And welcome to an LGR oddware thing, where we look at hardware and software that are odd, forgotten and obsolete and well... I've made my own oddware and that is the pyramid PC with an equally odd mix of old and new hardware. Obsolete and forgotten... doesn't fit with that PC, but it's pretty odd.
Modern paste doesn't damage chips and modern chips don't have exposed damageable parts, so unless you short the amount, you'll be fine either way. People are just so full of shit. Certainly better than what Asus does with their laptops, where the paste on brand new laptops is already chalky and cracked.
@@aserta It's pretty much a meme to comment / criticize the way someone applies thermal paste no matter how they do it. That's why I've noticed a lot of tech tubers don't show that part when the do a build video.
I love the form factor--just for the fact that our future ended up being a little boring style-wise compared to some of the earlier imaginings of tech. The only thing I worry about is tripping and then impaling myself, triggering some sort of cybermantic ritual accidentally.
@@santiagoacostapereira7778 Basically that is Tron for ya. They did the ''stuck in a video game world'' 1st. If there is something older pls enlighten me folks, would love to check it out. And speaking of Tron this year is the 30th anniversary.
My dad worked for the furniture company steelcase as a programmer in the 90s. In 1989 they built a 7 story tall pyramid as office space and such. I think it's currently a data center for Switch. This would be perfect for that building. A large pyramid data center filled with pyramid servers and such. I'm giggling as I think about it.
What a beautiful mix of ancient and futuristic. The classic pyramid made from glass and steel with rgb lights, the ufo cooler, the modern board with old slots, down to the modern os built for emulation. Absolutely incredible.
it's not that weird to build a pc with new and old. that's one of the best things about IBM PCs, right? do whatever you want with them. we've probably all done this with a new GPU upgrade
I love the fact that you laugh when things slow down and things become even worse. Kind of reminds me of myself or my nephew when we have had trouble instead of other tech pages. Paul would probably get angry, and Jay definitely would, and Linus would just drop the most expensive component and think its no big deal even if it were a hard drive worth 40 grand....
It's funny mentioning sound cards. A couple days ago I was talking to a friend who was having trouble with her headphones, and the brief thought came, 'it's probably something wrong with your sound card.' And then I realized, sound cards aren't really a thing anymore. They're all baked into the motherboards because sound has reached a point where there isn't anything more that can be done. No further improvements need to be made, it's over. So it's one of those things that doesn't need to be upgraded anymore, so bake it into the motherboard and be done with it. And it just struck me as interesting. The only reason I didn't notice until now was because I haven't used a desktop PC in over a decade. Been laptop-only for my entire adult life. So to me, expansion cards aren't a thing.
Yeah, I had an opposite experience way back in 2001. I bought a laptop and I called the company to ask if i could uprade my graphics card so i could play in higher graphics. They said no
I love how i see you on pretty much every second video i watch. We seem to share quite the same interests. And as a Warthunder player myself i actually finally subbed to you today :D
Waiting for him to run TempleOS in his Prysma² (on Blerbs). Update 21 April 2021: Also dedicated this to Daft Punk, the EDM duo consists of Guy and Thomas.
A lot of modern PCI slots these days actually have to go through some sort of converter chip to actually work on modern CPUs since they only allow for direct PCIe connection. Getting a direct connection is impossible. This introduces additional latency, which could be the reason why the ATI card was running poorly.
It was probably just Linux. I’ve never had a good time getting Linux to run smoothly on a desktop setup - even native games run super poorly, and RUclips is a write off on anything older than 5 years.
Nope just shit drivers, old ati cards were a pain, devs could not write drivers for them, manufacturer support was not there. So much better these days.
No, it's just really old and Linux isn't the king of old hardware with new OS as much as it was back in the day. On the other hand, I plugged in an ATI 7970 2GB card on an HP setup and it worked great for what I was doing.
1. The UFO CPU cooler absolutely makes the build. I've seen other videos where the topside case fan is also RGB, maybe that's something to consider. 2. Must play XCOM on this rig, and either live-stream it or upload VOD to 2nd channel...
I would love to setup a server/media center computer in that case for my living room! with all of the modern rgb, you could really make it an epic piece of art!
Three things: 1) Tony Stark wants his ARC reactor back. 2) That case reminds me of a time machine in the Doctor Who episode "The Two Doctors" from 1985. 3) They probably want you to convince others to buy that case. It's a pyramid scheme.
@@papayerWell, yeah, single sheet of metal shaped to have a locking mechanism, "clicking" on top of the cut0out itself. Sounds and looks like a bracket to me.
@@override7486 it's not called a bracket. and even if that were correct, verge guy was just using fumbling his vernacular looking for the most scarcely technical-sounding word to use in the context of a build guide. said build guide was dogsht. ergo everything that reminds me of him and his inflated ego will make me retch automatically.
