TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

JunkBear · May 10, 2015

Just got from salvation store a brand new ATI Rage 128 Ultra with low profile reverse bracket that has screw hole on other side for older Compaq sff like Evo D510. 5$ Canadian. No marks on video connector, no marks on agp connectors and no marks on white stickers.

Mr.Scott · May 10, 2015

dorsetknob said:
one of the Few left them

My daily still resides in one.

Misaki · May 15, 2015

I just found my brother's PC in the basement. No boot since 2006. I want to buy some cooler and PSU from ~2005. My brother comes home in the next week, he will be surprised

GreiverBlade · May 15, 2015

Misaki said:
I just found my brother's PC in the basement. No boot since 2006. I want to buy some cooler and PSU from ~2005. My brother comes home in the next week, he will be surprised

NF7 and AXP FTW! (model of the AXP? and ... the graphic card sag ... or it's my imagination?

)

Random Murderer · May 15, 2015

GreiverBlade said:
NF7 and AXP FTW! (model of the AXP? and ... the graphic card sag ... or it's my imagination? )

Was wondering which AXP as well.
And no, that's not sag. That's board flex from those old Zalman flower-style coolers. My X800 did the same with a vf700(same cooler as the one in the pic, except mine was copper). You can clearly see the board is perfectly flat until the GPU core, then the rest of the card is at an angle.

Misaki · May 15, 2015

GreiverBlade said:
NF7 and AXP FTW! (model of the AXP? and ... the graphic card sag ... or it's my imagination? )

Random Murderer said:
Was wondering which AXP as well.
And no, that's not sag. That's board flex from those old Zalman flower-style coolers. My X800 did the same with a vf700(same cooler as the one in the pic, except mine was copper). You can clearly see the board is perfectly flat until the GPU core, then the rest of the card is at an angle.

It's powerful :rockout:

GreiverBlade · May 15, 2015

Misaki said:
It's powerful

ahaha a 2600+ i have the exactly same model on my shelf, i bought it when i thought my AXP was a 2200+ but it was a 2800+

(no regret, a nice addition to my collection and only 5$ shipping inclusive from Denmark )

Mr.Scott · May 16, 2015

T-Bred core.
Barton would have been nicer.

GreiverBlade · May 16, 2015

Mr.Scott said:
T-Bred core.
Barton would have been nicer.

wait a sec... "check number on mine" nope mine is a Barton ... AXDA2600KV4D well yep not exactly the same

duh ... no Thoroughbred in the collection :cry:

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare_CPUs/AMD_AXDA2600DKV3D,AMD_AXDA2600DKV4D/?

Mr.Scott · May 16, 2015

Barton's have a slightly bigger die than the T-Bred's, that's why I didn't need to see the tag.
Barton's have more cache than the T-Bred's do, that's why they're a little more desirable, although I have T-Bred's that will OC just as well. Stepping plays a big part in the socket A silicon lottery.
Love this thread BTW. Keep the pics coming.

Devon68 · May 16, 2015

I just found my brother's PC in the basement. No boot since 2006. I want to buy some cooler and PSU from ~2005. My brother comes home in the next week, he will be surprised

As it was not used for so many years I'm simply surprised that only so little amount of dust is in the case. Or did you clean it before posting the pic?

Misaki · May 16, 2015

Devon68 said:
As it was not used for so many years I'm simply surprised that only so little amount of dust is in the case. Or did you clean it before posting the pic?

No, it was pretty well covered.

GreiverBlade · May 18, 2015

HELLLLLL YEAAAAAAAAH!

new beauty incomming soon ... shall i give a hint or eventually the full review link (TPU review

) hehehe...

micropage7 · May 18, 2015

Misaki said:
It's powerful

wow, back to college era, when i read about cracking AMD die coz of tight cooler, its a nice processor but its kinda horror when you tight the cooler

ThE_MaD_ShOt · May 18, 2015

micropage7 said:
wow, back to college era, when i read about cracking AMD die coz of tight cooler, its a nice processor but its kinda horror when you tight the cooler

I set a crap load of coolers on socket A procs and never once crushed a core. As long as you take your time and make sure the cooler is flat on the die the chance of crushing the core is next to none.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · May 18, 2015

Shuttle XPC 2007 ?

FG31 mobo
Pentium E5200 @2.5ghz
3gb ram
ASUS 9500GT
7.1 onboard sound
500gb WD hdd

http://www.shuttle.eu/products/discontinued/barebones/sg31g2/

GreiverBlade · May 18, 2015

micropage7 said:
wow, back to college era, when i read about cracking AMD die coz of tight cooler, its a nice processor but its kinda horror when you tight the cooler

yep and i also noticed it miss one of the pressure pads (the "security" measure... :roll:

) on the bottom right... gotta pay attention to that @Misaki

tho i never cracked any of my Athlon be it Thud or Barton only my Duron (Spitfire) got a side cracked and still worked fine

Trekkie4 · May 18, 2015

micropage7 said:
wow, back to college era, when i read about cracking AMD die coz of tight cooler, its a nice processor but its kinda horror when you tight the cooler

It's all balanced perfectly fine until you lose one of those heatsink rubber cushions, that's when you can easily cause some serious damage if you're not being careful ... talking from personal experience

I even had a weird situation where the system refused to boot up (Athlon 2400+, I think & Gigabyte something board, red PCB) and it seemed to be toasted until I took the CPU cooler off. For some reason it wasn't seated properly on the CPU, rubber cushions were too thin & didn't have enough clearance which caused short circuit, I guess? Didn't have any permanent damage from what I can tell, so I can't tell for sure that it really was a short circuit behind the problem. Either way, system booted up perfectly fine when I took the Spire FalconRock 2 off the board. Frankly speaking, Falcon Rock is pretty hefty piece of hardware, so I'm not surprised

Right, I definitely remember posting these pics a while ago, when I 1st joined TechPowerup forum

Took me a while to find them though, and it wasn't Gigabyte like I thought so, but I DO have a spare Gigabyte board among the spare parts, same specs & also the same, red PCB color.

