TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

All this Dfi and Asus socket a talk, I personaly believe the Abit NF7-S rev2 was the greatest socket A Nforce board on the planet. But that is just my opinion.

 

[debs3759]

All this Dfi and Asus socket a talk, I personaly believe the Abit NF7-S rev2 was the greatest socket A Nforce board on the planet. But that is just my opinion.

I'm happy to know I bought one of the best, even if there are a couple of boards that compete well with it.

Can't dispute the idea that Asus always made some of the best boards. When I build a new, high-end system I always look to their ROG brand.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

I never had a Dfi board but did have several A7n8x's. I liked them just not as much as the Abit. I just loved the sound from the abit board. The true soundstorm solution. It rivaled the best soundcards of the day. And is the reason I stopped using add in soundcards from that point on. It also overclocked like a beast. Also backfire is right, the mobile barton chips are what to look for in processors. I had several 2500+ mobile cpus and all clocked great. Stinger has one of my Nf7-s/ 2500+ mobile setups. I sold one elsewhere and still have the original one. I actually tjough I sold it also but found it one day digging through my boxes of old stuff. It is safely installed back in its original chieftech dragon case I bought when I bought the board way back when. May pick up a 9700 pro and put the rig back the way I ran it for all those years. Right now it has a hd2400 pro in it.

 

[Backfire]

All this Dfi and Asus socket a talk, I personaly believe the Abit NF7-S rev2 was the greatest socket A Nforce board on the planet. But that is just my opinion.

The NF7-S Rev.2.0 is the second best socket A motherboard ever built. My opinion .

I'm really a fan of the NF7-S. I've had one back in 2003, and the Abit was the first board I thought of when I deceided to build a nostalgic-system. As it was the board in my main-system I was pretty lucky with that setup (NF7-S, XP-M 2600+, Radeon X800, Zalman CNPS7000 CU) and I kept it until socket AM2 came out. But in 2012 (or late 2011) the board & I still had some unfinished buisness.
I always wanted to reach 2,6GHz on the socket A, but bad luck with the CPU's and a lack in experience stopped me. I always ended up at about 2560MHz.

So I had a goal: Nostalgic socket A- system, Athlon XP-M CPU, for better chances at overclocking, my first water-cooling.

The result:

 

[Mr.Scott]

The NF7-S Rev.2.0 is the second best socket A motherboard ever built. My opinion .

The DFI Infinity Ultra is exactly the same as the LanParty Ultra B, without the bling. That would make the NF7 the third best. Don't count the AN7 out of the running either. Of the 4 boards, the AN7 is my favorite to work with. All have their own quirks.

 

[Backfire]

I count the 2 DFI's as one .
A clear point is, I forgot the AN7. That was maybe, I never had the opportunity to find one at the right price. I always have to look after the money, so some wishes remain wishes ... .

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

I had the opportunity to pick up spme an7s through the years but I was under the impression they weren't as good as the nf7-s. Oh and the kt880 based epox board I had was a great one also. It clocked like a beast too.

 

[GreiverBlade]

GOTCHA number 3!

tomorrow (Monday) or Tuesday i pay all these 3 beauty and then the wait game begin!

 

[stinger608]

GOTCHA number 3!

tomorrow (Monday) or Tuesday i pay all these 3 beauty and then the wait game begin!

Wow, I remember them power supplies! They were insanely expensive in the day. Awesome score Greiver!

 

[Misaki]

GOTCHA number 3!
tomorrow (Monday) or Tuesday i pay all these 3 beauty and then the wait game begin!

So cute :3
http://www.techangel.co.uk/enermax-coolergiant-eg485ax-vhb/

 

[GreiverBlade]

Wow, I remember them power supplies! They were insanely expensive in the day. Awesome score Greiver!

best point : RED and PciE 6pin.

will go lovely with the KT6V 400 and the Xpertvision Radeon X1950GT Super AGP ... oh wait ... DAMN the next mobo is not red as the MSI KT6V 400 is ... oh well the Xvi still is xD

annddd delay ... as much as expected xD no money till tomorrow (i hope so xD )

 

[Mr.Scott]

I had the opportunity to pick up spme an7s through the years but I was under the impression they weren't as good as the nf7-s.

