Got a new windows 98 gaming PC, and boi she's huge!!

I’ve gotten really interested in old Computers since I got my Commodore PET 2 months ago, so to play some good ol MS Train Simulator and Stronghold 2, I got this massive beauty. Here is a little size comparison between it and my main PC https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/3b050b45-42bf-4f1b-b3c0-799795c76389.jpeg

Landless2029,

Holy shit a DVDRW!!

You should add a DVD bay so you can rip on the fly!! Trust me it’s way faster than saving to your 5400 rpm disk and writing back.

I’ll admit I like having images tho.

ColeSloth,

I own a very similar tower from my first build back in the 90’s.

I use it next to my computer desk and have my mouse pad on it. Been there for 20 years now. I like my mouse down there and to the side much more than having it up at keyboard level and I’ll never change my ways on it.

RinseDrizzle,

Whhhhhat?

Lol that sounds awful, you wild!

ColeSloth,

Oh no. It’s the best. Just on the other side of the arm rest and a little lower. Zero fatigue. No leaning forward. Just comfort and chill. Best way to game.

spirinolas,

I showed this to my girlfriend and now she’s been distant and daydreaming all day.

Mysexyaccount,

That’s cool! Looking at your current PC though you’d probably like my Voodoo case. From 2007 at least and it’s a beast

kindenough,
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  • samus12345,
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    gaael,

    Yeah sure, a gaming computer without watercooling on the graphics card or rgb leds on the case and ram. Nice try but I’m not a noob !

    Mr_Mofu,
    @Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    Don’t tempt me!

    gaael,

    Please mod it like

    DarkThoughts,

    Pfft, not even a turbo button. How are you supposed to play Settlers 2 on that?!

    cynar,

    Interestingly, the turbo button didn’t speed up your system. Turning it off deliberately slowed it down.

    This was needed since some games etc assumed a fixed clock speed. When the clock ran faster, the game ran too fast. Pressing the turbo button to off was one of the first attempts at an emulation of older systems.

    DosDude,
    @DosDude@retrolemmy.com avatar

    Dont tease us! Give us some specs!

    Mr_Mofu,
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    towerful,

    Oooh, that mid-mobo power connector

    DosDude,
    @DosDude@retrolemmy.com avatar

    That’s a beefy boy for win9x standards! 1600mhz, 512mb ram and a Radeon 7500! This is great for that pre xp era gaming! Cool find!

    And there’s always !win9x if you have questions or want to show off some more!

    mox,

    I think we need a banana for scale.

    young_broccoli,

    She thicc.
    Like seriously, I've seen tall machines but yours is also very wide.

    DannyBoy,

    Think of all the expansion bays to fill!

    Mr_Mofu,
    @Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    I could probably fit a coffee machine in there somewhere heh

    Vigilante,

    Can it run DOOM tho ?

    Mr_Mofu,
    @Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    I’ll try it once I manage to get Train Sim to run on it!

    Vigilante,

    I was just meming but okay have fun with train sim

    samus12345,
    @samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

    Brings back memories of playing Doom II all choppy on our old 486 and months later realizing that pressing the turbo button made it run smoothly. D’oh!

    AGD4,

    Got a new windows 98 gaming PC

    You weren’t kidding. It actually looks brand new!

    Mr_Mofu,
    @Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    Seems to also work pretty well if I discount Train Simulator having installation issues… but thats probably just the old CD not holding up from when child me handled it…

    Glowstick,

    3 optical drives? Why?

    prettybunnys,

    If I had to guess:

    1 is a dvd drive.

    1 is a high speed cd-rom read only drive

    1 is a cd-rw drive

    Fredy1422,

    1 3.5" inch Floppy disk drive (720 KB and 1.44 MB)

    prettybunnys,

    That’s not an optical drive friend

    Fredy1422,

    for windows 98 technically needs the startup floppy disk to even start the installer

    LunarLoony,
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    Depends which version you have - there is at least one official Win98 release that had a bootable CD.

    Mr_Mofu,
    @Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    Seems to me that you are right with that. The top one reads data in lightning speed. The middle drive doesn’t seem to work saddly and the last one got a fat DVD logo on it so im guessing thats right

    Rai,

    Oooo lightscribe!

    Glowstick,

    I had a drive with that feature. I think i used it once. It was way slower than a sharpie

    wjrii,
    wjrii avatar

    Ha! I used it TWICE!

    Also, to OP, that definitely wouldn't have come OEM on a PC that shipped with Win 98.

    EchoCranium,

    I still have a spindle of Lightscribe cd’s around the house somewhere…

    Mr_Mofu,
    @Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    Yes

    ceenote,

    Unclear just how big, can you take a picture with a 4090 next to it for scale?

    Mr_Mofu,
    @Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    One sec ima buy a few and see how many I can fit in there!

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