TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

Ruru · Nov 17, 2021

Love the cat :3

Valantar said:
Aren't LC Power PSUs among the ones famous for exploding?

F-tier AFAIK. Those were never recommended (as like any low-end PSUs).

Greenslade · Nov 17, 2021

agent_x007 said:
"New" PSU I bought
LC Power LC6550 version 2.03
View attachment 225543
Insides :

View attachment 225544 View attachment 225545
View attachment 225546
View attachment 225547
View attachment 225548
View attachment 225549
View attachment 225550
Connectors :
7x "Molex" (one has SATA adapter on it )
2x "Berg"
1x EPS 4-pin
1x 20-pin ATX
1x 6-pin "P10" (for AT stuff I think)
Cables :
2x "2x Molex + 1x Berg"
1x "3x Molex"
1x EPS 4-pin + 1x ATX 20-pin + 1x 6-pin "P10"

Nothing fancy (I think) ?
It's for old things that require high-ish 3,3/5V rails and -5V for ISA ports.
An addition to my AX860 modern test PSU.

What a lovely puss

agent_x007 · Nov 17, 2021

@pavle I will keep that in mind. Good thing it doesn't have 6-pin or 24-pins on ATX

Can't really overload 12V without those (and like I wrote eariler, I don't need to since my AX860 does all modern testing).

Any hardware combinations that can get it into red zone (like old dual CPUs or OC'ed single ones) that I should be wary of ?
It did cost me 18$ overall (with shipping), so I can't argue with it not being cheap

PS. Thanks, it simply walked with me and my mom from one point, and we decided to keep it.
Belive it or not, that cat is over 9 years old (nothing wrong with it, aside from chasing it's own tail a little too hard at times).

Trekkie4 · Nov 17, 2021

TPU's Feline Appreciation Club?

Xmas Tree inspector:

Tech Support (where's that darn mouse?!)

Stealth Mode ... Activated!

Phew! All that work sure is exhausting...

seth1911 · Nov 17, 2021

No Hardware but a Cooler from 2006 :toast:

r0x · Nov 17, 2021

@seth1911
ZEROtherm BTF**, barbie world collectible ^^
Despite their looks, those coolers had great value.

Ongoing project of mine, dream PC from 1997, 166MHz Overdrive, 128mb RAM, diamond voodoo1, matrox mil2, awe64, chaintech 5sim, macase AT case, enermax 300w (original macase PSU has load issues that i'm trying to fix):

Chaintech 5sim doesn't (officially) have header for power LED, but god knows why, it has 5pin keylock:

That was bugging me a lot, what kind of keylock has 5 pins? J&J Taylor keylock for PC? So I decided to check on that....one harvesterOfSorrow later, keylock pinout was revealed: +5V,GND,GND,GND,+3.3V. So I connected power LED to first 3 pins and it was good.

Susquehannock · Nov 18, 2021

Remember CCFLs? Anybody miss them and the failure prone inverters? My partner was clearly disgusted. Pulled a few images from 2005. Once had four 12 inch UV tubes in my nForce2 system. Thought about using some again for a retro rig but probably go LED instead. Safer that way.

Ruru · Nov 18, 2021

Susquehannock said:
Remember CCFLs? Anybody miss them and the failure prone inverters? My partnew was clearly disgusted. Pulled a few images from 2005. Once had four 12 inch UV tubes in my nForce2 system. Thought about using some again for a retro rig but probably go LED instead. Safer that way.

View attachment 225593 View attachment 225594 View attachment 225595

Oh hell yeah I remember cathodes, I had those too back in the day. Back in the day lighting was way cooler than the modern RGB.

Love the cat too :3

lexluthermiester · Nov 18, 2021

Susquehannock said:
Anybody miss them and the failure prone inverters?

No, not at all. LED's are SOOO much better. The only exception is UV/Black lights. LED UV doesn't have the same soft hue that CCFL's did, but that's the only exception.

Ruru · Nov 18, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
No, not at all. LED's are SOOO much better. The only exception is UV/Black lights. LED UV doesn't have the same soft hue that CCFL's did, but that's the only exception.

And the cable mess CCFLs + inverters had..

lexluthermiester · Nov 18, 2021

Jill Christine Valentine said:
And the cable mess CCFLs + inverters had..

That was never an issue for me. With careful planning, cable management wasn't a problem.

Ruru · Nov 18, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
That was never an issue for me. With careful planning, cable management wasn't a problem.

On the other hand, the cases back then didn't have as good cable management possibilities than cases these days do. Though back then I didn't use as much effort to put a clean build as I do these days.

FireFox · Nov 18, 2021

Is the Thermaltake Golden Orb II recommended?

Greenslade · Nov 18, 2021

Trekkie4 said:
TPU's Feline Appreciation Club?

Xmas Tree inspector:

Tech Support (where's that darn mouse?!)

Stealth Mode ... Activated!

Phew! All that work sure is exhausting...

It,s a hard life being a cat ,all that sleeping. :laugh:

Trekkie4 · Nov 18, 2021

Greenslade said:
It,s a hard life being a cat all that sleeping.

