TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

Ruru · Sep 7, 2020

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lexluthermiester · Sep 7, 2020

Alan Finote said:
You're right. I just installed it.

I actually run two different versions of Winamp, 2.95 for music and 5.8 for video.

stinger608 · Sep 8, 2020

I was actually older when really got into gaming. It was when the original Doom first came out. I was on dial up of course and the first month was a damn killer! I was messing with the internet and gaming with Doom. I think that first month I had a damn phone bill of $300+!!!!
Needless to say, things changed a ton right after that.
Internet was a "pay per minute" charge on most accounts. I remember getting an AOL account which was a ton cheaper. Then I think I grabbed a NetZero account which was waaaaaaaay cheaper.

Mr Bill · Sep 8, 2020

I'll be 69 the first week of October, I remember the Apple 2e, I think you had to run it from a 5.25 floppy, I still have some of those disks. Then on to the IBM 8088, a friend gave me one, then on to the 286, 386, 486, etc. I've finally realized at this point in my life, it nice to dig up some of the old bones and build a PC out of those. As I get older, faster just isn't what I need anymore, just good and slow, works fine.

Ruru · Sep 8, 2020

Makes me feel hella young... like I said, born in -90 :laugh:

Mr Bill said:
I'll be 69 the first week of October, I remember the Apple 2e, I think you had to run it from a 5.25 floppy, I still have some of those disks. Then on to the IBM 8088, a friend gave me one, then on to the 286, 386, 486, etc. I've finally realized at this point in my life, it nice to dig up some of the old bones and build a PC out of those. As I get older, faster just isn't what I need anymore, just good and slow, works fine.

Heh, you could be my grandpa and it's nice to see that people of their 70s still are hanging on internet with our younger ones. Gotta respect. :toast:

Mr Bill · Sep 8, 2020

Chloe Price said:
Makes me feel hella young... like I said, born in -90

Heh, you could be my grandpa and it's nice to see that people of their 70s still are hanging on internet with our younger ones. Gotta respect.

I'm actually a great grandpa, have 3 great grand kids.

Ruru · Sep 8, 2020

Mr Bill said:
I'm actually a great grandpa, have 3 great grand kids.

You must teach these about older tech unless you've done that already

If I have a kid someday I'll make him/her play NES as soon as he/she can hold a controller.

edit: 69 and great-grandpa, damn

you ~70 years old arent even old at this day's standard

Mr Bill · Sep 8, 2020

Does this forum have what you might call a "junkyard" you know, a place where folks can buy used PC parts/components from the members. I am in the A/C and Heating business in Houston and I'm on HVAC-TALK we have one there for parts, new and old.

Ruru · Sep 8, 2020

Mr Bill said:
Does this forum have what you might call a "junkyard" you know, a place where folks can buy used PC parts/components from the members. I am in the A/C and Heating business in Houston and I'm on HVAC-TALK we have one there for parts, new and old.

Isn't it this?

Buy/Sell/Trade/Giveaway Forum

Use this forum to buy/sell/trade items. No advertising of links. User to user only. No commercial posts.

www.techpowerup.com

There's much stuff already in Finland so I haven't bought/sell anything at least not yet here in TPU... also you seem to be a newcomer, welcome to TPU! :toast:

Mr Bill · Sep 8, 2020

Chloe Price said:
Isn't it this?

Buy/Sell/Trade/Giveaway Forum

Use this forum to buy/sell/trade items. No advertising of links. User to user only. No commercial posts.

www.techpowerup.com

There's much stuff already in Finland so I haven't bought/sell anything at least not yet here in TPU... also you seem to be a newcomer, welcome to TPU!

Yes, "real newcomer" as in signed up today. I think my first PC Forum I joined around 20 years ago was AfterDawn.com I'm still a member, just don't know my user name or password.

Ruru · Sep 8, 2020

Mr Bill said:
Yes, "real newcomer" as in signed up today. I think my first PC Forum I joined around 20 years ago was AfterDawn.com I'm still a member, just don't know my user name or password.

As I am hella young for you, I've already a veteran on IRC and many forums... I had also an older nick on here but damn I just forgot it... dammit.

Been on several forums since 2005 but after all, TPU feels comfortable. Also that English isn't my native language so it's nice to train my vocabulary when posting to an international forum. :toast:

phill · Sep 8, 2020

Guys I just had a thought, are we now nostalgic hardware if we are over 40 or is that pushing it as well??

