Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2017-12-07, 04:20

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Been on a roll with my free time lately it seems! Today: Found the right SATA cables and ordered them. Should be here early next week, it's also from Sydney. Did some GPU backplate painting (which I messed up because a bird walked on one), and test SATA cable sleeving. https://i.imgur.com/CWgZFCBl. …

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Re: How many years until Capacitors go bad?

Posted on 2017-12-06, 01:35

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1. Depends on the brand/model/quality/usage. Hard to answer. 2. It can be bad without any physical signs. You can test it using test equipment though. 3. Yup, and done it multiple times. 4. I've personally only seen and tested problems with the larger caps, mainly for power delivery. 5. Yes. 6. …

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2017-12-06, 01:23

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PSU Shroud installed into the case. It's not fully level, but it will be once the PSU is installed since it was designed to rest on it partially with some supports I made. https://i.imgur.com/97Y6KCll.jpg https://i.imgur.com/wCYT84gl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/3BaZZFwl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/6PdxAhbl. …

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2017-12-04, 00:40

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Since it was still raining, I did the PSU shroud. I haven't fully attached the top and bottom halves and they are held together with tape, but this should give you a decent idea. Not much to say other than I glued it all together. It turned out super well, in my opinion. I've just put pics in order …

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Re: Build log AMD Athlon XP watercooling

Posted on 2017-12-03, 20:49

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Awesome work man. Great temps and great oldschool loop, love the CPU block especially!

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2017-12-02, 16:56

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Was a bit bummed out that it was pouring down rain all day today. Apparently it's raining whenever I need to paint something. Regardless, I went ahead with other parts of the build, or preparing rather. Since it was the first time I had the original PSU shroud fully removed, it was the first time I …

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2017-12-01, 11:44

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So true on the colours. Anyway, got some pics! https://i.imgur.com/MZ7jYXBl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/F4hI9ZAl.jpg IO Shroud fits nicely. Then I took everything out of the case. I decided to use the spare 570X I had to do the work on, in case everything goes wrong I can always go back to the original …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-29, 04:39

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My portion of the 586 CPU trays I've been waiting on for, for a long time have arrived. Unfortunately the Socket 1 trays were damaged, but the Socket 7 trays arrived in great condition. https://i.imgur.com/Is6QZa9l.jpg https://i.imgur.com/RcKVRpWl.jpg Nice and stackable! https://i.imgur.com/duURO71l …

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2017-11-22, 05:22

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As always nice work. I would still have the tops taped to G1/4 thread if possible. They sell spare heads, so I'll buy one of those to test on. If it works I'll do it, if not then I'll stick with the plan. Can't lose either way :D I might be ordering it earlier than expected due to a new work …

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2017-11-15, 06:23

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Got some updates going on: Acrylic is done but not assembled - will hopefully get that done on the weekend. Just need the time to go shopping to pick up the paint colours I need, sit down, paint things, line everything up and bond it. https://i.imgur.com/mXad7Nel.jpg https://i.imgur.com/M5zSowXl.jpg …

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Re: What was your favorite computing era?

Posted on 2017-11-11, 12:41

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My three favourite are '99-'00, '05-'06 and around '08. I love the first because those days have such a special place in my heart. I was getting into computing and reading about all this amazing hardware I could never even think about convincing my parents to buy me. So many games came out that I …

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Re: Project perfection. Vista era system, because why not.

Posted on 2017-11-11, 07:43

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Cant say i like the blocks on the 4890s, they arnt much better then air. But they are meant for the 4870 and arnt a very good block to begin with. Ill keep an eye out for something better. They do look nice. The colour scheme looks really nice. In terms of blocks, I wonder if the Bykski AMD block …

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Re: Interesting music videos

Posted on 2017-11-07, 04:34

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The music video for Timelessness by mind.in.a.box is great if you love glitch art/datamoshing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epxeLD2ZibQ

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Re: Massive Craigslist Haul IBM PC/XT/AT & Apple II

Posted on 2017-11-07, 00:07

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Absolutely amazing haul of stuff. Hope for both youself and "John" and the wider retro community that a good portion of it is in good working condition!!

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2017-11-06, 23:02

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You may be able to have the tops re tapped to g 1/4 Maybe, but don't want to risk damaging it because that's $50 down the drain otherwise... but they do appear to sell spare acrylic top covers for 9 EUR each. Hm A forward port GPU block, full copper and acrylic, still in production and in stock, …

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2017-11-06, 12:07

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Just when I think my wallet is safe. Cut acrylic is on its way. Awesome new SATA sleeving from MDPC is here. Even more storage for the PC will be installed shortly. What more could you want? I was doing research for my 2005-2006 PC build that I was going to build in honour of World of Warcraft: …

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Re: Project perfection. Vista era system, because why not.

Posted on 2017-11-06, 10:58

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I guess we are both jerks? You weren't born a poor black child down in Mississippi by chance? Nope :( OK, an update. I made my last order for parts, not counting the q9770 I want to get. Seems that most want 200$ or more for them right now and I'm not spending that for a extra 200mhz. I chose to …

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Re: I've got some oldschool CPU trays on the way - should I 3D model them or not?

Posted on 2017-11-05, 10:39

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Well guess there's no reason not to then. Hopefully the guy packed them safely and they don't arrive damaged. I'll model them up when I get my hands on them!

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I've got some oldschool CPU trays on the way - should I 3D model them or not?

Posted on 2017-10-31, 06:34

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As the title states, a friend has sourced some original Socket 1 / 486 and Socket 7 / 586 CPU trays. I believe they hold 10 CPUs each. I don't know if they are common elsewhere, but they are all but impossible to find here in Australia. I'm wondering if people would be interested in a potential 3D …

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Re: Project perfection. Vista era system, because why not.

Posted on 2017-10-25, 22:58

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Jade Falcon wrote: EDIT: I'm a eBay seller.... So am I... 😵

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