AlienALX
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Tired of seeing Threadripper builds? (haha)
Tired of every one boasting of uber hardware?
So bored you could just sit in the corner and fap?
Well you've come to the wrong place, sorry.
Oh yeah, what am I up to. Well, a few days ago I procured a 2005 Alienware case. This one to be exact.
It was covered in rubs, gouges, scratches and smelled like BO. Seriously, the bloke who delivered it freaking STUNK. The entire case just stunk of armpits. After heaving for a while and giving it a good clean down with some window cleaner (with vinegar) I took a look over it. Three cracks, none visible thankfully. I will get to that later.
So this is what it should look like.
Only it didn't because it looked like ass and stunk like armpit.
I began working on it yesterday and spent most of the day colour sanding, cutting, buffing and polishing. Here are the fruits of some of my labour.
Side panel and top. Look at the one in the background (not done at that time) for comparison.
This took about an hour. My hands are still numb from two days of it.
Wet sand 3000, T-cut metallic and then Plastx for that super shine. I will be using some kind of wax/polish on it next. You can literally see your face in it.
OK, so before I even started to think of what hardware to put in this thing I bought this.
Quickly followed by these.
So that I can inject the cracks and stop them spreading. Right now they are very small fatigue cracks (from where some dildo tried to pull the side panel off without removing the screws :cussing:
The case needs minor repairs but will be solid once I am done. OK, so literally just as I was sanding the last panel for cutting etc a pair of bike wheels I have had on Ebay for over three months finally sold at my asking price. I was happy.
I started digging and thinking, man, it's amazing how quickly you forget technology once you move on. In the end I settled for an Asus A7V8X/LAN/GOLD.
It has RAM and a CPU but I don't know what either are yet. Not a problem, both are literally tuppence. So obviously I needed a graphics card. The last AGP card I had was a 9200 Pro. Then I moved onto PCIE. However, I need to be very careful because the games I am intending to run spaz out on more modern hardware. These games include, but are not limited to.
Sega PC Daytona USA
Sega PC Sega Rally Championship
Midtown Madness 1&2
Motocross Madness 1&2
Half Life, HL OP, BS
Gunman Chronicles
And so on. I have all of my PC games going back to 1996. Literally hundreds.
So I had a think and remembered that the last time I played those games was on my 3DLabs Oxygen 32mb X4 AGP. So I started the hunt, and found this, a Wildcat 64mb VP560.
It is brand Harry Spankers and cost me £15. It seems 3Dlabs have had a clearout, and one company in particular on Ebay have hundreds of them. This is good, because it has brought the price down to practically bugger all. I won't need to replace the caps, either. I've got the drivers too, because 3Dlabs still have them on their site.
OK, so storage. £3.99 oh yes.
DVDRom £5
Round IDE cables 99p each
And I could not resist this. £6 though !
Cooling. Why yes, it will be water cooled with a proper loop
Couple of things. I will be running Windows 2000 with DX8.1 (easily the best way to enjoy old games !) I have a 400w PSU that needs a new 80mm fan. I will most likely braid that..
I checked the GPU before I bought it. Apparently it can run 1080p lol. Hilarious and runs digital into modern panels
Tired of every one boasting of uber hardware?
So bored you could just sit in the corner and fap?
Well you've come to the wrong place, sorry.
Oh yeah, what am I up to. Well, a few days ago I procured a 2005 Alienware case. This one to be exact.
It was covered in rubs, gouges, scratches and smelled like BO. Seriously, the bloke who delivered it freaking STUNK. The entire case just stunk of armpits. After heaving for a while and giving it a good clean down with some window cleaner (with vinegar) I took a look over it. Three cracks, none visible thankfully. I will get to that later.
So this is what it should look like.
Only it didn't because it looked like ass and stunk like armpit.
I began working on it yesterday and spent most of the day colour sanding, cutting, buffing and polishing. Here are the fruits of some of my labour.
Side panel and top. Look at the one in the background (not done at that time) for comparison.
This took about an hour. My hands are still numb from two days of it.
Wet sand 3000, T-cut metallic and then Plastx for that super shine. I will be using some kind of wax/polish on it next. You can literally see your face in it.
OK, so before I even started to think of what hardware to put in this thing I bought this.
Quickly followed by these.
So that I can inject the cracks and stop them spreading. Right now they are very small fatigue cracks (from where some dildo tried to pull the side panel off without removing the screws :cussing:
The case needs minor repairs but will be solid once I am done. OK, so literally just as I was sanding the last panel for cutting etc a pair of bike wheels I have had on Ebay for over three months finally sold at my asking price. I was happy.
I started digging and thinking, man, it's amazing how quickly you forget technology once you move on. In the end I settled for an Asus A7V8X/LAN/GOLD.
It has RAM and a CPU but I don't know what either are yet. Not a problem, both are literally tuppence. So obviously I needed a graphics card. The last AGP card I had was a 9200 Pro. Then I moved onto PCIE. However, I need to be very careful because the games I am intending to run spaz out on more modern hardware. These games include, but are not limited to.
Sega PC Daytona USA
Sega PC Sega Rally Championship
Midtown Madness 1&2
Motocross Madness 1&2
Half Life, HL OP, BS
Gunman Chronicles
And so on. I have all of my PC games going back to 1996. Literally hundreds.
So I had a think and remembered that the last time I played those games was on my 3DLabs Oxygen 32mb X4 AGP. So I started the hunt, and found this, a Wildcat 64mb VP560.
It is brand Harry Spankers and cost me £15. It seems 3Dlabs have had a clearout, and one company in particular on Ebay have hundreds of them. This is good, because it has brought the price down to practically bugger all. I won't need to replace the caps, either. I've got the drivers too, because 3Dlabs still have them on their site.
OK, so storage. £3.99 oh yes.
DVDRom £5
Round IDE cables 99p each
And I could not resist this. £6 though !
Cooling. Why yes, it will be water cooled with a proper loop
Couple of things. I will be running Windows 2000 with DX8.1 (easily the best way to enjoy old games !) I have a 400w PSU that needs a new 80mm fan. I will most likely braid that..
I checked the GPU before I bought it. Apparently it can run 1080p lol. Hilarious
and runs digital into modern panels
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but i like seeing what people are doing , old or new components its all good 
