TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

Liquid Cool · Feb 7, 2013

One more...Game/Lan server setup from 2004. The Codegen cases were around for awhile...this one was built like a tank. If I recall correctly...the setup was close to 70 lbs.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Feb 8, 2013

Liquid Cool said:
Had to dip into my photo archives to find these.... I really like the Chieftec/Chenming cases. If you modded the 2 front and 2 rear fan holes for 92mm fans the cooling couldn't be beat...Although, I usually added a few more fans elsewhere...

By anychance you have some info on modding them for the 92mm fans? :toast:

Liquid Cool · Feb 8, 2013

T_M_S...

It's been so long ago I can't remember exactly what I did...but if I'm recalling correctly I just kept it simple and cut the metal grids out in the back and smoothed them out some...same with the front, but I didn't do any extra work because the fans hid the ugly stuff. The reason why I liked using the 92mm fans is because it was very straightforward. They fit perfectly. I probably stuffed these fans into a dozen or more cases back then. The CPU cooler was the cooler we discussed awhile back. It was the Thermaltake 13 I believe...with a ThermalTake duct and an acrylic 80 to 92mm adapter. Reminded me of my old Harley when I stuck it on there. I was pulling some pretty darn good temps with that setup on my 3200+, I discussed this extensively back in the AMDMB days...

These are the only pictures I could find. I did stick an old Soyo Platinum in there - For Nostalgia's Sake. Also...A shot of the internals that killed my fascination for the Chieftec/ChenMing cases...although, I stuck with the same fans - for awhile. Very tunable. I was about the first to have one...the now famous - Lian Li V1000. Actually miss that case.

stinger608 · Feb 8, 2013

wow Liquid, do you still have all them items?

TommyT · Feb 10, 2013

sorry that there are no pic yet. tommrow, after work i upload all of them also i got some new pic od some hadrware...

n3rdf1ght3r · Feb 10, 2013

I like how everything used to be multicoloured

My old P4 rig had a fan with 4 different coloured LEDs in one fan, well it has 2 now because some of the LEDs died of the years but you get my point.

m1919 · Feb 10, 2013

n3rdf1ght3r said:
I like how everything used to be multicoloured My old P4 rig had a fan with 4 different coloured LEDs in one fan, well it has 2 now because some of the LEDs died of the years but you get my point.

Lol, I loved the wide variety of colors and variation between the different motherboard manufacturers and gpu vendors back then. Red boards, silver, purple, black, green, gold. Now it's all mostly black motherboards and black pcbs for GPUs and everything else. If you're a Gigabyte kind of dude, you'll get blue motherboards.

Kinda boring now.

n3rdf1ght3r · Feb 10, 2013

m1919 said:
Lol, I love the wide variety of colors and variation between the different motherboard manufacturers and gpu vendors. Red boards, silver, purple, black, green, gold. Now it's all mostly black motherboards and black pcbs for GPUs and everything else. If you're a Gigabyte kind of dude, you'll get blue motherboards.

Kinda boring now.

That's true, but people have gotten into cable management so now everything is black to hide parts easily. Cases also have side panel windows now to show off hardware so I guess it looks nice if it didn't look like a rainbow inside. I always hated computers with 9 million different colours though, that might be because of my OCD.

m1919 · Feb 10, 2013

n3rdf1ght3r said:
That's true, but people have gotten into cable management so now everything is black to hide parts easily. Cases also have side panel windows now to show off hardware so I guess it looks nice if it didn't look like a rainbow inside. I always hated computers with 9 million different colours though, that might be because of my OCD.

Yeah, some color consideration had to be taken into account when setting up a rig back then lol.

I think the red boards tended to go well with most anything, I've got a MSI K8T Master2-FAR build in progress; red board, a pair of oldskool Thermalright SI-9XV heatsinks + WinFast A400 Ultra looks pretty good.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Feb 11, 2013

Liquid Cool said:
T_M_S...

It's been so long ago I can't remember exactly what I did...but if I'm recalling correctly I just kept it simple and cut the metal grids out in the back and smoothed them out some...same with the front, but I didn't do any extra work because the fans hid the ugly stuff. The reason why I liked using the 92mm fans is because it was very straightforward. They fit perfectly. I probably stuffed these fans into a dozen or more cases back then. The CPU cooler was the cooler we discussed awhile back. It was the Thermaltake 13 I believe...with a ThermalTake duct and an acrylic 80 to 92mm adapter. Reminded me of my old Harley when I stuck it on there. I was pulling some pretty darn good temps with that setup on my 3200+, I discussed this extensively back in the AMDMB days...

