TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

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Yea my car is getting some much needed love so this is going slowly. I was going to toss it in my spare Enthoo Pro but gave that to the missus instead. So I'm slowly modding my Raidmax Scorpio which was my first aftermarket case to take water parts. Going to be a hybrid rigid and soft tube setup.

Cannot wait to see this!! Keep us updated!

 

[Mr.Scott]

Thanks for the offer, fellow Trekkie I was thinking of Athlon (or Duron? Or even both lol) between 1 and 1.3 GHz Therefore Duron 1000 or Athlon 1500. Something that has enough muscle to "pull" games like Grand Theft Auto 3 & Vice City, yet old & slow enough to keep it compatible with my DFI AK-75EC mobo which doesn't work with Athlon 1700+ and higher. I know that for sure, because I already tried it out once & fried the CPU in the process. Not because of the mobo, but because of the stupid cooler-mounting mistake that I've done because I was in the rush to get it done, but that's a whole other story.

So, these would probably work for you then?
Athlon 1400 Thunderbird A1400AMS3C
Duron 1200 Morgan DHD1200AMT1B

 

[Trekkie4]

So, these would probably work for you then?
Athlon 1400 Thunderbird A1400AMS3C
Duron 1200 Morgan DHD1200AMT1B

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Yes, both of them would make a perfect match

 

[bogmali]

Did someone say "Nostalgic?"

 

[Trekkie4]

Got the Celeron maching up & running! Woohoo, finally! Seriously guys, this thing was a PITA, right from the very beginning! First it didn't want to boot, kept signaling bad (or no) RAM error message. Then after swapping dozens of modules, I've came up with this slightly bizarre & desperate solution - to soak the entire memory bank & module itself into the contact cleaning solution which surprisingly enough worked right away, system FINALLY booted up. But then it kept signaling FDD error.... Long story short, it turned out to be the drive itself, stepper motor (technically the shaft itself) somehow got decoupled from the end guide, shaft holder & so the entire thing was seized up & couldn't move at all. After an hour or so fiddling with FDD unit, I finally managed to get it fixed Other than that, I also had HDD troubles ... so I replaced it for another WD drive, which I took out from that AMD machine. Unfortunately, this other WD hard drive is ALSO having (weird) problems, it just took me ages to realize that so I swapped it for the 3rd Maxtor one! Hopefully it's going to work now, because I'm really tired of messing around with this system *sigh*

 

[Mr.Scott]

Did someone say "Nostalgic?"

Guess you'll be needing one of these then.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Yes, both of them would make a perfect match

You have a message then.

 

[Trekkie4]

You have a message then.

Answered, thanks!

 

[MaxiPro800]

Hi guys! I'm Andrei and i just discovered this awesome thread. I decided to join the forum and in my first post i will present my first PC. It's not quite vintage but it was purchased a decade ago on January 7, 2004. It was a custom build system.

Here are the specs:

Case: EMPEROR RJA52
Motherboard: DFI PS83-BL, Chipset Intel 865PE, FSB 800 MHz Hyper-Threading, 4 x Dual Channel DDR400, AGP8x, 5 x PCI, LAN, SATA, 6-channel audio, USB 2.0
Processor: Intel® Celeron® 2.40 GHz, Socket 478, Northwood, FSB 400 MHz, L2 Cache 128 Kb
Memory: PLUSS 256 MB DDR400 PC3200
Video Card: MSI GeForce4 MX 440 64 MB 64 bit AGP8x
Hard Disk: Western Digital Caviar SE WD400JB 40 GB, 7200 rpm, 8 MB Cache, IDE
Optical Drive: SONY CRX300E CD-R/RW/DVD-ROM Combo
TV Tuner: WAYJET WT-952TF-BK
Floppy: TEAC FDD 3.5"
Power Supply: ANS LC-B350 ATX 350W

I know this is a quite old post,but I have a similar system,built today:

Case: JNC 4H/RJA52 - same as yours except metal casing itself isn't shiny,it's matte
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 - 865PE as well,but no onboard LAN,it's external,provided by a RTL8139C NIC
CPU:Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz S478,Northwood,533MHz FSB,512KB L2 cache
Memory:Kingmax 512MB DDR400 PC3200 - to be replaced by 1GB Kingston KVR
GPU: PixelView FX5500 128MB AGP8x
HDD: Maxtor 6E040L0 40GB - in great condition actually
Floppy: Alpine 3.5" (I guess. I have a Panasonic and a NEC stored somewhere tho)
ODD:ASUS CD-RW & Pioneer DVD-117
PSU: JNC LC-B350ATX 350W w/PFC - got it for 8RON:
Believe it or not,it's actually robust,having some BIG heatsinks. It was recapped by somebody else (they did a good job at that!) and has a PFC coil. The only thing I had to do was to replace the old and dirty Ruilian Science fan with a Yate Loon of sorts. I actually have another one which is the "lite" version of it. On that one,I recapped it,added some filtering coils,and even went as far as adding a AC receptacle with EMI filtering board (from a Deer).

