TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Doc41]

booohhhh intel ... before C2D : NOT WORTH IT!!!!!!! (half joke )

GPU: 9800GT obviously ... duh ...

lol i did decide to go with the 9800GT .....and i wish i had a wolfdale instead of this one and a different board.....honestly the S939 board i have with the NF4 chipset (to my surprise) can handle HDD's over 1TB while this one doesn't

 

[stinger608]

lol i did decide to go with the 9800GT .....and i wish i had a wolfdale instead of this one and a different board.....honestly the S939 board i have with the NF4 chipset (to my surprise) can handle HDD's over 1TB while this one doesn't

Na, its all awesome hardware and this is why we have the nostalgic hardware thread man! Its all part of it.

I don't know why, but I just think the world of ole hardware, no matter what it is.

 

[btarunr]

ahah... 9800GT 1gb from HP from my side ... well the 8800 and 9800 where the same tho
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too bad that one is "FUBAR" (tho i still have my 8800 Ultra with the Prolimatech MK-26 on)

I still remember the whirring startup sound during POST.

 

[Misaki]

 

[micropage7]

ooooh nice, you have 2 option: resurrect it or build a sleeper machine

 

[Misaki]

ooooh nice, you have 2 option: resurrect it or build a sleeper machine

I'm planning to build a server inside this case

 

[Mussels]

I'm planning to build a server inside this case

i've got a quad core Athlon II in a shitty case as well, it confuses people.

 

[micropage7]

I'm planning to build a server inside this case

looks pretty good, maybe you could put some work log
but server? how many hdd you gonna put there since basic case supports like 2 3,5 inch drives

 

[Misaki]

looks pretty good, maybe you could put some work log
but server? how many hdd you gonna put there since basic case supports like 2 3,5 inch drives

2x 2.5" (because 3.5's are loud) 1TB in RAID1

 

[eFatal2ty]

This is my personal High-End 2005 GamingPC Build for XP Gaming =DX9 2003-2006


TOXIC-PC05: MTB: DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D, Socket 939, nForce4 Ultra@SLI CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 4600+ 2.4GHz (Manchester), 1GHZ HT, 1MB L2Cache RAM: Corsair LLPRO 2048MB DDR438 CL2 Dual Channel VGA: 2xMSI nVidia GeForce 7900GTO@GTX 512MB DDR3 PCIE16x SLI SND: Creative SB X-Fi Fatal1ty Platinum 24Bit PCI + 5.25"panel HDD: 2x Seagate 320GB ST3320620AS 7200rpmn SATA300 RAID0 ROM: Sony AW-G170A 2xDVDRW + FDD 1.44MB BOX: Silverstone Kublai KL01 PSU: Enermax Liberty ELT500AWT 500W Modular ATX COOL: cpu: Zalman CNPS9900-NT; chip: Thermalright HR-05 SLI, case: 2xBattlefan 12cm Green LED LCD: DELL UltraSharp 2007FPb 20" 1600x1200 DVI DSK: Logitech MX5000 Cordless Desktop REPRO: Creative Inspire T3100 2.1 OSW: MS WinXP SP2 (DX9.0c, WMP10, IE7, Office 2003 Pro)

Enjoy

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Nice one Dude, welcome to TPU

how about a pic with the side off?

 

[eFatal2ty]

Here

 

[Misaki]

This is my personal High-End 2005 GamingPC Build for XP Gaming =DX9 2003-2006


TOXIC-PC05: MTB: DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D, Socket 939, nForce4 Ultra@SLI CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 4600+ 2.4GHz (Manchester), 1GHZ HT, 1MB L2Cache RAM: Corsair LLPRO 2048MB DDR438 CL2 Dual Channel VGA: 2xMSI nVidia GeForce 7900GTO 512MB DDR3 PCIE16x SLI SND: Creative SB X-Fi Fatal1ty Platinum 24Bit PCI + 5.25"panel HDD: 2x Seagate 320GB ST3320620AS 7200rpmn SATA300 RAID0 ROM: Sony AW-G170A 2xDVDRW + FDD 1.44MB BOX: Silverstone Kublai KL01 PSU: Enermax Liberty ELT500AWT 500W Modular ATX COOL: cpu: Zalman CNPS9900-NT; chip: Thermalright HR-05 SLI, case: 2xBattlefan 12cm Green LED LCD: DELL UltraSharp 2007FPb 20" 1600x1200 DVI DSK: Logitech MX5000 Cordless Desktop REPRO: Creative Inspire T3100 2.1 OSW: MS WinXP SP2 (DX9.0c, WMP10, IE7, Office 2003 Pro)

Enjoy

Are you still using it as a main rig? It would be enough for me tbh

 

[eFatal2ty]

No, it is just for XP gaming, i have another Main PC

 

[MaxiPro800]

It's me again!

