Newest Retro 2008:
-ASUS Striker Extreme nForce 680i SLi (very bad board!!! for OC 🙁 because of nVidia chipset ) ) -baddest BOARD EVER!!!!!!!!!! (Marketing SHIT) chipset Intel - Biostar TPower I45 will be better!!!
-Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.6GHz + Xigmatek S1283 DarkKnight
-Corsair XMS 4GB(2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz CL5
-Thermaltake VE7000BWS
-Corsair TX-750W
-Sapphire Radeon HD470X2 2GB PCIE2.0
-Samsung SpinPoint S1 500GB SATA2
-MS Windows Vista Ultimate x64 DX10.1

Nvidia chipsets are not that bad when it comes to overclocking but they are much harder to work with than Intel plus they are power hogs. Had a XFX 780i that I don't the vdroop mod and needless to say it ran the utility bill on its own. 780i can do 440-500mhz but that takes modded cooling and the 680i if the board is good can reach similar clocks but still not easy. Never got to play with 790i but I do know that it sucks even more power and takes a much larger cooler to cope.

For performance 775 just go with Intel and DDR3.

Is that retro? I only recently upgraded my main PC to this level.

yes, 6 years is enough 😜

RacoonRider wrote:

Is that retro? I only recently upgraded my main PC to this level.

ROFL - heck, that retro build is an upgrade from my current main desktop.

I am using just a triple core AMD chip. Of course, I don't use it for much really beyond browsing and email. In actuality, I had been out of any real interest in PC's at all- doing nothing but fixing crap for freinds and relatives- UNTIL I saw a video on YouTube about building a Time Machine. Now I have built two such machines and am in planning stage for a third.

More fun than I have had with computers in years!

So I say to the OP, "whatever trips your trigger!" 😊

Another V2SLI machine - This is my oldest machine - Based on AT

-Ritech Minitower AT 1x8cm FrontFAN + SkyHawk 230W AT
-Gigabyte GA-586SG, chipset SiS 5591, Socket7
-AMD K6-II 350MHz(OC: 366MHz 4,5*83MHz), 100Mhz FSB, 32kb L1cache, 0.25nm, MMX, 3DNow!, Socket 7
-Transcend 128Mb (4x32Mb) FPM RAM SIMM 66MHz@83MHz,
-Ati Rage3D IIC, 8Mb SD-RAM, AGP2x
-Creative Labs 3dfx Voodoo2 12Mb VRAM 100MHz, PCI, SLi
-CREATIVE Sound Blaster Vibra 16C, ISA 16Bit
-Adaptec AHA-2940S76 SCSI Raid
-VIA VT6212 2xUSB PCI
-Seagate ST32430N 2Gb SCSI HDD
-Fujitsu Limited MPD-304AT 4Gb HDD IDE
-Mitsumi CDRW, FDD 3.5" 1.44Mb
-Ports: 1*DIN, 1*PS/2 Mouse, 2*Serial 09, 1*Serial 25, 1*Parallel
-AST Vision 5La, 15" CRT Best: 1024*768 32Bit 75Hz, TCO1992
-Lite-On SK-1500-2D Keyboard, Microsoft Trekker Wheel Mouse 2.0A PS/2
-Genius Multimedia Hi-Fi Speaker System SP-P110

-Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2.5 (DX 5, WMP 4, IE4)
-Microsoft Office 97 Professional

eFatal2ty wrote:

Another V2SLI machine - This is my oldest machine - Based on AT

Now that's a retro system for sure....very nice.

My first Personal Computer was in 1999 i remember, i am 22 years old now and It was My OWN - no one use it except of me 😀

-White Minitower+ExpenTech AT 200W
-Intel Pentium (P54C) 166MHz
-32Mb(2x16Mb) EDO-RAM SIMM 66MHz
-WD Caviar HDD 2.37Gb
-CD-ROM 32x FDD 3.5"
-Diamond Stealth 3D2000(s3ViRGE 325) 2Mb PCI+VGA
-Creative Sound Blaster AWE32 ISA PnP 8Bit
-Philips 17"CRT 1024x768 16Bit 4CM4770/20T Monitor+Stereo Repro Built-in
-NMB Keyboard, Genius EasyMouse Mouse
-Lexmark Z12 Color Fine Printer
-Microsoft Windows 98 First Edition

& withouth 3DAcceleration - DOS Games only of course, withouth Internet 😁

/I found this information on this WDC in text file, even then I wrote everything down about HW!!!!
Scanned and Health = OK!!!! 0 bad sectors/

Next build - but I upgrade it another time and sell everything yet 😒

-Abit VH6T Via ApolloPro 133T
-Intel Pentium III-S 1.4GHz Tualatin@1.62GHz (154 fsb) + Speezee SC370 Cooler
-Lei 1.5GB (3x512MB) 133MHz CL3 133@154 3-3-2-6
-Abit ATI Radeon X800XL 256MB AGP4x
-Creative SB Live 5.1 SB0200
-Seagate Barracuda 7200rpmn 80GB IDE HDD
-Realtek RTL-8139D LAN 10/100MBps
-VIA 3+1 USB2.0 PCI
-CDRW+DVDRW+FDD
-Seasonic 350W 80Plus ATX PSU + ASUS Vento Miditower TA-882
-MS Windows XP PRO SP2 + Catalyst 6.2

Next upgrade was:
-Spire SC370 with Cu-core Cooler
-X850XT 256MB + Accelero ATi Silencer
-SATA RAID + 2x 80GB SATA

The Doom3, GTA SA, NFS MW - Rocks on this PC!!