[I edited this post like 21 times. I just forgot stuff. Last Edit Added SYSTEM.CB] Not knowing everything you tried installing Windows 98SE, I offer the following. To be clear, you can install Windows 98SE from the hard drive, but you probably know that already. During my install, I had to change the SYSTEM.INI file and resume installation due to having too much ram. Resuming the install only affected the layout of the Start Menu. Being familiar with the Start Menu, it was easy to correct after the install. I had to put in the option to skip the scandisk as well, but I do not remember why. Assumptions (You have a good bootsector, and you can boot from the hard disk into Windows 98 DOS mode) Suggestion: Maybe limit the partition to 32GB for a proof of concept install. Here are my recommendations for each file. Ignore the horizontal lines. I just used them to separate the files for this post. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFIG.SYS (aspi4dos.sys might be optional if you still have memory problems) dos=high,umb device=himem.sys /testmem:off devicehigh=aspi4dos.sys devicehigh=setver.exe files=60 lastdrive=z ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUTOEXEC.BAT REM Leave File Empty ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYSTEM.INI (Available upon reboot during install. This should give you 1022MB OF RAM in WIN98SE.) [386Enh] MaxPhysPage=40000 [vcache] MaxFileCache=261120 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYSTEM.CB (Safe Mode Version of SYSTEM.INI. This should give you 1022MB OF RAM in WIN98SE.) [386Enh] MaxPhysPage=40000 [vcache] MaxFileCache=261120 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MSDOS.SYS (Marked Hidden & Read Only In Root Directory You have to use ATTRIB -R -S -H MSDOS.SYS. Once changes are done, you can probably do this ATTRIB +S MSDOS.SYS , but I do not think its required. Here is the Suggested Contents starting from the top line and being a full replacement) ;FORMAT [Paths] WinDir=C:\WINDOWS WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS HostWinBootDrv=C [Options] BootMenu=1 BootMenuDefault=1 BootMenuDelay=15 Logo=0 BootMulti=0 BootWin=1 BootGUI=1 BootKeys=1 AutoScan=1 WinVer=4.10.2222 ; ;The following lines are required for compatibility with other programs. ;Do not remove them (MSDOS.SYS needs to be >1024 bytes). ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxb ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxc ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxd ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxe ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxg ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxh ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxi ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxj ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxk ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxl ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxm ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxn ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxo ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxp ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxq ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxr ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That is all that I have. Hopefully, the new hardware supports Upper Memory Block. If you do manage to install WIN98SE, I bet the next problem will involve Finding A Free Memory Region Using MSD.EXE For EMM386 + SB Live MIDI + Soundfonts for DOS Games like Doom & Duke3D. BTW: Probably the hardest conventional memory dos game to run is Falcon 3.0. You can get some bonus points from me, if you manage it on new hardware.
@@ZipplyZane That would be awesome, unfortunately MS was notorious for making undocumented features in MS-DOS, additionally I believe the version of DOS win95/98 was built on top of (MS-DOS 7) had NO official documentation. However I wonder if it would be possible to make a version of DOS compatible with win95/98 using resources covering the many hidden quirks of MS-DOS like the Undocumented DOS book. It might even be possible to just tweak an existing implementation like FreeDOS. Not sure it would be worth the time and effort though...
Yeah I'm surprised he didn't mention the [vcache] MaxFileCache=261120 part; that was specifically what I had to do when I set up a win98 PC a couple of years ago. Also doing the install with only one stick of RAM.
@@rubblemonkey6904 The reason I brought it up is that I recently watched a video about Windows blocking out DR-DOS intentionally in the beta for Windows 3.1. In it, I discovered that DR-DOS 7 is apparently compatible with Windows 95. Since Windows 98 is Windows 95.1 essentially, I thought replacing the DOS component might work.
If you do not have an XP USB installer, you should create one, it can include most updates even ones past SP3 and even integrate drivers for newer systems and brings install times from over an hour (depending on hardware) down to minutes.
The “looks like a bass pro shop” comment got me. Thank you Clint. You could turn this into the machine that reads your arcade cards? I dunno how much work that would take but the pyramid of power would make an excellent arcade card box
I was going to say that there was no way the Mac Pro cost $50,000 maxed, but wow, it costs $55,000 maxed. Total ripoff, considering you can get a Talos II with the same specs and almost twice the cores (with twice the threads per core) for $5,000, maybe $6,000 if you're unlucky.
Wow. Great video. Great to see you running Linux, too! One thought I had was running a VM and setting it up to pass the PCI cards through to it. It would be quite interesting to see the results. KVMs can be set up to start at boot and hooking a monitor up to the GPU would effectively give you a PC independent of the host machine. That could be super cool!
LGR I was think they probably could but I’m not one to mess with VM and that sort of stuff. I would definitely be interested in seeing a follow up to this though.
This is honestly much more entertaining than typical build videos from "dedicated" "techtubers" like linux tech talks, jay's two centz, the guy with the buzzcut and a soul patch who used to work at Newegg, his friend lyle, gaming nexus, etc. Nice way to kick off a Saturday. Thanks man.
Yeah. They seem like they are just doing it for money The way that LGR is makes videos it feels that he likes likes to connect with his fans instead of only making videos to make money.