I have updated my main PC:

Delux MG760 case
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3
1TB HDD
3GB DDR2
Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 1.8GHz@2.16GHz LGA775
Geforce 210 1GB PCI-E GPU
Winfast TV2000XP Expert TV-Tuner
TSSTCorp CD-RW\DVD-ROM + LG HL-DT-ST-GSA-H55N DVD-RW
Enlight Card Reader
Fortrex ST-400W PSU (Allied/APEX PSU clone with PFC,replaced Xinruilian fan with a Delta) - previous PSU was a Linkworld LPK2-30 in a Delux ATX-450W P4 casing.
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 / Xubuntu 15.04 dualboot.

Right now,a desktop shot,as I don't have my camera with me. Left is my Windows desktop and right is the Xubuntu desktop (smaller due to max res being 1152x864)

 

[Doc41]

So i finally decided to build me an XP gaming rig from what parts i got....after some thinking (skt478 or S939) i decided to go with this
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Gigabyte GA-8I945P-G/Intel Pentium D 940/2x1GB 2x512MB RAM/ Creative Audigy (for the few games that support EAX AdvHD) and just for fun....
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i get to decide between an X1600 pro, a 9800GT and a GTS 250.....well 2 cards are the same just different name (sadly that GTX295 poking on top is dead....)

But...i'll need to buy an HDD and find that winxp CD so i guess it'll take a few days to get ready

Done

 

[taz420nj]

LOL I just went back a few pages, and the fact that you guys classify Socket Athlons and Cores as ''nostalgic" really makes me feel old..

I got my first "real" computer when I was 11.. It was a 386 SX16 with 4MB of RAM and a 100MB hard drive. Back then RAM came in 30 pin SIMMs, which had to be installed in banks of four identical chips.. I remember going to the computer store and asking about an upgrade to 16MB.. It was around $500..

Anyone remember the "Turbo" button that cases used to have?

And just a few days ago I came across this Sears sale flyer in some of my old stuff.. It would've been from around Christmas 1993..

 

[GreiverBlade]

LOL I just went back a few pages, and the fact that you guys classify Socket Athlons and Cores as ''nostalgic" really makes me feel old..

I got my first "real" computer when I was 11.. It was a 386 SX16 with 4MB of RAM and a 100MB hard drive. Back then RAM came in 30 pin SIMMs, which had to be installed in banks of four identical chips.. I remember going to the computer store and asking about an upgrade to 16MB.. It was around $500..

Anyone remember the "Turbo" button that cases used to have?

And just a few days ago I came across this Sears sale flyer in some of my old stuff.. It would've been from around Christmas 1993..

nostalgic is not only about age and 386/486 make me nostalgic too

 

[rtwjunkie]

nostalgic is not only about age and 386/486 make me nostalgic too

Yep! Nostalgia is simply a fond memory of the past (which could be as little as a year ago). http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Nostalgia

 

[Mussels]

It's me again!

I have updated my main PC:

Delux MG760 case
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3
1TB HDD
3GB DDR2
Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 1.8GHz@2.16GHz LGA775
Geforce 210 1GB PCI-E GPU
Winfast TV2000XP Expert TV-Tuner
TSSTCorp CD-RW\DVD-ROM + LG HL-DT-ST-GSA-H55N DVD-RW
Enlight Card Reader
Fortrex ST-400W PSU (Allied/APEX PSU clone with PFC,replaced Xinruilian fan with a Delta) - previous PSU was a Linkworld LPK2-30 in a Delux ATX-450W P4 casing.
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 / Xubuntu 15.04 dualboot.

Right now,a desktop shot,as I don't have my camera with me. Left is my Windows desktop and right is the Xubuntu desktop (smaller due to max res being 1152x864)
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my god, i feel like i could rummage in my closet and pull out almost a matching system for that - except with an E5200 or Q6600 (not sure which one i kept and which i sold)

 

[Misaki]

It's me again!

I have updated my main PC:

Delux MG760 case
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3
1TB HDD
3GB DDR2
Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 1.8GHz@2.16GHz LGA775
Geforce 210 1GB PCI-E GPU
Winfast TV2000XP Expert TV-Tuner
TSSTCorp CD-RW\DVD-ROM + LG HL-DT-ST-GSA-H55N DVD-RW
Enlight Card Reader
Fortrex ST-400W PSU (Allied/APEX PSU clone with PFC,replaced Xinruilian fan with a Delta) - previous PSU was a Linkworld LPK2-30 in a Delux ATX-450W P4 casing.
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 / Xubuntu 15.04 dualboot.

Right now,a desktop shot,as I don't have my camera with me. Left is my Windows desktop and right is the Xubuntu desktop (smaller due to max res being 1152x864)
View attachment 66734

Install nvidia drivers and don't use xubuntu. Use antergos or manjaro (with XFCE) if you want to have a stable and fast OS. But I like Lapis Lazuli
You should use an Windows 7 x86 on 3GBs of RAM

If I wouldn't buy a DDR3, I would probably use a Pentium E5200 right now. Seriously, I know that's weird, but using old hardware just feels much much better. Can you guys relate to it?

