Retro game PC Celeron 1GHz | 256MB RAM | Quadro NVS 280 | CD-RW | FDD | Windows 98SE - PCI USB parallel LPT floppy diskette VGA gaming vintage

For sale
Custom mini tower PC Celeron 1GHz.
 
General info
Custom made pc.
 
About this specific offer
Custom made (unique), clean, tested, retro game pc with Asus motherboard, new power supply, fast Intel CPU (which can be underclocked & overclocked), new fast NVIDIA graphics card and USB (rear and front) for easy exchange of files.

Installed with Windows 98SE in English and all necessary drivers.

Equipped with two VGA outputs so it can display a nice picture on two conventional 4:3 flatscreen monitors.

Read and write data from and to 3.5'' disk, CD-R, CD-RW and USB stick.

Ready to play late 1990's to early 2000's classic Windows 9x DirectX and OpenGL games. Games are not included.

Can be easily upgraded with an even faster Intel Pentium III with Tualatin core.
   
Specifications:
 
- mATX mini tower case in black
- 500W 230V AC power supply
- Asus TUSI-M SiS 630ET chipset socket 370 mATX motherboard
- Intel Celeron 1000A 1.0 GHz socket 370 CPU
- Active CPU cooler
- 256 KB L2 cache
- FSB 100 MHz
- 256 MB PC133 SDRAM (1x 256 MB PC133 SDRAM 168-pin DIMM module)
- 2x 168-pin DIMM PC133 SDRAM module socket (max. 1 GB)
- FDD connector
- NEC 1.44 MB FDD
- 2x PATA connector, supports ATA100
- Maxtor 40 GB 7200 RPM PATA HDD
- HP 48x24x48 CD-RW PATA drive
- Empty external 5.25'' slot
- 80 mm fan
- SiS 630ET AGP integrated graphics engine
- 3x PCI slot
- NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 64 MB PCI graphics card
- VGA HD-15 socket
- DMS-59 socket + 2x VGA HD-15 socket cable
- Cmedia 8738 onboard audio IC
- MIDI / Joystick DA-15 socket
- Line in 3.5 mm
- Mic in 3.5 mm
- Speakers out 3.5 mm
- Headphones out 3.5 mm front (not functional due to incompatibility with motherboard)
- Mic in 3.5 mm front (not functional due to incompatibility with motherboard)
- CD-audio in header
- AUX header
- AMR slot
- 10/100 Mbit LAN controller
- 8P8C (RJ-45) ethernet port
- CR2032 clock battery socket
- PS/2 keyboard port
- PS/2 mouse port
- DE-9 serial connector
- DB-25 parallel socket
- 2x USB 1.1 port rear
- 2x USB 1.1 port front
- Microsoft Windows 98 SE pre-installed

Dimensions (HxLxW): 37 x 41.5 x 17.5 cm
 
Included is:
- Custom mini tower PC Celeron 1GHz
- DMS-59 to 2x VGA HD-15 socket cable
 
Condition
New enclosure, power supply, CPU, CPU cooler, case fan, graphics card, disk drive, optical drive, cables and clock battery. The other parts are used.
 
Technical
This pc was last tested at 15 October 2020.

During the test;
 
- Computer could be powered on several times.
 
- Computer stayed powered on for at least 4 hours.

- Computer displayed a stable, contrastful, bright, colorful, sharp and straight picture without distortions.

- POST passed all checks.

- Beeper worked.

- Computer booted to Microsoft Windows fine.

- Computer worked fine in Windows, MS-DOS prompt and in MS-DOS.

- Computer passed 3DMark2001SE benchmark.

- Hard drive read and wrote fine.

- Insert and eject mechanism of disk drive worked fine.

- Disk drive read a random disk fine.

- Optical drive could be opened and closed fine.

- Optical drive read a random optical disk fine.

- Keyboard port worked fine.

- Mouse port worked fine.

- Audio output worked fine.

- A random USB stick could be read and written fine (both rear and front ports tested).

- No battery leakage could be found.

- No rust could be found.

- Case could be opened and closed like it should.

- No defects and/or faults were identified.
 
- No further tests were performed.
 
Cosmetic
Please carefully view the pictures for an impression.