Re: Fastest Windows XP System

Posted on 2015-12-25, 04:01

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by sgt76

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I guess I missed that episode Phil. I saw the other one where you recommended Quadro cards for Win98 rigs- great advice which I followed also. I have a Core 2 rig which I'm slowly rebuilding back to its former glory. I also love Athlon 64 systems but I'm trying to justify to myself whether it's …

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Re: Fastest Windows XP System

Posted on 2015-12-24, 17:21

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by sgt76

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Just a question that I'm curious to hear about. Do any of you use Athlon 64 setups for your XP gaming rig? Or is there no point since Core 2 and faster systems are available for so cheap these days?

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Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2015-12-23, 03:17

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by sgt76

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My Phenom II rig has a floppy and an ide dvd drive. I'm using a Gigabyte 790x-ud4 motherboard. it was quite common to have these in the am3 era, but you need to look for ddr2 boards.

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Re: Suggestions for High End 2004 Build?

Posted on 2015-12-06, 05:21

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by sgt76

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High end in 2004 is athlon 64. P4 neednt apply. Asus a8n sli motherboard, single core opteron or fx cpu, 2gb of some nice ocz or corsair ram, radeon x800xt / geforce 6800 ultra, raid 0 hard disks and win XP SP2. Actually, A64 was a top platform for the years 2003 right up to conroe came out, so the …

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Re: How many computers could you possibly build?

Posted on 2015-12-05, 08:56

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by sgt76

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Tetrium bro, how do you manage to accumulate so many parts? I couldnt do even 1 pc atm. I only buy what i need and its in 7 towers.

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Re: Athlon XP vs Athlon 64 build choice

Posted on 2015-12-05, 08:44

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by sgt76

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Athlon 64, I've had the worst luck with socket 462 systems... dunno why, curse of the hardware gods mayve. 😢

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Re: List the PC games that you have beaten

Posted on 2015-10-19, 14:24

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by sgt76

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Witcher 3

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Re: Still much old hardware available?

Posted on 2015-07-14, 12:28

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by sgt76

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Nice catch on the aopen ax6bc system. Legendary board and components. I do hope it gets some TLC and good use. Enjoy!

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Re: HD 2900XT

Posted on 2015-07-14, 12:18

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by sgt76

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My longest lasting main rig setup happens to be my current 7970s in CF. I bought them in mid 2012 to play Witcher 2 @ ultra settings and they're still doing duty with Witcher 3 on a mix of high/ultra. Of course the current beta drivers dont allow CF without incurring artifacts, but this should …

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Re: How old is a computer in people years?

Posted on 2015-06-05, 15:09

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by sgt76

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Core 2 was the chick you wanted to bang when she was young and now the milf you fantasize about after all these years. Pentium D had her tits hangin' roun her ankles right from the start

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

Posted on 2015-06-05, 13:32

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by sgt76

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I was out shopping at my local mall when I spied an old beige case sitting in one of the hardware shops. 5 bucks later and its mine. Been spending the evening cleaning it up and thinking about what hardware would be nice in it.

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Re: How old is a computer in people years?

Posted on 2015-06-05, 13:29

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by sgt76

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:lol: You can't beat a good MILF... I just need to find one who is rich enough. :D Using "chick years" as an analogy for computer age... that's, well just hilarious! :lol: - Intel core i3/5/7 series (and any AMD equivalent) are 18-25 year old chicks; too young to be of much interest to me (I'm 45). …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2015-06-04, 14:54

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by sgt76

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@perkunas VERY nice system. I've often dreamt of owning such a thing. Enjoy!

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Re: Best Slot 1 CPU for a Voodoo 1

Posted on 2014-11-18, 13:14

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by sgt76

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Overclocking these old relics is just to relive it as swaaye pointed out. I used an SL35D in my BX rig as I had a self-imposed target of keeping everything in that particular machine period correct to no later than parts from 1999, i.e. an exercise in building what would have been one of the fastest …

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Re: Artex's Build of the Week: I've got a bug, the Y2K bug!

Posted on 2014-11-17, 13:58

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by sgt76

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pin modded tually... nice!!!

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Re: Artex's Build of the Week: I've got a bug, the Y2K bug!

Posted on 2014-11-17, 13:37

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by sgt76

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ah... Excellent foresight there there, sir. I commend you.

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Re: Artex's Build of the Week: I've got a bug, the Y2K bug!

Posted on 2014-11-17, 13:28

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by sgt76

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Really nice build. One question- where do you get your seemingly endless supply of beige Enlight cases from?

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Re: Your favorite hardware generation

Posted on 2014-11-17, 13:27

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by sgt76

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1997 to 2001 for me. Love them PIIs and PIIIs especially.

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Re: Best Slot 1 CPU for a Voodoo 1

Posted on 2014-11-17, 13:26

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by sgt76

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swaaye wrote: I kinda like the PIII 450. The hot stepping was SL35D which has cache chips of the PIII 600. That means you can often get to 600MHz or more. Tell me about it! I've got an SL35D in my '99 BX rig at 600mhz. 133mhz bus speed in 1999 baby!

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Re: Barton 2500+ Build

Posted on 2014-09-21, 13:56

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by sgt76

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Vt600 boards are not bad too if yiu cant find a decent nf2

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