By the way, I bought a new battery for my laptop. 1,5 - 3h on battery time, 8 years old laptop. I think it's not that bad... but this laptop weight is... 4kg!
You can only imagine how I look like when I'm trying to grab it in one hand. Soon I will be coming to UK with cabin baggage only. Laptop is taking 4kg of 10kg total limitation

 

[MaxiPro800]

Install nvidia drivers and don't use xubuntu. Use antergos or manjaro (with XFCE) if you want to have a stable and fast OS. But I like Lapis Lazuli
You should use an Windows 7 x86 on 3GBs of RAM

If I wouldn't buy a DDR3, I would probably use a Pentium E5200 right now. Seriously, I know that's weird, but using old hardware just feels much much better. Can you guys relate to it?

By the way, I bought a new battery for my laptop. 1,5 - 3h on battery time, 8 years old laptop. I think it's not that bad... but this laptop weight is... 4kg!
You can only imagine how I look like when I'm trying to grab it in one hand. Soon I will be coming to UK with cabin baggage only. Laptop is taking 4kg of 10kg total limitation

Xubuntu is not that bad. It's actually faster than my Windows install The small res problem fixed itself when I changed to this P35 motherboard. The first time I booted it with the GA-P35-DS3 it showed the logo (a thing the K9N SLi didn't) in my LCD's native res (1680x1050) and kept that res until the desktop showed (and even after).

The WMs I have on Xubuntu: i3, awesome, LXDE, XFCE, Cinnamon, KDE. I eradicated Unity from the original Ubuntu install,right after I installed xubuntu-desktop.

Running Windows 7 x64 on 3GB RAM isn't a problem,it's not slow because of that. The actual reason for which it's slow is that the 1TB drive I'm using runs at 5400RPM.

Fun fact: while my K9N SLi was silent,my P35-DS3 sounds like a jet plane

 

[Trekkie4]

After over a month, I'm finally back!

And while I don't have any new PC builds to share, I do have some new components. Not to mention my new showcase closet...

So, let's get started with this Evil Kyro... Don't remember if I showed it here or not, but here it is. Got it few months ago, still untested due to the lack of (free) time.



Also got this Creative SB AWE (CT3670), which needs to be tested. I was told it's somewhat rare model but to be honest, I'm not really into soundcards. Assuming it checks out OK, I'll see if I can trade it for 3dfx card(s). Also got dozens of other ISA & PCI cards, mainly video cards such as Trident & similar. Perfect material for 386 & 486 builds IMHO.



Just a small part of my retro collection... More in the next pic



What started like this...



... ended up looking like this! Thank god for those heavy-duty wall mounts

 

[Trekkie4]

Oh, and I don't believe I've ever showed you this one before... Just another fine sample of Pentium II, paired up with the almighty Voodoo2 card Unlike my other builds, this one was never about maxing out the specs, or running V2 in SLI. Instead, I just went for the tested (and therefore stable) recipe, following the steps of my own Pentium 2 from back in a day As you can see, it even has old-fashioned CD drive unit paired up with Quantum Fireball HDD!



Fun fact, this was actually one of my first retro builds, right after I've fully renovated my own Pentium 2. Which is why I've used almost the same specs, something which I didn't want to repeat again. Instead, it got me motivated to try things & see if i can make something more interesting, that's how I ended up with P3, 733Mhz running 256mb of RAM and Vodooo3 3000 card.

 

[Trekkie4]

Sorry for triple posting, but I found something really cool on YT... Check this out:

Not sure if I'd agree with the guy on the hardware choice however, I wouldn't dare to run the games from 2000 and 2001 on just 400MHz (well, technically I would, but I wouldn't want to do so), since I highly doubt that the CPU would have enough power to keep up with the video card, especially at higher resolution... Games like Deus Ex, Harry Potter & similar would most probably lag, so it's just not worth it IMHO.

Few months ago, I've kinda tried & did the same thing - my own retro/modern-ish Athlon 1800+ build, using 2x Voodoo2 under Win98 and GeForce4 4200Ti under WinXP. As far as I can tell, my project was a success and seems to be compatible with pretty much all the games between 1994 and 2005. Which (as we all know) is almost impossible under the normal circumstances due to one reason or another The only thing I can't do with my own build unfortunately is real DOS, which is why I'm running SCUMM VM for the older games such as Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis, Monkey Island & similar. The game DOES seem to be working in real DOS, but there's no sound, since the system only has on-board sound with (apparently) limited driver support.

What about you guys, what are your thoughts on "all-in-one" builds, which components would you recommend & use?