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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:    • [Electro] - Laszlo - Supernova [Monst...  
iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sup...
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Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
Video Link:    • Sugar High - Approaching Nirvana  
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Artist Link:    / approachingnirvana  

Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa   / 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?