Re: Dell Dimension XPS B1000r Special Edition
Posted on 2023-08-13, 14:36
Does it feature RDRAM, as the link suggests? If it does, then it’s indeed special, as far as PIII’s go!
Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G
Posted on 2023-08-13, 07:40
This week I managed to fetch my 8800GTX, which I'll put up against the GTX 690 in this build, just to see how they compare. (The 8800 GTX will more than likely stay in the system, as it's "period correct") Here are the two cards next to each other: https://i.imgur.com/JUExyO2.jpg The Motherboard, …
Re: A NOT-SO EPIC Dual Pentium Pro Build
Posted on 2023-08-05, 11:47
It's currently fitted with a 128MB 60ns FPM ECC SIMM. (I'll run it with this initially and then upgrade it to 50ns EDO and compare the performance difference.) According to the review, slotting an EDO SIMM increases the cards performance by as much as 20%! (That's a pretty tangible performance …
Re: A NOT-SO EPIC Dual Pentium Pro Build
Posted on 2023-08-05, 05:50
I'll definitely take this into account when ordering RAM for this card!
Re: A NOT-SO EPIC Dual Pentium Pro Build
Posted on 2023-08-04, 19:05
It will do 80MB/s, so it's fast enough for a dual Pentium Pro! (I'm going to have to fit it out with 5ns EDO RAM though!!!)
Re: A NOT-SO EPIC Dual Pentium Pro Build
Posted on 2023-08-04, 18:46
So this is the version of the i960 present on this board:
Re: A NOT-SO EPIC Dual Pentium Pro Build
Posted on 2023-08-04, 18:36
After doing some searching I finally found the PDF manual for this series of cards and copied this pic of the card's layout:
Re: A NOT-SO EPIC Dual Pentium Pro Build
Posted on 2023-08-04, 17:58
I'm definitely going to be using two 15K RPM drives!
Re: A NOT-SO EPIC Dual Pentium Pro Build
Posted on 2023-08-04, 17:19
Here I'm more going for the coolness of SCSI, however the card will be fast enough to offer good drive performance in this system! 😀 As far as I know it's an Intel i960 CPU: https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3438
Re: A NOT-SO EPIC Dual Pentium Pro Build
Posted on 2023-08-04, 13:53
What also kind of limits the kind of chassis I can use for this build, especially if I wanted to use a retro chassis, is the length of the longest card I'm going to be fitting into this system: https://i.imgur.com/aaZ2KPp.jpg It dwarfs a GTX 690 in terms of its length!!! (Even if you remove the …
Re: A NOT-SO EPIC Dual Pentium Pro Build
Posted on 2023-08-04, 04:49
H3nrik V! wrote on 2023-08-03, 18:57: Holy fudge, that is one sexy "case"! Dare I ask, what the price is? It would be soooo nice for a BP6 with GoldenOrbs as well 😀 It’s called the InWin X-Frame 2.0 Chassis and it goes for around about $1200. (Not ridiculously expensive, but pretty expensive!)
Re: A NOT-SO EPIC Dual Pentium Pro Build
Posted on 2023-08-03, 15:53
I'm considering this chassis for this board, as it has a form factor that's pretty much incompatible with 99.9% of PC cases. (That CPU card seemed like a good idea, but it's almost impossible to fit into anything) https://i.imgur.com/cLSFu6F.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Nse9N7B.jpg It would be an awesome …
Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G
Posted on 2023-08-03, 14:12
Oh, that's nice! It's indeed pretty nifty! :) The case arrived today: https://i.imgur.com/U9X9WqA.jpg The Motherboard has arrived in the country, so I should have it in the next two weeks or so! The power supply and fans will cost me a little bit more than the case did. The aluminium Polaris fans …
Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G
Posted on 2023-08-03, 01:47
Aspherical fan? That calls for more pictures and an explanation: lol: Sorry I used the wrong word or phrase, “articulated” fan. (InWin Mars with Black Fin - Multi-Function Case Fan) https://i.imgur.com/bNeWuvy.jpg It mounts onto one of the case fans and allows you to direct airflow within the case!
Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G
Posted on 2023-08-02, 17:50
That system is going to look great in that case. I can't wait to see the finished build. Thanks ! :) I think it should come together quite nicely ! (The case comes as a completely bare bone unit, so I'll have to purchase all of the fans separately!) I plan on fitting nine of these InWin fans: ( …
Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G
Posted on 2023-08-02, 11:00
H3nrik V! wrote on 2023-08-01, 20:52: That's a beautiful case, I second that! I ordered the case today (A black one), so it will be the case that I use to house this system! 😀 There aren't many modern cases that can take motherboards with this form factor!
Re: A NOT-SO EPIC Dual Pentium Pro Build
Posted on 2023-08-01, 18:02
I did flash it, but its been over a decade since. But if I recall correctly I just downloaded whatever was available from the asus website at the time. if that didnt work, i would have searched google for the bios flash program for the chipset and flash chip combo now that I have a programmer... I …
Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G
Posted on 2023-08-01, 17:23
I'm considering the In Win 915 Black Window E-ATX Full Tower PC Case for this build as I don't want yet another Corsair case: https://i.imgur.com/LiaVjqE.jpg https://i.imgur.com/SFtld7V.jpg https://i.imgur.com/huuKxZY.jpg This gives you an idea as to how this motherboard will look in this case: …
Re: A NOT-SO EPIC Dual Pentium Pro Build
Posted on 2023-07-31, 19:02
have you checked that v5500 in another system? quite a few of those cards are flashed with the macintosh bios. (and vise versa) I know that you have a few ASUS P/I-P65UP5's, including this ones big brother. Have you by any chance flashed the BIOS on one of your boards, and if so, what flash utility …
Re: A NOT-SO EPIC Dual Pentium Pro Build
Posted on 2023-07-30, 12:52
I've created a bootable floppy using FreeDOS in Windows XP Professional on my "EPIC Socket 8" machine and I've copied The BIOS file "ND6I0218.AWD" and aflash221 to the disk, so all's ready for the BIOS flash from a Boot Disk point of view! (I now need to build the machine into a case!) Here's a site …
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