@@gregghernandez2714 honestly I probably should, but I always feel like they're not quite done. Then again, I've got like 30 computers in my office, so maybe I should do a video where I try my hand at preparing one of these systems to sell, and seeing how much I get for it

@@gregghernandez2714 I had that happen one time when I bought a game boy on eBay lol, and they also found a bunch of dead roaches in a Texas Instruments TI99/4A computer from the '70s. I'm usually at least somewhat decent about checking to make sure they're not full of bugs lol, but that is extremely good advice

@@LowSpecActionSquad Yeah, the guy who taught me how to Mod Xboxes told me that story. After that, whenever I bought an Xbox (I bought and modded about 9 of them), I would keep it in my driveway, then run inside and go and get my trusty Saran Wrap or a good plastic garbage bag that I knew had no holes in it. I would then wrap it really tight, put some masking tape on it, then leave it in the garage for at least a week. That way, anything that was inside would not survive. His story scared the hell out me. BTW that is one nasty looking aluminum heat sink. Looks like a job for Simple green.

@@ptah4000 didn't have any SSDs at the time, but I plan on upgrading them around Thanksgiving to an SSD

In Vietnam he will disappear 😂

Honestly I was surprised! I didn't really do anything other than clean this one, so I'll probably end up upgrading it in the near future

@@LowSpecActionSquad Yes, you should definitly upgrade it, it desersed an upgrade after all these years.

@@gentuxable It turns out they might be for the front panel of the case, they're not a fan screw though

@@joshwa1234 I love the G450 PCI, a really good way to get decent performance in lower end systems!

@@amilalakshan8849 probably not above 480p... Maaaaybe 720p... But yes

@@boneshaman8912 I think we found out that since it was on the back of the Sea Fox challenge coin, that it's probably a Firefly, but I certainly don't know for sure

@@hideshisface1886 I think we found out it's the ATM-12 which I wasn't really aware of, but indeed! I usually stick with inner sphere stuff, so I'm not super familiar with clan tech

@@LowSpecActionSquad It could also be Bounty Hunter 2 I believe - Left arm with Large Laser, 2 ER medium in right arm, which would check out with how the arms are modelled. Side torsos pack 3x SRM4 each, for 12 total per torso. I can't quite see if any other side torso weapons are modelled, but this one would also have a pair of anti-personnel Gauss rifles, one in each torso - these would be the vaguely gun-looking bumps on the sides below the cockpit, similar to how Large Lasers on newer Stalker models are shown.

I'm always torn. I REALLY want to make shorter 20-30 minute videos, but nothing ever goes to plan when dealing with vintage PCs. However, I also usually end up with 3+ hours of footage of just me trying to troubleshoot things. I have to try and balance interesting footage vs me just trying 12 different sticks of ram and 8 graphics cards to diagnose a no-post only to find out I forgot to plug in the P4 connector (real thing I did recently in the Behemoth video lol)

@@BosBrandon that makes sense, but it only came with three lol

@@BosBrandon I've got one in the works with an AMD K6-II 233 MHz, just waiting on some parts. The plan for that one was Windows 3.1 and 95

Also... I am fekking GLOWING green with radioactive envy.

@@rkt1148 got to be careful with that heat management, don't want to turn into a brief, but dirty, star!

@@Sean-hk9dd I saw the post on the kickstarter page, but I am actually cool with it. I intended to load up with lots of vehicles, so this works out for me lol. I might mention it to them, but I don't intend to have them swap it out or anything

@@molenat9973 not opening the core box is the only reason I'm still alive lol

@@ShrineOfLife I appreciate that, thank you! I watch a lot of German vintage PC channels

@@Vinoross0 it's a weird case lol

@@eelomaa I can definitely see that. I've got a handful of Dell Dimensions from around that era that I might make videos on, I haven't decided yet

That's pretty awesome! I love the ATI Rage series, I am about to build a system with a Rage 128, either that or a Riva TNT

@@djpiles1982 almost, It was limited to 2 gigs of RAM, although there are ways to get around it. Windows 98 is kind of a mess when you start throwing it at high-end hardware. I think there's also a CPU speed issue when you get above 2.1 GHz, but I've never actually run into that because I don't install it on CPUs that fast. I think the maximum drive size for Windows 98 natively is something like 127 gigs, It's somewhere around there. But like with most of the other issues, I'm pretty sure there's a way to get around that hard drive limit

@@bulldogboy100 honestly, I was genuinely surprised. I was certain there would be some sort of issue with it, and it just kind of... Worked. I didn't even really do anything to it, all I did was clean it. Of course, I'll be upgrading it later, but for now I'm just happy it was a somewhat simple video to film

@@ewasteredux The previous owner of the board had replaced three of the capacitors, but the vast majority of the rest were original, and even the ones the previous owner had installed were bulging at this point lol

@@LowSpecActionSquad , a recap of a re-cap of a re-cap.... excellent!

@@chaos1291975 I hate to admit this but I mostly learned from trial by fire. I've always had to repurpose old PCs, not just for fun but for my actual computer as well, and I've accidentally killed more than my fair share of computers. Whether by installing a capacitor backwards, forgetting to change the jumper settings for CPU voltage, or full sending it with bulging capacitors. I've also once forgotten to change the power supply input voltage settings from 115 to 230 before I plugged it into a 220 outlet. There's a lot of good resources on KZfaq, so although I have ruined a lot of hardware, I've learned every step of the way how to not do that again

@@LowSpecActionSquad thanks for getting back to me . that is how i have been learning i never was a learn by book person i have always had to do it . i started out building guitar foot pedals then did a guitar amp and i was hooked now i try fixing everything i can lol well your channel is a very good resource . there just is not much about the old stuff and how it all started . so thanks again and and take care and stay safe.

@@GoonyMclinux absolutely!

@@looks-suspicious 100%, that was the only reason I even made a second video because it just felt so wrong. I know 1.8 isn't very fast, but it still should have been absolutely crushing it. An 800 MHz boost shouldn't have doubled or tripled the performance... That's why I kind of think there was an i/o problem with the old CPUs. I actually didn't check the ATA mode on the controller, but it shouldn't have changed with just a CPU swap, and if the mode was incorrect (which is absolutely still possible) I think it still should have been pretty slow, at least for load times. Good suggestion though, I'll write those down on my list of things to do for this tower