TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

m1919 · Nov 4, 2012

Chevalr1c said:
The graphics card cooler reminds me of an audio or video (VHS) cassette.

What OS do you run on it, by the way? A flavour of Linux?

Yeah, one of my friends said the same thing a few weeks ago lol. It's a good cooler, all aluminum, dissipates heat very well.

I dual boot with Windows XP Pro and Crunchbang.

eidairaman1 · Nov 4, 2012

Athlonite said:
I know Tyan had an duel opteron mobo socket 940 though so not really old old school

http://www.pacificgeek.com/productimages/xl/MB-S2895RS.jpg

And MSI did do an duel socket A mobo the K7D Master

http://hothardware.com/reviews/images/msi_dual_athlon/board.JPG

but good luck in finding any Athlon MP CPU's anywhere

AXPs run in them

m1919 · Nov 4, 2012

Got more P2/P3 Xeon stuff.

P3 "Pseudo-Xeon" SL4HE 1Ghz/256kb. Basically just a Coppermine in a Slot-2 form factor.

P3 Xeons 550/1Mb SL3C

Intel MS440GX Board

It's actually an OEM board for Gateway, but I flashed the crappy Gateway bios with the Intel one. It's limited to 550Mhz P3 Xeons though, the Intel bios seems to have been gimped to prevent people from flashing Gateway boards to upgrade to 700 or 900Mhz Xeons.

A-Trend Freeway FW-6400/150/WS

Probably one of the coolest boards I have. It'll run both Slot-1 and Slot-2 processors.

stinger608 · Nov 4, 2012

m1919 said:
Heh, first post on this forum, might as well be here.

I've got a fair amount of stuff, but I'll start out with my dual P3 Xeon retro rig.

If you've seen this board before, you'll notice two things ghetto-modded in there.

Xeon Prime

Antec Earthwatts 380W
ASUS XG-DLS
Dual P3 Xeon 700/1Mb SL49P @784Mhz
2GB Micron PC133 ECC
Leadtek WinFast A350
Generic USB 2.0 Card
SB Live! CT4780
Quantum3d Obsidian2 200SBi
HP ML350 Hotswap Bay
Hitachi 73GB 10K
Seagate 73GB 10k
Hitachi CD/DVD

http://imageshack.us/a/img99/9362/13102012145.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img35/3620/13102012139.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img641/8774/xeonprime2.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img171/2769/xeonprimelive.jpg

m1919 said:
Got more P2/P3 Xeon stuff.

P3 "Pseudo-Xeon" SL4HE 1Ghz/256kb. Basically just a Coppermine in a Slot-2 form factor.

http://imageshack.us/a/img641/2765/p3xeonsl4he1ghz256kb.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img826/4969/p3xeonsl4he1ghz256kb2.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img853/2684/p3xeonsl4he1ghz256kb3.jpg

P3 Xeons 550/1Mb SL3C

http://imageshack.us/a/img217/6676/p3xeonsl3ce550mhz1mb.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img19/9899/p3xeonsl3ce550mhz1mb2.jpg

Intel MS440GX Board

It's actually an OEM board for Gateway, but I flashed the crappy Gateway bios with the Intel one. It's limited to 550Mhz P3 Xeons though, the Intel bios seems to have been gimped to prevent people from flashing Gateway boards to upgrade to 700 or 900Mhz Xeons.

http://imageshack.us/a/img222/4333/ms440gx.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img191/6020/ms440gx2.jpg

A-Trend Freeway FW-6400/150/WS

Probably one of the coolest boards I have. It'll run both Slot-1 and Slot-2 processors.

http://imageshack.us/a/img28/5577/atrendfreewayfw6400gx.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img221/9827/atrendfreewayfw6400gx2.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img528/4198/atrendfreewayfw6400gx3.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img593/8243/atrendfreewayfw6400gx4.jpg

Awesome old hardware man!!!!!!!!!! Added you to the original post list :respect:

Athlonite · Nov 5, 2012

eidairaman1 said:
AXPs run in them

you may find the odd MP enabled AXP but for the most part it's a single cpu only if your lookin at Athlon XP CPU's

eidairaman1 · Nov 5, 2012

Athlonite said:
you may find the odd MP enabled AXP but for the most part it's a single cpu only if your lookin at Athlon XP CPU's

its a matter of changing the bridges is all, all socket A parts are 2 way capable as of Barton- Palmino core

m1919 · Nov 5, 2012

Got some slot-1 stuff here. The first board is from my old P2 NEC rig. The case was in pretty bad shape so I gutted it and kept most of the parts, there's a P2 266Mhz on it, but it ran with the P2 350Mhz pictured separately. It ran originally with the ATI 3D Rage Pro.

