This is a rare HP tower that with a few upgrades has made a fantastic Retro 98 SE / XP Gamer.
Legendary Athlon XP 3200+ Processor
Featuring Asus Motherboard - A7V8X-LA with Via KM400a chipset (One of the very best for Athlon XP systems)
Technician with 33 years experience building PCsExcellent quality Asus motherboard, no bulging caps, pristine condition, looks barely used and a legendary combo for retro gaming with Athlon XP processor and Asus motherboard.DOS gaming compatibility further enhanced with the use of special Creative Soundblaster Live! card capable of full Soundblaster 16 emulation. Basically you can play a lot of great old DOS games right within Windows 98 SE without having to switch to actual DOS mode. Plays Doom, Heretic, Hexxen, Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein and many more right in Windows with full sound.
Dual boot with XP installed also. Nearly every patch ever released installed on both of them plus some extra and some quality of life fixes as well. 98 SE also includes DirectX 9 & universal USB drivers so you can easily use almost any flash drive 128GB and under. Various additional software installed on XP such as pdf reader, various extra themes, registry fixes and various other fixes for long term functionality.
Great condition overall and tested thoroughly to be full working order.
Everything inspected, no bulging capacitors or other signs of failure and all fans sound great! (They literally look like brand new)New CMOS battery.
AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processor on AsusA7V8X-LA with Via KM400a chipset. A legendary combo. Many usb ports, VGA, sound, firewire, serial, parallel all included. (Onboard audio/video disabled for expansion cards.)
Optical drive is a perfectly functioning DVD/CD drive. Windows and various other CDs loaded from this drive with zero issues.
512mb of memory! (Pass memtest) (This is maximum for full compatibility with Windows 98SE)
40GB hard drive (quality drive, fully tested, no bad sectors.)
Via Rhine II Ethernet (Would recommend only using connection for LAN, not actually going on WWW.)
1 AGP slot and multiple PCI slots.Video card upgraded to Nvidia FX5200! 128MB video memory. Huge for Windows 98 and can play many games in XP as well.
Sound card upgraded to Creative Soundblaster Live! - This particular card has a special driver that I have for Creative Soundblaster 16 emulation in Windows 98SE. Its the only model I know of that has this capability and that this special driver exist for. Its amazing and lets you play a lot of DOS games right in Windows 98SE with full sound just like you had a real Soundblaster 16 and even uses the same IRQs and resources for the old games to work with.
Awesome Retro Gamer PC. Highly compatible. Really nice system, running good with no problems & on some of the latest hardware you'll ever find with 98 on it. Plus the special sound card for DOS games! This one single system bridges a massive gap from the early 486/DOS days all the way to XP and lets you play a huge range of games on one system.
Has original XP COA sticker.
If you would like a Windows 98 booklet with key or CD please ask for availability. Fully complies with all software regulations.Any questions, please ask.Paypal confirmed addresses in the continental US only please. All others please ask before offerding.(Tower only, if you need a power cord, mouse, flat screen LCD monitor or keyboard please ask first. May be added for additional cost. Power cord is always free if needed.)
Expedited shipping available and same or next business day handling always!Long time seller with 100% response!
**I make no guarantees that any of my systems will be able to use any particular piece of software or run a certain game, etc. If you have questions regarding a specific game or program, please feel free to ask, and I am happy to provide whatever help I can regarding a specific game or program. Do not however buy one of my systems and then ask to return because of it not being able to use or run a particular program or game, or not being able to set it up properly. Thank you.****Also please note that surface rust can occasionally occur on older computers and may or may not be present, but light surface rust is only cosmetic and does not affect operation. Anything other than light cosmetic surface rust will be noted in description.
