TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

STIG_ZA · Dec 1, 2014

Finally uploading pix of slot 1 Pentium 3/windows 98SE build:

Media vision PAS16.......old even back then but sounds quite nice

Not the biggest heatsink but fan spins at 6000rpm so runs cool enough

Case is not so bad but is missing both side panels. Has original Pentium 2 sticker on the front still as i dont have any p3 ones

So current specs are:
500Mhz Pentium 3
Gigabyte BX2000
Gigabyte radeon 9250 128mb
256Mb Apacer PC100 SDRAM(with cas latency of 2 not 3 like most pc100)
20Gb Seagate U10
media vision pas16
Freecom, just a re-badged NEC CD-RW drive
OEM 250W PSU from 1999

Runs all the games of the time nicely :rockout:

TRWOV · Dec 1, 2014

Woot! Broke my previous 3dm06 record with the 3850 AGP:

http://www.3dmark.com/compare/3dm06/17693928/3dm06/17075086

edit: grammar

Ruru · Dec 3, 2014

Not bad!

I found also a SCSI card which I installed also to that retro-PC. All I need now is some SCSI drives.

Ruru · Dec 3, 2014

Too tired to take photos from those treasures now

Been tuning my X58 platform, a "slight" overclock running now, 2667MHz @ 4448MHz and somehow I managed to get 4x4GB modules on triple channel :toast:

Damn, this little beast overclocks like mad!

agent00skid · Dec 4, 2014

My father came around with an old computer that was going to be thrown out. It had a Waveterminal 192L sound card.

And the CPU cooler was loose, so I removed it. What a terrible TIM job. :S

Ruru · Dec 4, 2014

Haha, very interesting TIM job indeed!

STIG_ZA · Dec 4, 2014

They thought, more tim = better

Random Murderer · Dec 4, 2014

agent00skid said:
My father came around with an old computer that was going to be thrown out. It had a Waveterminal 192L sound card.
View attachment 60713
And the CPU cooler was loose, so I removed it. What a terrible TIM job. :S
View attachment 60714

That's a pretty damn good sound card. Nice pull!

Ruru · Dec 5, 2014

STIG_ZA said:
They thought, more tim = better

I was thinking the same.

JunkBear · Dec 5, 2014

9700 Pro said:
I was thinking the same.

Some girls still think the same about make-up.

Ruru · Dec 6, 2014

JunkBear said:
Some girls still think the same about make-up.

Now come here and clean this beer from my keyboard, you've made my day

Offtopic, damn I miss my old apartment for one reason... It had 100/100Mbit cable.. Now I have just 2/2Mbit ADSL

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3963612772.png

LOL I just noticed that you have exactly twice the amount of messages posted here in TPU than me! :toast:

JunkBear · Dec 6, 2014

9700 Pro said:
Now come here and clean this beer from my keyboard, you've made my day

Offtopic, damn I miss my old apartment for one reason... It had 100/100Mbit cable.. Now I have just 2/2Mbit ADSL

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3963612772.png

LOL I just noticed that you have exactly twice the amount of messages posted here in TPU than me!

Nope...too afraid that beer isn't the only fluid I find on your keyboard.

Ruru · Dec 6, 2014

JunkBear said:
Nope...too afraid that beer isn't the only fluid I find on your keyboard.

Stop that or I die because of laughing.

JunkBear · Dec 6, 2014

9700 Pro said:
Stop that or I die because of laughing.

If you die laughing of that your life must be damn boring. My jokes are bad and you should feel bad.

kazz · Dec 6, 2014

talking about network and nostalgic hardware, i was brought one of these frome ebay some time ago:

it is some rare wifi card what uses some special connection bus what can find only on certain earli 00s asus motherboards.
and actually my asus a7v800 happens to be one of suitable mobo, but unfortunately i was unable to get that thing working, it was discovered
networks and tried multiple settings but no sucsess, might be defective part or just compatibility issue with both of wifi routers what i have.

notable thing - that card is brand new what i have, it was never before opened box

(picture is just illustratve and from internet)