I came across the Tyan board by chance on ebay. It was dirt cheap and I really like dual-cpu stuff, so I jumped on it. It has a pair of 600Mhz Katmais on it, but I'm pretty sure it'll probably run Coppermines up to 850Mhz and possibly faster.

Last set of pics is the Quantum3D Obsidian2 200SBi I have in my retro Xeon rig. It's essentially a single-board version of the Obsidian X-24 (Voodoo2 SLI). They were used in arcade systems and professional and military-grade simulation systems and could be run in parallel with up to three other cards, provided you had the required bridging hardware etc.

Intel SE440BX + P2 266Mhz SL28L + P3 350Mhz

ATI 3D Rage Pro

Tyan Tiger 100 (S1832D)

Quantum3d Obsidian2 200SBi

Animalpak · Nov 5, 2012

Old HDD watercooling concept

Random Murderer · Nov 5, 2012

Animalpak said:
Old HDD watercooling concept

http://img.techpowerup.org/121105/mkhdd2max03klein4af.jpg

did you make that yourself?

m1919 · Nov 5, 2012

Animalpak said:
Old HDD watercooling concept

http://img.techpowerup.org/121105/mkhdd2max03klein4af.jpg

That is pretty cool. Reminds me of an old custom "enclosure" I found a while back made out of copper piping for a dual P3 Xeon setup. Heh, based on the same board I'm running in my retro Xeon rig. Unfortunately those are pretty much the best pictures I can find of that rig. I wonder if it still exists...

Athlonite · Nov 6, 2012

that looks kinda steam punkish and cool

Athlonite · Nov 6, 2012

eidairaman1 said:
its a matter of changing the bridges is all, all socket A parts are 2 way capable as of Barton- Palmino core

Ah true I'd forgotten about that been along time since I took a pencil to an AXP chip

m1919 · Nov 6, 2012

MSI K8T Master2-FAR

The board I would have been running back in high-school, if I had the dosh to afford one back then. It's got a pair of Opteron 250s on it. Looking around for some heatsinks that'll fit since they stuffed everything into the space of a standard ATX board. The mounting holes are non-standard for Socket 940 Opterons and take Socket 603/604 Xeon mounting hardware.

Also, benchmarked my retro Xeon rig.

stinger608 · Nov 7, 2012

Wow, that dual Opty board is pretty frigging awesome M!!!! Nice nostalgic hardware man!!!!

eidairaman1 · Nov 7, 2012

stinger608 said:
Wow, that dual Opty board is pretty frigging awesome M!!!! Nice nostalgic hardware man!!!!

ya seems to be a OC board with AGP capability, any PEG versions too lol

Random Murderer · Nov 7, 2012

m1919 said:
Also, benchmarked my retro Xeon rig.

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6149/3dmark01sl49p784mhza350.jpg

Dat VCore... :laugh:

Animalpak · Nov 7, 2012

Random Murderer said:
did you make that yourself?

no, just found the picture during exploration in the web :toast:

m1919 · Nov 7, 2012

Random Murderer said:
Dat VCore...

Lol, 180nm technology.

m1919 · Nov 15, 2012

eidairaman1 said:
ya seems to be a OC board with AGP capability, any PEG versions too lol

Yep, there's the K8N Master2-FAR. Looks pretty decent, but there's Tyan board that has a lot better layout. Can't remember what model though.

Also...

Installed an LED strip in the Xeon rig. 3dfx Orange FTW.

Night running.

eidairaman1 · Nov 15, 2012

too bad at the time Crossfire wasnt in existence or AMD had such chipsets for skt 940.

stinger608 · Nov 16, 2012

m1919 said:
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Articles/Sources/CeBIT_2006/Images/MSI/IMG_1017.jpg

Yep, there's the K8N Master2-FAR. Looks pretty decent, but there's Tyan board that has a lot better layout. Can't remember what model though.

Also...

