TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

RyzenMaster.sys · Oct 16, 2023

80-watt Hamster said:
Man, the Dells from back then had such nice keyboards. Haven't experienced a laptop keyboard better than the M1530's.

Most of the Dell machines from this era I've come across are very similar keyboard wise. It's certainly above average for the era and great by modern standards. Modern laptops rarely rival laptops of this era in keyboard feel.

Greenslade · Oct 16, 2023

I know you guys like this guys videos.

SCSI Hard Disk.

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RyzenMaster.sys · Oct 16, 2023

Got around to the second Inspiron I bought from Goodwill. This one is a 6400 and is in nearly perfect cosmetic condition once I cleaned it up a bit.

Laptop has a T2080 1.73ghz Core Duo (potato), 2+512mb RAM, Radeon X1400, 120GB SATA HDD. It came with a 65w brick and a non functional battery.

For some reason Goodwill decided to install Windows 10 onto this. It's completely unusable, as you'd imagine. I'll work on fixing that shortly here. Unsure what OS to go with. I have an XP disc on hand.

Also wouldn't mind putting a cheap SSD in here and a better CPU. I don't know If I could put a 65nm core 2 in here or not.

Really love the chassis of these. Easy to repair, solid design, good keyboard, blue lit media control buttons are cool.

lexluthermiester · Oct 16, 2023

Kissamies said:
A 6600, not a GT though. IIRC the core can be overclocked to about GT levels, but no hope on the memory. 6600 uses normal DDR when 6600 GT uses GDDR3.

IIRC, the memory should have some wiggle room unless it's a less than optimal sample of the card. Silicon lottery is always a thing...

RyzenMaster.sys said:
Unsure what OS to go with. I have an XP disc on hand.

Windows? XP is what the system came with and you can find the Dell system restore disc "online".

agent_x007 · Oct 17, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
IIRC, the memory should have some wiggle room unless it's a less than optimal sample of the card. Silicon lottery is always a thing...

Sadly, there is no way for 4ns class memory on pictured card to come even close to 2ns GDDR3 on GT model.

lexluthermiester · Oct 17, 2023

agent_x007 said:
Sadly, there is no way for 4ns class memory on pictured card to come even close to 2ns GDDR3 on GT model.

Ah, I didn't look that close..

boomstik360 · Oct 17, 2023

RyzenMaster.sys said:
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Got around to the second Inspiron I bought from Goodwill. This one is a 6400 and is in nearly perfect cosmetic condition once I cleaned it up a bit.

Laptop has a T2080 1.73ghz Core Duo (potato), 2+512mb RAM, Radeon X1400, 120GB SATA HDD. It came with a 65w brick and a non functional battery.

For some reason Goodwill decided to install Windows 10 onto this. It's completely unusable, as you'd imagine. I'll work on fixing that shortly here. Unsure what OS to go with. I have an XP disc on hand.

Also wouldn't mind putting a cheap SSD in here and a better CPU. I don't know If I could put a 65nm core 2 in here or not.

Really love the chassis of these. Easy to repair, solid design, good keyboard, blue lit media control buttons are cool.

These were pretty awesome when new. Crazy how well it held up! I installed windows 10 on a first gen i3 HP lappy w/4gigs of ram and its smooooth. This probably just needs an SSD.

MaxiPro800 · Oct 17, 2023

I got 11 to run on as old as a Core 2 Duo T6600 I think (Acer Aspire 6930G w/ HD4650 I think it was).

Runs great but I had to use a WD Black due to not having a SSD handy (and wasn't really going to get one just for 11, or a C2D for that matter).