That's subjective. The AN7 definitely couldn't do the same FSB's as the NF7. Most stopped cold at 235-250. But the voltage options were better/higher than the NF7, thus needing less, if any volt mods. Stability wise, the AN7 was a better board.

 

[GreiverBlade]

insanely good packaging you said? well quite ... quite ...

hello beauties

SB0730 hummmm google... holy shi... a SB X-FI XtremeGamer .... ok not nostalgic ... pfah (oh well ... why not ... PCI ... )


I WAS RIGHT! a E8400! YAY! WOLFDALE IS BACK (again...)

 

[GreiverBlade]

double post due to the 10 img limit

ok a 8600GT Silent 512M well quite cute and cutely quiet ...

OCZ Vendetta 3 heatpipe but quite thicker than those of a Katana 4 and also direct touch no fan include but oh well the scythe is designed to willingly (under threat of torture) give his fan and clamp


BEST BUNDLE EVER!

 

[GreiverBlade]

more incoming : placeholder test setup and such (duh my Velociraptor 10k 150gb SATA II died it seems ... oh well IDE all the way)

who knews that such a beastly cooler could fit with all those tall copper heatsink around the socket ...

 

[JunkBear]

GOTCHA number 3!

tomorrow (Monday) or Tuesday i pay all these 3 beauty and then the wait game begin!

Look like an older model of my Enermax NoiseTaker 2 485w

 

[GreiverBlade]

Look like an older model of my Enermax NoiseTaker 2 485w

well the build quality of the Coolergiant is a notch (and a huge one) above the Noisetaker serie, the anodized aluminium casing is thick and when i write thick i mean "wtf 2mm thick no possible way to bend that casing" and the fan design was a bit more efficient at my taste (i had a Noisetaker II back) Enermax had some real good PSU back there ... now hum ... i need to do some research might find some interesting things

yeah indeed ... i might have found my next PSU brand if i go 290 CFX later ...

 

[debs3759]

Coincidence. I just won the 385 Watt model, hope the power distribution is good for my pending 486 build.

 

[JunkBear]

well the build quality of the Coolergiant is a notch (and a huge one) above the Noisetaker serie, the anodized aluminium casing is thick and when i write thick i mean "wtf 2mm thick no possible way to bend that casing" and the fan design was a bit more efficient at my taste (i had a Noisetaker II back) Enermax had some real good PSU back there ... now hum ... i need to do some research might find some interesting things

yeah indeed ... i might have found my next PSU brand if i go 290 CFX later ...

The one I have is wuite heavy and thick. Components inside seems to be a good quality.

 

[GreiverBlade]

The one I have is wuite heavy and thick. Components inside seems to be a good quality.

i had a Noisetaker II and its thinner than the Coolergiant : same as every PSU good or not, no doubt they are good

indeed totally not the same build quality as this.

Coincidence. I just won the 385 Watt model, hope the power distribution is good for my pending 486 build.

for a 486? overkill... btw its a 380 not 385, 385 is the model designation (like my EG485AX is a 480) the gold one is cute ... altho a bit to blingy

 

[debs3759]

for a 486? overkill... btw its a 380 not 385, 385 is the model designation (like my EG485AX is a 480) the gold one is cute ... altho a bit to blingy

Better too much power than too little. it only cost £0.99 plus about £6 shipping

 

[GreiverBlade]

Better too much power than too little. it only cost £0.99 plus about £6 shipping

yep better too much than too little and nice find shall we start a Coolergiant owner club

ok time to go to the job have fun nostalgeeks!

 

[Doc41]

(PS there is no white Noisetaker II all NTII where deep blue officially so, unless modded ofc )

The one I have is wuite heavy and thick. Components inside seems to be a good quality.

i'm guessing its a typo for 'quite' as in "very heavy"

on another subject i got another 'somewhat' old-ish laptop from my brother which later on i'll be cleaning and snap a few pics of it

 

[GreiverBlade]

i'm guessing its a typo for 'quite' as in "very heavy"

on another subject i got another 'somewhat' old-ish laptop from my brother which later on i'll be cleaning and snap a few pics of it

well i thought about "Quite heavy" since Q and W are close ... Quite-Wuite make sense eh? xD ok corrected

 

[JunkBear]

Anyway Wuite is it even a word?