XP-x64-Lover

An individual with a burning passion regarding many things...Windows XP x64 being one of them.

Sex: Male. 🍌

- Main Computer -

PC Name: Majestic White Tiger aka (Twin Tiger).

Notes: This computer build is my ultimate Dream Computer since back in 2011. I've always wanted to max out my favourite OS XP x64 with Xeons! Lots of planning and research went into this build.

OS: Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 VL

Notes: What can I say, I love this OS! 

CPUs: 2x Intel Xeon E5-2699A v4

Notes: 32 Cores & 64 Threads usable on XP x64. (Yet with the One-Core API Mod it's limited to either 16 cores 32 threads or a flat 32 cores and no hyper-threading) I prefer the raw cores out of the two choices. The API Mod will throw a blue screen if you have more than 32 cores or threads. (At least for now)

MB: ASUS Z10PE-D16 WS.

Notes: A board with many options, I am happy with my choice! Every computer has it's quirks and things to discover. Especially when you are trying to run older operating systems bare metal on newer hardware.

NVMe SSDs: 1x SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2 2280 2TB PCI-Express Gen 4.0 x4, 2x PNY CS2140 500GB M.2 NVMe Gen4 x4, 1x SAMSUNG PM951 256 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0, 1x Kingston NV2 500G M.2 2280 NVMe.

Notes: I had to use an HBA card to use all these NVMe drives, four within the HBA card and one on the NVMe slot on the motherboard.

HDD: Seagate 16TB HDD Exos X16. (External Data)

Notes: I always wanted this capacity hard drive. I have network storage now but, keep this around for a cold backup.

Network HDDs: 3x Seagate Archive HDD v2 ST8000AS0002 8TB in a ZFS RAID allowing 16TB of Storage with one drive parity.

Notes: A temporary solution that gets the job done.

GPU: NVIDIA EVGA GEFORCE GTX TITAN X Superclocked (With ARCTIC Accelero Xtreme III Graphical Processing Unit Cooler).

Notes: This video card is amazing, I always wanted to have XP x64 running with it. Although, that third party cooler took many hours to install. It was a bit of a nightmare, very worth the effort though.

RAM: 4x Samsung M393AAK40B42-CWD 128GB 2S4Rx4 PC4-2666V DDR4-21300 ECC RDIMM = 512 GBs of 2400 MHz RAM.

Notes: One day I hope to have 1TBs of RAM.

PSU: EVGA 850 Watt 80+ Gold Certified (With 1x Thermaltake 140mm Pure A14 PWN Case Fan (Single Pack)-White CL-F110-PL14WT-B).

Notes: It does it's purpose, and I've had it since 2015 in other computers.

Case: Rosewill Wolf Alloy (Custom Modded).

Notes: Gave it a new paint job on front claw marks, now coloured white, gutted the harddrive and optical bays and added another fan mount in place of the optical bays. This case is very special to me, I've had it since 2015 and it is a younger cousin to the Rosewill R6AS5-BK case I used for my first ever custom PC build.

CPU Coolers: 2x Phanteks U-Type Dual Tower Heat-Sink CPU Cooler PH-TC12DX_BK (with 4x Thermaltake 120mm Pure A12 PWN Case Fan (Single Pack)-White CL-F109-PL12WT-B)

Notes: This heatsink does great and these fans go well with the overall theme.

Thermal Paste: Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 5.5 g Thermal Paste.

Notes: This thermal paste seems to kick butt at it's job. *Grizzly Noises*

Monitor: Dell E2314HF 23" FHD Widescreen LED LCD Monitor.

Notes: It's a decent monitor I found at a thrift store in the past, the only issue that has occurred recently is one dead pixel.

Case Fans: 4x Thermaltake Pure A12 120mm White LED PWM Controlled Hydraulic Bearing High Airflow High Performance Case/Radiator Fan, CL-F109-PL12WT-B and 3x Thermaltake 140mm Pure A14 PWN Case Fan (Single Pack)-White CL-F110-PL14WT-B.

Notes: A lovely glow of white to match my theme.

USB Card: Fresco Logic YEELIYA PCI-E to Type C (2),Type A (3) USB 3.0 5-Port PCI Express Expansion Card.

Notes: Just wanted an extra USB 3.0 controller, these things come in handy.

HBA Card: HighPoint 4-Port M.2 Rocket 1104 PCIe Gen3 NVMe HBA.

Notes: This card allows me to add four more NVMe SSDs, it seems to work well.