TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Ruru]

Damn I remember all the hype about this cooler.

ASUS P2B Rev 1.02 and the fresh custom SL35EView attachment 314926View attachment 314927View attachment 314928View attachment 314929

I had a P2B on my first custom PC. First I had a P2-400 @ 450, then I flashed its bios and got a P3-500 @ 575. Good times.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Damn I remember all the hype about this cooler.

Der8auer was a bit more concerned that he needed to be. The alloy being used is a bit flammable but so are many of the liquids and materials we use everyday in our homes. Very interesting.

 

[Remeca]

Der8auer was a bit more concerned that he needed to be. The alloy being used is a bit flammable but so are many of the liquids and materials we use everyday in our homes. Very interesting.

There's a smidgen of difference between a bit flammable and an alloy that chemically reacts when in contact with water, air or organics.

 

[3x0]

Some new cards in my collection.

• MSI HD3850 512MB, very good condition, but a DVI port needed some TLC. Cost: 7$

• HIS IceQ3 HD3870 512MB. Cost: 9$

• Gainward HD4850 512MB. Cost: 15$

• PowerColor PCS+ HD4890 1GB. Fan is a bit rattle-y, because of poor heatsink mounting mechanism. Cost: 20$

• Gainward GTX580 Good Edition (lol). This one is a bit problematic, all of the outputs result in weird flickering/moire effects on my display every once in a while, but no artefacting (scores are good, no crashing). Will check on other displays. Cost: 25$

Rest of my collection is in this post: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpus-nostalgic-hardware-club.108251/post-5062595

I'd be interested in a price comparison, what's the prices for these cards in your countries?

 

[Remeca]

I'd be interested in a price comparison, what's the prices for these cards in your countries?

This is a sample of what I see locally right now. Sometimes good deals pop up. Sometimes people think the GPU shortage is still full swing and charge $100+ for anything with an HDMI port. Canadian dollars.

$10 (working)

$50 for all (working but missing a 460 fan blade and ghetto rig cooling on 5750.)

$5 Nvidia Blur

 

[3x0]

This is a sample of what I see locally right now. Sometimes good deals pop up. Sometimes people think the GPU shortage is still full swing and charge $100+ for anything with an HDMI port. Canadian dollars.

So far, the cheapest HD5870 is 20$, HD6970 is 40$, GTX 460 is 15$ (US dollars). Sometimes there's an auction which is a good opportunity to snatch some old hardware nobody wants, otherwise people rarely price these cards below 20$ if it's a dual slot GPU made in the past 15 years.

 

[Greenslade]

Another great big PC case i want be getting it i all ready got one for £5 with a motherboard and PSU. .This one is £3 Properly just worth it for the motherboard All though the heatsink looks dirty. My one was a lot better for a £5 and it had a floppy drive and PSU and a DVD Drive i have not tested them yet. Plus the mother board which works fine along with manuals for the board and PSU. which i have not tested yet. One is enough of those massive cases.

 

[Ruru]

I'd be interested in a price comparison, what's the prices for these cards in your countries?

IIRC I paid 35EUR total from two XFX HD 4890 cards (from different sellers)

 

[lexluthermiester]

There's a smidgen of difference between a bit flammable and an alloy that chemically reacts when in contact with water, air or organics.

It's not that bad. I've made that alloy before. It's not super dangerous. Hell, bleach is easily more dangerous.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

It's not that bad. I've made that alloy before. It's not super dangerous. Hell, bleach is easily more dangerous.

Can't be bothered to watch the video - what was the alloy?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Can't be bothered to watch the video - what was the alloy?

Potassium/Sodium Metal. To make it completely liquid at room temps they would need to mix in another metal with it, likely a bit of Gallium, maybe a bit of Indium. Bismuth is also a possibility.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Potassium/Sodium Metal. To make it completely liquid at room temps they would need to mix in another metal with it, likely a bit of Gallium, maybe a bit of Indium. Bismuth is also a possibility.

Ah. Hard to ignite under normal conditions but God help you if it does catch fire.

 

[boomstik360]

Here’s a few more finally. Let me know if medium is too small of a size! It is very hard to get a solid picture with the antistatic bag but I refuse to open it since it’s still sealed LOL. It’s insane how many accessories/cables this thing came with in late 2004. Even the floppy drivers hahahaha good times.
Edit: yeah redoing with large.

