sound pretty sweet for their size. Equally do not have the stands for them, so they're just sat flat on the tv bench with the rears on top of the front speakers

  • @PaulinesPastimes
    @PaulinesPastimes4 жыл бұрын

    What a brilliant design and you were able to cram so much into it too. The CPU cooler was very clever and quite adequate for a Pentium 1 chip. I have a thing for SFF desktops. Cheers

  • @LightTheUnicorn
    @LightTheUnicorn4 жыл бұрын

    This is an absolute beast of a tiny PC for sure! Awesome build!

  • @Lightning666
    @Lightning6664 жыл бұрын

    5:56 It's not expansion slots, it's slots for DIMM SDRAM memory.

  • @Russell970
    @Russell9704 жыл бұрын

    wow man thanks for saying my name. i love u

  • @guycrew728
    @guycrew7283 жыл бұрын

    I own those cambridge soundworks speakers! They do sound great. Glad you're enjoying them too.

  • @HQA0
    @HQA04 жыл бұрын

    I used to play Pod when i was 6 on my families first PC in 1998 and had forgotten the name till I saw it in your video. Thanks for the memories

  • @infi84
    @infi844 жыл бұрын

    yes, please give that poor Voodoo2 some airflow ;u;

  • @graealex
    @graealex4 жыл бұрын

    8:02 So you really 3D-printed a holder especially to show extension cards on camera?

  • @compugamesarg
    @compugamesarg Жыл бұрын

    really nice machine. i like how every components fit tight in there. great to watch , greetings from argentina!

  • @hindel6141
    @hindel61414 жыл бұрын

    Maaaan.. you made such a beauty I really have no words! You made my day! Great job!

  • @krzbrew
    @krzbrew4 жыл бұрын

    24:48 That fan in the PSU serves no purpose now ...

  • @GendoPrime
    @GendoPrime4 жыл бұрын

    I did not know IDE cables could work that way.

  • @ironhead2008

    @ironhead2008

    4 жыл бұрын

    I suspect cable select doesn't work well, which is fine. I tend to manually jumper the devices anyhow.

  • @BlackEpyon

    @BlackEpyon

    4 жыл бұрын

    As long as you're not using cable select, and most 40-pin cables didn't support it anyways. The motherboard is probably ATA-66 anyways, in which case, the cable you use doesn't really matter.

  • @mephustowest1876
    @mephustowest18764 жыл бұрын

    I love this video and these are the types of things that really get my attention. I love the old Pentium builds when done differently like this.

  • @gamingblowsofficial
    @gamingblowsofficial4 жыл бұрын

    I haven’t seen a lot of your content, but for me, this video solidified your place right alongside our boy at LGR in the KZread Tech Channels royal court. Great work on the machine, and just as importantly, excellent work with the production.

  • @larryroyovitz7829
    @larryroyovitz7829 Жыл бұрын

    I've been into computers since I was a kid, but it was this era of PCs when I started building computers. This takes me back, so thank you.

  • @Trashloot
    @Trashloot11 ай бұрын

    I thought the system wasn't that small because you found all the other small components. Im Seriously impressed. Great video.

  • @mattelder1971
    @mattelder19714 жыл бұрын

    I had those same speakers ages ago! They always sounded amazing. I wish I still had them.

  • @FatBlokeDoingStuff
    @FatBlokeDoingStuff4 жыл бұрын

    Came across this video by accident. Thanks for keeping me entertained! I might have to copy your build.

  • @benjaminkeebler4218
    @benjaminkeebler421810 ай бұрын

    Great find! Shuttle used to make super small cases and motherboards for small builds. They were focusing on the multimedia pc in your entertainment center market, but that never really took off like the industry seemed to think it would.

  • @obsidiangrimoire
    @obsidiangrimoire4 жыл бұрын

    30:18 those speakers caught me totally off guard. Those are the same speakers my dad has for his PC to this day, so when I was thinking tiny speakers, I immediately thought of them. It was almost like you read my damn mind. Bravo, good sir.

  • @vapingaminchav200
    @vapingaminchav2003 жыл бұрын

    Man your game collection brings back some memories , revolt was a massive one for me , as was pod racer and (didnt see just reminiscent lol) shadowman man I miss the 90's lmao

  • @jodybarker832
    @jodybarker8323 жыл бұрын

    My God! This build was insane. I was actually very anxious as you was going along and trying to get that computer back together. I bet Compact would be proud (Get it? Compact? As in the machine is compact? I'll see myself out).

