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Quantex_rox TechSpot Member Registered: July 2007 Posts: 122	This is a quantex (hence the name), i don't know the model, but it use to be a top-of-the-line gaming computer in it's day. This speed demon is outfitted with a 75mhz pentium 1 with 16mb of ram, 504 mb hd, 2mb S3 trio video card (max resolution 1600x1200!!), win 95, creative sound blaster, 56k modem, (added) lite-on 40x cd-rom. And it actually plays videos!!!
	· Date: November 26, 2007 · Views: 9670 · Filesize: 24.8kb, 45.2kb · Dimensions: 488 x 644 ·
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supersmashbrada
TechSpot Maniac

Registered: March 2007
Location: Detroit
Posts: 1,613

November 26, 2007 20:53

I really like this, not sure why. It looks like it belongs in 2003, but first seen in like the mid 90's

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GameJunkie72792
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Registered: December 2006
Location: Cocoa, Florida
Posts: 317

November 26, 2007 21:46

nice, i kinda want one. it shows you where our gaming has gone from then til now.

Didou
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Registered: February 2002
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Posts: 5,817

November 27, 2007 01:36

Rating: 7

I'm not sure a 2MB card could go all the way up to 1600x1200, even in 16 colors. ;-)

Quantex_rox
TechSpot Member

Registered: July 2007
Posts: 122

November 27, 2007 17:47

i can take a screen shot

it does it in 256 colors

Quantex_rox
TechSpot Member

Registered: July 2007
Posts: 122

November 30, 2007 12:32

The little display lights up to say "HEY", i set it with the jumpers behind it, it originally said 075, for the mhz.

Obi-Wan Jerkobi
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Registered: February 2008
Location: Lake Effect Apocalypse
Posts: 628

March 8, 2008 12:31

Rating: 9

Keep the case and put a good Antlon 64 Mobo in it, an 8800GT, and mod some fans In. I did that with my P4 Northwood, put it in 95 Case, put a 6800GT in, and another gig of ram. Lol, I had to mod a few case fans in, it kept overheating.

Quantex_rox
TechSpot Member

Registered: July 2007
Posts: 122

March 9, 2008 21:05

I was thinking of doing that, but I won't until it completely dies. It dosen't use atx in the back, instead it has one port, a AT keyboard (big barrel style 4 pin), all the other ports are located next to the pci slots, or are pci slots. Also, it dosen't use a ATX style power supply (back then standard ATX psu's today were called slimline), this PSU is a huge 250W. Also, the case is friken HUGE on the inside, lots of room, need to modify the case to put fans on it. But i believe it was a prototype, because Quantex only used mobo's with ALI aladdin chipsets, this one has simple Intel and it has the 75mhz with a glued on heatsink, which was a basic processor used only in prototyping.

Obi-Wan Jerkobi
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Registered: February 2008
Location: Lake Effect Apocalypse
Posts: 628

March 14, 2008 21:43

Time to get out a saw then? If the case is that big it should be easy to mod!

Adhmuz
TechSpot Member

Registered: February 2007
Location: Quebec
Posts: 94

March 18, 2008 16:03

Ha, my old beast beats that, P1 133 MHz a woping 64 MB of ram, two hard drives totaling almost 5 Gigs of space a Voodoo graphics card with i think 8 MB of memory sound blaster audio, 8x CD-Rom and a 56k modem, a custom build that cost nearly 3 grand at the time including a 17" CRT. One of the most complicated things to put together ever.

Quantex_rox
TechSpot Member

Registered: July 2007
Posts: 122

March 18, 2008 16:17

i can still beat that, i have a compaq presario 4712, P1 166mhz mmx, 64mb EDO ram, 4mb S3 64trio vid card, 2x 3gb Quantum 5 1/4" hd's, 8X cd-rom drive, 56K isa modem, Revel TV500 tv tuner card. Its kinda cool with the old p1's, you can overclock them by changing the clock multiplier with the jumpers on the mobo, if you had a good hs+fan, you could run a originally 2X multiplier 100mhz p1 at 3x, ie it would run at 150mhz.

Obi-Wan Jerkobi
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Registered: February 2008
Location: Lake Effect Apocalypse
Posts: 628

March 30, 2008 10:18

If were going for oldness then...look at this one

http://www.techspot.com/gallery/show.../ppuser/167542

debeen
Newcomer, in training

Registered: March 2008
Location: aderlaide
Posts: 2

March 31, 2008 00:25

Rating: 8

nice and classic cant wait till some 1 brings in a modded IMSAI 8080

sakelover
Newcomer, in training

Registered: April 2008
Posts: 9

April 17, 2008 15:06

Rating: 10

hey Quantex_rox

First off nive rig

I want to ask u if you had any issues running your vc 8600gt?

as I have same board rs482-M754 and I am wanting to buy a 8800GT

but am scared as mobo is PCIe 1.0a...is your Video Card the PCIe 2.0 version?

so did u have any issues with card or mobo?

I have not installed mobo in case yet

but have 2gb of ram 2satas (for Raid0) and really wanting someone to confirm that a 8800GT will run

did u have to flash VC bios or anything to get video card to work

do u think a 8800GT will just work no problem?

thanks man

and nice computer

Obi-Wan Jerkobi
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Registered: February 2008
Location: Lake Effect Apocalypse
Posts: 628

May 2, 2008 16:51

The PCIe 2.0 8800GT is backwards compatible with PCIe 1.1 (I think that's what you meant), yes it will work either way as long as the slot is PCIe x16.

Quantex_rox
TechSpot Member

Registered: July 2007
Posts: 122

May 16, 2008 08:28

sakelover-

I have had no problems with my 8600GT, just popped it in, (didn't have to disable the onboard video,) and installed the drivers. As for PCI-E 16x 2.0, it is backward compatable with PCI-E 16x 1.0, so no worries there, it just won't be as high performance as if it was on a 2.0 slot.

Obi-Wan Jerkobi
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Registered: February 2008
Location: Lake Effect Apocalypse
Posts: 628

May 20, 2008 22:13

I would make the jumpers signal "off". :P

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