 

[mechtech]

Some new cards in my collection.

• MSI HD3850 512MB, very good condition, but a DVI port needed some TLC. Cost: 7$

View attachment 315029

• HIS IceQ3 HD3870 512MB. Cost: 9$

View attachment 315030

• Gainward HD4850 512MB. Cost: 15$

View attachment 315032

• PowerColor PCS+ HD4890 1GB. Fan is a bit rattle-y, because of poor heatsink mounting mechanism. Cost: 20$

View attachment 315033

• Gainward GTX580 Good Edition (lol). This one is a bit problematic, all of the outputs result in weird flickering/moire effects on my display every once in a while, but no artefacting (scores are good, no crashing). Will check on other displays. Cost: 25$

View attachment 315031

Rest of my collection is in this post: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpus-nostalgic-hardware-club.108251/post-5062595

I'd be interested in a price comparison, what's the prices for these cards in your countries?

I wouldn't call them new though lol............unless you meant new to your collection...................

 

[MaxiPro800]

Old and rusty 360 a gets new life.

The only think that irks me about it is its loud as all hell Delta fans. I have a Nidec fanned white unit and that thing is barely audible, on par with Sunons.

 

[ExcuseMeWtf]

Some new ca

• HIS IceQ3 HD3870 512MB. Cost: 9$

View attachment 315030

Maaaan, IceQ is a contender for my favorite look of all time for GPU shrouds.

This is a sample of what I see locally right now. Sometimes good deals pop up. Sometimes people think the GPU shortage is still full swing and charge $100+ for anything with an HDMI port. Canadian dollars.

$10 (working)
View attachment 315035

I also like that Saphire look, e-girl or not, I think the ring around the fan does it for me.

 

[basco]

me too loved the HIS IcQ cards !


for today
Zotac 9800gtx+ amp

 

[Outback Bronze]

P5WD2 Premium

My old mate used to run one of those. Clocked his Pentium D 830 pretty hard. It's not an SLI board, is it?

4890 cards

I've been looking for them in their original retail boxes. Haven't come across any yet. I used to run two in Xfire back in the day. Were good cards!

 

[basco]

the p5wd2 premium was xfire only i think

for you Outback Bronze :

 

[MaxiPro800]

My old mate used to run one of those. Clocked his Pentium D 830 pretty hard. It's not an SLI board, is it?

It is SLi, and mine runs a Pentium D 930. IIRC I also got a 7800GT from Leadtek with the board.

 

[Athlonite]

I either downgrade to 98SE or upgrade to 2000.

+1 either go for 98SE or go up to 2000 also if you want a faster defrag in 98SE grab it out of a temp winME install and just drop/overwrite the 98SE one

the ASUS 7850 I have now has a Sapphire sibling of the same 2GB GDDR5 flavour.

time for some Crossfire action

 

[Outback Bronze]

p5wd2 premium

Yeah, pretty sure its 955X and not 975X. Thought it was only xfire as well.

for you Outback Bronze

Love it Now I gota find one Damit

 

[MaxiPro800]

Yeah, pretty sure its 955X and not 975X. Thought it was only xfire as well.


Love it Now I gota find one Damit

Mine is 975. I just checked and forgot that mine says P5WD2-E Premium.

ASUS P5WD2-E Premium

ASUS P5WD2-E Premium is a motherboard based on the Intel 975X (Glenwood (RAID)) chipset. Get specs, BIOS, documentation and more!

theretroweb.com

It is slightly confusing tho since both look so similar.

 

[Outback Bronze]

Mine is 975.

Yes, I think your right! Is it only the E Premium that's 975X?

Also, you sure its SLI because I can only find Crossfire about it.

 

[MaxiPro800]

To be honest no idea, thought it might do SLi due to 2x PCI-E slots... a shame I don't have two matching nVidia cards to test. (I only have a 7800GT shown above and an ASUS King Kong 7900GTX)

As far as chipsets go, the -E Premium is 975X. I think the vanilla P5WD2 and P5WD2-E (non Premium) might be 955X but I haven't checked that yet.