Building a Gaming PC Like It's 2006!

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2024
  • Timestamps!
    0:00 - Intro
    1:19 - Components
    6:54 - The Build
    27:10 - Power On!
    28:40 - Installing Windows XP
    33:05 - Installing and Trying the Games!
    49:43 - So Many Lights!
    I missed playing my old PC games, so I decided to build myself a "new" PC that could actually run them! I have to say, this was probably the most fun I've had putting a PC together in a long time. The 2000's had a silly fun about the component designs that you just don't see anymore, and shoutout to Performance PCs (www.performance-pcs.com/) for holding onto their old custom PC parts stock instead of throwing them out like other stores! I don't think I could've finished this build "properly" without them.
    Main components:
    AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Socket 754)
    Biostar T6100 motherboard
    1GB (2x512MB) DDR 400MHz memory
    Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT
    Western Digital Velociraptor 160GB hard drive
    Sony IDE DVD drive
    Sony 3.5" floppy drive
    Cooler Master 350W power supply
    Lian Li PC-7A aluminum case (modified for Velocity Micro)
    With all the classic games and logos in here, this video is definitely never going to get monetized!
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  • @VrILLR
    @VrILLR หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Every 35 year old dude sitting here watching like "yessssss". I remember playing WoW on something like this, great times. Case modding was a big thing then too, going to home depot and getting plexi cut to size for a size panel and all that. Golden age of computing.

  • @EdgarGrefve
    @EdgarGrefve 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    the good old days of computing love this era from about 2005 up to 2012

  • @NorexGG
    @NorexGG 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    • Non-modular PSU
    • Molex cables
    • DVD R/W drive
    • IDE cables
    We really have it good nowadays don't we? I also didn't know that older fan controllers look like an XLR audio interface.

    • @Darth-SF
      @Darth-SF  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      There was a lot of design creativity back then! Just remembering Logisys, you could get a full acrylic case with bubble-jet light tubes and all other LED accessories to stick around, and then power it all with an acrylic housed PSU that would last for about a month because the components were so bad. Sunbeam had a lot of the same kind of stuff, and they went out of business about the same time too.

    • @00zero557A
      @00zero557A 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      You forgot about setting drives as slaves / masters using those tiny blue things!

  • @i3l4ckskillzz79
    @i3l4ckskillzz79 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love this "retro" stuff it always reminds me how far we've come. Someday I will do my own Vista build

  • @pufaxx
    @pufaxx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Awesome. What a nice case. Also I really like the rear fan, the sleeving kit and your custom side panel window. Reading "Like It's 2006" I was expecting a Core2Duo - but around the same time, one of my PCs also was an Athlon X64 system.

    • @Darth-SF
      @Darth-SF  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Some of the parts like that came from old computers my family was no longer using to save on costs. I probably would've gotten something like a Core 2 Duo if I was buying all the parts, but that single core Athlon 64 works surprisingly fast in a Windows XP system!

  • @SP95
    @SP95 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fun waterjet speakers

  • @jairodanielsantoscolindres9993
    @jairodanielsantoscolindres9993 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Awesome video bro. Keep going. (Only one advice buy a cheap microphone because we hear you in the background) we appreciate yours videos.

    • @Darth-SF
      @Darth-SF  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thanks! I'm sure I'll be getting one of those eventually.

  • @a2020vision_official
    @a2020vision_official 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great idea! I played some but not all of those games back when I was a kid. In particular I loved Sim Copter, and was extremely frustrated by Lego Island.
    I'd like to do something like this myself eventually. My "unlimited space and unlimited money" version would have high-spec machines running various versions of Windows spanning 3.1 to XP (possibly excluding ME).

  • @BrunodeSouzaLino
    @BrunodeSouzaLino 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Oh boy. Those Velociraptors were the fad back in the day before flash memory was invented. And of course, people often chose to ignore how loud they were or we had to make themselves feel better about the noise by showing how loud those 22,000 RPM SAS drives were.

    • @Darth-SF
      @Darth-SF  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The one I put in is surprisingly quiet, even comparing to some old 5,400 and 7,200RPM drives I have. I'm sure they improved them quite a bit over early versions though, so it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of those were on the noisy side.

  • @lumia_dayZ
    @lumia_dayZ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    i really liked ur video one day i want to start building computers as well i have been so scared of trying i always took it to the shop for them to build

    • @Darth-SF
      @Darth-SF  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      As long as you’re not doing extra customizations and such, building a PC is actually pretty easy! Sockets, cables and components are made to fit only one way to the correct places, so if you can build a puzzle and turn a screw, you can build a PC.

  • @DumDoDoor
    @DumDoDoor 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey wake up, it's 2006!

  • @shiawaseblossom
    @shiawaseblossom 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    great video thanks!

  • @davidcrowder1202
    @davidcrowder1202 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    damn good vid man. you went above and beyond with that clear side panel mod so props.

    • @Darth-SF
      @Darth-SF  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks! It took a while to cut that hole into the panel, but it was worth it!

  • @samanthagriffinv2.08
    @samanthagriffinv2.08 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    39:13 “woops someone crashed a plane in one of those towers” naw no way they did that that close 💀

    • @Darth-SF
      @Darth-SF  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, the programming wasn't exactly perfect. A friend who also had this game mistakenly put an airport and tall buildings right next to each other, and we'd hear a crash about every minute! And yet somehow, it never caused any problems for the city.

  • @michaelrivera4299
    @michaelrivera4299 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Damn them fans are crazy

  • @natr0n
    @natr0n 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    nice build

  • @mark902
    @mark902 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    i have a similar lian li case from the same era. A pc-a05. I bought it brand new for a q6600 build. I was so sick of the ugly and tin can thin contemporary cases that I actually dragged it out of the basement and put my 5700x based system in it. Those cd rom covers were uptional purchases. I had to order mine separately.

    • @Darth-SF
      @Darth-SF  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I saw when looking for info on the case that they were usually sold without the CD flip-down covers. I assume mine had them because it was a custom order case instead of stock Lian Li.

  • @thebenji8653
    @thebenji8653 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    46:30 Turn on Windows 95 compatibility mode.

    • @Darth-SF
      @Darth-SF  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I did try that off camera, which is how I at least got environmental sounds in the last clip, but I think it is sound driver compatibility. I’ve had the game running on Windows 10 (with graphics problems unfortunately) with a Xonar card and modern drivers with no sound issues, so I’m going to try a cheap Sound Blaster sometime and see if that works.

  • @dj_noxxie
    @dj_noxxie 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    You actually don't need the cd-rom cable when running xp

    • @Darth-SF
      @Darth-SF  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thanks for the info!

    • @dj_noxxie
      @dj_noxxie 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Darth-SF you're welcome

  • @neidhardt1109
    @neidhardt1109 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hello was wondering how you cut the fan hole

    • @Darth-SF
      @Darth-SF  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I used a 3" hole saw with a power drill. To make sure the saw didn't damage the acrylic, I made sure that it was only barely touching the sheet as it turned, and it eventually cut through and I sanded the edges smooth with some fine grit sandpaper. Took some patience, but the results were good!

    • @neidhardt1109
      @neidhardt1109 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Darth-SF forgot to thank you. Appreciate it:)

  • @gcmanuel85x
    @gcmanuel85x 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Problem is, you cant activate old Windows anymore, very annoying, even if you have working hardware.

    • @RetroPcCupboard
      @RetroPcCupboard หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes you can. It least you could a year or so ago the last time I needed to. Its just you have to do it by phone. Its an automated system.

    • @mraaron1584
      @mraaron1584 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      u can u have to do it by phone

  • @thebenji8653
    @thebenji8653 หลายเดือนก่อน

    9:30 Bro don't use that crusty nearly 20 year old paste. You need to use a newer thermal paste.

    • @Darth-SF
      @Darth-SF  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I wasn’t going to, but it’s in surprisingly good usable condition since it was in a sealed packet. Thermal tests were all good too, so there’s not much reason to not use it for now.