Build an old 486 Dx/4 133mhz system like I did!

Cost me $20 total so far... here is its makeup currently as of today:

1.) 486 Dx/4 133mhz (3.3 volt Evergreen Overdrive)

2.) 32mb RAM (30-pin 60ns speed FastPage type)

3.) 256kb L2 CPU cache onboard motherboard (ISSI 15ns speed type)

4.) Diamond Stealth 64 1mb DRAM Vesa Local Bus Video Accelerator

5.) TekRam DC-680 Vesa Local Bus Caching Disk Controller (16mb RAM onboard in 30-pin 60ns SIMMS of FastPage type)

6.) Dual Western Digital "Caviar" 242mb 5400rpm disks

7.) SoundBlaster AWE-32 ISA type

8.) U.S. Robotics 56k "X2" ISA modem


It gets me online @56k via an ISA U.S. Robotics modem & NT 3.51 RAS services!

It runs Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack #5 + hotfixes (around 10 of them tops) like a rocket... Very quick & does the job!

It may not be a modern gamer's rig, but it was MEGA-CHEAP to put together & cost next to nada!

:)

* What more does the average user want, but a ROCK-SOLID STABLE Operating System (which NT 3.51 is) that is LIGHT on resources + RAM?

APK

P.S.=> For most folks? A system like this would cut it, no questions asked imo... apk