These are the only pictures I could find. I did stick an old Soyo Platinum in there - For Nostalgia's Sake. Also...A shot of the internals that killed my fascination for the Chieftec/ChenMing cases...although, I stuck with the same fans - for awhile. Very tunable. I was about the first to have one...the now famous - Lian Li V1000. Actually miss that case.

I miss the old Amdmb days. It's cool to meet another from there on here. :toast:

Thanks for the tip on the fans man.

Durvelle27 · Feb 14, 2013

Have some old hardware i just pulled earlier today. All came from a old HP that ran windows 98. Actually want to sell this stuff. All works found this while digging through my basement looking for some RAM

Intel Pentium II SL2S7 400MHz Slot 1

http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/SL/SL2S7.html

Quantum Bigfoot XT 5.25 Series Harddrive 12GB

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Bigfoot_(hard_drive)

Western Digital Caviar 10.2GB 102AA Hard Drive

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/legacy/Legacy.asp?Model=WD102AA

stinger608 · Feb 14, 2013

Sweet Durvelle!!

Added ya to the original post man!

m1919 · Feb 14, 2013

Durvelle27 said:
Have some old hardware i just pulled earlier today. All came from a old HP that ran windows 98. Actually want to sell this stuff. All works found this while digging through my basement looking for some RAM

Intel Pentium II SL2S7 400MHz Slot 1

http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/SL/SL2S7.html

http://imageshack.us/a/img4/1395/012ath.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img28/8741/013can.jpg

Quantum Bigfoot XT 5.25 Series Harddrive 12GB

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Bigfoot_(hard_drive)

http://imageshack.us/a/img26/8326/014kxs.jpg

Western Digital Caviar 100.2GB 102AA Hard Drive

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/legacy/Legacy.asp?Model=WD102AA

http://imageshack.us/a/img404/9322/015kps.jpg

Very cool, I've been wanting to get one of those Quantum Bigfoot drives for a while now.

stinger608 · Feb 14, 2013

Get ready!!! I will be posting pictures and details of my "Enter The Dragon" nostalgic build here and in the "Project Logs" forum seen HERE!

I will start with some basic pictures in this post, just to keep from cluttering the thread with a bunch of my posts. :laugh:

stinger608 · Feb 14, 2013

Saved for further information on the "Enter The Dragon" build.

Durvelle27 · Feb 14, 2013

stinger608 said:
Sweet Durvelle!!

Added ya to the original post man!

thx more pics coming as i find more stuff

Doc41 · Feb 14, 2013

stinger608 said:
Get ready!!! I will be posting pictures and details of my "Enter The Dragon" nostalgic build here and in the "Project Logs" forum seen HERE!

I will start with some basic pictures in this post, just to keep from cluttering the thread with a bunch of my posts.

sounds great :toast:

while shuffling cases for the ones i just got i found a pc i forgot i had

will post pics of it as soon as i find my dad's sinclair zx81

GreiverBlade · Feb 15, 2013

behold... Sapphire X800GT oh wait its a RV420 not 480 thought its labeled GT damned i got fooled (well not that much at 1$ the card im pretty much happy ... xD)
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/962/ATI_Radeon_X800_GT_AGP.html the "real" one

a bunch of "old but not so" GTX 560Ti OEM (a cutdown 448core GF110 to 352cores but retain the 320bit memory bus and the 1280mb ram.) and a Oem Albatron GT 405 (that crap lasted 46minutes the day i buyed a HP desktop as a base for my actual rigs... xD)

same as the GT 405 ... a ATI 9200SE p.o.s card for retail branded pc who claim "WOW GRAPHIC ATI/NVIDIA INSIDE "insert random MB amount here""

addition.

EDO ram woohoo

normaly a SoDIMM SDR pc100 32mb from a Dell Latitude CP with a PII 233

the famous PII233... funny i like that kind of package ... xD

i was wondering WTF is this it doesnt look like a standard ram module

the answer came from the PCB its a sync cache module ... i dont remember from where it is, i remember a Dell Optiplex GX1 with the PIII 450 i posted above, but i dont recall PIII having a sideport cache ... maybe from another "old" one i dont remember :laugh:

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Feb 16, 2013

I want to add that if anyone in the ConUS want to build a Nostalgia rig and needs parts, let me know as I have some I need to get rid of for the price of shipping. And it all works 100%. I am buying a new house and while packing up my old house I am going to lets some things go as I will never use it it as I have plenty of nostalgia stuff in my keep pile.

stinger608 · Feb 16, 2013

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
I want to add that if anyone in the ConUS want to build a Nostalgia rig and needs parts, let me know as I have some I need to get rid of for the price of shipping. And it all works 100%. I am buying a new house and while packing up my old house I am going to lets some things go as I will never use it it as I have plenty of nostalgia stuff in my keep pile.