GreiverBlade · Dec 18, 2014

kazz said:
talking about network and nostalgic hardware, i was brought one of these frome ebay some time ago:

it is some rare wifi card what uses some special connection bus what can find only on certain earli 00s asus motherboards.
and actually my asus a7v800 happens to be one of suitable mobo, but unfortunately i was unable to get that thing working, it was discovered
networks and tried multiple settings but no sucsess, might be defective part or just compatibility issue with both of wifi routers what i have.

notable thing - that card is brand new what i have, it was never before opened box (picture is just illustratve and from internet)

DAMN! it's what i should got when i won the auction ... but no i ended to get a Shuttle AK10V1.0 in a ASUS nf4 (and the advertised product was a nf4 deluxe with the Wifi@Home ext card) well i didn't bitched about it since i got the auction for 1chf ahah ... at last i didn't lost anything and even got a supplemental SDR PC100 stick for my collection and a Athlon 750

tho your pics make me angry for some reason

kazz · Dec 19, 2014

GreiverBlade said:
DAMN! it's what i should got when i won the auction ... but no i ended to get a Shuttle AK10V1.0 in a ASUS nf4 (and the advertised product was a nf4 deluxe with the Wifi@Home ext card) well i didn't bitched about it since i got the auction for 1chf ahah ... at last i didn't lost anything and even got a supplemental SDR PC100 stick for my collection and a Athlon 750

tho your pics make me angry for some reason

there is no reason at all to be angry if You really like that item, as I said I was not able to get it running (dont know if deffective product or just uncompability with modern routers)
and I was brought it for actual usage not collection.. so I can sell it with similar price I was brought it, if You are interested lets talk via private message

stinger608 · Dec 27, 2014

Have had this a couple of years now. I guess one could sort of consider a GTX560 as nostalgic? LOL

Everything is brand new unopened/unused except for the actual video card.

GreiverBlade · Dec 27, 2014

stinger608 said:
Have had this a couple of years now. I guess one could sort of consider a GTX560 as nostalgic? LOL

Everything is brand new unopened/unused except for the actual video card.

YES! remember i posted a GTX560 448 when i started on this thread

Misaki · Dec 31, 2014

Well, it's not that retro, but I bought an used laptop. Cost: 160PLN. No HDD, no PSU and GPU with cold soldering joints. (160PLN = 46$)

For the first time I had an hotair in my hands. But it works

Acer Aspire 5530 - Athlon X2 QL-60 1.9GHz, 2GB DDR2, HD3200 128MB, WD 250GB.

"Hey mom, look, it glows like a MacBook!"

Cappy quality ftw.

Screenshot

I love this laptop. Cheap, fast, nice design.

GreiverBlade · Dec 31, 2014

Misaki said:
Well, it's not that retro, but I bought an used laptop. Cost: 160PLN. No HDD, no PSU and GPU with cold soldering joints. (160PLN = 46$)

For the first time I had an hotair in my hands. But it works
Acer Aspire 5530 - Athlon X2 QL-60 1.9GHz, 2GB DDR2, HD3200 128MB, WD 250GB.

"Hey mom, look, it glows like a MacBook!"

Cappy quality ftw.

Screenshot

I love this laptop. Cheap, fast, nice design.

retro enough ... to bad it's ACER... urghh i hate that brand almost as bad as i hate Razer or Alienware/Dell so many fails with them an never a good product ... well my Destructor still do fine but hey .... it's a mousemat not that hard to do it right ...

PS: if my E8400 setup is retro enough then a AX2 QL-60 is enough retro too if we say 6month in computer is dinosaur then what is 6 yrs (both setup are from around 2008

) and soo we are in 2015

MaxiPro800 · Jan 1, 2015

Just replaced my main rig's small uATX case with something better:

It's a Delux MG760-BMW case. Got it free from a friend,and came with 2 DVD drives and a Enlight SD card reader.

Some of you may or may not like it,but IMO it's a HUGE improvement. My temps went down 10*C (so they are around 25-30, before they were 38-40) with it..

Also I rewired the 4 front leds so 2 are for power and 2 are for the HDD.

