I was too poor to afford this - Rebuilding a Dream Machine from 2001 Maximum PC

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Sometimes PC DREAMS DO become reality! We’ve assembled high-end gaming parts of years past to build our top tier fantasy retro desktop rig. But there are a more than a few hiccups, and maybe our Dreams will transform into nightmares. Y2K more like WHY-2K? Either way, the 2001 Dream Machine from Maximum PC is here.

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY
iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712
Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI
Listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/UxWkUw
Artist Link: http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana

Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/
Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0  https://geni.us/PgGWp
Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4
Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro – CPU
1:00 Motherboard
1:58 RAM
3:08 Case
4:08 Why don’t they do this anymore?
5:06 The “Deathstar”
6:57 The Disk Drives
8:23 Power Supplies can be “NICE” too
9:21 GPU
10:00 Does it turn on? and also other Add-in Cards
11:40 This Monitor is SICK
12:11 This Mouse and Keyboard are NOT
13:21 This Audio Setup still holds up today.
16:47 Playing Games – this thing can push THAT much?

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