Re: Recommendations for Pentium 4 3GHz HT?

Posted on 2020-10-28, 00:32

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by Tetrium

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Hi everyone, I've acquired a working Socket 478 system... it's an ASUS P4P800 Deluxe with Pentium 4 3.0 GHz (with hyperthreading). Any recommendations on what to do with it? I already have four retro computers: Windows 9x: Pentium III 700 + Voodoo3 (authentic + Glide) Athlon 64 2800 s754 + Radeon …

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Re: Recommendations for Pentium 4 3GHz HT?

Posted on 2020-10-28, 00:30

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by Tetrium

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Doornkaat wrote on 2020-10-25, 16:39: Maybe you could make it into a PC for friends to use and play retro games via LAN together? This is what I was thinking 😁

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Re: Maxing Intel P45 memory

Posted on 2020-10-22, 20:03

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by Tetrium

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While your advice is generally speaking correct, you cannot deny the interest in wanting to max out any particular system, which imo is a scenario within reality. Having said that, I too have looked into getting larger sized DDR2 modules and these seemed harder to find in larger sizes. Those …

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Re: Maxing Intel P45 memory

Posted on 2020-10-22, 12:20

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by Tetrium

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This has nothing to do with "black markets". OCZ was just pushing chips too far without proper testing, which eventually lead to their downfall. OCZ, Corsair and many other manufacturers of that kind mostly sell preoverclocked memory. Overclocking is always a lottery. you can get ddr2 1200mhz in …

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Re: Maxing Intel P45 memory

Posted on 2020-10-22, 12:06

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-10-22, 07:34: Chrome and modern web browsing in general is a special topic. They consume RAM in large quantity. Guilty as charged :'( I try to avoid having to use the net with any of my non-main rigs, mainly because of this (and it keeps the other rigs lean(er) and …

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Re: Maxing Intel P45 memory

Posted on 2020-10-22, 12:05

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by Tetrium

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Another general note regarding memories: I would advise to absolutely avoid brands like OCZ and Corsair, which are known for using inferior chips bought on the black market for rejects from the original manufacturers. Unreliable RAMs are a major fun killer... Where do you get this information about …

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Re: Maxing Intel P45 memory

Posted on 2020-10-22, 11:49

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by Tetrium

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I can't see any scenario in this reality where 4GB DDR2 desktop sticks are worth hunting for, if they exist. If you want 16G RAM for P45, find a DDR3 board. While your advice is generally speaking correct, you cannot deny the interest in wanting to max out any particular system, which imo is a …

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Re: Huge Server / Full AT Case - what to use it for?

Posted on 2020-10-22, 11:38

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by Tetrium

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That case looks pretty nice actually. Have you ever weighed it?

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Re: Rare storage media aficionado build

Posted on 2020-10-22, 11:34

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by Tetrium

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Spiffles wrote on 2020-10-19, 21:25: What are the practical differences between LS-120 and LS-240? If 240 is backwards compatible, maybe I could get that? The little bit of LS-240 that I know about is from reading from the net, but I reckon it was never common at all.

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Re: Need help finding childhood Super 7 mobo w/ big Dragonfly on box (ALI Aladdin chipset)

Posted on 2020-10-22, 11:33

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by Tetrium

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Searched images high and low on the web but can't find anything. I guess some low cost brand as I have the higher end ones like the Asus boards and Gigabyte. Maybe a board from Soyo or A-trend or something. @Tetrium: which boards do you have complete with an original box? from s7 to s370 ... :o) …

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Re: Any compelling reason for Socket 5/7 build if I have SS7 boards?

Posted on 2020-10-22, 11:30

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by Tetrium

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Other than the odd board that supports low fsb values for speed limiting, is there any compelling reason to go with a Socket 5 or 7 build over a SS7 build? Compelling would probably depend on the user too. One other reason could be more compatibility with (mostly older) memory standards like EDO …

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Re: Rare storage media aficionado build

Posted on 2020-10-18, 23:20

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by Tetrium

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As the wise Tetrium wrote : I'd first make a list of what exact formats you will want to support. In the end it will come down to saving as many internal connections as possible by using as many external ones as you can Ow man, there's so many different roads that you can walk to try and get what …

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Re: Rare storage media aficionado build

Posted on 2020-10-18, 23:18

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Anyway, I'd also advice you to also just start with the build. There will always be things unforeseen and specific to your requirements and situations. Btw, which of the media drives do you have anyway? None so far, this is so far only hypothetical, a random idea I got. I tend to do that a lot... …

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Re: Tualatin cooler compatibility

Posted on 2020-10-18, 23:08

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by Tetrium

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Any socket 7 cooler will sit comfortably on a tualatin CPU. Socket 7 coolers are not suitable for Tualatins anyway due to their relatively lackluster cooling performance. I have no idea why I wrote socket 7. What I meant to write was socket A. Here's what I use for my tualatin builds: d5t-tc-1.jpg …

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Re: Need help finding childhood Super 7 mobo w/ big Dragonfly on box (ALI Aladdin chipset)

Posted on 2020-10-18, 23:07

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by Tetrium

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Not a dragon. A dragonfly! https://d279m997dpfwgl.cloudfront.net/wp/2019/09/GettyImages-1034314912-1000x658.jpg On the box, the dragonfly was seen slightly from underneath, kind of like in the picture above. But it was 3D rendered, not an actual photo. My guess is that thus far simply noone …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-18, 23:01

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And even more Btw, that mouse (with joystick look) have to go to LGR oddware or something 😂 That Vibra based sound card is kinda interesting, not special though. Some discussion here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51793 Yeah, it looks good to me tho, they talked about a OPL clone in that …

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Re: Pentium 1 motherboard questions.

Posted on 2020-10-18, 14:02

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[...] Most Pentium MMX CPUs are actually not multiplier locked. At one time I tested virtually all my Pentium MMX CPUs 166MHz and 200MHz and only the later ones had only (some of) their higher multipliers locked. What do you mean with translated multipliers? I assume you mean that a CPU will seem …

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Re: Rare storage media aficionado build

Posted on 2020-10-18, 13:12

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by Tetrium

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Anyway, I'd also advice you to also just start with the build. There will always be things unforeseen and specific to your requirements and situations. Btw, which of the media drives do you have anyway?

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Re: Rare storage media aficionado build

Posted on 2020-10-18, 12:24

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by Tetrium

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So I came up with this idea - build a relatively modern computer capable of performing most of today's tasks like - accepting modern LTE internet connection for browsing the web, watching YouTube etc - era-appropriate gaming - an HDD of at least around 80 GB capacity - access to at least USB 1.1 …

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Re: Rare storage media aficionado build

Posted on 2020-10-18, 12:06

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So it looks like anything newer than Core2 and AM2 socket has an issue with 5.25 floppy drives not being supported. And am2 boards with the AMD chipset being in issue while boards with Nvidia chipsets supporting the 5.25. That Gigabyte board you mentioned looks super promising, supporting the C2Q …

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