Windows 98 20th Anniversary All New PC Build
Building an all new computer from 20 year old parts for the Windows 98 20th Anniversary.
Here are the specs of The New Windows 98 PC:
OS: Windows 98 Second Edition
CPU: 1GHz Tualatin Pentium III
GPU: Voodoo 5 5500 64MB
RAM: 512MB 133MHz SDRAM
HDD: Western Digital 120GB 7200RPM EIDE
PSU: EVGA 450BT 450W
MOBO: Intel D815EEA2U(after using it, I don't recommend this board)
CDD: Memorex 8xDVD+RW/+R 10xCD
FDD3.5: Teac FD-235
FDD5.25: Teac FD-55
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
Case: Inwin Q500N (3rd revision I believe)
Monitor: Hyundai ImageQuest V770+
Keyboard: Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Joystick: Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2
Gamepad: Microsoft Sidewinder game pad
Mouse: Microsoft Cordless Wheelmouse
This was a wild ride of a video. The Voodoo 5 being DOA was alarming and nearly derailed the whole project...twice. The Motherboard doesn't seem to support two floppy drives as well. I never had both drives working in it. I still need to do some more testing to figure out if I can put a different BIOS on it to support that properly. I also wanted to show POD running instead of NFS but it has some problems running, especially in Glide mode with the Voodoo5. And another problem was that I couldn't get the gameport on the sound card to work. I need to try using the VXD drivers still to see if that makes a difference.
All those problems aside this computer is really great. I was pushing its backwards compatibility a bit far with MS Flight Sim(only about the top half of the screen is meant to be shown) but a Win98 build like this is great for old games. Sure, you could buy most of these on GOG or use the original disks/discs in a VM. But those make for a pale imitation of the real deal. The struggle is part of the fun, although maybe not recapping a Voodoo 5 level of struggle.
This is going to be the start of a series of videos that will showcase different aspects of building an running an old computer like this. The upcoming videos about the parts I chose will help explain why they are the ones I went with and how well they work. This video was meant to be a cathartic romp of 90's PC nostalgia. There will be a lot more in depth content from this later.
Playlists of more stuff like this:
Computers: • Computers
Windows 9X: • Windows 9X
1990s: • 1990s
Other Links
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Github: github.com/AkBKukU
Thingiverse: www.thingiverse.com/AkBKukU
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Discord: / discord
This is just awesome.
Holy crap it's clint
just run SimCity3000 on this pc and my childhood is complete.
Druaga2 has been noticed!
Yeah, it sure is!
How can a God find the time to watch and post a comment on the video of a mere mortal?
in 2005 I still had only dreams of such a beast PC
Are you really Boris? That's so awesome blyat! Always watching good videos of yours thank you so much for quality of contents.
Joseph Lee He is. You see he has a tick next to his name
Man, back in 2011 I still had laptop which barely run Quake 3. All of my friends were playing CoD or BF when I was playing Pinball on Windows XP.
ever played nfs most wanted?
hey boris,are you lost,why u arrived at this video,tovarisch?!?!?!?!
As we entered the new year -2021- Now we can wait for the "Windows XP 20th Anniversary All New PC Build"
We still wait for windows me/2000 20th anniversary build
I have old pc on win xp...
Windows XP IS DEAD
Free Smart
@@bonyashich220 did you really placed your pc on copy of windows xp?
I remember building computers like these back in the day. This video was like going back in a time machine. Thank you for this. I miss those days...
dont cry
my children will watch "new build of windows 10 - intel i9 9900k" in 2040
😂
lol
Lol
😅😅 How Old Are You Now?You Think Your Children will Live Until How Many Years
no. 9900k will never die
Tears came to my eyes. I´m 40 now and I have done this installation a thousand times. Great content. Loved.
Exactly. We had to reinstall Win 98 almost every month or so just making our daily work with no malware, viruses or something harmful. But some of us were smart enough and used NT4.5 ;)
@@sc0or Netscape or AOL?
In Russia we had one serial number of windows 98 for whole country))
@@OrangeRocks1986 Windows NT. It was really-really good comparing to Windows for housewives. Then WinNT 5 was converted to Windows 2000 and since then Win is more or less OK.
@@OrangeRocks1986 By the way, a web site price for Netscape was x4 -) AOL was not known in Europe until it bought WinAmp.
That motherboard tray is freaking cool. I'm surprised it never became a standard as you said.
Cables
user error may lead to critical damage.
