Is this machine too new for this sub? Recently acquired the holy grail of Slot A: Athlon 1GHz. Very proud of this machine. I have wanted one for years.

  • AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Wow, I remember those. You’ll need to see if you can find a Gold Finger Device so you can overclock it. They were little daughter boards with DIP switches that let you set the multiplier.

    • boggsman@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I actually have one. I tried it on my 900MHz processor and could only reach 950MHz. I don’t want to crack open the 1GHz cpu 😀

  • vettnerk@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I for one like these builds. Partially because I had a similar one myself (Although I went straight from Socket 7 to Socket A… never had a Slot CPU in my life.), but also because the same reason why older car engines look cooler than those feom today: When I see under the hood or in a modern computer case, all I see is plastic covers.

    Besides, cable management with PAATA cables was no easy feat.

  • comedy@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    Memories! The first computer I ever self-built was a Socket A AMD 3200+ (I think) with 1gb of RAM. I wish I had a screenshot of the system specs.