G'day everyone, Ive slowed down how much I post here so I have a small backlog of interesting bits I have accquired, a couple I paid a little too much for but one was too interesting to pass up and the other has been on my bucket list for a long time. So without further ado here is a few of the items.
First off the list is this QDI PlatiniX 4X with a socket 478 to 423 adapter with a P4 Northwood 2.6 slapped into it and 1gb of 800/40 RD-Ram, I didn't realise these adapters actually still existed in the wild and have been on the lookout for one eventually one popped up on the Bay. I have a soft spot for socket 423 and RD-Ram and this beautiful bit of kit was just too nice to pass up, I did pay a bit too much for it but the adapter alone is the most expensive part with the 1gb of RD-Ram and 2.6 P4 thrown in it likely works out to not be a horrible deal.
The Northwood P4 does actually run at the full 2.6Ghz with a 26x100 setup !
QDI PlatiniX 4X.jpg
478 to 423 adaptor.jpg
I do wonder how hard it would be to reverse engineer the adapter so others can have one too, might be worth looking into.
Second is this Geforce4 Ti4600, its been on my bucket list for a long time and I have a few dead versions of it in my spares box from gambles with untested cards, this one has been tested by the seller so I figure it stands a slightly better chance than the other dead ones I have 🤣. Paid a lot more for it that I wanted to but I'm done with grabbing untested gambles of this model.
I might pair it with the above board for a nice mid tier XP rig.
Geforce4 Ti4600.jpg
The next two Items are bits of kit that I want for upgrades
Yamaha Audician32 Plus variant for my 486 box, Ill throw the DreamBlaster X2GS on this card to make it a exceptionally good DOS sound card.
Audician32 Plus.jpg
Athlon XP-M 3000, been looking out for one of these to throw into my Abit NF7-S box but they don't show up on the bay very often and are usually priced stupidly high, this one was pretty reasonable. IIRC these are unlocked out of the box so it should make for a fun little overclocker.