Ruru · Oct 17, 2023

Damn, had to put together a XP rig once again since I just love that mid-2000s hardware. Though the PSU & case are modern ones

-MSI K9N NeoV2
-Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (my slowest AM2 chip, on purpose)
-4GB DDR2-800 (I could go to 2x1GB if I check my drawers)
-Radeon X800 GT @ 600/525
-SATA DVD-ROM
-Seagate 2.5" 7200rpm 250GB SATA (actually pretty snappy for a 2.5" drive)
-Fractal ION Gold 550W
-Fractal Focus G

boomstik360 · Oct 17, 2023

Kissamies said:
Damn, had to put together a XP rig once again since I just love that mid-2000s hardware. Though the PSU & case are modern ones

-MSI K9N NeoV2
-Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (my slowest AM2 chip, on purpose)
-4GB DDR2-800 (I could go to 2x1GB if I check my drawers)
-Radeon X800 GT @ 600/525
-SATA DVD-ROM
-Seagate 2.5" 7200rpm 250GB SATA (actually pretty snappy for a 2.5" drive)
-Fractal ION Gold 550W
-Fractal Focus G

That is awesome! Solid setup. I have a 5200+ I want to do an SLI setup with my 7900 GT’s lol. Need a few more things. I only have a crossfire board of course but no ATI cards at the moment lol.

Ruru · Oct 17, 2023

boomstik360 said:
That is awesome! Solid setup. I have a 5200+ I want to do an SLI setup with my 7900 GT’s lol. Need a few more things. I only have a crossfire board of course but no ATI cards at the moment lol.

Nah, scrapped that. For celebration of today's super-heater 14900K, I swapped the mobo to a LGA775 Asus and put a P4 541 there. I have newer ones as well (as 45nm Core2 CPUs) but I wanted to make a 2004-ish high-end machine. Other parts remain the same.

(and yeah, X800 GT was released in 2005 but after all, it's more like a 9800 XT on steroids)

MaxiPro800 · Oct 17, 2023

Planning on a rebuild of that funky Nokia-cased (JNC RJA-7610) build I posted earlier. Which one would you pick?

- MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R/A64 3000+ 754/ASUS N6600 256M/120GB Seagate PATA HDD/3x512/98*+XP
- ASUS A8V-MX/A64 3200+ 939/Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB/120GB Seagate SATA/2x512/XP SP3
- ABIT IS7-E v1.2/P4 HT 2.8GHz N-Wood/HD3450 512M AGP/ 160GB Samsung + 2x74GB Raptor/4x512/XP SP3

(*) - Memory patch for 98SE included

boomstik360 · Oct 17, 2023

MaxiPro800 said:
Planning on a rebuild of that funky Nokia-cased (JNC RJA-7610) build I posted earlier. Which one would you pick?

- MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R/A64 3000+ 754/ASUS N6600 256M/120GB Seagate PATA HDD/3x512/98*+XP
- ASUS A8V-MX/A64 3200+ 939/Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB/120GB Seagate SATA/2x512/XP SP3
- ABIT IS7-E v1.2/P4 HT 2.8GHz N-Wood/HD3450 512M AGP/ 160GB Samsung + 2x74GB Raptor/4x512/XP SP3

(*) - Memory patch for 98SE included

Ooo the 754 setup sounds fun. Been a minute since I’ve seen those in action!

Ruru · Oct 17, 2023

MaxiPro800 said:
Planning on a rebuild of that funky Nokia-cased (JNC RJA-7610) build I posted earlier. Which one would you pick?

- MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R/A64 3000+ 754/ASUS N6600 256M/120GB Seagate PATA HDD/3x512/98*+XP
- ASUS A8V-MX/A64 3200+ 939/Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB/120GB Seagate SATA/2x512/XP SP3
- ABIT IS7-E v1.2/P4 HT 2.8GHz N-Wood/HD3450 512M AGP/ 160GB Samsung + 2x74GB Raptor/4x512/XP SP3

(*) - Memory patch for 98SE included

R9700 Pro without a doubt. One of the most legendary GPUs ever.

boomstik360 · Oct 17, 2023

Kissamies said:
R9700 Pro without a doubt. One of the most legendary GPUs ever.

S754 system with the 9700pro there we go

MaxiPro800 · Oct 17, 2023

Fine then, you got me sold on the 754+9700 combo.