Can you install win98 se on freedos and replace dos7 with it? I recall some legal stuff and one being able to replace ms dos with other dos'es, mainly dr dos
FreeDOS was the first thing I tried actually, but I cut it out of the video since it was unfortunately a total dead end. It refused to boot with any expanded memory managers running, and with those disabled it would run basic DOS stuff but otherwise was pretty unusable.
So since this is a LGA1200 socket system; it most likely is running UEFI bios. Might need to change a few settings in it to support more of the legacy hardware he installed. It could also have a few chips on the board it's self to "emulate" a legacy south bridge chip to communicate to those legacy slots. Other then that; not sure. But that very old video card...yikes!
Trying to track down GPU related issues on a modern Linux release is such a pain. MESA this, DRI that, used to be so straight forward when the only thing that touched the GPU was the actual 3D game.
Absolute gaming legend LGR, so much respect for continuing the preservation of this hardware man. I know this was about the pyramid but it was cool seeing that old hardware put to use on Linux.
@@DrLoverLover I guess so, but I more often see high end gaming/workstation builds or classic builds with old parts. A well thought out rig with modern parts that isn't super overkill is appealing in its own way.
Way late to the party on this one, but this was just too entertaining not to comment. This was a fun process to watch. I too had seen this case years ago and had wondered on it's potential. Loved your choice of old-meets-new for the project!
So, the first thing that came to mind for me seeing this case was “Home Theatre PC”. Something about the idea of a pyramid sitting next to a TV appeals to me.
The Maingear Prysma happens to be literally this; a pyramid-shaped computer that was supposed to go in home theater setups. It failed because it couldn't really fit in most setups, and it was too damned expensive.
what a crazy video! I am a fun of linux, I really like old computers and games, and I am really fond of exotic pc builds! And that's right there!!! 3/3!!! Great video!! I really enjoyed it!!!! Keep up the excellent job !!
I was wondering if someone would beat me to a stargate reference. I just finished SGU and was very disappointed with the ending. On to the rest of SG1.
@@fridaycaliforniaa236 I was just starting to get into it when they killed it. I will say it took a bit to get into it, which I think is what doomed it.
This reminded me of the mid 00's, back when the e-sports scene was kicking off and huge lan/demo/gaming events, like Assembly, were the place to show off your obnoxiously lit computer case setup. Good times! E-sports are a huge thing in China, and these wild case designs are part of that scene, which is probably why they've been popping up so much lately.
I haven't laughed this hard at an LGR video in a very long time! Cannot believe he didn't use the Voodoo 3 card he just got from Goodwill eThrifts last week!
My Dad went through a pyramid stage in the mid-70s. He built a pyramid in the back yard out of particleboard and then conducted some experiments in it. None of them worked.
Can Linux run the Windows Entertainment Pack natively? I know it can via DOSBox (note: do not run DOXBox in a virtual machine unless the programs don't have or need mouse support. The pointer'll go crazy).
@@Chaos89P If it works works with WineVDM, it's possible. That is how Wine handles 16-bit code. You can even get a version that runs on Windows 64-bit, if you want.
Now i get flashbacks from watching a news report of someone that had gotten stuck on a cast iron fence. The horror was that he had gotten himself speared up through the jaw...
Honestly, I didn't expect this to become a Linux video, awesome! Though the most impressive thing is how that Intel chip managed to run all those games.
Attach a webcam on top and it'll be complete with an "All Seeing Eye".
Hello Sauron.
@PeeBound Yep. @LGR You gotta do it. It has to be done.
Yeah, this idea is too good.
This ruclips.net/video/9SASkqWyn40/видео.html
Ha! Illuminati confirmed!.... Or just Matryoshka PC Desktop.
"I bought the stupid pyramid." - That's why we love ya, Clint.
U can see your likes
This would look perfectly in place in a 1999 movie about what the year 2020 would look like.
Really uncomfortable and lonely? Yes.
I mean, it’s right
This, a few Sony Mavicas, some Minidisk players, and some Netbooks with an alarming amount of expand-ability, and a Spaceplane in the Garage
"How did he die?"
"he tripped and fell on his pc"
Illuminati
Like Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz
“Impaled on a super fun gaming PC. How ironic!”
At least the blood is a nice cooler liquid
@@hhectorlector LMAO!! XD
I see that Clint is now creating his own Oddware.
And welcome to an LGR oddware thing, where we look at hardware and software that are odd, forgotten and obsolete and well... I've made my own oddware and that is the pyramid PC with an equally odd mix of old and new hardware. Obsolete and forgotten... doesn't fit with that PC, but it's pretty odd.
I never thought "impaled by a computer" was something that could happen. Now I know that it is. Cool.
Would the computer be cursed after?
A person can impale themselves on any pc case if they try hard enough.
"Everything is a pyramid if you're brave enough"
This PC looks like what people in the 80's thought normal computers would look like in the future
It’s what I want all computers to look like.
They weren't wrong
Did you live through the 80s?
@@RapideWombaticus did you?
@@tomboye-mouto9684 Fuck you dude you beat me to that comment :(
This would have been the _most_ expensive option in a Sims game, that's why LGR bought it.