  • @jonchapman6821
    @jonchapman68214 жыл бұрын

    This video has warranted a subscribe from me! I love old PC’s but hate old cases, this looked to be a huge pain in the a** and I’m incredibly impressed at the results 👏

  • @ApexOT
    @ApexOT4 жыл бұрын

    Good work, I like the dedication to the SFF before the standard even existed. You just got a subscribe from me.

  • @salemite
    @salemite3 жыл бұрын

    I have never seen a computer with less airflow, including laptops and tablets and even smartphones. Well done.

  • @cradledani
    @cradledani4 жыл бұрын

    So, i have a little compaq deskpro with a pentium 2 with on board ati rage pro graphics. i added an isa yamaha sound card and a voodoo 2, in much the same way as you did here, but i had to cut a handful of pins off the heatsink for the cpu for the voodoo2 to actually fit lol. These little systems are certainly cool. Love this build you have here. nice work!

  • @rickpickle
    @rickpickle2 жыл бұрын

    thats fun this is your first time! yeah things have come a LONG way, i don't really miss having to spend a whole day loading drivers, but you can't really match the true excitement of your downloads finally finishing. like we actually used to have stuff download over night.

  • @pedrohenriqueboscofi
    @pedrohenriqueboscofi4 жыл бұрын

    That might just be my favorite retro build, and on top of that you use the actual speakers I use to this day

  • @SimonLaudati
    @SimonLaudati3 жыл бұрын

    That POD box in the background made me cry 😢 youth memories!

  • @TheOriginalJGuns
    @TheOriginalJGuns4 жыл бұрын

    that is so slick! My modern midtower retro build is jealous, my dude.

  • @MrJeffreyTibbs
    @MrJeffreyTibbs4 жыл бұрын

    The picture-in-picture shots when you're using the computer are really cool. I imagine they were a bit difficult to pull off though.

  • @LetsPlayKeldeo
    @LetsPlayKeldeo4 жыл бұрын

    Lovely video ! When ever I see one of your vids I get the need to buy lots of old computer and tech stuff haha ! KZread bugged out when I started watching the video and not having any sound and I got really confused as soon as the pc came on screen because then I was sure it just wasnt an Artistic choice to have no voice over at the start with the pentium haha

  • @johnmorris1564
    @johnmorris15644 жыл бұрын

    You got me with that PSOne comparison , I thought it wasn't that small until you put the actual PSOne on top ...WOW

  • @markg3506
    @markg3506 Жыл бұрын

    Love the tinyness of the system. Nice build.

  • @lucielcampbell2737
    @lucielcampbell27374 жыл бұрын

    Super cool, I wish you would retro-bright the front though, cherry on top

  • @djhaloeight
    @djhaloeight Жыл бұрын

    that size jump when you put the playstation on top tripped me out 😮😂😂 i thought it had a 5.25 drive at first

  • @andrewcassidy1790
    @andrewcassidy17903 жыл бұрын

    I loved seeing the DualShock 4 working with such an old machine. It’s neat how far back you can go with some USB hardware

  • @lttbriantheelectrician
    @lttbriantheelectrician3 жыл бұрын

    Hey, good to see you've built your first pentium! Also neat to see the "typical socket 7 board", if I'm not mistaken I think that's the one I gave you at Ltx 19. Hope your able to use it in a big case pentium build and let me know if there are other parts you need. Keep the great videos coming!

  • @khyypio
    @khyypio4 жыл бұрын

    Fun! I´m suprised how clean this setup turned out considering how much room you had to work with in there.

  • @punpcklbw
    @punpcklbw3 жыл бұрын

    Wow, that's one heck of a compie xD Remembering the days back in 2000s when I owned an SB Live! and a 4.1 Creative speaker system with the very same satellite speakers but black colored.

  • @nhalliday89
    @nhalliday894 жыл бұрын

    Im subscribed....Brother for you using these components for the first time ill say you did a good job and it might be compact but not a nightmare thats how it all began.This brings me back to when i started putting together computers my first build was a an original socket PGA132 the coolest thing was i had Intel i386 with a compatibile AMD AM386.Would love to see some videos about that.

  • @ChadWSmith
    @ChadWSmith4 жыл бұрын

    I like the video, the content is cool - but I really just want to compliment you on the sound quality. I don't know if you just have an amazing lapel mic or earpiece - or if you do voiceover that just matches your hand movements perfectly - but either way, your sound quality is on point!

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