Here's what I came up with, for now:

- MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R
- A64 3000+ skt754
- 2.5GB DDR400
- Hercules Prophet 9700 Pro 128MB
- Samsung SP1654N IDE + 2x74GB WD Raptor
- ASUS DRW-1814BL DVD drive
- HKC SZ-430PDR 430W PSU (would have went for a Seasonic but that one needs a full recap and I don't have caps atm)
- Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
- ASUS WL-138g WLAN card
- ASUS K8A9-8SB3 cooler
- JNC-Nokia RJA-7610 case
- XP SP3 Integral Edition (SATA and all known updates, I think it includes POSReady updates as well)

boomstik360 · Oct 17, 2023

MaxiPro800 said:
Fine then, you got me sold on the 754+9700 combo.

Here's what I came up with, for now:

- MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R
- A64 3000+ skt754
- 2.5GB DDR400
- Hercules Prophet 9700 Pro 128MB
- Samsung SP1654N IDE + 2x74GB WD Raptor
- ASUS DRW-1814BL DVD drive
- HKC SZ-430PDR 430W PSU (would have went for a Seasonic but that one needs a full recap and I don't have caps atm)
- Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
- ASUS WL-138g WLAN card
- ASUS K8A9-8SB3 cooler
- JNC-Nokia RJA-7610 case
- XP SP3 Integral Edition (SATA and all known updates, I think it includes POSReady updates as well)

Heck yeah bud. Damn I remember those Raptors well lol.

80-watt Hamster · Oct 17, 2023

MaxiPro800 said:
Fine then, you got me sold on the 754+9700 combo.

Here's what I came up with, for now:

- MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R
- A64 3000+ skt754
- 2.5GB DDR400
- Hercules Prophet 9700 Pro 128MB
- Samsung SP1654N IDE + 2x74GB WD Raptor
- ASUS DRW-1814BL DVD drive
- HKC SZ-430PDR 430W PSU (would have went for a Seasonic but that one needs a full recap and I don't have caps atm)
- Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
- ASUS WL-138g WLAN card
- ASUS K8A9-8SB3 cooler
- JNC-Nokia RJA-7610 case
- XP SP3 Integral Edition (SATA and all known updates, I think it includes POSReady updates as well)

How's the Nokia fit into all this?

MaxiPro800 · Oct 17, 2023

Look at the faceplate design.

boomstik360 · Oct 17, 2023

MaxiPro800 said:
Look at the faceplate design.

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Hahaha omg that is epic. Diggin’ it for sure.

lexluthermiester · Oct 17, 2023

boomstik360 said:
Heck yeah bud. Damn I remember those Raptors well lol.

They were and because they perform so well, still can be good drives.

MaxiPro800 said:
Look at the faceplate design.

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That might have been on purpose.

MaxiPro800 · Oct 18, 2023

Mr.Scott · Oct 18, 2023

MaxiPro800 said:
Planning on a rebuild of that funky Nokia-cased (JNC RJA-7610) build I posted earlier. Which one would you pick?

- MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R/A64 3000+ 754/ASUS N6600 256M/120GB Seagate PATA HDD/3x512/98*+XP
- ASUS A8V-MX/A64 3200+ 939/Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB/120GB Seagate SATA/2x512/XP SP3
- ABIT IS7-E v1.2/P4 HT 2.8GHz N-Wood/HD3450 512M AGP/ 160GB Samsung + 2x74GB Raptor/4x512/XP SP3

(*) - Memory patch for 98SE included

Abit setup

Outback Bronze · Oct 18, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
I skipped the GTX480 as I had a GTX275

Think quite a few people got the HD5850 too, which wasn't a bad card either, like the GTX 470.

I myself had a GTX 275 but only because I was running 2x 9800 GTX in sli and one went bad, so the shop replaced the both of them with just one GTX 275.

lexluthermiester · Oct 18, 2023

Outback Bronze said:
Think quite a few people got the HD5850 too, which wasn't a bad card either, like the GTX 470.

That was a very good card!

