Reply 42540 of 52818, by Meatball
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Brawndo wrote on 2022-02-12, 03:49:Meatball wrote on 2022-02-11, 00:02: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 better deal than that.
I paid about a bit more than 1.5x that amount. I have a different tack. I'd rather pay the money when I see something I want, rather than wait years for it to show up again at wishful pricing. These things don't tend to get cheaper, either, as time goes on... if they even show up at all. I suppose waiting for a dummy to come along and sell it for cheaper is another strategy or finding a set which is trashed and spending weeks trying to fix it is another; but I don't have the patience (or the desire to obtain the skills for repair... replacing caps is already a pain in my rear). I prefer to be the dummy now with bottomless pockets of money. I will never have bottomless pockets of time. The best part is I'm probably not even going to use these. I tested them, they work, and now they're going back in the box. I just wanted them is all.... but wait!......I'm actually going to spend even more money on them and have them shipped to Oscar for custom heatsink/fan mounting.