The 3DMark tests 01 & 03:
http://oi35.tinypic.com/sg25j5.jpg
http://oi34.tinypic.com/1580e2a.jpg

This machine was Celeron-s, Sempron-s and P4 was KILLED by this machine!
Only One "A2C" with PC(Athlon@3400+, 512MB DDR-400, NX6600GT) Beat me then +244Points only

Nice looking systems.

I didn't know either that LGA775 was considered retro... My main PC has been a Core2Q6600 since 2007, only upgraded to Core2Q9550 a few months ago. It's still going strong and I don't really feel the need to change for a more recent rig!

My main machine now is Fully upgraded with SSD+HDD HP ProBook 4525s on WIN8.1 & waiting for another Intel Socket with DDR4, hope for DOOM4.. Before this ntb I had MSI GX-720 (my 1st NTB ever). I am going only mobile now, because of my work, so I sold current hardware now 😊

Retro isn't synonymous with old. A dress that went out of fashion 10 years ago isn't necessarily retro. A musician that was popular 10-15 years ago isn't retro. Retro is a state of being that happens when something old becomes hip and cool. A Core 2 Quad might be out dated and "old" by many peoples standards. But it isn't retro.

That being said, it's a very nice system.

Heck a Q6600 retro? No way, My daily driver is an E6800 about the same clock for clock. My HTPC in my living room is a Dell Dimm 9200 with a Q6600 4gb 120gb with an 8500gt.

Final Build (safe overclock):

-SkyHawk 230W ATX
-ASUS P3B-F
-iP!!! Katmai 500@600MHz
-Kingston 2x256MB
-ATi Rage Fury + Voodoo 2 SLi@95MHz
-Creative SB Live
-Seagate Barracuda 2x40GB UATA100 7200rpmn UDMA/33

and rest is same as in the video (1st post)..

Bench RESULTS:
-Win98 USB key support 😜

And here is the Games https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.141 … 22672494&type=3 90% of them i have yet

eFatal2ty wrote:

Newest Retro 2008: -ASUS Striker Extreme nForce 680i SLi (very bad board!!! for OC :( because of nVidia chipset ) ) -baddest BOA […]
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Newest Retro 2008:
-ASUS Striker Extreme nForce 680i SLi (very bad board!!! for OC 🙁 because of nVidia chipset ) ) -baddest BOARD EVER!!!!!!!!!! (Marketing SHIT) chipset Intel - Biostar TPower I45 will be better!!!
-Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.6GHz + Xigmatek S1283 DarkKnight
-Corsair XMS 4GB(2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz CL5
-Thermaltake VE7000BWS
-Corsair TX-750W
-Sapphire Radeon HD470X2 2GB PCIE2.0
-Samsung SpinPoint S1 500GB SATA2
-MS Windows Vista Ultimate x64 DX10.1

That's not retro. 😉 If anything, it's actually somewhat similar to my main box, albeit a bit better.

mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:

That's not retro. 😉 If anything, it's actually somewhat similar to my main box, albeit a bit better.

So OK..

Another three 9x Machines:

-Gigabyte GA-BX2000, Intel 440BX
-Intel Pentium !!! 550MHz
-Kingmax 2x128MB PC100
-3dfx Voodoo Banshee 16MB AGP
-Creative SB PCI128 CT4700
-D-Link DE-530CT 10MBps LAN PCI
-WDC 6GB+20GB
-MS Windows 98SE

-Gigabyte GA-6VXE7+, Via Apollo Pro+, Socket PGA-370
-Intel Pentium III 600MHz @ 800MHz
-Hynix 384MB (3x128MB) PC133
-ATi Rage 128Pro Ultra 32MB AGP
-Creative SB Vibra128 PCI CT4810
-Realtek RTL8139D 10/100MBps LAN PCI
-WDC 20GB 7200rpmn
-MS Windows 98SE

-Canyon CN-6XBAS-T Rev.C, Via Apollo Pro 133T
-Intel Celeron 700MHz
-Nanya 2x128MB PC133
-Manli nVidia Riva TNT2 32MB AGP4x
-WD Protege 40GB 5400rpmn
-MS Windows Millenium

&1 more possible> Aopen AX6B+iPII 450MHz+1x256M RAM but i dont have the rest of the components only some Rage II C AGP, SB Vibra and similiar shits, dont have the case psu hdd

Those last three systems look pretty nice 😀
Seems you've been pretty busy building for a while 😁

So here is some 4 iP3 based Rigs posted above:

http://www.speedyshare.com/wtvfm/retropcphotos.rar
or
http://www.megafileupload.com/en/file/523612/ … photos-rar.html (use winrar to unpack)

Configurations change a little bit, because of a failure one of mine 40GB Seagate disk -SMART and 1 Nanya 128MB PC133 RAM -Memtest86+

Performance Rating 3DMarks 99,00 (1024x768x16, IP3 opt):
1st: IP3 500+V2 SLI "REALY LOADED UP! 9xBEAST"
2nd: IP3 600+Rage128Pro "New technology" This VGA was realy GREAT in DX and OpenGL!
3rd: IP3 550+Banshee "Mainstream"
4th: Celeron 700+TNT2 PRO "Snail" -despite of ApolloPRO 133T, low fsb, old harddisk 😒 but it is Celeron...

Many thanks to "Kimberly" for 3dfx wallpapers