You did an excellent job! Not just putting the PC together, but you're also talented at putting these videos together and presenting them in an very entertaining and educational way. Thank you for taking the time to put this together.
oh dear god... the sound of the fan, the booting beep and the opening music ♥
Memories man
beep beep!
lol had such pc(floppy, cd's) almost 20 years ago and still remember this sounds) heh, so many good games)
I have a gaming pc and i have the beep
Pandoxyd the good old days mate, those are the sounds of nostalgia
Did I enjoy it ? You kidding ? This is the most clean video I've ever seen in reviving old PCs : your voice is neutral, the materials are representative, the montage fits perfectly, and the games are the good ones. You make every IT tech proud of being on earth. Thumb up.
How am I the first reply after 11 months of this comment being out
It’s a shame you’re the first one to comment in 11 months since this was a pretty good comment anyway
Speak for yourself. This guy is an idiot. Who calls AC5 "Modern" TIM. ROFL, you're just as stupid and uninformed as this loser is. Your opinion means literally nothing. As his does.
Anyone who is able to pull this off in modern times is a legend
11:49 my favorite game with my dad!
Star Craft is epic game before dota.
@@mixmixture7049 cool
That sound when you turn on your computer on 90s and didn’t realize that was on 85% volume
Ah.. the windows 98 start-up sound... Just beautiful
Early 2000's aswel
95, ME and XP's better (:
@@miljororforsprakpartiet290 everyone's have an opinion.
@@xt1503 yes but mine's correct
I remember that when I was in grade school we required having our own floppy disk to submit our word text project lol
We did the same!
Lol what a time it was to be alive
Same I did a PowerPoint on Chile that was saved to a floppy
Kids these days will never know that feeling
@@Katarr_Props what is that
I'm a 13 year old with new aspirations I've bin so blind to all this new tech that I haven't realized how much I loved retro tech thank you
Brain: watch this Me: why? Brain: just watch it.
me: *searches windows 98
Lol
Wow that windows98 installation screen takes me back...😅😅
Gawa ka horror story about dito ser neb 😂
that installer fukd my whole life
😂😂
Voodoo wallpaper is soooo 90's
Yeah, takes me back like PTSD. LOL
06:13 Man! I am crying hearing those floppy and disk bootup sounds!!!
yeah that was a awesome time. Not to mention the modem dialin sound when conntecting to AOL :D
Tim Vels nothing special my current pc has that sound too 😂
Got that on my ps4
Talked dirty to me
@@WindRipples- :gachiBASS:
The original Need for Speed brings tears to my eyes... Was such a great game in '95!
Amazing build, and a lot of effort (and investment!) put into this video. Very well done, and very entertaining - thank you!
Imagine those people in their years unboxing that stuff, they're so really happy.
Yeah, I mean his faces was smiling af
I remembered when I was a kid, and my dad brought our first PC. I saw the future in front of me.
@@watanukif1 yeah was pretty cool. We didn't care about 3d until games started using it as part of the sale value. Then we all jumped onboard the graphics / pc race
Dude. Thank you so much for that, seriously. I was smiling the whole time. That was a major blast in the past from my childhood!
I was born in 1998, didn't have time to try using Windows, how was your experience?
Ditto.
Man, thank you so much for these nostalgic sounds
i'm so grateful that youtube recommended this video, didn't stop smiling and think about my old pcs. Thank you so much for this, one of the rare videos on youtube that i didn't speed up to 1.5x ou 2x
So you build a 1998 gamer computer and you didnt install Half-Life?!
Soap MacTavish pisstake 😂😂
Exactly!
well in 1998 there was allrdy a shit ton of games exsisting. Even if Half life was one of the best, he still has no time to feature all best games of that time D;
I was waiting for it to
He has a voodoo5 with glide api
"Ide cables with master and slave switch"...... that got me crying...... remembering my childhood
master and slave? ...what 😳
And those master & slave jumpers ♥
Damn nostalgie
You shall no longer call them master and slave. You know...the political correctness and the BLM movement
@@alejandroperez5368 you are right.... i was seriously talking about master and slave "switches" but now i am being charged with political incorrectness because this is 2020 :-P
Fantastic video. It brought so many memories to me. What a beautiful time we had with this PC. Thank you!
Great video! Thanks for sharing! It brought back a lot of memories from that time period. I worked a lot with Intel boards a lot during that time because they were quite stable and reliable for the corporate world. It was fun to see one being built again. I agree that the Inwin Q500 was an amazing case! I think I had 2 or 3 of them at different times. Still have one in storage. I'm surprised that you put the CD drive and the hard drive on the same ribbon. PATA can only run as fast as the slowest device. Most CDs were usually capped at ATA/33 while the newer hard drives could go as high as ATA/133. This motherboard was capped out at ATA/100, but with that 80 conductor ribbon, you could definitely get more performance out of it with the CD drive on the secondary IDE interface.