The specs inside the case are:

MB - ASUS P3-AE5 motherboard (M2V-TVM)
Memory - 1.50GB RAM DDR2
HDD - 1TB Samsung HD103SI
CD/DVD - HL-DT-ST GSA-H55N DVD writer
Samsung CD-ROM drive
GPU - ASUS EN210 (Geforce 210) 1GB PCI-E video card
TV Tuner - Leadtek WinFast TV2000XP TV Tuner
CPU - AMD Sempron 3400+ AM2
USB - Enlight SD/MMC/CF/xD card reader
PSU - Delux ATX-450W P4 PSU
Operating System - Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64

Trekkie4 · Jan 1, 2015

I've stumbled upon this topic while searching for something on Google and just had to join the conversation (and TechPowerUp forum, in order to do so)

I own quite a retro collection, featuring 20+ old systems & pretty much the same amount of 3dfx Voodoo cards. Here's some of my stuff, although I have lots more around the boxes & under my desk

TRWOV · Jan 1, 2015

MaxiPro800 said:
Just replaced my main rig's small uATX case with something better:
View attachment 61254

It's a Delux MG760-BMW case. Got it free from a friend,and came with 2 DVD drives and a Enlight SD card reader.

I used to have a case like that but with a different face plate

stinger608 · Jan 1, 2015

Welcome to the forums and this awesome thread @Trekkie4 !!!! That is a crazy awesome collection you have man. :respect:

I have, of course, added you to the list in the original post. :respect:

System Name	HEXA
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @4.4
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Master
Cooling	Corsair H115i XT + ML140 pro fans
Memory	2x 8Gb Corsair Vengance pro 3600mhz
Video Card(s)	Zotac GTX1080Ti amp! extreme core edition
Storage	500GB sabrent pcie 4.0, 500GB samsung 750 Evo, 500gb crucial mx500, 4tb seagate
Display(s)	Asus PG279Q
Case	Corsair 500D
Audio Device(s)	Fiio K5 pro
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x white
Mouse	Corsair m65 pro rgb
Keyboard	Corsair K70 Lux rgb(mx brown)
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64bit

System Name	Dell-y Driver
Processor	Core i5-10400
Motherboard	Asrock H410M-HVS
Cooling	Intel 95w stock cooler
Memory	2x8 A-DATA 2999Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	UHD 630
Storage	1TB WD Green M.2 - 4TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	Asus PA248 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Dell Vostro 270S case
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Dell 220w
Software	Windows 10 64bit

System Name	4K-gaming / media-PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i7-6700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero / Asus Z170-A
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50 / Thermaltake Contac 21
Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 10GB / RX 6700 XT
Storage	3.3TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D AF White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s)	Creative Omni BT speaker
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750W / Fractal ION Gold 550W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 / Logitech G400s
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	They run Crysis

System Name	4K-gaming / media-PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i7-6700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero / Asus Z170-A
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50 / Thermaltake Contac 21
Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 10GB / RX 6700 XT
Storage	3.3TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D AF White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s)	Creative Omni BT speaker
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750W / Fractal ION Gold 550W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 / Logitech G400s
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	They run Crysis

System Name	Waterfall \| xe
Processor	Core i3-12100F \| i5-1240P
Motherboard	Gigabyte B660M-DS3H \| HP laptop
Cooling	Custom Watercooling \| Stock laptop
Memory	2*16GB \| 16GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	RX 5700 with WC blocks \| Iris Xe
Storage	Intel 660 1TB + Crucial BX100 500GB \| 1TB SSD
Display(s)	U24E850R+U2515H \| Internal 16"
Case	Be Quiet! Dark Base 900 \| Laptop
Audio Device(s)	Audio 2 DJ + Xenyx Q802USB \| Realtek
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W \| 65W USB-C Power brick
Mouse	Logitech M330
Keyboard	Logitech G610 Orion Brown \| Laptop
Software	Gentoo + Windows 10 Pro \| Gentoo