Installed an LED strip in the Xeon rig. 3dfx Orange FTW.

http://imageshack.us/a/img716/5738/13112012361.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img840/654/13112012363.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img600/4193/14112012379.jpg

Night running.

http://imageshack.us/a/img31/8889/13112012365.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img266/5300/14112012381.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img338/2765/13112012373.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img834/6085/13112012375.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img690/6144/14112012376.jpg

Sweet ole system man!!!!!!! Very impressive, to say the least. :respect:

eidairaman1 said:
too bad at the time Crossfire wasnt in existence or AMD had such chipsets for skt 940.

Yea you got that right man!!!!

GreiverBlade · Nov 25, 2012

hello there ...

seeing what i see here i guess i will have to unpack some of my old stuff and do some photo i have kept nnearly all my pc component (working or not) since my 1st computer (most of the time little part only, due to place required :/ )

also i have a Athlon Xp 2200+ rig i need to work on it.

regards

GreiverBlade

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Nov 25, 2012

m1919 said:
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Articles/Sources/CeBIT_2006/Images/MSI/IMG_1017.jpg

Yep, there's the K8N Master2-FAR. Looks pretty decent, but there's Tyan board that has a lot better layout. Can't remember what model though.

Also...

Installed an LED strip in the Xeon rig. 3dfx Orange FTW.

http://imageshack.us/a/img716/5738/13112012361.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img840/654/13112012363.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img600/4193/14112012379.jpg

Night running.

http://imageshack.us/a/img31/8889/13112012365.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img266/5300/14112012381.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img338/2765/13112012373.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img834/6085/13112012375.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img690/6144/14112012376.jpg

Sweet dragon case man. :toast:

stinger608 · Nov 25, 2012

GreiverBlade said:
hello there ...

seeing what i see here i guess i will have to unpack some of my old stuff and do some photo i have kept nnearly all my pc component (working or not) since my 1st computer (most of the time little part only, due to place required :/ )

also i have a Athlon Xp 2200+ rig i need to work on it.

regards

GreiverBlade

Yes by all means, get the parts unpacked and pictures taken. :toast:

TRWOV · Nov 25, 2012

Woah! Awesome nostalgic system. That reminds me that I need to put the finishing touches on my 98SE build.

Current status:

Dying to get a Slot 1 TT Golden ORB for this :banghead:

System Name	Xeon Prime
Processor	2x QFSC 10-Core Quality Sample "E5-2666 v3"
Motherboard	Asus Z10PE-D8 WS
Cooling	2x Cooler Master MasterLiquid 140mm
Memory	64GB Samsung DDR4 ECC 2133 Mhz
Video Card(s)	2x EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid + EVGA GTX 750 Ti
Storage	Corsair Force MP500 240GB, Samsung 850 Evo 250GB, 4x Corsair Force LE 480GB
Display(s)	LG Ultrawide 29", LG Ultrawide 25", Samsung SyncMaster 24", Samsung SyncMaster 22"
Case	Corsair Carbide Air 740
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster Z
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 1000P2
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Corsair K68 Cherry MX Red
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	PCGOD
Processor	AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz
Motherboard	Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios
Cooling	Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED
Memory	16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V)
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X
Storage	Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB
Display(s)	NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter)
Case	AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition
Audio Device(s)	Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR
Power Supply	Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3)
Mouse	Roccat Kone XTD
Keyboard	Roccat Ryos MK Pro
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64

System Name	Xeon Prime
Processor	2x QFSC 10-Core Quality Sample "E5-2666 v3"
Motherboard	Asus Z10PE-D8 WS
Cooling	2x Cooler Master MasterLiquid 140mm
Memory	64GB Samsung DDR4 ECC 2133 Mhz
Video Card(s)	2x EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid + EVGA GTX 750 Ti
Storage	Corsair Force MP500 240GB, Samsung 850 Evo 250GB, 4x Corsair Force LE 480GB
Display(s)	LG Ultrawide 29", LG Ultrawide 25", Samsung SyncMaster 24", Samsung SyncMaster 22"
Case	Corsair Carbide Air 740
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster Z
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 1000P2
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Corsair K68 Cherry MX Red
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	Dean Machine/2020 Ryzenfall
Processor	Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 5800X
Motherboard	MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Asus ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming Wifi
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	16 gigs Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer/32 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 1660 Super/EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid Gaming
Storage	Crucial SSD 256 and 2TB spinner/Dual Samsung 980 Pro M2 NVME 4.0
Display(s)	Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440
Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
Software	Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Cumquat 2021
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s)	PowerColor HellHound RX7800XT 2550cclk/2450mclk
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX7800XT via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 24H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

