TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Greenslade]

You will be glad to know the fans are spinning ,no beeps With the Dell PSU and the adaptor.Just orded the Hp PSU fromeBay.Just waiting for the 3amp fuse,s,i orded. the glass ones before by mistake I want bother sending them back they were only a couple of quid.I have no idea why it came up with those red beeps , I did reseat all the ram, i don,t know weather that was the problem.Next thing to sort out is the HP Compaq d530,i just tried it that gave me beeps. That PC weighs a ton.I got to find the Ram.I will leave that for another day.

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

I have been able to repair the pins on every CPU in the lot and test all but one.

Spoiler: List of what all was included

Tested working:
FX8320
FX6300
Phenom ii X4 830
Athlon ii X4 635
A10 8750B Pro FM2+
A8 6500 FM2
A6 5400B FM2
Athlon 64 x2 5400+ AM2
Athlon 64 3800+ 939
Athlon 64 3200+ 939
Sempron 2600+ 754

The only other CPU is the a6 3600 which I began to fix the pins on but haven't bothered finishing since I don't have an FM1 board to test it on anyhow.

Any clue if the Phenom or Athlon have any potentially unlockable cores?

The 5400+ is a nice chip, one of the faster K8s out there. I don't have an AM2 motherboard any good for OC ATM, but if I get one I think it would be interesting to overclock the 5400+.

 

[Mr.Scott]

None on your list are unlockable.

 

[Greenslade]

I just saw this at the local market

.I don,t know weather it is working.I could use some of the parts if it does not work.For a fiver i think it is worth a punt.It does not look so dusty inside though.I need to get one of those dust busters though.The guy has done a good job. Like he says it looks like new.

 

[Dragokar]

I just made some more pictures and usually forget them to post here I guess I am getting old.

Spoiler

 

[Greenslade]

I bought it for £5 even if does not work it is worth for the GPU even though it is a budget modal.And the Ram and the 500gb hdd.The case has some scratchs on the front of the case and few marks on the top.It does not look that dusty in side it.Weatner or not it works is another

 

[framebuffer]

I know pretty much no one cares about crappy video card overclocking, but I find it super fun and satisfying
Was using this X300SE as simple video card for some CPU/memory testing and since it was already there with drivers and everything ready I tested what it can do

It managed almost +50% on the GPU!
Of course this thing is greatly limited by memory bandwidth (which managed 249MHz, not bad for 5ns/200MHz modules), so the performance increase is not linear, but still not bad!

 

[Mr.Scott]

I love crappy video card overclocking.

 

[Greenslade]

I know pretty much no one cares about crappy video card overclocking, but I find it super fun and satisfying
Was using this X300SE as simple video card for some CPU/memory testing and since it was already there with drivers and everything ready I tested what it can do

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It managed almost +50% on the GPU!
Of course this thing is greatly limited by memory bandwidth (which managed 249MHz, not bad for 5ns/200MHz modules), so the performance increase is not linear, but still not bad!

Sounds cool to me,after all

I know pretty much no one cares about crappy video card overclocking, but I find it super fun and satisfying
Was using this X300SE as simple video card for some CPU/memory testing and since it was already there with drivers and everything ready I tested what it can do

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It managed almost +50% on the GPU!
Of course this thing is greatly limited by memory bandwidth (which managed 249MHz, not bad for 5ns/200MHz modules), so the performance increase is not linear, but still not bad!

It sounds good to me,after all his is Nostalgic Hardware Club

 

[68Olds]

Love overclocking an older low end video card. You did a great job with that x300, framebuffer!

 

[GreiverBlade]

I bought it for £5 even if does not work it is worth for the GPU even though it is a budget modal.And the Ram and the 500gb hdd.The case has some scratchs on the front of the case and few marks on the top.It does not look that dusty in side it.Weatner or not it works is another

ahah, i have the exact same Dell tower and since the GPU look the same i suspect it's a Dimension 5150? with a P4 640?

i got mine free, as a payment for a data backup job from the rig in question to a ext HDD

 

[lexluthermiester]

I love crappy video card overclocking.

Don't we all?

 

[framebuffer]

Love overclocking an older low end video card. You did a great job with that x300, framebuffer!

Thanks, but I just replaced the sticky gunk on the GPU with some MX4 and pointed a FAN to it

 

[Mr.Scott]

Thanks, but I just replaced the sticky gunk on the GPU with some MX4 and pointed a FAN to it

Sometimes thats all it takes.

