Sexy Hardware Close-Up Pic Clubhouse.

[Azma]

Absolutely beautiful!

Dunno why, but that card and some other cards just got stuck in my head! Probably got to get the other card`s at some point to

 

[Aquinus]

Just love the color combo, the simple design and all them heatsinks!

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Just look at that plain old copper heatsink!

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It's too bad that blower style coolers tend to be loud. The concept of blowing the hot air out the back of the chassis makes a lot of sense if you want to keep the rest of your machine cool.

 

[Azma]

It's too bad that blower style coolers tend to be loud. The concept of blowing the hot air out the back of the chassis makes a lot of sense if you want to keep the rest of your machine cool.

Can comfirm! The blower on this card is silly loud Not so bad on modern cards I would say! But funny design! Fan hub mounted to the clear shroud part of the cooler, and the fan just hanging there up side down

 

[Chicken Patty]

Dunno why, but that card and some other cards just got stuck in my head! Probably got to get the other card`s at some point to

Thing is back in that time the looks came from the heatsink, the raw beauty of it, and the graphics. Now it's mostly from RGB's and backplates. Kinda like seeing some of it's raw power like it was aid, the heatsinks, components underneath. Different type of "nice" but indeed beautiful.

 

[wolf]

Just snagged this Quadro FX1300 and can't believe the condition, either new old stock, very lightly used or very well refurbished.

 

[emissary42]

Shot for a different thread. The memory is nothing special, but at least thematically it matches the AMD motherboard.

 

[mclaren85]

Msi force gc20 gamepad

Amd wraith prism fan

Rtx 3080 backplate

Licenced F16 aircrat model

 

[mclaren85]

My 12 year old laptop mainboard:

 

[AusWolf]

My 12 year old laptop mainboard:
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Socketed CPU in a laptop? That's cool!

 

[pavle]

My 12 year old laptop mainboard: ...

Socketed CPU in a laptop? That's cool!

A Pentium4 M or a Pentium M without the net_thurst?

 

[mclaren85]

Socketed CPU in a laptop? That's cool!

Year 2012. The planned obsolescence was not a thing back then..

 

[sam_86314]

AMD Oberon (PS5's APU) on my ASRock BC-250 cryptomining blade server.

 

[mclaren85]

My old 3080ti graphics card

 

[mxthunder]

Found these digging through the archives today. loved that system. that asrock z68 extreme 7 gen 3 mobo was awesome, 3 way SLI with single space between each card. hard to believe it was 13+ years ago

 

[mclaren85]

GA102 chip aka Nvidia 3080

 

[mxthunder]

Been having fun with 2080 Super in my test bench

 

[mclaren85]

AMD 7650m, 2gb. low to mid range mobile GPU from 2012

 

[mclaren85]

It's a 1968 model Chevrolet classical car. Bundled with 2 bluetooth speakers.

 

[freeagent]

Not the sexiest.. but after a few drinks you might change your mind

 

[Aquinus]

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Not the sexiest.. but after a few drinks you might change your mind

Already a couple drinks in. Still not a huge fan of RGB. I personally prefer a utilitarian look. Flashy just isn't my thing.

 

[freeagent]

Already a couple drinks in. Still not a huge fan of RGB. I personally prefer a utilitarian look. Flashy just isn't my thing.

I was never a huge fan.. I tried it out.. I even switched to a new case, all black.. big fans.. wish my board had more RGB though lol.. pretty chintzy on this model. The ram though.. that is supposed to be temporary. I bought 2 kits, not at the same time. Was thinking first set was a dud for OC, so I got a second set.. they are pretty much a year apart according to the build date.. worse than the first lol. So now I am running 2 pairs. And let me tell you.. trying to run 4 sticks of DDR5 fast is pretty difficult lol. Unless.. these are just shit sticks. But I think its my CPU, but have to play with 2:1 more to know. Either way I don't really care. It is pretty crazy compared to my last AM4 setup.

 

[tabascosauz]

I was never a huge fan.. I tried it out.. I even switched to a new case, all black.. big fans.. wish my board had more RGB though lol.. pretty chintzy on this model. The ram though.. that is supposed to be temporary. I bought 2 kits, not at the same time. Was thinking first set was a dud for OC, so I got a second set.. they are pretty much a year apart according to the build date.. worse than the first lol. So now I am running 2 pairs. And let me tell you.. trying to run 4 sticks of DDR5 fast is pretty difficult lol. Unless.. these are just shit sticks. But I think its my CPU, but have to play with 2:1 more to know. Either way I don't really care. It is pretty crazy compared to my last AM4 setup.

Seems I missed out on all your DDR5 fun

I need to clean out my rig and take some pictures of the white ripjaws, probably more dust than air in there

 

[freeagent]

Seems I missed out on all your DDR5 fun

Hey Buddy!

No fun at all. The most fun was the one time I tried 2:1 and went straight to 8000 and ran Aida.. big numbers, was quite impressed.. but not even close to stable. Seems 6200 is the best I can do, no chance of running 6400. I tried man. I tried. Shouldn't need 1.6v for 6400 right? I didnt try that much yet. But feck these sticks lol. Maybe its just me.. maybe its my board. If Phil were around I would blame it on the rain.

 

[wolf]

I cannot be the only one who absolutely loves the aesthetic of the Gainward Phantom cards with this style cooler. My first, and very welcome to the collection.

 

[SyWillCry]

Some pictures of my V540, more under the spoiler.

Spoiler: Radeon Pro V540