Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-02-04, 19:27

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by rein_ein

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My most modern PC is a CORE2 e6600, 4 gig ram and Geforce 9800 GTX+. If question in that point - yes i clearly understand that classic and and retro different for everyone and some coincides. For myself i consider retro that starts in 80s and ends in 90s/ early 00s,all other i interested in usually …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-02-04, 18:30

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by rein_ein

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luckybob wrote: C2d is still way too new for my taste. Hell, my sister uses one as her main pc still. I use them at work. IMHO agp p4's are the end of "retro". Some kind of true that,but this gonna be not "retro" pc,just how i see perfect XP rig

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-02-04, 17:57

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by rein_ein

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Wow...that thing looks totally awesome! :D So which warpfactor you gonna overclocking your CPU to? :P Anyway, I did find a couple humble things at the thrift store today, 2 floppy boxes and a single IDE DVD drive with silver front bezel (most I seen with a silvery front are CDROM drives or …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-02-04, 16:16

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by rein_ein

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Today i picked up from local seller something excited that makes me one step closer to my neo-classic Core project,Gentlemen behold: Never used Asus Silent Knight Al in mint condition,got full set even with stock Asus thermal paste :lol: http://i.imgur.com/SRylEGBl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/eNgDt9al. …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2016-02-04, 05:05

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by rein_ein

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brassicGamer wrote: sweet! nice find - now you can build your own 8-bit computer 😀 Thanks,any success with crafting ZX like anyone here? Tetrium wrote: You have very good hawk-eyes, cheers! 😁 One more thanks 😊

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Re: Never enough Pentium 3 builds

Posted on 2016-02-04, 05:02

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by rein_ein

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You can find a TUV4-X usually for not too much. If you get one, you'll need to flash the bios first though, I have a custom one with the microcode update in it. Shoot me a message if you need it... I *think* I have it archived on this machine. I really need to get that box up and running again, …

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Re: Never enough Pentium 3 builds

Posted on 2016-02-03, 19:13

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by rein_ein

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Lurking on regional ads sites found that there used ABIT SL30T + 1.4ghz Celly for sale just for 6.25$,probably gonna ride for it this weekend Pin modding sounds interesting to try on my own,maybe in future if i find some unwanted hardware,currently only my lame experience with that was with 771->775 …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2016-02-03, 16:36

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by rein_ein

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Derped around local flea market and nearby entry found ruined package stuffed with chips,they were stacked one at other,i take only one pair because saw 80 marking at one of em and. it turned into Soviet z80 clone,meet the 80H-CPU PLATAN http://i.imgur.com/MvHGPSul.jpg joy came after i rotate it to …

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Re: Never enough Pentium 3 builds

Posted on 2016-02-03, 16:19

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by rein_ein

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Looks very good! :D Especially your first rig, it's quite similar to what I'd build (I'm a bit of a fan of FSP PSUs, especially their earlier ones :P), except I'd put a faster P3 in there (P3-1000 probably) and I'd add a casefan (7-volted fan, as the good rear fan case exhaust should provide good …

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Never enough Pentium 3 builds

Posted on 2016-02-02, 19:56

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by rein_ein

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So i finnaly decide put my W98SE gaming rig together. One more reason except games is test on my own how's that famous Aureal A3D sounds. Also there gonna be some pics'n'specs of my dual P3 workstation just cause :lol: Enjoy! So first i'll show parts that were used to made it. Mobo: Asus CUV4X-M ( …

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Re: Athlon MP build!

Posted on 2016-01-31, 22:04

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by rein_ein

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Nice build,i can drool on it 🤣

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

Posted on 2016-01-31, 17:21

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by rein_ein

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Wasted some time trying to install and play Serios Sam for Palms After having fun with drivers and synchronizing i finally get it working but it looks like that:

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Re: Will you ever build a Win7 retro PC?

Posted on 2016-01-29, 16:16

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by rein_ein

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-C2D E6700 w/GeForce 8800GTX and 4GB RAM (the PC in question) So the last PC on my list can either be a a high-end period-correct 2008 XP PC or lowish-end period-correct Win7 PC (or both). I currently don't have another machine or parts that could be considered appropriate for Win7. I have some …

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Re: Will you ever build a Win7 retro PC?

Posted on 2016-01-29, 15:02

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by rein_ein

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Elder rig i tried w7 was 478 P4 and Athlon XP,yes they can run it... and probably can be used as some kind of file server not more imo.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-01-29, 14:52

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by rein_ein

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It looks like a black paint for the front panel (if you want to install this device into a black case) will cost you more. :) May be in future,but now i decided to keep it in original but now cleaner condition and install it to my many-stuffed-in dual p3 server build :happy: What are these like to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-01-28, 18:37

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by rein_ein

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Lukeno94 wrote: $1 for that? Nice find! Yup,just tested,seems it has some weird jumper configuration,both is powered up but only 5.25 reads diskettes Edit: Both works great,i forgot about set it right in bios 😒

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-01-28, 17:29

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by rein_ein

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Obtained from local seller just for 1$,finally got one of that combined bad boys 🤣

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Re: Performance comparison of CPU: SuperFast-286 and AMD-386DX

Posted on 2016-01-27, 18:43

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by rein_ein

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gdjacobs wrote: Is that 386 motherboard especially terrible? Truly underwhelming performance. 386 cpu just downclocked to 25mhz to compare with 286

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-01-27, 15:02

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by rein_ein

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Large haul today,cpu's traded from friend (except 423 p4),his"doubles" So my collection updated with: 200mhz Pentium Pro,Amd K5 PR100,am486-DX2-66,am386-DX 40,cyrix 87 dlc fpu seems it came with 386 and 1.5ghz P4 423 socket(this one from gold scraper) Video cards came from sellers in region. http:// …

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Re: Year 2001-2002 video card test - choosing the best card for a Tualatin system.

Posted on 2016-01-26, 16:29

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by rein_ein

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For more period correct Geforce 3 Ti 500 for sure :evil: Ok lyric starts here - When i first swapped GF4 Ti 4200 for Radeon 9600,because of CRT,but i still remember how bright and juicy picture was after GF,difference in fps was not such big probably because of crappy celeron,anyway yep its a bit …

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