Pentium Pro Overdrive Banshee ATX Tower







CPU: Intel Pentium II Overdrive 333mhz
CPU Cooler: built-in
Motherboard: Intel VS440FX Socket 8 ATX Motherboard
RAM: Kingston 64 MB EDO
Video Card: Creative Labs 3D Blaster Banshee CT6760 PCI
Sound Card: Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! Value CT4870 PCI
I/O Controller Card: N/A
Network Card: N/A
Game Controller Card: I O DATA IF-SEGA2/ISA
Hard Drive(s): Hitachi 80GB IDE 3.5 7200 rpm
Floppy Drive(s): 3.5 inch 1.44MB / 5.25 1.2MB
CD/DVD Drive(s): Pioneer Dvd-116 DVD Drive
Other Drive(S): 250MB IDE Iomega Zip Drive
Case: ATX Mid-Tower
Power Supply: 300w Sparkle ATX-300GT
Fan(s): 92mm NF-B9 / 80mm Noctua NF-A8
OS: Windows 98

Background: This is a remake of the computer I had in the the late 90's but if I had the money to full upgrade it in 1998. In 1997 I upgraded from a 486DX4-100 to a Pentium Pro 166MHz. At the time I was attracted to CPUs with a large amount of cache. I couldn't afford the 200MHz Pentium Pro with 512k of cache so I went with the 166Mhz that also had 512k of cache. It also had a Riva TNT for video and a Sound Blaster Live! for sound. Wanted Dual Voodoo2 but I could only afford a single card and having to buy a 2d card to go with it made it cost too much. The single card solution made more sense. Almost went with a 3DFX Banshee but the TNT had better reviews back then.

Back then I regretted not going with a 3DFX card so I felt this time the Banshee would have been the most likely card I would have gone with if I did it again. I almost went with a TNT and a pair of Voodoo2 but I have Voodoo2s in a different Windows 98 build and didn't want any overlap. I'm also a big fan of Overdrive chips so the Pentium II OverDrive 333mhz was a no brainier for me and this was basically the last OverDrive from Intel.