Hi everyone! First off, I just wanted to say THANK YOU for the support that I got on this project. It really means a lot to me that so many people found this project as amazing as I did. I’m back today to post an update on this little guy and what I ended up doing to it since I made that post.

Since I made that post, I somehow managed to stumble across a Socket 370 Mini ITX motherboard! I found a Commell LV-602B for a pretty good deal and I figured it would be worth the platform swap! I was originally using a VIA EPIA-LN motherboard with a C7 CPU, but I found my particular board to be kind of unstable, along with CPU timing issues for some software I was running that didn’t make it fully compatible with what I wanted to run on it. This board however has support for Socket 370 based Intel chips, which I figured was the perfect opportunity to pop in my 1 GHz Pentium III, (with a CPU fan too!) but naturally, I also had to swap the ram I was using. I used 2 64MB Samsung sticks that I had on hand for 128MBs total. Additionally, since Mini ITX motherboards of that era usually didn’t have an I/O shield, I had to make one myself and 3D print it.

I also had to replace the PCI riser cable, because the one that I was using originally started failing after a week or so. I ended up getting a new one, which is not only shorter, but also higher quality. It’s held up very well since and I’ve had no issues with my Voodoo3 hooked up to it. I have also gotten the rest of the stickers I wanted to put on this system and all I gotta say is that it turned out wonderfully.

Since the swap, my benchmark results have skyrocketed! Where I was getting around 1900 in 3DMark 2000 on 1024x768, I was now getting around 3100! Naturally I had to run 3DMark99 Max again and finally I was getting proper benchmark results.

And yes, it runs Unreal…

With ALL of that said, here are the final specs and EVERYTHING I am using in this system.

Intel Pentium III SL52R 1000/256/133 1.75v Commell LV-602B 128MB SDRAM (2x 64MB) 32GB SanDisk Extreme Pro CF Card 3DFX Voodoo3 3000 PCI PicoATX power supply with a 84W power brick (12v at 7A)

All of that encased in an SKTC A09 that I spray painted beige and put all the computer badges on in place of the front IO.

This machine turned out wonderfully and was super fun to make! I had a fun time putting it together and I hope you guys like it too! 🧡