Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-03-20, 21:45
Received a Dell P780 in excellent condition, in its original box. Back in the day a 17" monitor was decent size, but now being spoiled on 27" LCDs and bigger, it seems so small. 🤣
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-03-17, 19:29
Any idea of how much the monitor went for? It sold as "best offer accepted" so not really sure, but it was listed at $669 plus shipping, which for me living in the states would have been $440, so that's $1,100 not including tax. I know they're nice but I just can't justify spending that much for …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-03-17, 04:56
Alright, who scooped up the 22" Mitsubishi Diamondtron CRT on fleabay from the seller in Bulgaria? lol I had it on my watch list, not to buy because it was way too expensive, but just to see how long it would last. Didn't even last a day. Those things seem to be the holy grail of CRTs these days. I …
Re: Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X secondary IDE channel not detected?
Posted on 2022-03-17, 01:37
Did you check in the BIOS? You can often disable the two channels independently in there. Both channels are enabled. I have also cleared CMOS and updated the BIOS to the latest available version (F45). During POST, it goes through the process of trying to detect devices on both channels, but it …
Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X secondary IDE channel not detected?
Posted on 2022-03-17, 01:25
I have a year 2000 desktop I built around a Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X motherboard, got prepared to install Windows 98 and discovered that the CD-ROM drive, which is on the secondary IDE channel, is not being detected. The hard drive connected to the primary IDE channel is detected normally, and when I …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-03-09, 18:46
Another great card to get from the 9000 series is the 256mb 9600 XT, its just a good solid GPU much like the 9800 Pro/XT, they were just amazing cards for their time. Most went nVidia for compatibility but for DX9 with AA the 9000 series was top dog till nVidia released the 6000 series GeForce. I …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-03-09, 05:52
I received this very nice condition specimen today, the mighty Radeon 9800 Pro complete in its box with everything included. For the price (~$115 USD) I just couldn't pass it up. It has high nostalgic value for me as this is the video card I rocked in my AMD Tbird 1.2 GHz PC through the peak of my …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-03-06, 06:24
This is a multi-day project, but I decided it was about time to take my old Dell D830 laptop out of storage and figure out what I need to upgrade the hardware so it's as powerful as it can be, and since I had to remove the keyboard to get to one of the RAM slots and I want to upgrade the CPU anyway, …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-03-06, 02:47
Won an ebay auction for this beauty, a Gateway VX900T 19" CRT (Sony Trinitron tube) in what looks to be beautiful condition. It wasn't cheap, but man they're rare and it looks clean, and the image looks straight as can be. It'll likely end up being the primary monitor for my P3/Voodoo 5500 Win98 …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-02-26, 06:34
This arrived today, Audigy 4 Pro with all the fixins. Going to put it in my ~2006 era HP xw4400 workstation with an Intel QX6700 and when I buy one, a Radeon X1950XTX, for late XP gaming. https://i.ibb.co/JdgsYp4/20220225-231905.jpg https://i.ibb.co/nbM3gKx/20220225-231935.jpg https://i.ibb.co/ …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-02-23, 23:49
There are 30 NIB Antec/chieftec full towers for $50 a few miles for me. Unfortunately he says must take all :( What are you waiting for? You can easily triple your investment if you bought those just by listing on eBay. I'd be all over that, and keep a couple for myself. My latest delivery, a what …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-02-19, 15:33
This arrived yesterday, Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X socket 370 board with 833 MHz PIII, tested and working fine so far. Bought this to build a dedicated Voodoo 5500 Windows 98 gaming PC since it's period correct for the Voodoo. Also have a Live! 5.1 sound card on the way, which is the last component I need. …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-02-15, 05:57
Got a new socket A/370 heatsink and fan, a rather unique one I've never seen before (Cooljag Technology), and it's pretty beefy with a copper base so it should cool very well. For $10 shipped it was too good to pass up. https://i.ibb.co/wSmMPfw/20220214-213343.jpg https://i.ibb.co/7n6pbxN/20220214- …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-02-13, 03:22
Canopus Pure3DII LX Voodoo2 SLI Awesome set! I've been casually on the lookout for a pair of Canopus Voodoo2 boards (I already have several Diamond and STB boards), only time I found a pair for sale on ebay they were boxed and sold for around $600 USD, far too rich for my blood. Hopefully you got a …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-02-12, 03:49
Canopus Pure3DII LX Voodoo2 SLI Awesome set! I've been casually on the lookout for a pair of Canopus Voodoo2 boards (I already have several Diamond and STB boards), only time I found a pair for sale on ebay they were boxed and sold for around $600 USD, far too rich for my blood. Hopefully you got a …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-02-06, 20:26
A big box of fun arrived today. All NIB.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-01-31, 03:43
Just bought a lot of 5 NIB Maxtor PATA hard drives on fleabay. Paid $85 shipped for the lot which is actually pretty good considering individual drives of this type have been selling for $20-$30 each (bought a few myself), so $17 per drive roughly. I should be in pretty good shape for PATA hard …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-01-24, 05:30
Edit - Currently watching an auction for a K6-3+ 550ACR ..its at $830 AUD(596 USD) buyout ....why would anyone pay that for this CPU when you can grab the K6-3+ 500ACR for 112USD or 3 K6-2+ 570ACZ's for 70 USD ...I dont get the crazy prices for certain bits of junk. (The guy selling the 550 has two …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-01-24, 01:36
Gonna ditch the idea for a AWE32, gonna get a AWE64 Gold with 28mb ram upgrade board and call it a day, it works out 200 USD cheaper and for what I want to use it for itll work out better. Wow WTF?? Are Awe64 Golds really selling for over $300 now? I bought one a couple years ago for I think $70-$ …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-01-22, 04:20
I couldn't resist and bought a second Tualatin system, this time a Dell Precision P3 Tualatin Celeron 1.3, I will be throwing the P3-s 1.4 I have in there along with more ram, I have a Dell 20" LCD and Dell Keyboard and Mouse for it so it'll be a complete setup. Has a Late model i815 board, FX5200 …
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