Build a rig around it 😀

Coppermine 1000 or Tualatin/Tualeron should do nicely and is the most picked way to go around here.

Don't plug it into a P4 without checking if the board works with AGP 2x cards though (unless you like having to do some more repairs that is 😜).

Tetrium wrote:

Build a rig around it 😀

Coppermine 1000 or Tualatin/Tualeron should do nicely and is the most picked way to go around here.

Don't plug it into a P4 without checking if the board works with AGP 2x cards though (unless you like having to do some more repairs that is 😜).

Any AMD options these go nicely with?

Did not know that these cards have issues with that... good thing my ss7 system is what I used, and thats only because i had it open at the time 🤣

Athlon/ Athlon XP is a nice alternative.

goodtofufriday wrote:

I never really expected to own one of these cards, so I know next to nothing about what I can really do with it. Any place to start?

Here are a few fictures of the repair. You can click the imgur link to see the terrible condition it came in. Missing quite a number of SMD components and went through a bad repair attempt by the previous owner. Thank god i have a capacitance meter.

The previous owner's work is embarrassing. Nice job cleaning it up.

ODwilly wrote:

Athlon/ Athlon XP is a nice alternative.

Awesome, you've given me a reason to buy a motherboard I've been watching on ebay for close to half a year! Matx, socket 462, agp, pci, isa

gdjacobs wrote:

The previous owner's work is embarrassing. Nice job cleaning it up.

Agreed, a few of the bodges were bridged too. I'm relived that it seems they were not able to complete the repair and thus didnt try it out in that state.

Make sure the board is a real AGP2/4 board, some later KT333 boards use KT400 with AGP8x disabled but they do not and will not run an AGP2x card.

candle_86 wrote:

Make sure the board is a real AGP2/4 board, some later KT333 boards use KT400 with AGP8x disabled but they do not and will not run an AGP2x card.

The one I purchased says its a KT133 chipset. I should be fine then yes?

Yep, you should be good.

Since this guy had no fans, I went about putting on some noctuas

Nice. What noctuas are those? How is their noise level? Nice work on the V5.

CkRtech wrote:

Nice. What noctuas are those? How is their noise level? Nice work on the V5.

They are the NF A4x10 5V and the noise level is Zero, its great.

And thanks, glad I was able to rescue it

Cool Noctua fans.

My V5-5500 was purchased new by me when it was still being sold in stores and I promptly modified some large super socket 7 heatsinks to replace the stock setup. I have an 80mm case fan blowing across both heatsinks and it keeps it nice and chilly.

I currently have it in an Abit KT7A motherboard with a Barton running at 2.4Ghz.

Now I just need to complete the build. Sound card(s) are the last thing I need to iron out.