Ha! Too true.
@@LGR It's like half a plumb-bob
Oh my god. It does look like it belongs in the sims. Holy shit.
Part of the new $600 stuff pack!
@@VanWinger ... Now I'm considering fusing two cases together one atop the other and suspending it from the ceiling above my computer chair.
When you *really* don’t want your cat to sit on your PC tower... 😂
Ouch
I've had that happen. My case at the time had ventilation holes at the top and my cat peed there while sitting on top and half-ruined my PC...
Oh shit
@@voidyt9939 no. Pee.
@@Koozwad sell him to a Chinese food place
I love how he hides the thermal paste application in every video so he doesn't get comments about how he's doing it wrong
How can you do it wrong?
yup haha!
@@pacifico4999 ah ok 😂
Modern paste doesn't damage chips and modern chips don't have exposed damageable parts, so unless you short the amount, you'll be fine either way. People are just so full of shit.
Certainly better than what Asus does with their laptops, where the paste on brand new laptops is already chalky and cracked.
@@aserta It's pretty much a meme to comment / criticize the way someone applies thermal paste no matter how they do it. That's why I've noticed a lot of tech tubers don't show that part when the do a build video.
The fact that the fan wasn't called "The Unidentified Fanning Object" is a marketing failure.
Ooof missed opportunity lmfao
Unique Fan Object would also work
It was, but they got a C&D order from the attorneys for Dakota and Elle.
😂
This setup begs for a Dark side of the moon theme
@Jayn the lunatic is on the desk.
@Jayn and Windows pains and crap
Or just dark side. Red LEDs inside, and you got a giant holocron
Lol Im sure this has already been said, but I thought you were LTT's crazy client for a second. Lol
Has there been a conclusion to that video?
@@MiguelLuna1 I don't think so. Haven't really been following the last couple weeks though.
That's exactly what I thought as well lol
same
LGR: *builds a monstrosity of different parts inside of a literal pyramid*
Me: Yap, this is exactly why I'm subscribed to this channel.
Watching this gem again as it has recently left Clint's collection.....
Who can even compete with LGR's level of 'going on ebay drunk'?
"I think I bought a glass pyramid..."
19:00 -- Portnography. Wasn't expecting that.
Even better is this was an entirely sober purchase, haha
This would be PERFECT to stop the damn cats from sitting on my case, and throwing up into it.
🤣
Oh no.
What the actual fuck?! How can they do that? :)
wtf are you feeding your cats
@@D00000T cats naturally throw up. they eat grass to throw up and lose their hairballs.
I love the form factor--just for the fact that our future ended up being a little boring style-wise compared to some of the earlier imaginings of tech. The only thing I worry about is tripping and then impaling myself, triggering some sort of cybermantic ritual accidentally.
You impale yourself on the Pyramid PC and your soul gets sucked into cyberspace.
@@NicDoesDumbThings Sounds like that one Scooby-Doo movie in which the gang gets trapped inside a videogame, but darker. Loved that movie
@@santiagoacostapereira7778 That movie was so good back in the day dude
@@santiagoacostapereira7778 Basically that is Tron for ya. They did the ''stuck in a video game world'' 1st. If there is something older pls enlighten me folks, would love to check it out. And speaking of Tron this year is the 30th anniversary.
My dad worked for the furniture company steelcase as a programmer in the 90s. In 1989 they built a 7 story tall pyramid as office space and such. I think it's currently a data center for Switch. This would be perfect for that building. A large pyramid data center filled with pyramid servers and such. I'm giggling as I think about it.
Imagine them all stacked up in a pyramid formation.
Jokes on the guy who paid LinusTechTips tens of thousands to build the same thing this manufacturer does for cheap
my thoughts exactly
Plot twist: Linus shipped it in the exact same box
i think that was the reason the guy asked for a custom one?
maybe LGR old video or because of this one
When I first saw this I thought lgr was the "secret client"
Yeah I thought LGR was the client too lol
What a beautiful mix of ancient and futuristic. The classic pyramid made from glass and steel with rgb lights, the ufo cooler, the modern board with old slots, down to the modern os built for emulation. Absolutely incredible.
that case looks incredibly impractical, I want it
My thought process exactly when buying it.
this is one of the most strangest builds you've ever done and I love it. You've officially created your own oddware
Honestly, it seems like it would be fun to put together something in one of those bizarre cases just for the hell of it. Enjoyed the video!
Clint: "Let's build a FrankenPC with a mix of new and old tech."
The PC: "Kill meeee!"
"I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel..."
it's not that weird to build a pc with new and old. that's one of the best things about IBM PCs, right? do whatever you want with them. we've probably all done this with a new GPU upgrade
LGR at the start: "i don't like these weird looking PC Cases"
LGR at the end: "i love my weird looking PC case"
The others are generically hideous wierd. This is at least unique and striking wierd.