m1919

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman

m1919

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

Athlonite

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman

m1919

Animalpak

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

m1919

Athlonite

Athlonite

m1919

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

Animalpak

m1919

m1919

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

GreiverBlade

ThE_MaD_ShOt

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

TRWOV

Processor	i9 9900KS ( 5 Ghz all the time )
Motherboard	Asus Maximus XI Hero Z390
Cooling	EK Velocity + EK D5 pump + Alphacool full copper silver 360mm radiator
Memory	16GB Corsair Dominator GT ROG Edition 3333 Mhz
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF RTX 3080 Ti 12GB OC
Storage	M.2 Samsung NVMe 970 Evo Plus 250 GB + 1TB 970 Evo Plus
Display(s)	Asus PG279 IPS 1440p 165Hz G-sync
Case	Cooler Master H500
Power Supply	Asus ROG Thor 850W
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Chroma
Keyboard	Rapoo
Software	Win 10 64 Bit

System Name	TOO MUCH RADIATOR! \| The TV Box a.k.a. The Shoebox
Processor	Core i7 4930K @ 4.5GHz \| Core i5 6600K @ 4.5GHz
Motherboard	Asus X79 Rampage IV Extreme \| Asus Z170i Pro Gaming
Cooling	Custom water on CPU and GPU, dual 360mm radiators \| Corsair H80i
Memory	4x 8GB G.Skill TridentX DDR3-1600 \| 2x 4GB G.Skill RipJaws 4 DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire AMD R9 295x2 \| PowerColor AMD HD7970
Storage	Samsung SSD 830 256GB, various others \| 2x 1TB Seagate Barracudas in RAID1
Display(s)	Dell U2713HM 2560x1440 IPS \| Panasonic TC-L32E5 1080p IPS TV
Case	Thermaltake Suppressor F51 (stripped down to hold two radiators) \| Cooler Master Elite 130
Audio Device(s)	RM-DAC -> Xiang Sheng 708b -> Sennheiser HD650 \| HDMI sound device on 7970
Power Supply	LEPA G1600-MA 1600W \| Corsair CX750M 750W
Software	Win 10 64
Benchmark Scores	over 9000 BungholioMarks, "Bitchin' Fast"

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb DDR4 3600/8gb DDR3 1600/2gbLPDDR3/8gbLPDDR5x/16gb(10 sys)LPDDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/Radeon 780M 6gb LPDDR5
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/4tb SN850X
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/7" FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/Gorilla Glass Victus 2/front-stock back-JSAUX RGB transparent
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Moondrop Chu II + TRN BT20S
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/USAMS GAN PD 33w/USAMS GAN 100w
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75%/Lofree Edge/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 14/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

System Name	Agent Texas / Selene / Eve
Processor	Ryzen7 5800x / Fx 8350 / Fx 8350
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite Ax V2 / Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 r4.0 / Msi 970a Krait
Cooling	Msi Mag Core liquid / H100i / Cryo-pc Cooler
Memory	2 x32 GB Gskil Ripjaws v series / 4x 8gb G.Skill Snipers / 2x 8gb G.Skill Ripjaws
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Rx 6800xt / Msi RX580 / Gigabyte R9 290x
Storage	1tb M.2, 2tb wd / 500 gb ssd, 2x 2tb Wd Blacks/ 500 gb ssd, 1tb WD Black
Display(s)	Dell Ultra Sharp 2408 WFp / Hp w2207 / Sanyo tv
Case	Corsair 780t White / Raidmax Vampire / NZXT Phantom 240
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio
Power Supply	Corsair Rm 850 watt / Corsair TX 850 watt / Corsair TX 750 watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / Logitech G500s / Logitech wireless
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe / Corsair k50 / Logitech wireless
Software	Win 11 pro / Win 11 pro / Win 11 pro
Benchmark Scores	What are benchmarks anyway?

System Name	Dell-y Driver
Processor	Core i5-10400
Motherboard	Asrock H410M-HVS
Cooling	Intel 95w stock cooler
Memory	2x8 A-DATA 2999Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	UHD 630
Storage	1TB WD Green M.2 - 4TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	Asus PA248 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Dell Vostro 270S case
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Dell 220w
Software	Windows 10 64bit