TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[QuietBob]

I am confused by all thisIf someone can answer this i would be grateful thanks.

Neither UAE nor AmiKit will run without original Amiga ROM and OS files. These, together with UAE, are included in the Amiga Forever bundle. AmiKit is essentially a sleek modernized AmigaOS.

Again, Amiga Forever Plus is the simplest way to emulate the computer.

 

[WhitetailAni]

...and in with this lovely Zalman CNPS 7000 (AlCu)

Do you happen to know where I can buy the metal plate that goes over the CPU contact plate? I have a ZM-WB3 waterblock but it's missing the retention plate. It has the screws and side arm things shown here:

But that's it for mounting hardware.

 

[Greenslade]

This is an interesting project from another of my fav youtubers

I did not know about this modal where you can put your own stuff

there. It is expensive as he says.So i want be buying it.I can,t see any where you can buy it anyway,

 

[MachineLearning]

2x512MB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2, NOS I broke the seal on it so I can guarantee these never saw abusive voltages. It's single-sided, and I highly expect there to be D9GMH chips beneath. Going to have to make a Windows XP (or 7?) test environment for this one...

 

[Mr.Scott]

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2x512MB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2, NOS I broke the seal on it so I can guarantee these never saw abusive voltages. It's single-sided, and I highly expect there to be D9GMH chips beneath. Going to have to make a Windows XP (or 7?) test environment for this one...

You mean these? I have 4 sets. All do around 1250 @ 5-5-5 @ 2.3v
4-4-4 @ 950-1000.

Unfortunately, at only 512 a stick, the only thing it's good for is benching Pi.

 

[Greenslade]

i would use gloves touching The worst Vic20 i have ever seen

it is gross.

 

[phill]

You mean these? I have 4 sets. All do around 1250 @ 5-5-5 @ 2.3v
4-4-4 @ 950-1000.

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Unfortunately, at only 512 a stick, the only thing it's good for is benching Pi.

I remembere these sticks well, had some 1GB ones, running a stock 5300 speed, but would overclock to nearly over 9000!! Utterly brilliant they where...

And oh the Amiga... Oh how I wish I have more time in life to use mine lol

Gotta love the retro

 

[Mr.Scott]

You are a man of many platforms Phil. Very nice.

 

[Greenslade]

Neither UAE nor AmiKit will run without original Amiga ROM and OS files. These, together with UAE, are included in the Amiga Forever bundle. AmiKit is essentially a sleek modernized AmigaOS.

Again, Amiga Forever Plus is the simplest way to emulate the computer.

Thanks for clearing that up Bob.Yes i see that AmiKit is very sleek.I will go for Amiga Forever Plus then ,it is all so 10 pounds cheeper then AmiKit.

I remembere these sticks well, had some 1GB ones, running a stock 5300 speed, but would overclock to nearly over 9000!! Utterly brilliant they where...

And oh the Amiga... Oh how I wish I have more time in life to use mine lol

Gotta love the retro

Nice lot of Amiga, s you have there Phill.Are they going to release a new full size Amiga 500?.

 

[phill]

You are a man of many platforms Phil. Very nice.

Love all tech my good sir, the collection has grown a little since then but whatever the tech, I do like to pick up what I can. I just wish more of it was boxed rather than just on its own...

Thanks for clearing that up Bob.Yes i see that AmiKit is very sleek.I will go for Amiga Forever Plus then ,it is all so 10 pounds cheeper then AmiKit.


Nice lot of Amiga, s you have there Phill.Are they going to release a new full size Amiga 500?.

I hear they are going to release a mini 500, I'm not sure how much or when it's due but Like I say, I'd like to get the Amiga 4000T but damn those things are expensive as hell....

 

[MachineLearning]

@Bones did something better than stock for the CNPS9900 Max, which I didn't have any mounting hardware for except the AM3 bracket. This setup uses the stock backplate and Noctua screws, pretty clean looking in the end. This board goes well with it

 

[Bones]

Hey, glad I could help and show how to set one of those up without going bald over it.
Looks good too on the board you have it on.

Since that's an AMD setup you probrably didn't need the spacers but for an Intel you gotta have them.

 

[phill]

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@Bones did something better than stock for the CNPS9900 Max, which I didn't have any mounting hardware for except the AM3 bracket. This setup uses the stock backplate and Noctua screws, pretty clean looking in the end. This board goes well with it

Is that a Sabertooth board??

 

[MachineLearning]

Is that a Sabertooth board??

You betcha
This combo has been doing well so far, I've yet to finalize but here's me taking back the throne for this lovely little FX-6300
It will go even further once Arctic's support gets back to me about an AM3 bracket for the LFII 280...

 

[Bones]

Yep - Sabertooth 2.0 and those are solid boards to run, I've done well with mine in the past.
The newer 3.0 is good too if you can find one, mine has at least been an equal of a 2.0 itself.

 

[phill]

I think I have just the Crosshair boards for the AM2/AM3 side of things. I'm glad it's been working well Sometimes older kit I find doesn't get the love and appreciation that it should have.. I find that a bum deal considering we'd have all been using it back in the day...

