A blast from the past

[CassieDragon]

I'm bored due to FUNemployment. So I'm going to build a machine that's from the one era of hardware I sat out from this past 20 years: The DDR3 era.

Goals: It needs to not leave out too much. Lack of USB 3.0 front panel will be forgiven (mostly since I'm cheap and I'm not going to be buying the USB 3.0 fp header cables) but lack of USB 3.0 will not be. Bespoke cooling will be encouraged, fast spinning fans shall be shunned, and burning VRMs will be strongly discouraged.
Rules:
It needs to run decently

It needs to be quiet.

For ever piece of hardware I use that's post DDR3 I need to go back to the DDR2 era or older with another piece of hardware, defined as when it was commonly available. Adapters do not count extra, but the machine must need that older piece of hardware to operate. If what I have is a slightly newer version of what was available back then, it does not count.

 

 

[Avacado]

36 minutes ago, CassieDragon said:

I'm bored due to FUNemployment. So I'm going to build a machine that's from the one era of hardware I sat out from this past 20 years: The DDR3 era.

Goals: It needs to not leave out too much. Lack of USB 3.0 front panel will be forgiven (mostly since I'm cheap and I'm not going to be buying the USB 3.0 fp header cables) but lack of USB 3.0 will not be. Bespoke cooling will be encouraged, fast spinning fans shall be shunned, and burning VRMs will be strongly discouraged.
Rules:
It needs to run decently

It needs to be quiet.

For ever piece of hardware I use that's post DDR3 I need to go back to the DDR2 era or older with another piece of hardware, defined as when it was commonly available. Adapters do not count extra, but the machine must need that older piece of hardware to operate. If what I have is a slightly newer version of what was available back then, it does not count.

 

 

Nice, post lots of pics. Let us know if you need anything. 

[pio]

[CassieDragon]

On 21/10/2023 at 03:22, pioneerisloud said:

I'm trying to figure out where I put the mobo/CPU/Ram, I seem to have misplaced them.

I lose a mobo every few months.