Nice build... cool music too!

You remind me the event horizon guy in your tonality. First CPU for me. Thanks for the history lesson.

Got linked to this from a reddit post. Oh man that case, I had one that looked like that but with a speed display in the center right under the floppy drive bays. Used it from a 386 up to a K6-2 300, then sadly it got thrown away when I moved across the country. Oof on the PSU. The S3 cards were great for DOS compatibility but pretty terrible for Windows D3D performance. One good period-correct option is to pair it with a Voodoo or Voodoo 2 card for that but they're pretty pricey these days. You're a bit limited due to lack of AGP on that board. For a sound card, a great option is an AWE64 (came out in 1996). Great DOS compatibility, the value versions are cheap-ish and essentially equal to the more expensive golds. They fixed the hanging note bug that earlier cards had and uses the ISA slots so you're not using PCI. However, if all you really care for is Windows - the Live! is newer and period correct for 1998 but not as great for DOS drivers. I'll sub, waiting for part 2! :)

Good to see the video back up.

white ISA slots are so cool for some reason

I made that kind of mistake with the AT power supply back in the day. One of my tech teachers in Junior high taught me a phrase that has stuck with me ever since, 'Black to Black, back to back.' We all goof some times. Hell I have a board here, that I followed all of the instructions that I could find, but because it was sent to me with a jumper in a spot that wasn't labeled caused the board to release the magic smoke, and that was just a couple months ago. Somehow, I got it to work in the end though. Still scratching my head on that one.

Absolutely fantastic video and well presented, music suits it perfect, and great build! Didnt own many AMD systems back then but nice!

Ohh yeah, learned the black in the middle thing the hard way once...... One tip. If I remember right. The screw spacing on the PS/2 connector is the same at the serial port cutouts, so you can mount the PS/2 connector in the serial cutout.

nice stuff! looking forward for part two ;)

Great video Rik! I'm sorry for your PSU. I sure have made my share of mistakes. Can't wait for the next one!

White isa ports.. I think I'm in love..

For a decade, from mid 80's to early 90's *the* colour of a CPU was purple ceramic with gold pins. I still find it a lot more stylish than green PCB with IHS.

Nice work, despite the obvious, but I'll bet you'll never forget black to black again :) We all make silly mistakes like that so call it a learning experience and move on. I had a K6-2 450 rig myself back in the late 90s. Looking forward to part 2.

My k6-2 system back in the day used an Amptron 598lm-r motherboard. Had it maxed to 768mb ram the cpu at 550mhz. Sadly never got around to putting a decent gpu in it, had onboad sis530 chipset. Later drivers allowed me to set 32mb memory to the chip. It did... OK. Played starcraft (oh soo many hrs of starcraft), diablo ii, Jane's combat flight sim, armored fist, half life, cs 1.6, sim city 3000, anno 1602, shogo Mad, septerra core, tachyon the fringe, and of course emulators. (and many more) Ran win 3.11 through xp on it lol. 3.11 on a 550mhz cpu was hilariously fast. The chipset was pretty stable and having usb (although slow 1.1) made the system useful far longer than expected. I later went to an athlon XP and so on.

I remember the plastic AT standoffs, always a pain to deal with. That was very common back before the ATX standard, I remember having to assemble baby AT computers that had cases with slots so you have to slide the plastic motherboard standoffs in then mount the board trying not to move any around... ah memories...

The noise you're hearing from the optical drive may not actually problem with the motor. Some drives from that era used ball bearings to act as a counterweight against a poorly balanced disc.

Oh my, Rik, I thought I was watching the "Verge" build a retro then lol. If you have some small sockets in your driver kit? One can be pushed over those pesky clips for easy removal and no risk of slippage! That's a proper 9x case that, you can tell by the huge reset button! Always remember.... black to black!!! :)

Hi Rik, subscribed to the channel!! As a Retro Computer enthusiast, you have a lot of interesting content! Thanks to the KZfaq recommendations for showing me this video xD! I immediately caught the mistake on the power supply connector, but I think it happened to all of us, at least once. I did it a while ago with an older 286 board and surprisingly nothing bad happened to the PSU or the motherboard, but man I can tell I was sweating like a false witness when trying again! I noticed you said "Featuring EDO..." like a general denomination of the memory slot? I usually say SIMM or 72-pin SIMM if the board has them mixed with the older 30 pin ones. I have a 486 motherboard that uses these 72-pin SIMMs but it can't take EDO type memory, it only works with FPM modules, so it sounds a bit strange to me when someone refers to them only as "EDO". Can't wait to see Part 2!!!

The plastic clips were pretty common in the 80s and 90s, I only started using the standoffs and screws method in the 2000s when they became more extensive. Case design has come a long long way, even cheaper ones.

I have a Pentium MMX machine in the exact same case that you used! This case is an Enlight Exacta EN6552, and it is more common than I thought!

Great Video! I have the same case and similar motherboard made by Matronics(I believe a PC Chips sister company or rebrand) with the AT and ATX setup in the upper left instead of below the ram and the SD Ram and EDO Ram but maxes out with the original AMD K6-300(wich I still have to install sice I have one) instead of the 66Mhz version of the K6-2 like your board supports. Great video and have a good one.

Excuse me sir, but double sided sticky tape is absolutely the best long term solution! As long as you get it right the first time because...yeesh that stuff does not like to let go.

Oh, bummer about the AT power supply! Do you know for sure if you killed it?

I reckon the computer was originally built with a regular socket 7 CPU and later upgraded to K6-2, which was the fsb66 variant targeting for. I also reckon that the hard drive and memory stick were destroyed for security reasons. Why memory stick? Don't ask me. It was standard procedure at some business places.

good channel, congratulations ... where did you get the power switch to install in the case?

Where would one get such a momentary power switch that fits an AT case like the new one you're using? Would be handy to have something like that for a similar-ish build I'm working on.

I got that same gpu in a Pentium MMX tower a neighbour was about to throw away, still haven't messed up wit it or anything but I hope it works

16:55 Black Out causes a Blackout

Does a USB pci board needs to install driver?

enlight/dtk baby at case

What are these worth

Like the video...im building a vintage pc myself and im been trying to get ahold of a baby AT case for FIC VA-530+ mainboard with AMD k6 2 400 processor....if u ever come across one let me kno...i take donations also...thanks..😎

"Shame on you clips!!!" 😂