I just want to say thank you for the wonderful video. Seeing all those brand new parts took me back to some of my favorite childhood memories of browsing around CompUSA, back when computers were exciting and fresh. Such good times.
How are all of my favorite nostalgic tech channels here??
Yeah, nostalgia always has a strong hold on almost anyone. Well, the fact that computers went obsolete faster than they do today was not that fun, though.
The Nostalgia Mall yessd
StealthyMonk um, ahem AOL
Compusa now that brings back some memories as a kid
That moving motherboard holder is epic, should be adapted in newer PC cases.
Agree
yep
Yeah
Yeah my hand was dying during plugging 12v😂😂
@snekSnack HAF-XB CASE FROM COOLER MASTER!!!
Hey ! I just discovered your channel with this video, that’s really amazing ! You do good work I love so much ! Congratulations !
Dude i found your channel last night and have been watching since. So awesome
This brings back memories
Ayy you helped me with pc problems. Thanks man
memories*
11:49 I still play that shit today 😅. Evergreen Classic
Absolutely! Me too :)
I'm actually playing it now, the hd edition
Love that case. I built an Athlon based Win 98SE system not so long ago. Getting it up and running was troublesome, but worth it. Helps to have all the drivers beforehand.
I'm in awe of your beige tower, and when you pulled out that motherboard tray. That was the stuff back in the day!🤩
9:00 oh man... I've smiled ear to ear
That magical sound....
Me too, got this feeling...really this music is amazing
9:00 I felt I travelled back in time when I heard this sound, I feel nostalgic!
Fr dude!
What sound is that?
GrandeGio What do you think it is? It’s the start-up sound for Windows 98, second only to the sound of Windows 95.
Those careless childhood times. It is really travel back in time. I remembered all those times with details
@@arif1984may it was very good time! (((
i like the way he presented his content, voice is friendly. and content is something i can relate to. subbed and imma watch your other vids
I miss the sound coming out of the 90s PCs.. and that awesome WIndows 98 intro music, thanks for not skipping any if that XD
Feel just like yesterday.. Playing starcraft, red alert, quake iii... a childhood memory🙂🙂
Oh yes! Quake 3 arena and Unreal Tournament!
Def command and conquer
@@templategaming275 +Duke Nukem, Heroes of Might and Magic 1/2, Warcraft 2.
My life for Aiur!
Snes emulator
Damn starcraft was definitely ahead of its time!
Rey B not really. Warcraft 2 existed, total annihilation, all the great command and conquers, etc. Starcraft was like many other rts games in the 90s
@@lifehackertips r/wooosh
Alot of the games he showed were, and i was astonished by that ._.
Mostly the FPS games were, rts were constant
Oh man, thx for that. Amazing memories with W98... nice video! hugs from Brazil.
This was so pleasing to watch! I would have to build this machine a clear dust cabinet made from polycarbonate to minimise UV exposure too. Thank you for the nostalgia! 😊
The removable motherboard tray is such a good idea, why was it abandoned? Not only is it convenient, but it also gives you a test bench to make sure everything works without having to install it all into an awkward to fit case and then uninstall everything again to fix it. Perhaps the modern day coolers just make this kind of design unergenomical.
cost, some higher end cases do have a removable MB tray
Probably because without the motherboard tray the case is flimsy and flexes a lot. Most cases nowadays are made out of thin aluminium sheets while back then cases were much more rigid and robust, made out of 1.5mm+ thick steel.
funny, all my pc cases are a piece of wood.. why.. you dont even need a case. :-)
8:58 that GLORIOUS sound, I've missed it so much D:
shut up man, u are prob 2005
boomer
Bro you always got VM's to relive that memory :)
@Cristian Balacescu someone is mad lol
Alen You certainly have issues. Parents not love you enough, huh?
Man... All these boxes, all these hardware, are soo familiar to me... I lived this era in plenitude... Tks 4 the this spetacular vid!
Good recommendation by YT. I like specially the case where you can remove the mobo area. It is much easier to clean and also for troubleshooting unlike the new ones that are so cramped that it feels like it's the mobo area with a cover. Hope that casing will make a comeback. 😁
This is so cool. 20 year old computer- still better at gaming than a brand new macbook.