Ruru · Sep 8, 2020

phill said:
Guys I just had a thought, are we now nostalgic hardware if we are over 40 or is that pushing it as well??

I'll be the mascot hanging around

phill · Sep 8, 2020

Chloe Price said:
I'll be the mascot hanging around

Not a problem

lexluthermiester · Sep 8, 2020

phill said:
Guys I just had a thought, are we now nostalgic hardware if we are over 40 or is that pushing it as well??

In the computer/microelectronics world, 10 years old is ancient, even with Moore's law slowing down.

JustAnEngineer · Sep 8, 2020

January 9, 2021 will be the 10th birthday of Sandy Bridge Core i7-2600K. My brother is still using that PC and gaming on it every day.

ThrashZone · Sep 8, 2020

Hi,
lol yeah we're very old hardware

13 y.o. water cooled Q9550 with evga 980ti are doing pretty well as a media center
Win-7 scales way better than win-10 to my cheapo lg quad core 43" smart t.v. for sure and way better than dealing with it's slow crap apps.

phill · Sep 8, 2020

lexluthermiester said:
In the computer/microelectronics world, 10 years old is ancient, even with Moore's law slowing down.

So if we are say 30 to 40+...... what the heck are we considered??!! Relics?? :laugh:

Robert B · Sep 8, 2020

Cerrone - Supernature

Hi guys I'm also 40!

JustAnEngineer said:
January 9, 2021 will be the 10th birthday of Sandy Bridge Core i7-2600K. My brother is still using that PC and gaming on it every day.

DId anyone say SB? I'm still rocking my original 2600K from 2011. Albeit now it has a 1070 GTX instead of the beastly Lightning 580 GTX.

Bigger SSD's and a bigger HDD.

The 2600K is the best CPU that I ever purchased. Together with the ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z it is still doing history as we speak.

Hopefully in December when I'll be 41 (Yikes!) I'll change to some Ryzen goodness.

I've been keeping the 2600K since 2011 @ 1.3V and 4.4GHz full throttle. Truth be told I never bothered to take it higher. If it works why bother?

They say when you get older you also get wiser.

yeah right ...

I still own a FHD monitor and I hope to change that too.

I'll keep my Bitfenix Colossus Pro Venom Edition as I STILL LOVE THE BEAST!!!! :peace:

The PC has suffered some tweaks and changes and now it has 4x TY-150 fans inside and two TY-141SQ. I love Thermalright Stuff! Archon POWAH!!!

No water cooling for me. AIR COOLING! and NO ARGIBII !!!

The pics bellow are from 2011, 2016 and 2020.

The TIM on the CPU, Arctic MX-4, has been changed only in 2020. I did some tests and it was still fine after 9 years. No thermal throttling or other problems. I trust the MX-4 to keep my old HW frosty too and it is good to know that this stuff is viable for many, many, years. It would've been a PITA to know that I'll have to soon change again the TIM on all my retro HW, slot A, slot 1 Cpus, graphic cards and you name it.

When I'll change my system I'll post a special episode for this PC on the Project logs section. These parts will never be sold and I'll hang to them like my first PC. The 2600K was my first ever no money limit system. I still feel the tingles I got when I placed the order for the motherboard and CPU combo.

AAF Optimus · Sep 8, 2020

Robert B said:
Cerrone - Supernature

Hi guys I'm also 40!

Has anyone said SB? I'm still rocking my original 2600K from 2011. Albeit now it has a 1070 GTX instead of the beastly Lightning 580 GTX. Bigger SSD's and a bigger HDD.

The 2600K is the best CPU that I ever purchased. Together with the ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z it is still doing history as we speak. Hopefully in December when I'll be 41 (Yikes!) I'll change to some Ryzen goodness.

I've been keeping the 2600K since 2011 @ 1.3V and 4.4GHz full throttle. Truth be told I never bothered to take it higher. If it works why bother? They say when you get older you also get wiser. yeah right ...

I still own a FHD monitor and I hope to change that too.

I'll keep my Bitfenix Colossus Pro Venom Edition as I STILL LOVE THE BEAST!!!!

The PC has suffered some tweaks and changes and now it has 4x TY-150 fans inside and two TY-141SQ. I love Thermalright Stuff! Archon POWAH!!! No water cooling for me. AIR COOLING! and NO ARGIBII !!!

