TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Mr.Scott]

The ST6 is a very desirable board. Very rare here in the states. Me jelly.
Oh, and the obligatory Tualatin bench from me.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Nah, you should probably know me by now, after all these years... I do not support OC of retro components.

Fair enough, couldn't remember.

The ST6 is a very desirable board. Very rare here in the states. Me jelly.
Oh, and the obligatory Tualatin bench from me.

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1.7ghz. Not bad at all. I never dared push them that high. Was happy with 10x166fsb as all the other clocks in the system matched up perfectly and I never needed to push the voltage too high..

 

[Mr.Scott]

I do not support OC of retro components.

I do. That's what you have me for.

 

[lexluthermiester]

sorry but no way any plexi is better than glass.

That is fully a matter of opinion and preference. I also prefer Acrylic or Plexiglass to real glass, for several reasons. However, glass has it's benefits too.

 

[Trekkie4]

I do. That's what you have me for.

True

And like I said earlier, I got nothing against those who do (OC) - but as for me personally, I like to keep everything fully stock. You know, I'm the kind of guy who would want his old timer to be restored to 100% factory specs ... if I would actually own one lol I just can't understand when people take their old cars and then tune the heck out of them, for one reason or another! Factory stock is original & only way to go IMHO. Not necessarily the best way, but certainly the right way

 

[Deleted member 24505]

That is fully a matter of opinion and preference. I also prefer Acrylic or Plexiglass to real glass, for several reasons. However, glass has it's benefits too.

Yeah thinking of having all my windows replaced with plexiglass, less chance of breaking them-edit i WAS being sarcastic btw in case someone did not grasp it.......
Personal choice I guess but I can see no advantage of cheap plastic over quality glass.

 

[Ruru]

Yeah thinking of having all my windows with plexiglass, less chance of breaking them

Yea and if and accident happens, plexi is kinda easy to replace

 

[Caring1]

Yea and if and accident happens, plexi is kinda easy to replace

Yep, I can take the side off my Corsair case and frisbee it onto my bed without fear of any glass breaking, and the Plexi is still scratch free.

 

[Ruru]

Yep, I can take the side off my Corsair case and frisbee it onto my bed without fear of any glass breaking, and the Plexi is still scratch free.

Tho this acrylic is hella scratched but nah, it isn't the end of the world..

 

[lexluthermiester]

Yeah thinking of having all my windows replaced with plexiglass, less chance of breaking them
Personal choice I guess but I can see no advantage of cheap plastic over quality glass.

Seriously? LOL! Context bro, we're talking about computer cases not homes.

 

[Ruru]

I'd love to have a fully acrylic case but those have hella lot of disadvantages

 

[Caring1]

I'd love to have a fully acrylic case but those have hella lot of disadvantages

I had the chance to pick one up for free a couple of years ago and i'm still kicking myself for not taking it, it was complete with system in it, an old build, would be well and truly retro now.

 

[Ruru]

I had the chance to pick one up for free a couple of years ago and i'm still kicking myself for not taking it, it was complete with system in it, an old build, would be well and truly retro now.

If I'd had one I'd put either

a) a modern Ryzen shit to it
b) Pentium 4 shit
c) Athlon Thunderbird shit

 

[biffzinker]

c) Athlon Thunderbird shit

How about a Slot A Athlon 1 GHz build?

https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K7/TYPE-Athlon%20(Slot%20A).html

 

[Ruru]

All I need to do is to build the loop..

How about a Slot A Athlon 1 GHz build?

Why not! Never had any of those... :3

e: Did Chloe buy something again? Oh hell yes he did

7800 GS

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Seriously? LOL! Context bro, we're talking about computer cases not homes.

seriously what are you babbling about. Acrylic is crappy compared to glass, whether it is in a house window or a PC case. Acrylic or plexi does not no way have the same crystal clear quality of glass, it scratches much easier and it is harder to clean as it scratches so easily. So here’s a slap for you in return your opinion is like mine an opinion so we will just have ignore each other ok edited the post, you failed to grasp how sarcastic it was. Seriously why would anyone not feeble minded replace their house windows with plexi or acrylic

 

[phill]

Wow guys there's been a party in here and I've flipping missed it all!! What is all this amazing hardware I see and @Robert B showing off his flashy boxed NF7-S Rev 2... I'm not at all jelly at the sight of that!! Oh man....

Such great hardware here, I love this thread!!

 

[Ruru]

Alright so the P5Q Pro does POST with P4. I had problems but it seems that it doesn't like those Corsair sticks, so I'll go with basic Kingston DDR2-800..

e: P4 630 @ 4.5GHz and installing Win7..

 

[Mr.Scott]

How about a Slot A Athlon 1 GHz build?

https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K7/TYPE-Athlon%20(Slot%20A).html

Lol. When do you want to see it?
I have much Slot A hardware, including GFD for overclocking.

Random example :
BTW, vid card is GF 256 DDR with a modded Thermalright cooler on it.
This was a sub from a contest a few years ago.

 

[lexluthermiester]

e: P4 630 @ 4.5GHz and installing Win7..

Really? Why? I mean why not XP?

 

[Trekkie4]

Lol. When do you want to see it?
I have much Slot A hardware, including GFD for overclocking.

Random example :
BTW, vid card is GF 256 DDR with a modded Thermalright cooler on it.
This was a sub from a contest a few years ago.

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A home-made torture chamber for the old(er) hardware?

Nah, just teasing... it actually looks pretty sweet, kinda resembles a turbo charged, twin-cooled engine IMHO!

 

[Ruru]

Really? Why? I mean why not XP?

To be honest, I was too lazy to put a dvd drive with it. 4.5GHz seems to be the maximum, even with 1.75 volts..

 

[Mr.Scott]

A home-made torture chamber for the old(er) hardware?

Kinda.
It's my thing. I like extreme benching the old hardware.
Believe it or not, I don't kill that much stuff.

 

[Trekkie4]

Kinda.
It's my thing. I like extreme benching the old hardware.
Believe it or not, I don't kill that much stuff.

I remember seeing a crazy mod (and OC) years ago on YouTube ... or maybe it was someplace else, I honestly don't remember. Someone OCed their S7 Pentium MMX to the absurd level and used the liquid nitrogen to keep the temperature down!

 

[Mr.Scott]

I remember seeing a crazy mod (and OC) years ago on YouTube ... or maybe it was someplace else, I honestly don't remember. Someone OCed their S7 Pentium MMX to the absurd level and used the liquid nitrogen to keep the temperature down!

It's not that absurd. In the competitive benching community it happens all the time.
I personally run most of my stuff on a water chiller. I can get down to about -30c on that.
I have some dry ice runs also. I will find a pic.

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