Outback Bronze said:
I myself had a GTX 275 but only because I was running 2x 9800 GTX in sli and one went bad, so the shop replaced the both of them with just one GTX 275.

That was very nice of them. IIRC that would have been a boost for you in performance.

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	AsRock B550M Pro4
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 34 Esports One
Memory	32GB (4x8) Team Group DDR4 3600 CL18
Video Card(s)	ELSA RX5700XT w/ 2x Arctic P12 MAX fans
Storage	Sabrent Rocket Q 1tb NVME 3.0
Display(s)	Dual Monitors: 27in Sceptre 1440p 165hz IPS (Main) + 27in MSI 1080p 144hz (Left) on monitor arms
Case	I don't want to talk about it
Audio Device(s)	Logitech X530 5.1 Spearkers + Sennheiser HD58X Jubilee
Power Supply	Corsair HX850i 80+ Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Leopold FC750R Cherry MX Brown
Software	Microsoft Windows 10 Professional x64

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	AsRock B550M Pro4
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 34 Esports One
Memory	32GB (4x8) Team Group DDR4 3600 CL18
Video Card(s)	ELSA RX5700XT w/ 2x Arctic P12 MAX fans
Storage	Sabrent Rocket Q 1tb NVME 3.0
Display(s)	Dual Monitors: 27in Sceptre 1440p 165hz IPS (Main) + 27in MSI 1080p 144hz (Left) on monitor arms
Case	I don't want to talk about it
Audio Device(s)	Logitech X530 5.1 Spearkers + Sennheiser HD58X Jubilee
Power Supply	Corsair HX850i 80+ Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Leopold FC750R Cherry MX Brown
Software	Microsoft Windows 10 Professional x64

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	Always changing
Processor	Always changing
Motherboard	Always changing
Cooling	Always changing
Memory	Always changing
Video Card(s)	Always changing
Storage	Always changing
Display(s)	Always changing
Case	Always changing
Audio Device(s)	Always changing
Power Supply	Always changing
Mouse	Always changing
Keyboard	Always changing

System Name	Star Platinum
Processor	Intel Core i5-3470 3.20GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B75M-D3H
Cooling	EKL
Memory	16GB DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX650 1GB GDDR5
Storage	2x Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB SATA II
Display(s)	Samsung 43 inch
Case	Delux MG760
Audio Device(s)	Realtek High Definition Audio + X-Fi XtremeGamer SB0730
Power Supply	FSP Bluestorm II 500W
Mouse	ASUS RoG Cerberus mouse
Keyboard	Marvo KM400 keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809

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SCSI Hard Disk.

. I did not know much SCSI Hard drives,untel i saw this video.

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agent_x007

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boomstik360

MaxiPro800

Ruru

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Ruru

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MaxiPro800

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Ruru

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MaxiPro800

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80-watt Hamster

MaxiPro800

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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)	27" 4K120 IPS + 32" 4K60 IPS + 24" 1080p60
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	Office
Processor	Ryzen 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS B450M-A II
Cooling	be quiet! Shadow Rock LP
Memory	16GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RX 5600 XT
Storage	PNY CS1030 250GB, Crucial MX500 2TB
Display(s)	Dell S2719DGF
Case	Fractal Define 7 Compact
Power Supply	EVGA 550 G3
Mouse	Logitech M705 Marthon
Keyboard	Logitech G410
Software	Windows 10 Pro 22H2

System Name	Master
Processor	Pair of Xeon X5675's @ 4.3
Motherboard	SR-2 Classified
Memory	12 GB of Corsair Dominator GT's @ 2000 7-7-7-21
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX680
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750

System Name	Raptor Baked
Processor	14900k w.c.
Motherboard	Z790 Hero
Cooling	w.c.
Memory	48GB G.Skill 7200
Video Card(s)	Zotac 4080 w.c.
Storage	2TB Kingston kc3k
Display(s)	Samsung 34" G8
Case	Corsair 460X
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	PCIe5 850w
Mouse	Asus
Keyboard	Corsair
Software	Win 11
Benchmark Scores	Cool n Quiet.

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