Re: Power Supply Recommendations for a dual P3 System

Posted on Today, 06:14

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by ODwilly

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Il second the old Enermax. Iv got a dual 1ghz P3 system with 4gb of pc133 and a Fx 5950 Ultra. Used to use a recapped 300watt sparkle psu with it and a Geforce 2 mx, but a couple parts inside melted after a couple years. It still worked great! The enermax I picked up is the Noistaker 475watt. Lots …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Yesterday, 02:08

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by ODwilly

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I have been waiting for the better part of a year scouring local deals hoping a 486 PC would show up and I've seen nothing other than some either overly expensive ebay options or really cruddy low profile 486 33sx compaq-ish types. So I bit the bullet and bought a Socket 3 VLB motherboard with an …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-02, 11:56

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by ODwilly

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I will take the lever system over the God awful pushpins any day. Iv had 5 break when installing them and 2 break when just removing them. Oh yes... the push-pin system was/is horrid. Ever had one pop loose while a system was powered on? I mean.. it works most of the time but I am always afraid I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-02, 10:03

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by ODwilly

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Bought a Asus GTX 570 from a pawnshop for $20. This card : https://www.newegg.com/asus-geforce-gtx-570-engtx570-dcii-2dis-1280md5/p/N82E16814121432 I think I will pair it with a I5-760 Dell XPS, bump the ram from 8gb up to 16gb and throw a 500gb SSD on it for my 14 year old niece. She needs …

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Re: Power supply recommendations for athlon 64 build

Posted on 2020-12-02, 09:23

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by ODwilly

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Id second the any modern 80plus unit. The 450watt 80 plus bronze EVGA's and the like are my go to's for light systems.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-12-01, 07:05

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by ODwilly

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Found some matching speakers, but still not the original unmarked ones I used to have... https://www.computerstudio.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/128951859_10158956801342698_7872984946236225480_o.jpg You know I bet if you found someone with unmarked ones they would trade you in a heartbeat since …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-01, 03:44

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by ODwilly

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I will take the lever system over the God awful pushpins any day. Iv had 5 break when installing them and 2 break when just removing them.

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Re: PC100 M747 - The bane of my existence

Posted on 2020-11-30, 04:47

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by ODwilly

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I made the mistake of installing a socket a cooler on my m577. It ended up flexing the cpu socket and killing the mobo. Was it a Thermaltake by any chance? I used a Thermalright SK6 years ago on a TXPro board, and it was fine. Just a copper bottomed stock AMD HSF. In hindsight if Id have just bent …

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Re: PC100 M747 - The bane of my existence

Posted on 2020-11-29, 08:43

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by ODwilly

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I made the mistake of installing a socket a cooler on my m577. It ended up flexing the cpu socket and killing the mobo. I found a 2nd one for $15 but the socket tab is broken That board ran a 233mhz P1 at 300mhz with 100mhz fsb and it was amazing. The K6-3 333 @400mhz really didnt seem thst much …

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Re: Can i live with a PentiumIII and a 2D Video Card?

Posted on 2020-11-28, 21:04

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by ODwilly

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Id rather have the Pentium 1 with a 3D Rage or Voodoo or some such card than a P3 with just 2D. The Pentium 1 with 2D and lowend 3D has alot more usefulness than the P3. Although the P3 with a good 3D card or a C3 cpu and the 2D would be really handy

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Re: PC100 M747 - The bane of my existence

Posted on 2020-11-28, 10:43

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by ODwilly

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The M577 is a really solid board if it works. Might need a recap at this point. Id pick up the 2nd one just incase one or the other one doesnt work at all.

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Re: Fact review on graphics card purchase for XP

Posted on 2020-11-28, 04:08

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by ODwilly

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The EVGA SC 750ti is really nice. It doesnt have the 6pin power connector and the two decent sized fans dont really make any noise because the card never gets hot.

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Re: Fact review on graphics card purchase for XP

Posted on 2020-11-23, 05:11

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by ODwilly

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HD6800's and 6900's are super cheap and plentiful. They havent had good drivers for years for windows 10, last release was 2016. Not really an issue for XP tho.

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Re: DOS/Windows 98SE build questions

Posted on 2020-11-19, 09:16

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by ODwilly

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I would also like to add that Turtle Beach card looks really interesting. There is actually an ancient TomsHardware review still up! https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/a-soundb … ter,368-17.html

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-11-19, 07:17

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by ODwilly

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The struggles of deciding what build to put in your single AT case. I can't decide between a ultimate P133-Voodoo rig or a DX2-66. Speaking of Pentium, quick question: are the VRMs on these boards suppose to get scorching hot with a MMX chip installed? Benching with a 200MMX and on this particular …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-11-16, 10:12

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by ODwilly

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Honestly my particular TR-2 600w had a terrible coil whine for the first like 1 year of usage, and after throwing an OC on the 8120 it stopped making the horrible noise.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-11-16, 02:19

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by ODwilly

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Just a warning, the non-80plus Tr-2 powersupplies are really bad, like 450watt continous, 600 peak, use a bad design and mediocre caps. Iv used one with a FX8120 OC'd and a 2gb HD7870 in a friends machine for the past 4 or 5 years no problem but YMMV.

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Re: Doc, Is My V5 5500 Going to Be Okay?

Posted on 2020-11-06, 08:17

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by ODwilly

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in Marvin \ Video

Voodoo 5 5500 Repair (project thread) heres the 1st one I came across. I think there are a few more, I juzt googled Vogons and Voodoo 5 repair 🤣.

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Re: Doc, Is My V5 5500 Going to Be Okay?

Posted on 2020-11-06, 06:26

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by ODwilly

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There are some threads around here with people replacing memory chips that were damaged, which that looks like it could be

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Re: What are people doing for cheap cases these days...

Posted on 2020-11-06, 02:02

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by ODwilly

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Check out the Antek VSK 4000E U3. Not sure how much it is, but I remember their value series from a few years ago looked like great retro box cases. Plenty of 5.25 bays and even an external 3.5 floppy bay. Here is a link:https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00CY9TMFO/ref=psdcmw_572238_t2_B00IVZW2TS at $ …

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