ASUS Vintage PE2

This is a decent, well made, easy to build system with an Intel chipset at a good price, which is a big plus for many people. It is quite small as well, but it is 915, which is dated, and single core capable only. If you want to build an easy, very...

If you like AMD, the Vintage-AH1 AMD Socket 939 has the same form factor and is a much better machine. It is dual-core capable (though dual core 939s are not to be found everywhere), better onboard graphics (ATI), better sound, 2 extra USB ports on the...

simple, compact design ; very easy to put together ; sata cable included

case fan is super loud, obnoxious ; unsightly gap between dual optical drives

These barebones rock! They worked perfectly out of the box, and were soooo fast to set up with the motherboard and cables all pre-installed

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Easy setup, connections for IDE or SATA, enough scalability for most users, 800MHz FSB, Hyper Threading, Dual Channel RAM, good airflow in case - even with just the single rear fan - works with WinXP Pro 64x (used P4 630) (idle at 42c with stock HSF -...

Included "Probe" (the bundled system monitoring software) won't read case fan RPM since there is nowhere for the Control line to plug into - no video control options in BIOS ; You need to remove the front panel to remove the blanks for 5.25 and the 3.5...