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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-05-15, 02:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It's already happening to me. In the last two years, I've acquired parts to build 3 towers. My K6-2 parts need another beige tower, but I'm not buying one for $150+ on FleaBay. Do you live in the US? I just acquired another beige tower I have no need for so I was planning to sell it. It doesn't …

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-05-15, 01:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It's already happening to me. In the last two years, I've acquired parts to build 3 towers. My K6-2 parts need another beige tower, but I'm not buying one for $150+ on FleaBay. Do you live in the US? I just acquired another beige tower I have no need for so I was planning to sell it. It doesn't …

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-05-14, 16:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've just been backlogged with testing newly acquired parts with what spare time I have after the kids go to bed. Ever go on a buying binge on ebay and end up with a pile of boxes of parts? Well that's where I'm at. I still need to test at least 5 CPUs, 3 or 4 graphics cards, a motherboard, two …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-10, 05:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Picked this up for one of my high end XP/early Windows 7 dual boot systems, either the 1366 or Sandy Bridge PC will get it. Haven't tested it yet but it was sold as working so hopefully that's the case.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-08, 05:00

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

First, an ASUS P5N32-E SLI socket T (775) motherboard, which is the same board I had when I built my first Core2Duo PC with an Intel E6600. I still have that same E6600 CPU but I might stick the QX6700 CPU I currently have in another PC in this one, not sure yet. Also not pictured are two brand new …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-07, 16:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

First, an ASUS P5N32-E SLI socket T (775) motherboard, which is the same board I had when I built my first Core2Duo PC with an Intel E6600. I still have that same E6600 CPU but I might stick the QX6700 CPU I currently have in another PC in this one, not sure yet. Also not pictured are two brand new …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-05, 17:58

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I may catch some flak for posting these because they're probably considered too new to be "retro" by many, but they represent significant milestones in my PC journey throughout early adulthood. First, an ASUS P5N32-E SLI socket T (775) motherboard, which is the same board I had when I built my first …

Re: Tell me I don't need a LGA1366 platform PC

Posted on 2023-05-02, 13:11

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I bought my first i7 920 at launch day, a pretty poor C0 that managed 4.0GHz but totally brick walled at ~4.1GHz regardless of voltage and cooling. As soon as the D0-stepping came out in 2009 I bought a new i7 920, it was not much better than my C0 and the IMC was even worse. During 2009-2010 I did …

Re: Tell me I don't need a LGA1366 platform PC

Posted on 2023-05-02, 03:00

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Heh, my current system - AMD Ryzen 5950X has a 420 setup with 6x 300cfm fans... Bwahahahaha! My current desktop is a Ryzen 5950X with an Optimus water block, and a Gigabyte RTX 3080 Waterforce, all cooled by two 360mm radiators and a Swiftech MCP655 pump. The case is massive and has 8 120mm fans …

Re: Tell me I don't need a LGA1366 platform PC

Posted on 2023-05-02, 02:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Grem Five wrote on 2023-05-02, 02:25: Well let me reiterate the title of the thread: Tell me I don't need a LGA1366 platform PC OK... you dont need a LGA1366 platorm.... there told you again. Too late! 😁

Re: Tell me I don't need a LGA1366 platform PC

Posted on 2023-05-02, 00:58

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Heh, my current system - AMD Ryzen 5950X has a 420 setup with 6x 300cfm fans... Bwahahahaha! My current desktop is a Ryzen 5950X with an Optimus water block, and a Gigabyte RTX 3080 Waterforce, all cooled by two 360mm radiators and a Swiftech MCP655 pump. The case is massive and has 8 120mm fans …

Re: Tell me I don't need a LGA1366 platform PC

Posted on 2023-05-02, 00:54

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What speed is that RAM? On a side note, it is generally easier to overclock this platform as far as the IMC goes when only using 3 RAM slots. Pair that setup with a Noctua NH-D14 or D15 and some higher airflow fans and you will have a very nice 1366 setup. RAM is 1600 MHz 8-8-8-24, and being …

Re: Tell me I don't need a LGA1366 platform PC

Posted on 2023-05-02, 00:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ok well I couldn't stop thinking about it and I caved, just bought this bundle for $120 USD, which to me is a fair price. Yeah it's cringe worthy that it was placed bare on a rug to take the pictures, but I'll just have to test thoroughly and make sure it all still works. ASUS Rampage II Extreme i7 …

Re: Tell me I don't need a LGA1366 platform PC

Posted on 2023-05-01, 23:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

slap a pair of GTX 580ti cards on it and turn it into a nice late XP gaming box. Maybe a typo or oversight on your part, but I don't believe there ever was a Ti version of the GTX 580. That said, I have a matched trio of EVGA GTX 580s on the way for my 1155 build, so I could do 3x SLI, but I'm only …

Re: Tell me I don't need a LGA1366 platform PC

Posted on 2023-04-30, 22:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Do you have space for another box ? Sandy is faster per thread/MHz than Nehalem. So basicly everything LGA 1366 does, LGA 1155 does better. If you want to argue for pros, you COULD make 1366 Windows 98 PC, it's hard but possible. Space is not a problem. And by that I mean I already have so many …

Tell me I don't need a LGA1366 platform PC

Posted on 2023-04-30, 21:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So I've been really struggling with temptation to build a LGA1366 Intel Core i7 PC, and the logical side of my brain is saying wait, you don't NEED that. My purpose for it would be a high end late XP era system, but I already have a PC for that (dual boot XP/7 on a Sandy Bridge 2500k with GTX 580 …

Re: Future retro classics

Posted on 2023-04-24, 15:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Maybe they're already considered "retro" (not by me, I think they're still too new), but I think the Intel Core2Duo and Core2Quad socket 775 platform will become highly collectible at some point. Intel pretty much destroyed anything AMD had to offer when they released the C2D (I myself had an E6600) …

Re: How to fix CD-ROM tray won't open

Posted on 2023-04-24, 14:58

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

In case anyone is interested, I spent some more time fiddling with it, ended up ordering a bulk pack of replacement belts on ebay since it was only a few bucks, replaced the belt and it's back to working condition! Cheap and easy. Really glad it worked out as it's the original CD-ROM from 1997 and …

Re: How to fix CD-ROM tray won't open

Posted on 2023-04-23, 18:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

In case anyone is interested, I spent some more time fiddling with it, ended up ordering a bulk pack of replacement belts on ebay since it was only a few bucks, replaced the belt and it's back to working condition! Cheap and easy. Really glad it worked out as it's the original CD-ROM from 1997 and …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-04-23, 04:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just arrived, a Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro, bought it to finish off my high end 2006 mid-range XP build.

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