Mr.Scott · May 19, 2015

Trekkie4 said:
I even had a weird situation where the system refused to boot up (Athlon 2400+, I think & Gigabyte something board, red PCB) and it seemed to be toasted until I took the CPU cooler off. For some reason it wasn't seated properly on the CPU, rubber cushions were too thin & didn't have enough clearance which caused short circuit, I guess? Didn't have any permanent damage from what I can tell, so I can't tell for sure that it really was a short circuit behind the problem.

That's what TweakMonster shims are for.

JunkBear · May 19, 2015

GreiverBlade said:
HELLLLLL YEAAAAAAAAH!

new beauty incomming soon ... shall i give a hint or eventually the full review link (TPU review ) hehehe...

It's not place for new hardware here it's Nostalgic.

Athlonite · May 19, 2015

micropage7 said:
wow, back to college era, when i read about cracking AMD die coz of tight cooler, its a nice processor but its kinda horror when you tight the cooler

easy peasy with a shim

JunkBear · May 19, 2015

I got some cheap coolers two of same model a while ago. Aluminum blocks with wavy fins all around and a 70mm fan that wind up near 3500-4000 rpm. Brand : Dr. Thermal Overclocking cooler for Athlon 1200+ TI-S7740L

GreiverBlade · May 19, 2015

JunkBear said:
It's not place for new hardware here it's Nostalgic.

ah ah ah ... does "new beauty" significate obligatory "new hardware" ... i sense a Canadian joke? am i wrong ...

proof that this new beauty (who will be new at my house, but not in the years count since the 1st produced.) has a place here.
this is the review from TPU
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/DFI/LPNF4UD/

a really cool deal ... 1.10$ and it will replace the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum i use now for Nemesis (Nf3 AGP for a Nf4 Ultra PCIeX ? well ... still a 10yrs old board) pics following soon the seller send it today in economy shipping i should receive it Thursday.

JunkBear · May 19, 2015

GreiverBlade said:
ah ah ah ... does "new beauty" significate obligatory "new hardware" ... i sense a Canadian joke? am i wrong ...

proof that this new beauty (who will be new at my house, but not in the years count since the 1st produced.) has a place here.
this is the review from TPU
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/DFI/LPNF4UD/

a really cool deal ... 1.10$ and it will replace the MSI K8N Neo2 Ultra i use now for Nemesis (Nf3 AGP for a Nf4 Ultra PCIeX ? well ... still a 10yrs old board) pics following soon the seller send it today in economy shipping i should receive it Thursday.

It was not a joke.

GreiverBlade · May 19, 2015

JunkBear said:
It was not a joke.

ok next time i will write "New vintage beauty" ... :roll:

or "New (in my house) but not in the time (of production) beauty"

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	Master
Processor	Pair of Xeon X5675's @ 4.3
Motherboard	SR-2 Classified
Memory	12 GB of Corsair Dominator GT's @ 2000 7-7-7-21
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX680
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750

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/Gorilla Glass Victus 2/front-stock back-JSAUX RGB transparent
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/USAMS GAN PD 33w/USAMS GAN 100w
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75%/Lofree Edge/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 14/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

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	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/Gorilla Glass Victus 2/front-stock back-JSAUX RGB transparent
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/USAMS GAN PD 33w/USAMS GAN 100w
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75%/Lofree Edge/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 14/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

JunkBear

Mr.Scott

Misaki

GreiverBlade

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

Misaki

GreiverBlade

Mr.Scott

GreiverBlade

Mr.Scott

Devon68

Misaki

GreiverBlade

micropage7

ThE_MaD_ShOt

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

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GreiverBlade

System Name	Ryzen 2023
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700
Motherboard	Asrock B650E Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	G Skill Flare X5 2x16gb cl32@6000 MHz
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon RX 6950 XT Nitro + gaming Oc
Storage	WESTERN DIGITAL 1TB 64MB 7k SATA600 Blue WD10EZEX, WD Black SN850X 1Tb nvme
Display(s)	LG 27GP850P-B
Case	Corsair 5000D airflow tempered glass
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime GX-850W
Mouse	A4Tech V7M bloody
Keyboard	Genius KB-G255
Software	Windows 10 64bit

System Name	Agent Texas / Selene / Eve
Processor	Ryzen7 5800x / Fx 8350 / Fx 8350
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?

System Name	Party On
Processor	Xeon w 3520
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty
Cooling	Big tower thing
Memory	6 gb Ballistix Tracer
Video Card(s)	HD 7970
Case	a plank of wood
Audio Device(s)	seperate amp and 6 big speakers
Power Supply	Corsair
Mouse	cheap
Keyboard	under going restoration

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

System Name	Cumquat 2021
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s)	PowerColor HellHound RX7800XT 2550cclk/2450mclk
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX7800XT via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 24H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)