4 GB 5.25" HDD (Wait, since when did hard drives take up 5.25" bays?) Parts I can use between these two systems: Furthermore, I can't adjust CPU clock speeds in the BIOS, nor can I mess with memory timings.) Another significant downside is that just moving my PS/2 mouse results in a MASSIVE performance hit. Unfortunately, the 440LX chipset doesn't seem to support the 100 MHz FSB, nor the Pentium III line, limiting me to a 333 MHz CPU. There's also an AGP slot that I could cram a Radeon 8500 or something else into. Since it's an ATX form factor, the wiring is much more clean, thank goodness. (I just picked this system up from a thrift store for 25 US$ a day or two ago. some Foxconn mobo (Slot 1, Intel 440LX, 66 MHz FSB, 1x ISA, 1x ISA/PCI, 3x PCI, 1x AGP 2x, 3x SDRAM) At least the BIOS isn't too bad, since it lets me OC the CPU and adjust RAM timings) No AGP, and the layout for some of the connectors will give you wiring hell, probably because it's AT! I have to route the serial port cables over the PCI cards, for instance! The fact that the CPU HSF limits the length of two of those three PCI slots is annoying as well, since I can only install one Voodoo 2 card. (That's a pretty horrible motherboard, by the way. PCChips M598 mobo (Super Socket 7, 2x ISA, 3x PCI, 3x SDRAM) Okay, I have two legacy systems for the sole purpose of classic gaming(at least for very late 1980s-early 1990s IBM games, as I'd rather play anything earlier through WinUAE, CaSTaway, or other home computer emulator since PCs sucked as gaming machines back then): (It's been a while since I last posted here.hope there's nothing wrong with that.)
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