What else do you both use with them? Different CPU combos?

 

[MachineLearning]

Yep - Sabertooth 2.0 and those are solid boards to run, I've done well with mine in the past.
The newer 3.0 is good too if you can find one, mine has at least been an equal of a 2.0 itself.

My only issue with the later versions is that they lose core unlock, but I'm probably in the minority since I really like Phenom II I'd consider the 3.0, but only if I do serious LN2 benching since apparently there's a cold bug on 1.01

I think I have just the Crosshair boards for the AM2/AM3 side of things. I'm glad it's been working well Sometimes older kit I find doesn't get the love and appreciation that it should have.. I find that a bum deal considering we'd have all been using it back in the day...

What else do you both use with them? Different CPU combos?

So far, I've been so stuck on LGA775... but I also did give an FX-8300 a go, and made sure a Phenom II 960T unlocked to 6 cores.
I think people just move on and forget what came before because they're wrapped up in what's new/next. To people who like old hardware, it's the depth of knowledge that's more intriguing - a lot easier to do with stuff that's been around for a decade+. It's impossible to know everything, and that's awesome. That's my 2c at least.

For instance, did you kow (/remember ) that at least some northbidges have their own internal timings depending on the FSB? I didn't until a few days ago.

 

[Bones]

This is one reason why I love my Sabertooths: Bones`s SuperPi - 1M score: 9sec 437ms with a FX-9590

They are capable boards, the only real drawback is the lack the extra CPU power connector needed for absolute top-shelf clocks but they are strong enough to make a good showing - And in some cases get it done anyway.
I leaned on this board for over 7 years repeatedly with anything from air to Ln2 and it lived up to the TUF name over and over again, only failing when it finally stopped recognizing CPU swaps.
It started giving the "CPU has been changed" error message and wouldn't save settings for a different CPU once I had tweaked the BIOS.

It still works of course but had to sideline it for that reason.
Not bad at all for a board I bought as "Open Box" from the egg.

 

[phill]

I think the newer kit does seem to take away all the overclocking that we used to have to do in the older platforms, such as X48/X58/X79 era's, then it started getting watered down I feel from the making of the CPUs. I think Ryzen is a perfect example and I'm not knocking them in anyway at all, they are amazing CPUs, same as the newer Intels, but they just aren't the same as the older gens.. Overclocking seems to be a bit of a memory for CPUs now, same as GPUs to a degree. This is why I love older kit and if I get time ever, I'll go through seeing what I can and can't do with each of the setups I have here It's just fun and passes the day away far too quickly lol

 

[Greenslade]

Love all tech my good sir, the collection has grown a little since then but whatever the tech, I do like to pick up what I can. I just wish more of it was boxed rather than just on its own...

I hear they are going to release a mini 500, I'm not sure how much or when it's due but Like I say, I'd like to get the Amiga 4000T but damn those things are expensive as hell....

The Mini 500 has all ready been released.

I did not realise it had only been released earlier this month. Here,s the origanal Amiga 400T

 

[Dinnercore]

@MachineLearning I love the DDR2 Tracers. Sadly all of mine have crap ICs on them. So far I have not found a tracer kit with GMHs or GKXs. Please let us know how they do in terms of OC when you get to it

 

[MachineLearning]

@MachineLearning I love the DDR2 Tracers. Sadly all of mine have crap ICs on them. So far I have not found a tracer kit with GMHs or GKXs. Please let us know how they do in terms of OC when you get to it

Will do On that note, have you or anyone else here tried using Linux for OC testing? I'm thinking it'd be easier than making a Windows 7 or XP test environment, and I think 1GB RAM is just too little for W10.

This kit too, is coming soon to a theatre near you...

 

[Dinnercore]

Will do On that note, have you or anyone else here tried using Linux for OC testing? I'm thinking it'd be easier than making a Windows 7 or XP test environment, and I think 1GB RAM is just too little for W10.

This kit too, is coming soon to a theatre near you...
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I just roll with Win7 most of the time. Easy to install from a stick and so far it has been the most resistant to corruption from unstable RAM. I recently killed all 3 of my XP installs and did not bother with restoring them yet cause it needs a CD-Drive. I have one but I'm just lazy

And these anniversary editions are nice. I got a kit myself, I think they all are GMH. Mine run okay from what I remember. They are above average but not my best sticks.

 

[phill]

The Mini 500 has all ready been released.

I did not realise it had only been released earlier this month. Here,s the origanal Amiga 400T

Beast of a system, made me want to never to use Windows yet here we are... (So sad remembering back...) Ah well I learnt from my mistakes with my upgraded Amiga. I really wished I'd kept more of a foot in the door with it, so to speak Lost complete touch with things going on these days

 

[Trekkie4]

Do you happen to know where I can buy the metal plate that goes over the CPU contact plate? I have a ZM-WB3 waterblock but it's missing the retention plate. It has the screws and side arm things shown here:

But that's it for mounting hardware.

Honestly, I have no idea... My Zalman came pre-mounted on a different S478 board so all I had to do was disassemble everything & mount it back together, on Asus P4B. Maybe ebay?