Well first congrats on the buying of a new house bro!!!

I don't suppose the Koolance case is one of the items. :roll:

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Feb 17, 2013

stinger608 said:
Well first congrats on the buying of a new house bro!!!

I don't suppose the Koolance case is one of the items.

Nah I am keeping him. I have been wanting to do that build with those components for years man. LOL

In the new house he will have his own desk and special corner with the win 98 rig.

Random Murderer · Feb 17, 2013

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
I want to add that if anyone in the ConUS want to build a Nostalgia rig and needs parts, let me know as I have some I need to get rid of for the price of shipping. And it all works 100%. I am buying a new house and while packing up my old house I am going to lets some things go as I will never use it it as I have plenty of nostalgia stuff in my keep pile.

I'll toss my hat in that ring.
A few of my friends have been trying to get me to play on their private EQ server with them, but my PC crashes out to desktop at the login screen. Would much rather build an old-school rig than run a VM on this one. Shoot me a PM with the 98/2000 era hardware you have and I'll talk business with ya. :toast:

T-Bob · Feb 17, 2013

This is what is left from my first All-out Enthusiast build.

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stinger608 · Feb 17, 2013

T-Bob said:
This is what is left from my first All-out Enthusiast build.

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Just love the ole DFI boards!! I have a lanparty nf4 sli-dr with a Opty 175 that I am about to build up!

Added ya to the original post alos T-Bob! :respect:

GreiverBlade · Feb 17, 2013

gahhh and i almost won one of those DFI NF4 Mobo on Ricardo.ch for less than 10$ :banghead:

and i almost forgot to post my 1st pc cpu (oh wait i did had a Comodore with Win 3.1 and DOS 5.0 and a 386 as a 1st... bu i cant remember where i put the remnant ... oh maybe i still have the GW-basic or the DOS manual somewhere or i think i still have the Amiga mouse that was going with ...)

System Name	Graphics Card Free...
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX Wifi
Cooling	Cryorig M9a w/ BeQuiet! PureWings 2 ~ 92mm
Memory	Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 3200 ~ 16GB(2x8GB)
Storage	Samsung EVO 870 SSD - 1TB
Display(s)	AOC 24G2
Case	Cardboard...
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNova 550w G3
Mouse	Logitech t400 Zone Touch Mouse
Keyboard	IBM Model "M" Keyboard
Software	Manjaro ~ KDE Plasma
Benchmark Scores	She's a Runner!

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Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite Ax V2 / Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 r4.0 / Msi 970a Krait
Cooling	Msi Mag Core liquid / H100i / Cryo-pc Cooler
Memory	2 x32 GB Gskil Ripjaws v series / 4x 8gb G.Skill Snipers / 2x 8gb G.Skill Ripjaws
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Rx 6800xt / Msi RX580 / Gigabyte R9 290x
Storage	1tb M.2, 2tb wd / 500 gb ssd, 2x 2tb Wd Blacks/ 500 gb ssd, 1tb WD Black
Display(s)	Dell Ultra Sharp 2408 WFp / Hp w2207 / Sanyo tv
Case	Corsair 780t White / Raidmax Vampire / NZXT Phantom 240
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio
Power Supply	Corsair Rm 850 watt / Corsair TX 850 watt / Corsair TX 750 watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / Logitech G500s / Logitech wireless
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe / Corsair k50 / Logitech wireless
Software	Win 11 pro / Win 11 pro / Win 11 pro
Benchmark Scores	What are benchmarks anyway?

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Motherboard	MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX Wifi
Cooling	Cryorig M9a w/ BeQuiet! PureWings 2 ~ 92mm
Memory	Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 3200 ~ 16GB(2x8GB)
Storage	Samsung EVO 870 SSD - 1TB
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Case	Cardboard...
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNova 550w G3
Mouse	Logitech t400 Zone Touch Mouse
Keyboard	IBM Model "M" Keyboard
Software	Manjaro ~ KDE Plasma
Benchmark Scores	She's a Runner!