@@AgentTasmania exactly
I love the fact that you laugh when things slow down and things become even worse. Kind of reminds me of myself or my nephew when we have had trouble instead of other tech pages. Paul would probably get angry, and Jay definitely would, and Linus would just drop the most expensive component and think its no big deal even if it were a hard drive worth 40 grand....
[polyhedron-based chuckling] This is why I love having captions on.
Nice pyramid -runs in fear-
[Slight Bang]
@@DaneH64 [big bang]
Perfect for my TempleOS machine!
That sounds like a good time
NOT EVEN ALPHABETS NOT EVEN NUMERALS
Is there a directory on it called "Osiris" by chance? If so, "Set" it to install on this directory.
Every build is a temple OS build. It should come baked into the bios of all motherboards
I suppose you can make a tabernacle case mod using one of those open case thingies.
It's funny mentioning sound cards. A couple days ago I was talking to a friend who was having trouble with her headphones, and the brief thought came, 'it's probably something wrong with your sound card.' And then I realized, sound cards aren't really a thing anymore. They're all baked into the motherboards because sound has reached a point where there isn't anything more that can be done. No further improvements need to be made, it's over. So it's one of those things that doesn't need to be upgraded anymore, so bake it into the motherboard and be done with it. And it just struck me as interesting.
The only reason I didn't notice until now was because I haven't used a desktop PC in over a decade. Been laptop-only for my entire adult life. So to me, expansion cards aren't a thing.
Yeah, I had an opposite experience way back in 2001. I bought a laptop and I called the company to ask if i could uprade my graphics card so i could play in higher graphics. They said no
When pc gaming couldn’t get more ridiculous. At least this thing has a point
Ba-dum-tss
i hate u
-_-
Get out
40k Necron gamers be like
Eyyyy
Fancy seeing you here Iron !
The Mechanicus would like to know your location.
I love how i see you on pretty much every second video i watch. We seem to share quite the same interests. And as a Warthunder player myself i actually finally subbed to you today :D
OR a Goa'uld mothership
Waiting for him to run TempleOS in his Prysma² (on Blerbs).
Update 21 April 2021: Also dedicated this to Daft Punk, the EDM duo consists of Guy and Thomas.
"I bought the stupid pyramid" HAHAHHA AHAHAH
"Thonk"
The pyramid focuses internet energies for better e-thrift deals.
I am tempted to buy one. Do some modifications to the case, add some paint, and put in lots of red pulsating lighting. Turn it into a Sith Holocron.
Yesss now I want to do this.
@@darthrevan2063 Uh oh.
A lot of modern PCI slots these days actually have to go through some sort of converter chip to actually work on modern CPUs since they only allow for direct PCIe connection. Getting a direct connection is impossible. This introduces additional latency, which could be the reason why the ATI card was running poorly.
It was probably just Linux. I’ve never had a good time getting Linux to run smoothly on a desktop setup - even native games run super poorly, and RUclips is a write off on anything older than 5 years.
Nope just shit drivers, old ati cards were a pain, devs could not write drivers for them, manufacturer support was not there. So much better these days.
@@TerraRoot I swore off ATI cards in the mid 2000's for a long time as their drivers were so rubbish. And they kept bollixing the Windows drivers too
No, it's just really old and Linux isn't the king of old hardware with new OS as much as it was back in the day. On the other hand, I plugged in an ATI 7970 2GB card on an HP setup and it worked great for what I was doing.
@@21Trainman Yeah windows ran really well too. Didn't you notice?
It's like it came from an alternate dimension where 2020 has been an amazing year
This thing is awesome, man. Love to see this type of stuff on the channel! Super fun built all the way through.
1. The UFO CPU cooler absolutely makes the build. I've seen other videos where the topside case fan is also RGB, maybe that's something to consider.
2. Must play XCOM on this rig, and either live-stream it or upload VOD to 2nd channel...
I just love how Clint has a fitting graphics card sealed and new in box just lying around.
Thats what I was thinking. That being said, please hire me to take photos pf your pets Clint.
Who doesn't ? Loosers ! :P
As one does...
Exactly what I was thinking when I heard such a mix of new and old. A driver and compatibility nightmare.
Now imagine adding red LEDs, and you've got a perfectly good Sith Holocron.
Or a red plumb bob
This is a perfect PC for me to run my MLM-business from home with.
2020: "You must construct additional pylons!"
Clint: "Hold my woodgrain beer."
I remember reading the LGR twitter feed and seeing the photos of these cases and LGRs brain gears moving
Honestly one of the few Twitter things I wish I had been logged on to see
I wouldn’t mind another eThrifting episode just browsing funky looking PC cases
Farewell pyramid pc. I has a new home now.
That is perfect to run TempleOS!
Egyptians would be proud. Hopefully it's a little easier to open.
Obviously no traps too
Doesn't need 150,000 people to build this, or require any human sacrifice 😂
@@deadcelll Live wires?
some body But not looting!
As an Egyptian, I would add more mummy gauze to the setup, but I am still proud.
I would love to setup a server/media center computer in that case for my living room! with all of the modern rgb, you could really make it an epic piece of art!
This was the most chaotic build I have ever seen and I love every bit of it.