 

[framebuffer]

OK, I tested few more beasts

top: X600 / bottom: X1300PRO

X600

The X600 is pretty much identical to the previous X300SE except for the memory which is now 128bit (with a little higher clock).
This alone was enough to greatly exceed the overclocked X300SE results, since it was heavily limited by the memory bandwidth

As for the overclock, this RV370 managed to reach almost 500Mhz, which makes for a +52%, not bad!!
The RAM was a surprise, 324MHz for 4ns modules is not obvious at all! (I was hoping for 275, maybe 300)

X1300PRO

The RV516 of the X1300PRO has the same 4/2/4/4 configuration of the X300/X600 (RV370) with some architectural improvements here and there I guess
Other than that it's also able to clock higher (mainly because of a the "new" 90nm production process I think)
Anyways, also here what is giving a good boost is the memory, now DDR2 at 392MHz

As for the overclock, the GPU limit was around 690, so no extreme increases (from what I can see ~700MHz is a general limit for R500 series, at least without voltage control)
The RAM instead did pretty well, ~520MHz for 2.5ns (400MHz) modules is quite good for me!

also did a 3DMark03 on this one, if somebody wants to compare with other cards

(A64 X2 4400+)

 

[Greenslade]

OK, I tested few more beasts

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top: X600 / bottom: X1300PRO

X600
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The X600 is pretty much identical to the previous X300SE except for the memory which is now 128bit (with a little higher clock).
This alone was enough to greatly exceed the overclocked X300SE results, since it was heavily limited by the memory bandwidth

As for the overclock, this RV370 managed to reach almost 500Mhz, which makes for a +52%, not bad!!
The RAM was a surprise, 324MHz for 4ns modules is not obvious at all! (I was hoping for 275, maybe 300)

X1300PRO
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The RV516 of the X1300PRO has the same 4/2/4/4 configuration of the X300/X600 (RV370) with some architectural improvements here and there I guess
Other than that it's also able to clock higher (mainly because of a the "new" 90nm production process I think)
Anyways, also here what is giving a good boost is the memory, now DDR2 at 392MHz

As for the overclock, the GPU limit was around 690, so no extreme increases (from what I can see ~700MHz is a general limit for R500 series, at least without voltage control)
The RAM instead did pretty well, ~520MHz for 2.5ns (400MHz) modules is quite good for me!

also did a 3DMark03 on this one, if somebody wants to compare with other cards
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(A64 X2 4400+)

The x600 is the one in my £5 PC I got the other day, it also has 4 sticks of Ram, I don,t know how much as I have not tried the PC yet, There is an HDD in there it probably has the previous owner's stuff on it. The stall always has interesting stuff on it at my kind price which in my case is as cheap as possible.
You never know what you will find on it. Today there were a couple of PSU,s on they're no good for me as all Molex plugs on them. I should think this stuff comes from household clearances. The market is on three times a week.

 

[QuietBob]

OK, I tested few more beasts

All of them seem overpowered to me

 

[Mr.Scott]

All of them seem overpowered to me

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Too fast for me. lol

 

[Red_Machine]

What's that you say? Too fast? Try a cut down, integrated Mobility Radeon 7000.

 

[Bones]

I don't know about fast but I do know one of my NF7's is working again.
Did a bit of soldering work and presto - It's alive and kicking again!

For good measure here's a shot of one of my Ultra D's at work.





And do try a crap card like I have in the NF7-S if you want to see "Crappy"......
And now I see Mr. Scott did just that already.

 

[Audioave10]

I don't know about fast but I do know one of my NF7's is working again.
Did a bit of soldering work and presto - It's alive and kicking again!

For good measure here's a shot of one of my Ultra D's at work.

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And do try a crap card like I have in the NF7-S if you want to see "Crappy"......
And now I see Mr. Scott did just that already.

Yes, that Corsair RAM is rare and for awhile I looked hard for some.

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

I do wish I had some of that RGB Corsair DDR.

I do have some 533mhz Crucial Ballistix Tracer

Was listed as brand new ram on eBay, and the description said it was ddr4

 

[Audioave10]

I do wish I had some of that RGB Corsair DDR.

I do have some 533mhz Crucial Ballistix Tracer View attachment 260625
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Was listed as brand new ram on eBay, and the description said it was ddr4

I did the SAME thing!

 

[Bones]

Yes, that Corsair RAM is rare and for awhile I looked hard for some.

Bought both sets new back in the day.
The serial numbers for the C2 Pros aren't consecutive but that's how they came in the package, the other set is.

 

[DR4G00N]

I've also got a couple kit's of XLPRO's along with some reg XL's, C2's and a kit of Centon DDR500 Winbond UTT.



Have this kit of Geil Ultra Platinum DDR500 too but it's just some Hynix, looks sweet though (hard to tell but they're mirror like chrome).