Re: A very long post about my retro pc

Posted on 2017-11-16, 23:13

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Thank you guys for your replies. As always, it motivates me to push things further and tinker with my systems :) Today I obtained very nice Zalman VGA cooler - ZM80C-HP, so it was time to open up P4 machine. Unfortunately, it isn't latest revision with two heatpipes (ZM80D-HP), but it was brand new …

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Re: A very long post about my retro pc

Posted on 2017-11-15, 21:03

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Currently I am using my K6 build more often and I am actually playing some games. I installed a lot of them, but I am planning on finishing two of them: Rayman 2 and NFS: Porsche. I am getting quite disappointed with K6 performance, but NFS works ok in Glide with low details. Despite low performance …

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Re: List the CPUs you owned when they were new

Posted on 2017-11-08, 14:44

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I keep list of my CPUs in Excel so I can exactly say what I had when. It only covers my daily drivers so I will put them as-is. Not all of them were new when I had them (well, more often than not I had outdated hw), but as those were systems I used every day, I think it's ok to put them all. Here we …

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My personal CPU Benchmark list

Posted on 2017-11-08, 13:36

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Hello, I wanted to share something I created just for fun years ago and kept updating since then. A friend of mine did some benchmarks and put them on web page so I could compare my own pc with his. These were just aida64 numbers + superpi result. What I did is to create my own version of this chart …

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Re: A very long post about my retro pc

Posted on 2017-11-03, 17:39

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Thanks!

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Re: A very long post about my retro pc

Posted on 2017-11-03, 15:50

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Maybe I can ask someone to move my thread here? System Specs I didn't knew that dedicated section exist.

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Re: A very long post about my retro pc

Posted on 2017-11-03, 15:34

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It's been almost two months since my quest for retro gaming PC started and almost a month since last post. I think it's about time to post some updates :) First of all, I think I came to conclusion what will be in my build(s). Yep - that's right, for now I settled with more than one build. First one …

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Re: Flaky BX6 board

Posted on 2017-10-18, 21:53

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I managed to dig Nichicon 1000/200V caps from dead laboratory equipment, so I will have that covered :) I have original caps right next to me. They are branded Fuhjyyu in case of Antec power supply and Jackcon on Abit board. Main problem is their size - Antec's caps are very thin in diameter and …

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Re: Flaky BX6 board

Posted on 2017-10-13, 08:57

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I am aware that Jamicon aren't best, but apparently I wasn't able to source better ones locally. Now I am preparing to recap other components and here is what I came up with: Capture.JPG I probably won't buy two capacitors marked red as they are pricey and don't even match parameters of what is …

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Re: Any point in picking up Slot 1 PII 400 machine for 50% DOS?

Posted on 2017-10-10, 22:28

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Riva TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro indicates M64 version of TNT2 with 64-bit memory bus. Basically most common and very underperforming card. I don't think it's fair to call the m64 an underperformer. In its value segment it's on par with the tnt2 ultra, but high-res 32-bit gaming you wouldn't expect …

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Re: Flaky BX6 board

Posted on 2017-10-07, 12:07

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Caps are first suspect with such symptoms, but it was strange. Why would only this particular CPU work? And it was 100% stable :) What were the original brand of caps on the mobo and what did you replace them with? They were standard Abit ones branded Jackcon. I replaced them with Jamicon Low ESR …

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Re: Flaky BX6 board

Posted on 2017-10-06, 08:46

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Caps are first suspect with such symptoms, but it was strange. Why would only this particular CPU work? And it was 100% stable 😀

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Re: A very long post about my retro pc

Posted on 2017-10-05, 20:39

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Shopping time! https://images84.fotosik.pl/841/460ca35743df0b23m.jpg I found those boards on local scrapyard. I picked up each board for $4 which is fantastic, although I wanted to buy more :D Many of them had defects, there was Asus TUSL-C available which had corner of chipset ripped off :( They …

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Re: Any point in picking up Slot 1 PII 400 machine for 50% DOS?

Posted on 2017-10-05, 20:11

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Riva TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro indicates M64 version of TNT2 with 64-bit memory bus. Basically most common and very underperforming card. If that's a reason for buying this pc, leave it. But Slot 1 AT board is quite uncommon and can be considered rare.

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Re: Flaky BX6 board

Posted on 2017-10-05, 20:07

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Guess what? There was a little mess... But in the end, it's working! 😀

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Flaky BX6 board

Posted on 2017-10-04, 22:41

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Hi! Because of my recent K6 build I've got interested in retro pcs again. I have Abit BX6 mobo was behaving strangely from the day I bought it. Basically it can boot only with one CPU: sloted Pentium III 933. Apart from this one, I tried: Celeron 300A Celeron 333 Pentium II 350 Pentium 500E with MS- …

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Re: A very long post about my retro pc

Posted on 2017-10-02, 18:09

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Today I've spent whole day trying to figure out why I have so much lower performance under 3dmark2000 than anyone else using GeForce 3Ti. I found what I think are the best settings for memory performance in BIOS. It was enough for so-so result https://images82.fotosik.pl/836/18f873ed22f9194fm.png …

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Re: A very long post about my retro pc

Posted on 2017-10-01, 13:00

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I managed to find a small heatsink suitable for Kyro II and so I got it up and running. I did a little comparision in power consumption between my cards and here are my findings: no card: 66,8W Radeon 9200: 73W Kyro II: 77W GeForce 3: 86W I done this test measuring power of whole system displaying …

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Re: A very long post about my retro pc

Posted on 2017-09-29, 18:21

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That's a great response from all of you guys! Thank you very much - it really makes me willing to continue work with this PC. I will try to make general response, and respond to certain posts. First of all, it is still work in progress. I am experimenting with cards and setup every day, and photos …

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A very long post about my retro pc

Posted on 2017-09-29, 12:34

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Hello everyone! I wanted to present my retro PC build I’ve made recently, but since I've got nostalgic I think I will start with a little background about me and my history with PCs :P ###### ABOLUTELY IRRELEVANT STUFF STARTS HERE ###### (wish there was a spoiler bbcode tag supported) As for now I …

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