Three things:
1) Tony Stark wants his ARC reactor back.
2) That case reminds me of a time machine in the Doctor Who episode "The Two Doctors" from 1985.
3) They probably want you to convince others to buy that case. It's a pyramid scheme.
i think you mean the Time Scoop, from the Five Doctors
@@mergemechanism Possibly both! I'm recalling one from The Two Doctors (Patrick Troughton and Colin Baker).
nevermind, both serials are fit for that comparison
I got The Verge flashbacks when you called the IO shield a bracket.
It's a bracket, isn't it?
@@override7486 it's actually a plate.
@@papayerWell, yeah, single sheet of metal shaped to have a locking mechanism, "clicking" on top of the cut0out itself. Sounds and looks like a bracket to me.
@@override7486 it's not called a bracket. and even if that were correct, verge guy was just using fumbling his vernacular looking for the most scarcely technical-sounding word to use in the context of a build guide. said build guide was dogsht. ergo everything that reminds me of him and his inflated ego will make me retch automatically.
It's a brace! Now excuse me. Im going to tie it together with some tweezers
[I edited this post like 21 times. I just forgot stuff. Last Edit Added SYSTEM.CB]
Not knowing everything you tried installing Windows 98SE, I offer the following.
To be clear, you can install Windows 98SE from the hard drive, but you probably know that already.
During my install, I had to change the SYSTEM.INI file and resume installation due to having too much ram. Resuming the install only affected the layout of the Start Menu. Being familiar with the Start Menu, it was easy to correct after the install. I had to put in the option to skip the scandisk as well, but I do not remember why.
Assumptions (You have a good bootsector, and you can boot from the hard disk into Windows 98 DOS mode)
Suggestion: Maybe limit the partition to 32GB for a proof of concept install.
Here are my recommendations for each file.
Ignore the horizontal lines. I just used them to separate the files for this post.
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CONFIG.SYS (aspi4dos.sys might be optional if you still have memory problems)
dos=high,umb
device=himem.sys /testmem:off
devicehigh=aspi4dos.sys
devicehigh=setver.exe
files=60
lastdrive=z
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AUTOEXEC.BAT
REM Leave File Empty
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SYSTEM.INI (Available upon reboot during install. This should give you 1022MB OF RAM in WIN98SE.)
[386Enh]
MaxPhysPage=40000
[vcache]
MaxFileCache=261120
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SYSTEM.CB (Safe Mode Version of SYSTEM.INI. This should give you 1022MB OF RAM in WIN98SE.)
[386Enh]
MaxPhysPage=40000
[vcache]
MaxFileCache=261120
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That is all that I have. Hopefully, the new hardware supports Upper Memory Block.
If you do manage to install WIN98SE, I bet the next problem will involve Finding A Free Memory Region Using MSD.EXE For EMM386 + SB Live MIDI + Soundfonts for DOS Games like Doom & Duke3D.
BTW: Probably the hardest conventional memory dos game to run is Falcon 3.0. You can get some bonus points from me, if you manage it on new hardware.
Ever try seeing if you could replace the DOS component of Windows 98 with FreeDOS or another alternative that still has drivers for newer computers?
@@ZipplyZane That would be awesome, unfortunately MS was notorious for making undocumented features in MS-DOS, additionally I believe the version of DOS win95/98 was built on top of (MS-DOS 7) had NO official documentation. However I wonder if it would be possible to make a version of DOS compatible with win95/98 using resources covering the many hidden quirks of MS-DOS like the Undocumented DOS book. It might even be possible to just tweak an existing implementation like FreeDOS. Not sure it would be worth the time and effort though...
Yeah I'm surprised he didn't mention the
[vcache]
MaxFileCache=261120
part; that was specifically what I had to do when I set up a win98 PC a couple of years ago. Also doing the install with only one stick of RAM.
@@rubblemonkey6904 The reason I brought it up is that I recently watched a video about Windows blocking out DR-DOS intentionally in the beta for Windows 3.1. In it, I discovered that DR-DOS 7 is apparently compatible with Windows 95. Since Windows 98 is Windows 95.1 essentially, I thought replacing the DOS component might work.
@@ZipplyZane I didn't know that! Since that's the case it shouldn't be nearly as difficult to do as I thought.
This is what people in the 1950’s thought computers would look like in the future.
And they were right, it seems :)
Com-PU-TOR!
No no they got a point
If you do not have an XP USB installer, you should create one, it can include most updates even ones past SP3 and even integrate drivers for newer systems and brings install times from over an hour (depending on hardware) down to minutes.
LGR: I found a pyramid. I'm making it into a computer.
All of us: ok.
The “looks like a bass pro shop” comment got me. Thank you Clint.
You could turn this into the machine that reads your arcade cards? I dunno how much work that would take but the pyramid of power would make an excellent arcade card box
*Imagine buying a +$50,000 Mac Pro, then gutting it, then shoving the internals in this pyramid!*
imagine buying a mac pro, you really have to be stupid to do that
I was going to say that there was no way the Mac Pro cost $50,000 maxed, but wow, it costs $55,000 maxed. Total ripoff, considering you can get a Talos II with the same specs and almost twice the cores (with twice the threads per core) for $5,000, maybe $6,000 if you're unlucky.
