Time for a new variation of the dual XP and Windows 10 workshop PC.

Hardware

This time I have gone for mATX in a Fractal Design Mini C, a Asus Z77M-Pro, i7 3770k, 16GB DRR3 1600mhz, GTX 980ti. To move over all my harddrives I had to 3D print a top 120mm fan mounted 3×3.5″ sata drives. Inside I also have a 2.5Gbe network card and a PCIe parallel/serial card to allow all my programmers to still work. I chose the Z77 as it has built in USB3 and 3rd gen support and overclocking support. But finding a Z77 board in mATX was really hard and I had to get it expensive from AliExpress. This Asus board is still extremely fussy with ram too, none of the fancy corsair, gskill ram worked, it has the plain kingston ram in it and works fine.

XP install

Nothing too special with the XP install, the SSD just moved across from my last install. I had to change the sata controller over to IDE mode and it booted fine. Reinstalled the GPU drivers and chipset drivers and it was good to go. The only thing that doesnt work is the 2.5Gbe card as there are no compatible drivers.

Windows 10

Nothing special here, all the regular stuff, just the specs in the photos.