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

STIG_ZA

TRWOV

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

agent00skid

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

STIG_ZA

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

JunkBear

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

JunkBear

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

JunkBear

kazz

GreiverBlade

kazz

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

GreiverBlade

Misaki

GreiverBlade

MaxiPro800

Trekkie4

TRWOV

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

System Name	TOO MUCH RADIATOR! \| The TV Box a.k.a. The Shoebox
Processor	Core i7 4930K @ 4.5GHz \| Core i5 6600K @ 4.5GHz
Motherboard	Asus X79 Rampage IV Extreme \| Asus Z170i Pro Gaming
Cooling	Custom water on CPU and GPU, dual 360mm radiators \| Corsair H80i
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
Storage	Samsung SSD 830 256GB, various others \| 2x 1TB Seagate Barracudas in RAID1
Display(s)	Dell U2713HM 2560x1440 IPS \| Panasonic TC-L32E5 1080p IPS TV
Case	Thermaltake Suppressor F51 (stripped down to hold two radiators) \| Cooler Master Elite 130
Audio Device(s)	RM-DAC -> Xiang Sheng 708b -> Sennheiser HD650 \| HDMI sound device on 7970
Power Supply	LEPA G1600-MA 1600W \| Corsair CX750M 750W
Software	Win 10 64
Benchmark Scores	over 9000 BungholioMarks, "Bitchin' Fast"

System Name	HTPC
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.00/6M/1333
Motherboard	AsRock G31M-GS R2.0
Cooling	CoolerMaster Vortex 752 - Black
Memory	4 Go (2x2) Kingston ValueRam DDR2-800
Video Card(s)	Asus EN8600GT/HTDP/512M
Storage	WD 3200AAKS
Display(s)	32" Irico E320GV-FHD
Case	Aerocool Qx-2000
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax NoiseTaker 2 - 465w
Mouse	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (M510)
Keyboard	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (K350)
Software	Win_7_Pro-French
Benchmark Scores	Windows index : 6.5 / 6.5 / 5.6 / 6.3 / 5.9

System Name	K7
Processor	AMD Athlon XP 3200+ @ ~2,4GHz /socekt A
Motherboard	Asus A7V880 /KT880
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper series with 2x 80x80mm Arctic FANS
Memory	2x1GB Corsair XMS PC4000 dual @ ~440MHz
Video Card(s)	HIS Radeon HD4670 1GB AGP
Storage	STEC Mach8 SSD 50GB SATA
Display(s)	23" LG Flatron IPS231
Audio Device(s)	Creative SB Live! CT4830
Power Supply	350W Enermax

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb DDR4 3600/8gb DDR3 1600/2gbLPDDR3/8gbLPDDR5x/16gb(10 sys)LPDDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/Radeon 780M 6gb LPDDR5
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/4tb SN850X
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/7" FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Moondrop Chu II + TRN BT20S
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

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	Star Platinum
Processor	Intel Core i5-3470 3.20GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B75M-D3H
Cooling	EKL
Memory	16GB DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX650 1GB GDDR5
Storage	2x Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB SATA II
Display(s)	Samsung 43 inch
Case	Delux MG760
Audio Device(s)	Realtek High Definition Audio + X-Fi XtremeGamer SB0730
Power Supply	FSP Bluestorm II 500W
Mouse	ASUS RoG Cerberus mouse
Keyboard	Marvo KM400 keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809

System Name	Adison "Open Space" 19
Processor	Intel Pentium II, 350MHz
Motherboard	Chaintech 6BTM, Slot 1
Cooling	SECC Cartridge
Memory	1x 64MB, PC100
Video Card(s)	ATI Rage IIc AGP, Diamond Monster 3DII 12MB
Storage	BTC BCD-40XH, Quantum Fireball 3.5 Series, EX6.4 GB
Display(s)	LG StudioWorks 57M
Case	Adison Midi Tower, ATX
Audio Device(s)	Creative SoundBlaster 128
Power Supply	Codegen 300W
Mouse	Genius SlimStar 110, PS/2
Keyboard	Genius SlimStar 110, PS/2
Software	Microsoft Windows 98