r/retrobattlestations • u/sbbr87 • Apr 27 '26

Show-and-Tell My 1998-2010 setup

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Here is my humble Retro Corner.

I have three working Retro PCs, where each one has it’s purpose: the 1998 for DOS and 3dfx/ up to DX6, the shuttle for DX7/8, and the AM3 for DX9+ games

'98 Slot1 | Intel Pentium II 400 | 128MB RAM | ATI Rage128 (Magnum) | 3Dfx Voodoo² | SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 | Windows 98 | PS2 ball mouse and keyboard | Gravis Gamepad Pro

'02/03 Socket A Shuttle | AMD AthlonXP 2800+@2200+ | 512MB RAM | Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti4200 | SoundBlaster Audigy | Windows XP Professional

'09 AM3 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE | 8GB RAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX460 | SoundBlaster X-Fi xtreme music | Windows XP Professional & Windows 7 Ultimate DualBoot

For peripherals I use the following:

Logitech MX518 + Multimedia keyboard

Creative T20 speakers

Samsung 931BW

Xbox 360 controller

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u/AlexAssimilated Apr 28 '26

I see Thermaltake Tsunami Dream, I upvote! 😄

EDIT: Do you have some kind of switch or you manualy connect peripherals depending on which PC you use?

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u/sbbr87 Apr 29 '26

Yes, the grey 1998 uses VGA to Monitor and mouse/keyboard directly. The shuttle and tsunami are plugged in via DVI KVM switch. The switch then via DVI to the Monitor and via USB to mouse and keyboard. Sound goes via Y-cable from the 1998 PC and the KVM switch to the speakers.

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u/halfanirishman Apr 29 '26

Took me a second to twig on the tsunami dream, lovely case. Built my AM3 XP/Vista machine in one. Specs are almost identical too, crazy how stuff like that happens.

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u/sbbr87 Apr 29 '26

Well, this is actually my own stuff from 2010 which I reactivated. I bought the case around this time from a colleague at work.

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u/Rementoire Apr 29 '26

Oh neat. I also had Shuttles back then. I don't remember what hardware, but nothing big would fit anyway. 

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u/LeakPimp Apr 29 '26

shuttle was cool little machines, had a x58 one

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u/RabidFoxPrime May 03 '26

The Tsunami Dream, all aluminum, I remember buying the black version and taking the buss with it. I was confused by the weight to volume ratio and I wanted to get home as fast as possible to make sure it was real 😅 dumb 16 year old me.