Re: A Kick-Ass Dual 3.8GHz NetBurst Xeon Build
Posted on 2023-10-21, 18:19
Irinikus wrote on 2023-10-21, 05:45: I've also downloaded this driver: (Just in case!) 🤣 was just about to suggest doing that ...
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-10-19, 07:07
Made a Slot1 slocket adapter holder since all the brackets available don't grip them properly and the slight movement can cause system to crash Fits great, works great, happy! https://i.imgur.com/KCD7onj.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/MlUXika.jpg Are you using long retaining bolts to hold them in the …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2023-10-18, 06:48
The last 3 computers I have found are Pentium 3's. This is the latest one. It is a Dell Dimension 4100. It had 128 Megs of RAM. No HDD, anda P3 933 mhz CPU. I really like this case, so I might transplant a 1ghz cpu into it and more ram. It also had an ATI rage 128 pro in it. https://i.imgur.com/ …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-10-12, 05:17
I've seen them a couple of degrees off straight from the factory, but that one looks a bit more than that. It's like, of course you overpaid, Voodoo prices are crazy, but if you were bound and determined to get one, I think you did well. i'll just pretend i bought this new for $300 and i let …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-10-11, 07:39
Couldn't help myself today at the recycling station's shop ... GTX285 1GiB for DKK 50, that's less than US$ 7.50. Don't know I'll be using it for, but too cheap to ignore :lol: Is that price tested or untested? If untested then it's quite a gamble. The guy at the counter told me that if I'm into …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-10-11, 07:31
Liquid flux is really for BGA and even then it's not great, like you say it just gets everywhere. Most pros I've seen on Youtube do also use the tacky flux for most BGA stuff. I'm on the fence about making a big Mouser order for supplies and flux - I've been using SMD291 which is a no-clean flux, …
Re: A Kick-Ass Dual 3.8GHz NetBurst Xeon Build
Posted on 2023-10-11, 05:47
I've just come across this video showing someone running an RTX 3080 in a P4 system: (However it is a Pentium 4 HT 651 running in a premium ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA socket 775 motherboard!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NYCjfrCurA From this I can deduce that the CPU's feature set is not a factor …
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2023-10-11, 05:44
Bought a 6GiB Asus GTX1060 for the kid, to build him a more gaming-appropriate rig than his laptop, which has integrated GPU in an 11th gen i5 :) Cost a hair's width more than US$100. Going to put it in a Lenovo Workstation with a Sandy Bridge Xeon E3-1270 and 12 GiB of DDR3 memory. All which I had …
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2023-10-11, 05:41
You'd think that with 2 manufacturing and 4 whole CPU generations, the newer CPU would be noticeably better, even when its a tier-down from an i7, but no. Looking through benchmarks I saw that the sandybridge i7 gets slightly less average frames, but higher 1% lows vs i5 6500. Whats even worse is …
Re: My Stupid Retro Builds (retro hw, modern looks)
Posted on 2023-10-10, 04:34
That looks more period familiar :) But yeah, it wasn't a priority back then - and to be honest, there wouldn't be any greater technical reason for doing nice cable management, as powers and temperature were much more manageable. I do remember, however, that I started in the late 90s or maybe early …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-10-08, 21:42
Speaking of ABIT... rebuilt this old one. BE6-II rev1 + P3 650. I have 2 modified slotkets yet none are stable with Coppermine chips so I'll just stick to the normal slot variant. Isn't it very close to the BH6 construction wise? I ran one of those with a 600 @ 900 Celeron on some generic slotket …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-10-08, 19:10
Went to our external storage for other business, but wanted to check if my 2 BP6s were still there ... can't wait to have the time to pop in dual 400s in one of them overclocked to 600. I have 6 or 8 in the box, hoping to bin 2 of them for 600 ...
Re: My Stupid Retro Builds (retro hw, modern looks)
Posted on 2023-10-08, 08:01
That is definitely not period correct cable management 🤣 very nice, clean build!
Re: Pentium II ECC vs non-ECC
Posted on 2023-10-07, 13:15
This processor was manufactured during week 24 1998, so it's underclocked Pentium II 300, i.e. faster L2 cache. It should be better than genuine Pentium II 233. As far as I know, when you underclock Pentium II 300 to 233mhz, you are slower, than actual Pentium II 233 mhz. Because, timings on cache …
Re: Pentium II ECC vs non-ECC
Posted on 2023-10-07, 06:54
Wasn't it that the non-ECC L2s can only cache 512MB of main memory rather than 4GB? - not sure on performance differences though Yes and no. The ECC version always carry the TP6-e TAG chip for caching, thus being able to cache 4GiB. The non-ECC versions can be with T6 TAG, caching only 512MiB, but …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2023-10-06, 19:16
Holy sh*t that's some of the most damaged cases I've seen!
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-10-06, 19:09
The first car phone i remember was a Siemens C1. https://img.motor-talk.de/JxlQECC_fuipTegK.107.jpg My father brought one of these home once when they were new because he was on call for a some critical thing at his job. Anyway I still remember that the manual said to stay at leat 50cm away from …
Re: A Kick-Ass Dual 3.8GHz NetBurst Xeon Build
Posted on 2023-10-04, 05:47
I won't swap out the Motherboard and CPU power cables, as the extension going into the Motherboard Power Header is part of the InWin case that supplies power to the mechanism which raises and lowers the top vent! (Not the best design in the world, but it is what it is!!!) Is the top vent …
Re: Black screen on voodoo 2
Posted on 2023-10-03, 19:22
Maybe the converter doesn't support the low 800x600 resolution from the Voodoo²? What resolution is your 2D card running?
Re: A Kick-Ass Dual 3.8GHz NetBurst Xeon Build
Posted on 2023-10-03, 08:19
Since you are going hard after aesthetics, figured i can point to 2 things that caught my eyes: 1. The CPU fans have these naked cables that may benefit from a black woven sock. 2. The GPU power cables look much cheaper than the rest of the components. To a less extent this applies to MB and CPU …
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