TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Robert B]

The controversial Thermalright IFX-14 Inferno Fire eXtinguisher with HR-10 cooler. I wish that the cooler mounting system was of better quality. By this I mean sturdier. The mounting brackets are kind of flimsy while the rest of the kit is built like a tank.

Sheesh that's a mouthful.

 

[Ruru]

The controversial Thermalright IFX-14 Inferno Fire eXtinguisher with HR-10 cooler. I wish that the cooler mounting system was of better quality. By this I mean sturdier. The mounting brackets are kind of flimsy while the rest of the kit is built like a tank.

Sheesh that's a mouthful.

Now that looks interesting, a backplate with a cooler. Can't remember seeing many of those.

 

[Robert B]

It came with friends.

Someone spent a truck load of $$$ back in the day 2008,

 

[Ruru]

It came with friends.

Nice 2600 XT there, GDDR3 or 4?

 

[Robert B]

DDR4

Also, Let's count the layers 1,2, ... f..k it! I'll glue back all of them.

 

[68Olds]

My Rampage Formula (& Q9560) is coming out next after I get done playing with the Abit AW9D. I still have a few more CPUs to put in the Abit though.

 

[Robert B]

I found by luck a QX9650 recently. It was dumped at the bottom of an old box. Discarded like trash. Good thing that I rescued it.

 

[Ruru]

My Rampage Formula (& Q9560) is coming out next after I get done playing with the Abit AW9D. I still have a few more CPUs to put in the Abit though.

Abit... now there's a manufacturer I miss.

 

[onemanhitsquad]

Abit... now there's a manufacturer I miss.

truth...the Abit boards with the great BX chip sets were the beginning of consistent overclocking with great results. Well , for me anyway.

 

[ExcuseMeWtf]

Abit... now there's a manufacturer I miss.

Still remember my trusty NF7 powering Athlon XP 2000+. Classic mobo.

 

[Scrizz]

anyone have any DFI stuff?

 

[Ruru]

anyone have any DFI stuff?

I've had only one crappy KT600 board (DFI KT600-AL) and that was back in 2006. Never had any LanParty or any other high-end board from them.

 

[stinger608]

anyone have any DFI stuff?

I've got a couple of DFI boards. I think they are NF4, if I recall correctly. LOL

Both have bad northbridge fans. Pretty common on them boards.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Both have bad northbridge fans.

I remember those. They can be fixed, or more to the point, cleaned and relubed. Very easy, just takes some time. If you want some tips I'd be happy to share.

 

[stinger608]

I remember those. They can be fixed, or more to the point, cleaned and relubed. Very easy, just takes some time. If you want some tips I'd be happy to share.

Oh yeah, I've been there, done that. They are just flat shot. I've got one that has a Thermalright, I think, fanless north bridge cooler on it, and the other one, I just haven't fitted a fan for it yet.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Oh yeah, I've been there, done that. They are just flat shot. I've got one that has a Thermalright, I think, fanless north bridge cooler on it, and the other one, I just haven't fitted a fan for it yet.

That bad huh? Damn..

 

[MaxiPro800]

I think the photos speak for themselves Paid $6 for it from someone's repair shop that happened to have AGP cards for sale. This was one of the gems hidden in there. (there was a FX5700LE as well from MSI, but I didn't find it interesting enough to buy... maybe tomorrow?)




Untested for now, although I have rather high confidence it is probably still working fine. No broken SMDs, survived the trip back to my dorm room (yeah, I started the 3rd year of college already >_<) so if anything and I get some free time to make a trip back home, I'll get to test it. (and lube the fan with some bicycle oil, it's kinda noisy.)


The other score was an ASUS N73SV, mainly because I wanted to find out how does ASUS' take on Bang/Olufsen speakers was. Does need some rather extensive work - a 17.3 LED display is in order, the bottom HDD cover is missing - if anything and the textured variant from the X73S/K73S fits (the N73SV is an almost 1:1 copy of the K73/X73S, with very ever so slightly small differences - the only one that you'd notice is probably a 3rd RAM slot on the N73, that isn't present on the K73S and X73S series) then that would be a big step forward - I don't mind drilling two holes for the K73 door to fit (the N73 one screws from the underside of the keyboard ) and finally having a cover over the bottom side.
Once I'm at least done with that bottom cover, then I can source most of the parts (I might still have a 17.3 LCD in a Acer 7738 I put aside for parts, and I can always order a new battery for it - HDD metal trays are also the least of my issues) and have a spare i7 machine along my free A75VJ I restored a week or so ago.

 

[stinger608]

That bad huh? Damn..

Yeah, the center "hub" area on both are so wore out that the fan actually wobbles within the "hubs."

 

[Mr.Scott]

anyone have any DFI stuff?

I do.
Ultra D
SLI D
NF3 250gb
Expert
Ultra B
Infinity NF2

 

[68Olds]

I've got a couple of DFI boards. I think they are NF4, if I recall correctly. LOL

Both have bad northbridge fans. Pretty common on them boards.

Some of those northbridge fans are the same size as old VGA heatsink/fans. Same little 3 screw fan mounts too. Just measure the NB fan diameter then look for the VGA replacement.

I knew you would have more than one Mr.Scott. Personally, I never had a DFI board.

 

[stinger608]

Some of those northbridge fans are the same size as old VGA heatsink/fans. Same little 3 screw fan mounts too. Just measure the NB fan diameter then look for the VGA replacement.

You are correct sir! I have a few of them old VGA fans and that was the plan.

Just haven't gotten around to it.......Life, you know?

 

[68Olds]

As I tell my wife regarding all her honey-do requests... Don't worry about it, it's on the list!

 

[lexluthermiester]

Yeah, the center "hub" area on both are so wore out that the fan actually wobbles within the "hubs."

Yeah, those are shot. Luckily, replacements are not expensive..

 

[MaxiPro800]

Ouch, center hubs wobbling sure isn't a good thing.
That's why I use bicycle oil on the bearings ASAP. (and another reason for me to lube the fan on my GF4Ti 4200 as soon as I can)

 

[masterdeejay]

Saved from trash:
S939 Foxconn motherboard that i tested.
Soltek ECS S478 purple board and an Abit Kn9 ultra am2




And the big treasue is :
no ram, nohdd, novga so i put a few spare parts in it.
Asrock AM3+ motherboard, Zalman Z3 plus, FX8350 that was almost the top AMD cpu 10y ago, CM 600w psu.

Yes it was in the local electronic waste. I dont know why someone throws out a good zalman case at least.