Absolutely!

pavle · Nov 18, 2021

agent_x007 said:
Any hardware combinations that can get it into red zone (like old dual CPUs or OC'ed single ones) that I should be wary of ?
It did cost me 18$ overall (with shipping), so I can't argue with it not being cheap

I'd say just don't plug any Fermi card onto it and you'll be fine.

lexluthermiester · Nov 18, 2021

FireFox said:
Is the Thermaltake Golden Orb II recommended?

They did a great job. See for yourself.

Thermaltake Golden Orb II Review

Quite some time ago Thermaltake produced the Golden Orb CPU Cooler. Now the successor Golden Orb II is released for Socket939 and LGA775. It features a huge heatsink with a nice looking gold-fin design and two blue LEDs which light up the cooler during operation. Is it as cool as it looks?

www.techpowerup.com

It was a good replacement for the Intel stock cooler if you wanted to reduce noise. Not a great OC heatsink though..

seth1911 · Nov 18, 2021

I got a second A8 5600k for 15$, what should i do with that .....

Maybe ill take a old board, put the 2. a8 on it and clock as high as it can with a seidon 120,
i did this in summer with a a6 5400K :oops:

it was useless cause it was slow with 1 Modul but it was able to clock it to 5.5 GHz @ 1,5625V :laugh:

Trekkie4 · Nov 18, 2021

For the first time in about two years, I'm back behind CRT monitor ... and have to say, it looks amazing!

At some point I gave away this LG StudioWorks CRT to acquaintance of mine, who then tried to sell it. Needless to say, he never did (at some point he even offered to give it away for free lol), but since my LCD Lenovo monitor ended up with nice blue vertical line across the entire LCD panel, I decided to go back to basics & never to consider LCD again ... at least when it comes to retro gaming that is

There's something magical about that flickering refresh rate & CRT screen. Maybe I'm starting to show my age, but either way it really IS the proper way to play retro games

Also, for the first time in 15 years, that "Adison" case is once again beneath my desk. Including Logitech QuickCam which was there ever since 1999 or early 2000 .... not sure!

1999/2000:

2004/2005:

F-Zero · Nov 19, 2021

Salutation my fellow retro hardware friends :clap:

So as you may or may not know I got an hold of a never opened Hercules 3D Prophet Radeon 9800 PRO Red Edition. And as you may or may not know I was for sure to keep it that way

Except I just could not handle it anymore so I opened it and took some pictures and some benches of course hehe. After changing the thermal paste benching begun : So I hope you like it !

Benches are;

3DMark01 SE
3DMARK03
3DMARK05
D00M 3 1024x768, High, ALL ON, NO AA
D00M 3 1280x1024 Ultra, ALL ON, NO ALL
Far Cry 1280x1024 Ultra, NO AA
FEAR 1024x768 HIGH

RADEON 9800 PRO DOOM 1280x1024 ULTRA.jpg

RADEON 9800 PRO FAR CRY 1280X1024 ULTRA.jpg

Valantar · Nov 19, 2021

F-Zero said:
Salutation my fellow retro hardware friends So as you may or may not know I got an hold of a never opened Hercules 3D Prophet Radeon 9800 PRO Red Edition. And as you may or may not know I was for sure to keep it that way

Except I just could not handle it anymore so I opened it and took some pictures and some benches of course hehe. After changing the thermal paste benching begun : So I hope you like it !

Benches are;

3DMark01 SE
3DMARK03
3DMARK05
D00M 3 1024x768, High, ALL ON, NO AA
D00M 3 1280x1024 Ultra, ALL ON, NO ALL
Far Cry 1280x1024 Ultra, NO AA
FEAR 1024x768 HIGH

View attachment 225725
View attachment 225726
View attachment 225727 View attachment 225731 View attachment 225732 View attachment 225733 View attachment 225734 View attachment 225735 View attachment 225740

View attachment 225728
View attachment 225729
View attachment 225730
View attachment 225737
View attachment 225736 View attachment 225738
View attachment 225739

Gorgeous card! Were you able to redeem your free copy of Half-Life 2?

F-Zero · Nov 19, 2021

Valantar said:
Gorgeous card! Were you able to redeem your free copy of Half-Life 2?

Lol I didn't try haha

Bungz · Nov 19, 2021

Had a few of those Herc 9800 Pros

Need to find another

68Olds · Nov 19, 2021

I meant to post this pic several weeks ago when a couple of you guys were cleaning up your 3dfx cards & putting new fans on them. I saved this box of heatsink/fans from the trash about 10 years ago. I used one of the fans as a northbridge cooler for a while years ago.

BTW, F-Zero, love that 9800 Pro! What a sweet card!

stef · Nov 19, 2021

@F-Zero
Oh no, you opened the box

.
What does it smell like?