The pics bellow are from 2011, 2016 and 2020.

The TIM on the CPU, Arctic MX-4, has been changed only in 2020. I did some tests and it was still fine after 9 years. No thermal throttling or other problems. I trust the MX-4 to keep my old HW frosty too and it is good to know that this stuff is viable for many, many, years. It would've been a PITA to know that I'll have to soon change again the TIM on all my retro HW, slot A, slot 1 Cpus, graphic cards and you name it.

When I'll change my system I'll post a special episode for this PC on the Project logs section. These parts will never be sold and I'll hang to them like my first PC. The 2600K was my first ever no money limit system. I still feel the tingles I got when I placed the order for the motherboard and CPU combo.

OMG

phill · Sep 9, 2020

I love this thread!! :respect:

micropage7 · Sep 9, 2020

Robert B said:
Cerrone - Supernature

Hi guys I'm also 40!

DId anyone say SB? I'm still rocking my original 2600K from 2011. Albeit now it has a 1070 GTX instead of the beastly Lightning 580 GTX. Bigger SSD's and a bigger HDD.

The 2600K is the best CPU that I ever purchased. Together with the ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z it is still doing history as we speak. Hopefully in December when I'll be 41 (Yikes!) I'll change to some Ryzen goodness.

I've been keeping the 2600K since 2011 @ 1.3V and 4.4GHz full throttle. Truth be told I never bothered to take it higher. If it works why bother? They say when you get older you also get wiser. yeah right ...

I still own a FHD monitor and I hope to change that too.

I'll keep my Bitfenix Colossus Pro Venom Edition as I STILL LOVE THE BEAST!!!!

The PC has suffered some tweaks and changes and now it has 4x TY-150 fans inside and two TY-141SQ. I love Thermalright Stuff! Archon POWAH!!! No water cooling for me. AIR COOLING! and NO ARGIBII !!!

The pics bellow are from 2011, 2016 and 2020.

The TIM on the CPU, Arctic MX-4, has been changed only in 2020. I did some tests and it was still fine after 9 years. No thermal throttling or other problems. I trust the MX-4 to keep my old HW frosty too and it is good to know that this stuff is viable for many, many, years. It would've been a PITA to know that I'll have to soon change again the TIM on all my retro HW, slot A, slot 1 Cpus, graphic cards and you name it.

When I'll change my system I'll post a special episode for this PC on the Project logs section. These parts will never be sold and I'll hang to them like my first PC. The 2600K was my first ever no money limit system. I still feel the tingles I got when I placed the order for the motherboard and CPU combo.

the pics, looks like you keep them for years in pristine condition

phill · Sep 9, 2020

micropage7 said:
the pics, looks like you keep them for years in pristine condition

Isn't that always the case?

Gotta look after the hardware, can't go abusing it!!

ThrashZone · Sep 9, 2020

phill said:
So if we are say 30 to 40+...... what the heck are we considered??!! Relics??

Hi,
50 something++ is lol

Caring1 · Sep 9, 2020

I'm taking a leaf out of Intel's play book and saying i'm 40+++++++++++++++++

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @ PBO +200 -20CO
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50, EKWB Vector TUF
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF OC 10GB
Storage	A pack of SSDs totaling 3.2TB + 3TB HDDs
Display(s)	27" 4K120 IPS + 32" 4K60 IPS + 24" 1080p60
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless / Corsair HS35
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 + Asus ROG Strix Edge Nordic
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis

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	Alienware PC
Processor	Intel 4790K
Motherboard	ASROCK Z97 EXTREME4
Cooling	Stock Intel Cooler
Memory	32GB DDR3 1600 MHz
Video Card(s)	ATI Radeon HD 7770 2GB GDDR5
Storage	SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2
Display(s)	SAMSUNG UE57 Series 28-Inch 4K UHD
Case	Alienware Area 51 Black Tower Case
Audio Device(s)	Realtek On Board
Power Supply	EVGA 850 watt
Mouse	Microsoft Wireless
Keyboard	HyperX - Alloy Elite 2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard.
Software	Windows 10 Pro & LTSB & LTSC Windows 11 Pro

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @ PBO +200 -20CO
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50, EKWB Vector TUF
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF OC 10GB
Storage	A pack of SSDs totaling 3.2TB + 3TB HDDs
Display(s)	27" 4K120 IPS + 32" 4K60 IPS + 24" 1080p60
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless / Corsair HS35
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 + Asus ROG Strix Edge Nordic
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis

System Name	Alienware PC
Processor	Intel 4790K
Motherboard	ASROCK Z97 EXTREME4
Cooling	Stock Intel Cooler
Memory	32GB DDR3 1600 MHz
Video Card(s)	ATI Radeon HD 7770 2GB GDDR5
Storage	SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2
Display(s)	SAMSUNG UE57 Series 28-Inch 4K UHD
Case	Alienware Area 51 Black Tower Case
Audio Device(s)	Realtek On Board
Power Supply	EVGA 850 watt
Mouse	Microsoft Wireless
Keyboard	HyperX - Alloy Elite 2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard.
Software	Windows 10 Pro & LTSB & LTSC Windows 11 Pro

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

System Name	Forgal
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	Asus RoG Strix X570-E Gaming
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280
Memory	4x16 GiB Crucial Ballistix PC4-28800, 16-18-18-38
Video Card(s)	MSI Suprim Liquid GeForce RTX 4090
Storage	2 TB ADATA XPG SX8200Pro + 4 TB S860 + NAS
Display(s)	Dell S3220DGF + LG 32UD99-W
Case	Fractal Design Define 7 Compact
Audio Device(s)	Audioengine HD3 + S8
Power Supply	Super Flower SF-1000F14TP Leadex V P130X-1000 Pro
Mouse	Razer DeathAdder 2
Keyboard	Leopold FC900R OE mx-brown

System Name	Ghetto Rigs z490\|x99\|Acer 17 Nitro 7840hs/ 5600c40-2x16/ 4060/ 1tb acer stock m.2/ 4tb sn850x
Processor	10900k w/Optimus Foundation \| 5930k w/Black Noctua D15
Motherboard	z490 Maximus XII Apex \| x99 Sabertooth
Cooling	oCool D5 res-combo/280 GTX/ Optimus Foundation/ gpu water block \| Blk D15
Memory	Trident-Z Royal 4000c16 2x16gb \| Trident-Z 3200c14 4x8gb
Video Card(s)	Titan Xp-water \| evga 980ti gaming-w/ air
Storage	970evo+500gb & sn850x 4tb \| 860 pro 256gb \| Acer m.2 1tb/ sn850x 4tb\| Many2.5" sata's ssd 3.5hdd's
Display(s)	1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24"/ 3rd LG 43" series
Case	D450 \| Cherry Entertainment center on Test bench
Audio Device(s)	Built in Realtek x2 with 2-Insignia 2.0 sound bars & 1-LG sound bar
Power Supply	EVGA 1000P2 with APC AX1500 \| 850P2 with CyberPower-GX1325U
Mouse	Redragon 901 Perdition x3
Keyboard	G710+x3
Software	Win-7 pro x3 and win-10 & 11pro x3
Benchmark Scores	Are in the benchmark section

System Name	NEW AAF OPTIMUS RIG
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (6C/12T)
Motherboard	ASUS TUF Gaming B550M-Plus
Cooling	DEEPCOOL Gammax L120T
Memory	CRUCIAL Pro Gaming 32GB DDR4-3200 (2x16GB)
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB MSI Ventus 2X OC LHR
Storage	ADATA Legend 710 PCIe Gen3 x4 256GB; ADATA Legend 800 PCIe Gen4 x4 2TB; GoldenFir SSD 1TB
Display(s)	AOC VIPER 27" 165Hz 1ms (27G2SE)
Case	DARKFLASH DK100-BK
Audio Device(s)	AAF Optimus Audio (Sound Blaster + Dolby [Dolby Atmos For Built-In Speakers])
Power Supply	REDRAGON RGPS 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Full Modular
Mouse	CLAHM CL-MM386 7200DPI
Keyboard	MOTOSPEED CK-108 Mechanical Keyboard
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 23H2

System Name	micropage7
Processor	Intel Xeon X3470
Motherboard	Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory	Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage	V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
Display(s)	Samsung 21 inch LCD Wide Screen
Case	Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply	Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Classified

System Name	Lenovo ThinkCentre
Processor	AMD 5650GE
Motherboard	Lenovo
Memory	32 GB DDR4
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Mouse	Lenovo
Keyboard	Lenovo
Software	W11 Pro 64 bit

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