I expected some mac lovers to hate you but i dont See any... thats weird
Here buddy I'll do it for you...My 2009 mac pro is a better gaming pc than most gaming pc's lol
Cause the macbook is made for works and software shits.
@@killer268 thanks
not really lol. unless you have windows on it, and have upgraded your gpu.
10:40 sound design at its finest. Just a guy humming the z sound.
Hahaha
08:59 wow that sound..very Nostalgic!! Thanks buddy to share this !!
Great video, thank you for the wonderful memories! :) So much I'd forgotten about it!
I am Japanese. I am commenting using Google Translate. It's amazing to be able to play games on such an old computer.
Halo Japanese I am Arabian And I just want tell you I am very love your culture ❤️
Google translate converted this comment correctly so you’re fine.
@@simplybloxxed Is google translate these comment too ? 😂
@@bilal_mirai no I’m telling them they translated it correctly
@@bilal_mirai oh wait your talking about that comment, yeah google translate has worked fine for English, but it seems to be way more difficult for English to be translated to Arabian or whatever.
Oh my God, 120 Gigabytes? What are you, the King of Saudi Arabia?
Bilbo_Gamers That was HUGE storage capacity by 1990s standards.
مسوي فله يا سويده
40 GB WS MORE COMMON
Nah, just an exiled Nigerian Prince
@@livid124 هههههههههههههههههه😂😂😂🌚
Just found your channel. Excellent content. Another sub for you sir!
Thanks for the window into the past! I started fiddling with computers in 1987, and I haven't stopped! Aside from Doom, Command and Conquer was my favorite!
По всему телу муражки от звука запуска win98!!!
Alibi Rashiduli what you problem?
Alibi Rashiduli prover’ svoyu mat’ , ah da, ona zhe mertva
@Alibi Rashiduli toxic children planted,in the coffin.
@@mikkiren8219 чо?
@@yavb3lo1futb0lk3 чо?
So nostalgic seing this thing... Reminising those time that exactly how my speaker looks like
Tas mag do-drawing ka lang ng tite sa ms paint
this is so pleasant to watch, love all the old informatics stuff
Getting the parts must of took a lifetime appreciate the hard work put into this video
I watched this in 144p just for the effect
Back then the standard was 480p boio
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaaa!!! I hope the effect was more than u were expecting ;-)
ahhahahah xd
Awesomeness Plays for pc at that time? 480p is low res. Common is 1024x768 at 100hz. And if I remember correctly, year 2000 I was using 24" 1200p crt monitor. And that's the reason why most gamer back then were very late to adopt LCD screen. LCD were Low res and low fps.
well, i mean still MOST were using CRT's until like maybe(?) windows 7. But yeah now the standard is 720 or 768 or mostly 1080/1440
My childhood 😁
Your what? Your poop. Hood
@@tinysoulz well can you remember windows 1>:)
when you can have some coffee and come back... ScanDisk is scanning your computer...
It's so vaporwave
@@st3sunusedacc the windows 1.0 ?
Oh my, this video brings so much back to memory. I was a teen ager in the late 90s and 100% of what was in this video is what drew me into computers back then.
Holy hell...I shudder to think how much you paid for that Voodoo 5 card and the 5 1/4" Teac. Personal computing has never been as much fun as it was back then. Thanks for sharing your awesome build!
I miss the sounds of 90's PCs 🔊🙁
Me too.. and the floppy drive!
I miss the lion/tiger sound on my 95
Oh the fan sounds! So nostalgic!
Es simplemente, bellísimo No hay palabras para ver algo, que de niño nunca tuve, pero en su momento lo disfruté con algunos amigos y vecinos.
ojala construya un pc con windows xp!!
Another great nostalgic video! Thanks 👍🏻
This is what I call... NOSTALGIA
Can't be nostalgic for me since I was born in 2001
Video lengh: 13:37. Nice.
LEET WAS HERE
lol
@Leftsouthstrike paw it's leet
ELEET
@@mookillays2283 that sounds like a premeture incect
I can't believe I tripped over this channel. I just built a windows 98 machine on Saturday in the exact NIB case I found at a mom and pop computer store in my area. They have a second one still there.
Epic video generally, and I LOL'ed when I saw the Aoe2 box at 10:17 knowing I play that game still :D
Quake 3 was way ahead of its time. Released in 1999 but still looks and plays great today.
Agreed. Id Tech 3 Engine games look fantastic in general too.
@@xsychoreese9877 For me its either the last two Jedi Knight games or Voyager Elite Force, but COD is up there with those games.
That's called "An active community" xD
I had an amd duron when i was 10 early 2000s and i remember that i cant play quake 3 arena... that card was really good and that sound card too
09:06 - Man. I still love this intro 😍
The nostalgia is priceless. Thanks for reminding me how old I am…
My jaw dropped when i saw the case, that was my favorite case also, I had no idea it was so well loved by others. That made my day!
Takes me back. Though I didnt see my all time favourite line... 'It is now safe to turn off your computer'
when hear the Windows sound,I think there is tears in my eyes
Same dude, it took me to my childhood instantly
That sound reminds me back when my wife was around before she passed away. Good memories but sad at the same time.
Godzilla fucking died trying to read that sentence
Me too....old times
The flashbacks I had watching this. The sounds and sights bring me back to the good old days. And it also reminds me of how plug and play pcs was back then. I was only 7 around then, but I have fond memories from watching my father tinkering with the pc and me helping.
Greetings from South Korea. The magnificent Voodoo 5500 was my favorite VGA of all time. Around 2000 it was so fun to build a new PC. Thank you for taking me back to the era.
People who disliked this vid don't get the full awesomeness of having a computer in the 90's
i dislike beacause the title and the description are in french. I speak french, i understand a little english but it s too technical for me. that's why i dislike.
@@fabianplantade4598 eh, I think that was KZhead auto translation things. Since the original video title and description are in English
Look at the parts it's a windows 2k build, I'd like to see a win 98 build.
Wisama Isam Something many time people tend to forget, including me sometimes
@@fabianplantade4598 omg...
Oh that CD ROM reading sound... Feeling nostalgic... ♥️
I would like to see more performance metrics. Love old goodies!!! Thanks for the vid.
This video is really so satisfying. Thank you.
This is gorgeous, really nostalgic. And the sound of the CD starting running, wow, this is my childhood.
1993 was a pretty awesome year for pc-gaming. Sim City 2000, Doom, Myst, X-Wing, Syndicate, Rebel Assault... the list goes on.
Quake
Hey guys, I've been searching for a game for a while now. Around the 2000-2005 years. It was a shooter, with like demons or zombies but some of them had wings. And I remeber when you entered the map it was like a mental assylum and it was a stone bridge in front of you to reach the assylum, can someone help me to find this game? it was a little bit gore from what I remember
@@SigmaMastersOfMind "Blood"
I couldn't afford a computer back in the day so i just played console games 😓
@@sauce773 I had to go over to a friend to play SNES and PSX. (:
Sound Blaster those where HQ audio cards along with Cambridge Soundworks speaker set. And that Voodoo graphics card. Such a dream PC
Is is very sentimental to see all these parts... thank you very much from Argentina!!!!
This video just took me back to my childhood. I grew up building computers with my Dad, I was very young but learned a lot. I played a lot of games kids my age didn’t get to play. Seeing this video takes me back to the good old days when all I had were my video games and nothing to worry about. Awesome video my man you made my day.
thank you for keeping that boot sound and the start up song!
Haha, I've joined in a time capsule. Congratulations! Great Job
You have brought back so many memories for me!
This was so beautiful. So many good memories and honestly i’ve never seen a top full maximum setup for that kind of pc, in those times were pretty much a rare thing to see specially the “gaming” setup
08:04 theese bootup sounds bring back memories!
I love it all! ❤❤❤The new parts, new Windows 98 install, fun games. I keep my old white Windows Vista iMac from 2007 just for playing old games
Oooooh that powering and booting sound.... Very nostalgic!
Man really takes me back. We had a windows 98 computer, but it was in the living room, as back then computers were hella expensive and it was unheard of to have your on PC let alone a laptop! Dial up connection, Yahoo chat rooms, command and conquer and the original 97/98 championship manager and age of empires. What a trip down memory lane.
Goddamn, I teared up a bit.
Ahh, computer in the living room... Getting booted off AOL because someone picked up the phone in another room... Purposely downloading BonziBuddy, before anyone knew what spyware was... CueCat barcode scanner... Tons of memories here
Nicholas Lester My experiences being 5 yrs old. 2001-2002 lol. Except the bar code scanner lol.
My life back then! Mirc chat rooms to!
Watching StarCraft being played on an actual old looking computer brings back so many memories..
That disk spinning, boot, welcome and beep sound... Something deep relax in the subconscious mind.. 😁💆🧘♂️
You're living the dream, even fixing broken capitators - couldn't ever imagine doing that!