@@BringMayFlowers so all the pro producers who use mac must be stupid or something?
Nobody who needs a $50,000 work station should be using MacOS
@@gormauslander Correct, they should be using a BSD instead. Or at least Fedora or OpenSUSE.
Damn at first I thought you were LTT's insane secret client for their pointy pyramid case
Same
I thought the same for a sec, but they filled that with components.
@@reptilez13 Saw that case on Luke Miani's channel recently too... weird how it's popping up everywhere.
I was just about to post this very comment. I thought he was that "mystery client" that they had.
Wow. Great video. Great to see you running Linux, too!
One thought I had was running a VM and setting it up to pass the PCI cards through to it. It would be quite interesting to see the results.
KVMs can be set up to start at boot and hooking a monitor up to the GPU would effectively give you a PC independent of the host machine. That could be super cool!
This seems to be a fantastic option, didn't know that PCI cards could be passed through that way. Must try it sometime!
LGR
I was think they probably could but I’m not one to mess with VM and that sort of stuff. I would definitely be interested in seeing a follow up to this though.
Beat me to it! I was gonna suggest that.
15:52 WinXP Pro was the move. I had a WinXP Pro disc I snagged from work. Served me well for years.
This is honestly much more entertaining than typical build videos from "dedicated" "techtubers" like linux tech talks, jay's two centz, the guy with the buzzcut and a soul patch who used to work at Newegg, his friend lyle, gaming nexus, etc.
Nice way to kick off a Saturday. Thanks man.
I don't watch any of those. They all sound like complete numpties :D
Yeah. They seem like they are just doing it for money
The way that LGR is makes videos it feels that he likes likes to connect with his fans instead of only making videos to make money.
I wonder if FreeDos might be your solution.
Can you install win98 se on freedos and replace dos7 with it?
I recall some legal stuff and one being able to replace ms dos with other dos'es, mainly dr dos
FreeDOS was the first thing I tried actually, but I cut it out of the video since it was unfortunately a total dead end. It refused to boot with any expanded memory managers running, and with those disabled it would run basic DOS stuff but otherwise was pretty unusable.
@@LGR I would have thought it could handle the more modern hardware. Awesome for trying though.
Any chance you tried OS/2?
@@LGR what about arca noae
So since this is a LGA1200 socket system; it most likely is running UEFI bios. Might need to change a few settings in it to support more of the legacy hardware he installed. It could also have a few chips on the board it's self to "emulate" a legacy south bridge chip to communicate to those legacy slots. Other then that; not sure. But that very old video card...yikes!
gotta have some kind of bumper for the top of this if you get it. you trip over something near this and that's it, your skull is obliterated
Whoa, this is cool. Kind of looks like that thing LTT is building for a client, but not quite.
I had actually thought this was a LTT video when I first got the notification.
Hey, I’m bisexual to!
@@Remls did they finish that thing ?
I think Alex in the LTT vid actually mentioned this case, saying they didn't necessarily need to make one from scratch
I thought LGR was the “client” of that pyramid build.
“...and it did...it was SO much worse now!” 😂😂😂😂
Trying to track down GPU related issues on a modern Linux release is such a pain.
MESA this, DRI that, used to be so straight forward when the only thing that touched the GPU was the actual 3D game.
Absolute gaming legend LGR, so much respect for continuing the preservation of this hardware man. I know this was about the pyramid but it was cool seeing that old hardware put to use on Linux.
Your startup up music for that thing should be theremin (50's sci-fi) music.
Add actual theramin hardware to the case for that eerie no touch UI
It's actually refreshing to see a build on RUclips that isn't on the bleeding edge of new tech.
@@DrLoverLover I guess so, but I more often see high end gaming/workstation builds or classic builds with old parts. A well thought out rig with modern parts that isn't super overkill is appealing in its own way.
this dude is living in the 2000's with that monitor, keyboard and speaker
Bonus: it's shaped like a christmas tree so you know what to do around that time
It is now around that time
“A transformer having knocked up a Gundam” funny shit I’ve heard on this channel
AKCHUALLY, the gundam/mobile suit would be knocking up the transformer, as the average mobile suit is about twice the height
That one had me rolling
Way late to the party on this one, but this was just too entertaining not to comment.
This was a fun process to watch. I too had seen this case years ago and had wondered on it's potential. Loved your choice of old-meets-new for the project!
I was refreshing RUclips until I found something to watch then BAM new LGR. NOICE.
2020 is sure has depleted our RUclips "to watch" lists.
@@vorpal_void Indeed, I've been scrolling to the bottom of my subscription list and finding channels that I had forgotten about.
Odd I watched you unbox all this hardware but didnt see you smelling any of it...... Who are you and what have you done with the real LGR?
Probs too new. Not as delicious as a vintage ‘89.
OOOMMMGGG 19:10 I spit out my food all over the kitchen when you said you're a sucker for PORTS! Wow, I was not expecting that. I laughed so hard.
