TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[QuietBob]

up and running at a wonderful 4,0ghz which suprised me a little.

Those Phenoms are quite capable units. They can be used even today in a family/office PC. I've got two quads: one at 4.0 running XP, and another at 4.2 with DDR3, running Win7. They can even play some modern games when paired with an appropriate GPU. I just tested Fortnite with the recent visual update, and it shows about 60 fps on the high preset with an HD7970.

What temps do you get with that AIO?

 

[MaxiPro800]

Maybe it's me but there's just something sexy about a fanless ASUS GTX670 and a Audigy 2 ZS.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Maybe it's me but there's just something sexy about a fanless ASUS GTX670 and a Audigy 2 ZS.
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You'll need fans at some point. You could get a pair low-profile 80mm or 92mm fans to mount without the shroud. Just a thought..

 

[Trekkie4]

A huge thanks to @stef for his Retrobrite wizardry!

 

[basco]

Mr. QuietBob
its an antec h2o 620 v1 with a scythe 140mm fan and 1,40volt i get around 50° which seems very good to me.
and i am surprised that this i think 10 year old cooler is still running.

 

[lexluthermiester]

A huge thanks to @stef for his Retrobrite wizardry!

Very nice! Are you going yo do the newest additions to your collection, or they included in the above?

 

[Trekkie4]

Very nice! Are you going yo do the newest additions to your collection, or they included in the above?

All of them, in addition to all the BTC CD-ROM drives ... and even an old Logitech QuickCam of mine, which I bought in 1999 (or early 2000, don't remember)

 

[lexluthermiester]

All of them, in addition to all the BTC CD-ROM drives ... and even an old Logitech QuickCam of mine, which I bought in 1999 (or early 2000, don't remember)

Sweet! Do contiue to keep us all updated on the progress. I personally love watching restorations and happily cheer you on!!

EDIT:
For example, this is one of my favorite YT channels;

https://www.youtube.com/c/OddTinkering

 

[Trekkie4]

Sweet! Do contiue to keep us all updated on the progress! I personal love watching restorations and happily cheer you on!!

Absolutely, I look forward putting back everything together. Exactly where (and how) it belongs

Sadly, I didn't bother taking "before" pics of that QuickCam Express. A shame really, because the color resembled something you'd expect to find inside the heavily used deep fryer

 

[lexluthermiester]

A shame really, because the color resembled something you'd expect to find inside the heavily used deep fryer

Are you sure? I could swear I saw a picture like that some time ago...

 

[Trekkie4]

Are you sure? I could swear I saw a picture like that some time ago...

I was thinking the same thing, but couldn't find anything ... until I went all the way back to 2015. That being said, try to keep in mind that the state of things only got even worse since then...

 

[QuietBob]

its an antec h2o 620 v1 with a scythe 140mm fan and 1,40volt i get around 50° which seems very good to me.
and i am surprised that this i think 10 year old cooler is still running.

Glad your old cooler worked, 50C is really good. The problem with Phenoms is you gotta keep them under 60C when loaded to remain stable, and they output a ton of heat when OC'd. The one I have at 4.2 got to 58C yesterday with a beefy 140mm single tower cooler. And the NB reached 60C.

But then again, my room temperature is currently at 28C

 

[Ruru]

I need to test this baby again

 

[lexluthermiester]

I need to test this baby again

Been there, done that! Zalman scored big when they made that kick-ass heatsink!

 

[Ruru]

Been there, done that! Zalman scored big when they made that kick-ass heatsink!

Those were the shit in the mid-2000s everyone (including me) had either the AlCu or that Cu version on their GPUs.

I had also a 9700 Pro with a VF700-AlCu back then.

edit: sold that card later and got a 9800 SE which unlocked to 8 pipes, it had a VF700-Cu and OC'd to XT clocks. It ran CS Source fine

 

[basco]

i am after a zalman vf900 and vf3000 green one since a long time myself.
or the vf2000 cpu+gpu cooler

 

[lexluthermiester]

vf3000 green one since a long time myself.

Zalman actually made a few cards with those coolers;

Zalman HD 7950 VF3000 Specs

AMD Tahiti, 800 MHz, 1792 Cores, 112 TMUs, 32 ROPs, 3072 MB GDDR5, 1250 MHz, 384 bit

www.techpowerup.com

 

[basco]

the red + black one i have but i think they are all the same except colour because all 3 have different mounting holes

 

[Ruru]

I have also a MSI 8800 GT Zilent which has a Zalman VF 1050

 

[INSTG8R]

Was talking “old days” with a fellow AMD tester and snapped this. If you know you know…I still have the Master Card too…

 

[68Olds]

Very cool. I still have my x1900 Master & x1900 XT. I had those in my first C2D build. Probably one of my favorite builds.

 

[INSTG8R]

Very cool. I still have my x1900 Master & x1900 XT. I had those in my first C2D build. Probably one of my favorite builds.

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Yeah I donated the other card to a fellow sim racer in need of an upgrade. I still have the Master still in the box

TechPowerUp

www.techpowerup.com

The build. The one after was my C2D rig

 

[WhitetailAni]

This one is already a golden one if it's a working card.

It was working according to the previous owner. Hopefully come Friday I'll have the rest of the parts I need.

 

[Ruru]

Crossfire was kinda macgyvered thing first, those damn separate master cards and dongles..

 

[INSTG8R]

Crossfire was kinda macgyvered thing first, those damn separate master cards and dongles..

That dongle is pure evil. It was absolutely the stiffest cable I think I’ve ever used for anything. Just bending it connect the cards was a feat and was basically trying to “pull itself out” so a maintaining connection was an issue…