System Name	Dean Machine/2020 Ryzenfall
Processor	Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 5800X
Motherboard	MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Asus ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming Wifi
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	16 gigs Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer/32 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 1660 Super/EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid Gaming
Storage	Crucial SSD 256 and 2TB spinner/Dual Samsung 980 Pro M2 NVME 4.0
Display(s)	Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440
Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
Software	Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro

System Name	2024 Build
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Motherboard	ASUS Prime B650-Plus
Cooling	Artic Freezer 36 A-RGD
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHz CL36
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon RX 7600 Pulse OC
Storage	Samsung 980 500GB + Transcend SSD 512GB
Display(s)	MSI G255F
Case	Antec Three Hundred TWO
Power Supply	Corsair RM650 650W 80 PLUS Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 X
Keyboard	Logitech Prodigy G213 RGB
Software	Win 11 Pro

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

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stinger608

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m1919

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m1919

ThE_MaD_ShOt

Durvelle27

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stinger608

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m1919

stinger608

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stinger608

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Durvelle27

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Doc41

GreiverBlade

ThE_MaD_ShOt

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

ThE_MaD_ShOt

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

T-Bob

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stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

GreiverBlade

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Processor	Intel I7 960 OC @ 4GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte G.1 Guerilla
Cooling	Corsair H80
Memory	12gb G.Skill DDR3 1333MHz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Radeon 6950 2GB
Storage	120GB Samsung 840, 2x 1TB WD Black Raid 0
Display(s)	2X ACER S232HL
Case	Thermaltake Amour A90
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DX
Power Supply	600W OCZ MODXSTREAM PRO
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

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Processor	2x QFSC 10-Core Quality Sample "E5-2666 v3"
Motherboard	Asus Z10PE-D8 WS
Cooling	2x Cooler Master MasterLiquid 140mm
Memory	64GB Samsung DDR4 ECC 2133 Mhz
Video Card(s)	2x EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid + EVGA GTX 750 Ti
Storage	Corsair Force MP500 240GB, Samsung 850 Evo 250GB, 4x Corsair Force LE 480GB
Display(s)	LG Ultrawide 29", LG Ultrawide 25", Samsung SyncMaster 24", Samsung SyncMaster 22"
Case	Corsair Carbide Air 740
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster Z
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 1000P2
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Corsair K68 Cherry MX Red
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	Black Prometheus
Processor	\|AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Motherboard	ASRock B550M Pro4\|MSI X370 Gaming PLUS
Cooling	Thermalright PA120 SE \| AMD Stock Cooler
Memory	G.Skill 64GB(2x32GB) 3200MHz \| 32GB(4x8GB) DDR4
Video Card(s)	ASUS DirectCU II R9 290 4GB
Storage	Sandisk X300 512GB + WD Black 6TB+WD Black 6TB
Display(s)	LG Nanocell85 49" 4K 120Hz + ACER AOPEN 34" 3440x1440 144Hz
Case	DeepCool Matrexx 55 V3 w/ 6x120mm Intake + 3x120mm Exhaust
Audio Device(s)	LG Dolby Atmos 5.1
Power Supply	Corsair RMX850 Fully Modular\| EVGA 750W G2
Mouse	Logitech Trackman
Keyboard	Logitech K350
Software	Windows 10 EDU x64

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Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Motherboard	X570 Aorus Ultra
Cooling	Arctic LF II 280
Memory	2x8GB Crucial Ballistix 3600 MHz DDR4
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Red Devil 5700XT
Storage	Never Enough
Display(s)	ASUS VG248QE+ Dell E2420H
Case	LIAN LI Lancool II Mesh RGB
Audio Device(s)	Sennheiser HD518 / Logitech Z623
Power Supply	FSP AURUM PT 850W
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Logitech G810 Orion Spectrum
Software	Win 11
Benchmark Scores	All over the bench

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Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
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VR HMD	Medion Erazer
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Memory	4x 8GB G.Skill TridentX DDR3-1600 \| 2x 4GB G.Skill RipJaws 4 DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire AMD R9 295x2 \| PowerColor AMD HD7970
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Case	Thermaltake Suppressor F51 (stripped down to hold two radiators) \| Cooler Master Elite 130
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Power Supply	LEPA G1600-MA 1600W \| Corsair CX750M 750W
Software	Win 10 64
Benchmark Scores	over 9000 BungholioMarks, "Bitchin' Fast"

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Motherboard	ASRock Taichi x470 / ASRock x370 Gaming ITX
Cooling	EK monoblock - dual 360 rads / NH-U9S
Memory	G.Skill 16GB 3466c14 / Crucial 32GB 3733c16
Video Card(s)	TITAN / GTX 1070ti
Storage	WD BLACK 500GB SSD / 1TB M.2, 1TB 850 EVO
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Case	Dimastech Easy V3 / DA-2
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Power Supply	SeaSonic X-850 / SSR-650SGX
Mouse	Mionix NAOS 7000
Keyboard	Drevo GRAMR tkl
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