System Name	4K-gaming / media-PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i7-6700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero / Asus Z170-A
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50 / Thermaltake Contac 21
Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 10GB / RX 6700 XT
Storage	3.3TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D AF White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s)	Creative Omni BT speaker
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750W / Fractal ION Gold 550W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 / Logitech G400s
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	They run Crysis

System Name	BOX
Processor	Core i7 6950X @ 4,26GHz (1,28V)
Motherboard	X99 SOC Champion (BIOS F23c + bifurcation mod)
Cooling	Thermalright Venomous-X + 2x Delta 38mm PWM (Push-Pull)
Memory	Patriot Viper Steel 4000MHz CL16 4x8GB (@3240MHz CL12.12.12.24 CR2T @ 1,48V)
Video Card(s)	Titan V (~1650MHz @ 0.77V, HBM2 1GHz, Forced P2 state [OFF])
Storage	WD SN850X 2TB + Samsung EVO 2TB (SATA) + Seagate Exos X20 20TB (4Kn mode)
Display(s)	LG 27GP950-B
Case	Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL
Audio Device(s)	Motu M4 (audio interface) + ATH-A900Z + Behringer C-1
Power Supply	Seasonic X-760 (760W)
Mouse	Logitech RX-250
Keyboard	HP KB-9970
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

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	nope
Processor	I3 10100F
Motherboard	ATM Gigabyte h410
Cooling	Arctic 12 passive
Memory	ATM Gskill 1x 8GB NT Series (No Heatspreader bling bling garbage, just Black DIMMS)
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD7770 and EVGA GTX 470 and Zotac GTX 960
Storage	120GB OS SSD, 240GB M2 Sata, 240GB M2 NVME, 300GB HDD, 500GB HDD
Display(s)	Nec EA 241 WM
Case	Coolermaster whatever
Audio Device(s)	Onkyo on TV and Mi Bluetooth on Screen
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadx 550W
Mouse	Steelseries Rival Fnatic
Keyboard	Logitech K270 Wireless
Software	Deepin, BSD and 10 LTSC

System Name	Dell T3500
Processor	Xeon X5687
Motherboard	Dell - 9KPNV
Cooling	Dell U016F
Memory	12gb ECC 1333
Video Card(s)	MSI rx480 gaming X
Storage	1tb WD blue
Case	Dell T3500

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

Greenslade

agent_x007

Trekkie4

seth1911

r0x

Susquehannock

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

lexluthermiester

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

lexluthermiester

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

FireFox

The Power Of Intel

Greenslade

Trekkie4

pavle

lexluthermiester

Thermaltake Golden Orb II Review

seth1911

Trekkie4

F-Zero

Valantar

F-Zero

Bungz

68Olds

stef

Processor	Intel i7 10700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus XII Hero
Cooling	2x Black Ice Nemesis GTX 480 - 1x Black Ice Nemesis GTX 420 - D5 VPP655P - 13x Corsair LL120 - LL140
Memory	32GB G.SKILL Trident Z RGB 3600Hz
Video Card(s)	EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB/1TB - WD Blue SN550 1TB - 2 X WD Blue 1TB - 3 X WD Black 1TB
Display(s)	Asus ROG PG278QR 2560x1440 144Hz (Overclocked 165Hz )/ Samsung
Case	Corsair Obsidian 1000D
Audio Device(s)	I prefer Gaming-Headset
Power Supply	Enermax MaxTytan 1250W 80+ Titanium
Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	Virtuis Advanced Gaming Keyboard ( Batboard )
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise/Windows 10 Pro/Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	My PC runs FiFA

Processor	Intel Pentium III-S 1.4 Ghz
Motherboard	Asus TUSL2-C
Cooling	CoolerMaster Sckt.370
Memory	Kingston 2x256Mb SDR 133 Mhz
Video Card(s)	3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 AGP 64Mb
Storage	Crucial BX500 240GB
Display(s)	Fujitsu B19-5 ECO
Case	Antec PlusView 1000 AMG
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-FI XtremeGamer
Power Supply	XFX TS 550W Bronze
Mouse	Glorious MODEL O-
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB MK.2
Software	Windows XP
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK00-4905, 3DMARK01SE-2168

System Name	Hotbox
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 110/95/110, PBO +150Mhz, CO -7,-7,-20(x6),
Motherboard	ASRock Phantom Gaming B550 ITX/ax
Cooling	LOBO + Laing DDC 1T Plus PWM + Corsair XR5 280mm + 2x Arctic P14
Memory	32GB G.Skill FlareX 3200c14 @3800c15
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon 6900XT Liquid Devil Ultimate, UC@2250MHz max @~200W
Storage	2TB Adata SX8200 Pro
Display(s)	Dell U2711 main, AOC 24P2C secondary
Case	SSUPD Meshlicious
Audio Device(s)	Optoma Nuforce μDAC 3
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Keychron K3/Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro M w/DSA profile caps
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Gamer
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite WIFI
Cooling	Apogee XL, MCR360, MCP655, Micro-rez
Memory	2x16GB G.Skill DDR4-3600 CL16
Video Card(s)	Red Dragon RX 6800 XT
Storage	WD SN850 1TB & SN750 1TB
Display(s)	LG 32GK650F-B 32" 1440p 144Hz
Case	Rocketfish (Lian Li) e-ATX
Audio Device(s)	Harman Kardon HK695 2.1
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GM-750
Mouse	HP Gaming wired
Keyboard	Logitech G110 wired
VR HMD	HP WMR 1440^2
Software	Win10 Pro 64bit