If you want pictures just say so,and I'll post them later.


As for the system,it was originally like this:


MB: PCChips M825G - yes,a true original PCChips,not a rebranded one (some Soyo,ECS and Matsonic etc.)
GPU: integrated Unichrome?
CPU:Sempron 2200+
Memory:128MB DDR (wtf...)
PSU: Powerlink( Linkworld) 400W LPM2-25 - nice try,Powerlink. Ya ain't foolin anyone by rebranding a 250W unit as 400.

EDIT:Here are the pics.

 

[Trekkie4]

My packed up Celeron build is pretty much done, now all I have to do is boot up the OS - probably some time tomorrow

 

[MaxiPro800]

My packed up Celeron build is pretty much done, now all I have to do is boot up the OS - probably some time tomorrow

I don't want to burst your bubble but I don't see how is that going to have some bit of airflow.

The only instance I'd see that a good idea is if you transplant the guts of this PSU into some generic 120mm modern PSU case,since this would mean there's some airflow (fan blows onto the CPU as well).

 

[Trekkie4]

I don't want to burst your bubble but I don't see how is that going to have some bit of airflow.

The only instance I'd see that a good idea is if you transplant the guts of this PSU into some generic 120mm modern PSU case,since this would mean there's some airflow (fan blows onto the CPU as well).

Thanks, but I'm not really that worried for this thing It's just an old Celeron under all that metal, 433MHz Mendocino - how hot it can get?! Besides, the PSU is creating a negative pressure inside the case, so there IS some airflow inside this thing, throughout all the vents & slots. Nevertheless, I'll keep my eye on CPU temp & will add additional 80x80 intake fan to the front, if necessary!

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

 

[stinger608]

Now that is funny sh!t right there @CAPSLOCKSTUCK !!!!

"Disk 1 of 2079."

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Now that is funny sh!t right there @CAPSLOCKSTUCK !!!!

"Disk 1 of 2079."

can you imagine.....sitting there, waiting to pop the next one in.........

 

[Fouquin]

Almost got the whole gang together.

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Not pictured are four other VooDoo 3s, two 3000s and two 3500s. They are in storage still it would seem.

I'm about to say goodbye to a lot of these. Need the money more than the nostalgia right now. If anyone would be interested in re-homing a few of these cards please let me know.

 

[Trekkie4]

Mmm, was that Diamond-branded Banshee I see in the middle?

 

[PP Mguire]

Almost got the whole gang together.

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Not pictured are four other VooDoo 3s, two 3000s and two 3500s. They are in storage still it would seem.

I'm about to say goodbye to a lot of these. Need the money more than the nostalgia right now. If anyone would be interested in re-homing a few of these cards please let me know.

When you're ready send me a PM.

 

[Fouquin]

Mmm, was that Diamond-branded Banshee I see in the middle?

Indeed. Diamond Monster Fusion 16MB, both the AGP and PCI version.

 

[Trekkie4]

Under the better circumstances, I'd give you an offer for one of those, never did get to find Banshee (either brand) but I'll have to pass for now. Nevertheless, it's pretty cool to see one of these

 

[stinger608]

Almost got the whole gang together.

View attachment 73993 (Click to expand)

Not pictured are four other VooDoo 3s, two 3000s and two 3500s. They are in storage still it would seem.

I'm about to say goodbye to a lot of these. Need the money more than the nostalgia right now. If anyone would be interested in re-homing a few of these cards please let me know.

That is a frigging awesome collection of nostalgic vid cards man!!!!!! Dang, wish I had funds to offer ya up for some of them.

 

[Fouquin]

That is a frigging awesome collection of nostalgic vid cards man!!!!!! Dang, wish I had funds to offer ya up for some of them.

That is just the VooDoos. It's not @Artex level of collection, but it is a good number. I may be selling off the others, as I know some people really enjoy the old nVidia, Matrox, S3, etc cards, but they seem harder to find honestly. VooDoos are anything but rare, which is nice. I plan to rebuild my collection as soon as things get smoother.

 

[Trekkie4]

Not sure I'd agree on this one... I honestly can't remember when was the last one I got to see at least one 3dfx card being sold or advertised online, at least locally! These things USED to be easy to come across, but now really are becoming more & more rare every day

 

[Fouquin]

Not sure I'd agree on this one... I honestly can't remember when was the last one I got to see at least one 3dfx card being sold or advertised online, at least locally! These things USED to be easy to come across, but now really are becoming more & more rare every day

Oh I must be lucky than, I do find them locally somewhat often. Once a month at least.

 

[Fouquin]

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So aside from the 3Dfx stuff, this is what I'd probably call "The Best of the Rest". This is just a few cherry picked cards that show some cool diversity from the rest of the older cards I have. There might be a few cool cards missing from this but they would be in storage and I don't have the will to dig them out until after I move.

Bonus picture of a ziggurat I built out of most of my newer cards while at a LAN: