Games of the 90s: One PC to run them all! - With original hardware using SS7 & 3Dfx by Kordanor

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Our goal: Build a PC from Original Hardware (including some modernizations), giving the best possible experience in games from the 1990 up to about 2000. Which options and parts are available to us and how well will this setup work?

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro & Overview
01:09 Setting Goals
02:03 Why no emulation
03:42 Look at FPGA
04:29 Platform / Socket
06:59 Mainboard & RAM
08:20 CPU & "Clocking Options"
10:39 CPU Cooler
11:31 Case
12:59 Power Supply (PSU)
13:42 Graphics Card
16:48 ISA Sound Card
18:12 PCI Sound Card
19:27 Hard Drive/HDD-Replacement
20:51 Floppy Disk Drives
21:59 CD Drive
23:14 Last Steps & Name
24:22 DOS Installation, Drivers & Programs
27:07 Windows 98se Installation, Drivers & Programs
31:16 Benchmarks
33:59 What's Ahead

Used Components:
Board: SS7 ASCORP (1542A1)
CPU: AMD K6 II 500MHz & K6 II+ 570MHz
Case: Vobis/Highscreen Desktop
Grafics Card: Voodoo 3 3500 (Compaq Version)
ISA Sound (DOS): ESS 1868F
PCI Sound (WIN): Soundblaster Live
CD Drive: Plextor Plexwriter 12/10/32A
All Fans by Noctua

Used Music:
Music by Chris Huelsbeck, used under a royalty-free license, please visit www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck for more info
Titles used:
Italo Disco Magic
Ocean Highway
Wavetable Synth Surfer
Miami Midnight Drive
Summer of Synth
Wavetable Synth Surfer
Woot the Funk (Why Not)
Flight of the Fairlight
Lucid Dreaming
Timewarp 1983




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