I love this! The Linux install just sweetens the video.
So, the first thing that came to mind for me seeing this case was “Home Theatre PC”. Something about the idea of a pyramid sitting next to a TV appeals to me.
The Maingear Prysma happens to be literally this; a pyramid-shaped computer that was supposed to go in home theater setups.
It failed because it couldn't really fit in most setups, and it was too damned expensive.
what a crazy video! I am a fun of linux, I really like old computers and games, and I am really fond of exotic pc builds! And that's right there!!! 3/3!!! Great video!! I really enjoyed it!!!! Keep up the excellent job !!
Try not to get stabbed by the pyramid.
Why does this comment read like something out of 'Welcome To Night Vale'
Do not look at the pyramid. It does not like it.
Always wear protective gear around the pyramid.
Remember, the pyramid loves you.
Ok, so I wasn’t the only one thinking it.
Illuminati: I need a PC
LGR: Yes
In fact, the Illuminati NEVER used a triangle or a pyramid as a symbol :)
Not to be confused with Freemasons.
@@nalinux The Bavarian Order of Illuminati did not.....THE Illuminati of course dose... :)
The truth is out there.
@@sirkowski You can't handle the truth! ...Oh, wait, wrong movie, sorry, carry on....
that pyramid reminds me of the simcity 2000 arcology's for some reason
3000 years later...
- Who built this computer?
- Aliens!
*insert aliens guy here*
"Teal'c? Is that your Goa'uld computer?"
"Indeed."
I was wondering if someone would beat me to a stargate reference. I just finished SGU and was very disappointed with the ending. On to the rest of SG1.
@@ezramiller8296 Yeah. SGU was not intended to end that way but they didn't get another season :-(
I was looking for this comment, yay :)
@@BollingHolt Yeah shame on SGU, I wanted more episodes ! ^^
@@fridaycaliforniaa236 I was just starting to get into it when they killed it. I will say it took a bit to get into it, which I think is what doomed it.
I love it. I also liked quite a few of those mad Chinese cases that you showed
This reminded me of the mid 00's, back when the e-sports scene was kicking off and huge lan/demo/gaming events, like Assembly, were the place to show off your obnoxiously lit computer case setup. Good times! E-sports are a huge thing in China, and these wild case designs are part of that scene, which is probably why they've been popping up so much lately.
I haven't laughed this hard at an LGR video in a very long time!
Cannot believe he didn't use the Voodoo 3 card he just got from Goodwill eThrifts last week!
the card plugs into an agp port that the board doesn't have
You, sir, are delightful. Thanks for sharing this with us; I would watch more projects like this for sure.
My Dad went through a pyramid stage in the mid-70s. He built a pyramid in the back yard out of particleboard and then conducted some experiments in it. None of them worked.
What?
Welcome to the world of Linux Gaming. I Was using Lutris and Proton for the last few years without the need to use windows.
Lutris and Proton have changed Linux gaming and it's awesome that we are now seeing Linux native ports of some Windows and Mac games.
Can Linux run the Windows Entertainment Pack natively? I know it can via DOSBox (note: do not run DOXBox in a virtual machine unless the programs don't have or need mouse support. The pointer'll go crazy).
@@Chaos89P I belive lutris and proton are a compatibility layer running the windows games so they should handle that sort of thing for you.
@@CAMSLAYER13 They're 16 bit programs. If the Linux distro is 64-bit... Linux isn't like Windows much...
@@Chaos89P If it works works with WineVDM, it's possible. That is how Wine handles 16-bit code. You can even get a version that runs on Windows 64-bit, if you want.
It was great to see you delve into Linux a bit! I would definitely be up for more of that!
As a man who's always drunk and tends to stumble, I wouldn't trust myself with this
Yeah, if that was on the floor, you'd impale yourself if you fell on it.
Anything is a dildo if you're brave enough!
@@sloshedtrain2 I think they call that a Judas Cradle :)
Lol 😂😂🤣
Now i get flashbacks from watching a news report of someone that had gotten stuck on a cast iron fence. The horror was that he had gotten himself speared up through the jaw...
This looks like a pyramid scheme to me
Honestly, I didn't expect this to become a Linux video, awesome! Though the most impressive thing is how that Intel chip managed to run all those games.
That's a nice penguin and Pentium powered pyramid PC, pal!
You have so much patience. I would of lit everything on fire when fighting with win 98
Try setting up mac os 9. It's even worse lol
@@rommix0 yeah genuinely even on hardware that’s supposed to run it lmao. Literally even finding the software is a pain in the ass
I believe i owe a big thanks to this video also sparking some love for older hardware in a newer case, but also just my love for PC stuff too.
Windows: "Are you kidding? We won't make any money running on this!"
Linux: [winks] Don't worry, we gotcha covered : )
Mac OS X: WHERE'S MY MONEH
linux: [winks] dont worr-- *ERROR FILE FORMAT INCOMPATIBILITY*
@@RoomerJ Linux can't run most games out there and that sucks