Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-27, 16:48

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I haz a box! The Slot-1 CPU is only there to show the size of the box but it kind of backfired as the perspective makes the box look smaller. I haz a box!.jpg In the box we find something wrapped in paper! In the box we find something wrapped in paper.jpg In the paper we find... wrapping-paper! In …

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Re: Whats the most you've paid for retro tech you had to have?

Posted on 2017-02-27, 07:35

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In 2008 I paid $1,250 for a mint in box PowerBook G4 17" purely as a collectible. I knew it would lose value, but if I waited another five years for prices to hit bottom the chances of finding one complete in the box would be zero. It's probably only worth about $500 today but in another ten years …

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Re: X2GU : New GM bank

Posted on 2017-02-26, 21:05

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Nice! I need to allocate some of my retro computer money to actually buying a few DreamBlaster X2 synths for my gaming rigs, not just thinking about it! 😀 Next months "retro computer money" is already spent but there is always April !:D

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Re: The K7 thread. CPUs, motherboards, performance and overclocking.

Posted on 2017-02-26, 17:06

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I don't know how good your cooling is on that x1950 Pro, but I recommend checking temps on GPU and it's Rialto PCI-e to AGP bridge chip. Increase graphics card fan speed manually with RivaTuner, and see if that will help with stability during heavy load. Adding one fan (on side panel for example), …

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Re: The K7 thread. CPUs, motherboards, performance and overclocking.

Posted on 2017-02-26, 13:57

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... I've never experienced those issues with any of those drivers. I suppose it could be an issue with the chipset / driver combination. Try setting the x1950 up on the Nforce 2 board. I will later. :) Now I want to mess with the other chipsets! :D The main point of this thread isn't to build the …

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Re: The K7 thread. CPUs, motherboards, performance and overclocking.

Posted on 2017-02-25, 23:51

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Anyone else have any weird flukes with win98 and a nforce2 chipset board, driver issues? Yup. Not the best chipset for win98. I prefer the KT880 myself. Good brand KT400 or KT600 boards also work well in a pinch. @Skyscraper - two issues here... first off, the KT600 is not a very good chipset for …

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Re: The K7 thread. CPUs, motherboards, performance and overclocking.

Posted on 2017-02-25, 21:22

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I'm really experiencing exactly how quirky and flakey hardware used to be 15 years ago, but I'm still having fun! :) I ran in to an irritating shortcoming of the ECS Photon AF1 KT600 board while I was testing some Bartons in-between Thunderbird CPU changes. The motherboard will not make it though …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-25, 18:04

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I got an envelope with stuff I won on the Swedish Ebay clone Tradera. In the envelope I found this, awesome packaging skills! For those who wonder it used to be bread in the small plastic bag, traces of it can still be seen. A new package.jpg Down the rabbit hole.jpg Lets dig deeper.jpg There's CPUs …

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Re: ibm aptiva 2176-f31 cpu upgrade

Posted on 2017-02-25, 14:53

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Its worth bearing in mind the Aptiva 2176 boards (at least mine) only supports an FSB of 50 - 66mhz and multiplier up to 3x, with 66 FSB and using the 1.5x (IBM calls it 3/2) multiplier you can hit the full 233 for the Pentium 233 MMX, but I'm not sure about the K6-2's (never played with those, yet …

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Re: ibm aptiva 2176-f31 cpu upgrade

Posted on 2017-02-24, 20:59

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danny666 wrote: wich kind of heatsink fit in these Socket 7, Socket A and Socket 370. With a Socket A or Socket 370 heatsink clearance around the CPU socket can be an issue.

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Re: ibm aptiva 2176-f31 cpu upgrade

Posted on 2017-02-24, 20:23

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danny666 wrote: do this price is good or overpriced ?dont know it! maybee gonna buy a 233 and later a k6 I dont know either. I guess the price is probably a bit high but these adapters are not very common and that one seems to at least support voltages as low as 2.2V as it's intended for a K6-2 (or …

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Re: ibm aptiva 2176-f31 cpu upgrade

Posted on 2017-02-24, 20:16

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thx for the info if the 233 mmx work so the amd k2 333 gonna work? Only with a socket adapter equipped with a VRM that brings the votage down to 2.2 - 2.4V (and there are no guarantees), the K6-2 cant handle 3.3V while the Pentium MMX can handle 3.3V without other issues than producing more heat …

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Re: ibm aptiva 2176-f31 cpu upgrade

Posted on 2017-02-24, 20:11

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thx for the info if the 233 mmx work so the amd k2 333 gonna work? Only with a socket adapter equipped with a VRM that brings the votage down to 2.2 - 2.4V (and there are no guarantees). The K6-2 can't handle 3.3V while the Pentium MMX can handle 3.3V without other issues than producing more heat …

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Re: ibm aptiva 2176-f31 cpu upgrade

Posted on 2017-02-24, 20:00

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danny666 wrote: good to know maybee gonna try it You set the multiplier to 1.5x to get 3.5x 66 = 233 Be sure to use a decent heatsink, one from a Coppermine S370 CPU is good enough as is one intended for a K6-2 or K6-3 CPU.

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Re: The K7 thread. CPUs, motherboards, performance and overclocking.

Posted on 2017-02-24, 14:07

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I also have a rare mobile Duron that is aactually a palomino core and you can adjust the l2 cache from 64k>128k>256k using a pencil across the bridges. I've actually at one time tried to find out where the cache on the die is with my main motivation to resurrect damaged Athlons which had part of …

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Re: The K7 thread. CPUs, motherboards, performance and overclocking.

Posted on 2017-02-24, 10:00

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Let me look through my bin of stuff, odds are I have those missing CPUs if you want them. I also have a rare mobile Duron that is aactually a palomino core and you can adjust the l2 cache from 64k>128k>256k using a pencil across the bridges. Sure! :) CPUs are luckily small and easy to ship. Send me …

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Re: New Hardware Trading Forum

Posted on 2017-02-24, 09:39

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This is more of an answer to the original question in the other thread where this discussion started so it's slightly off topic. My approach to dealng with trading and "Ebay prices" is to pay what's asked if it's something I really want. If don't really want an item it's perhaps just as good that …

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Re: The K7 thread. CPUs, motherboards, performance and overclocking.

Posted on 2017-02-23, 22:13

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I got an Athlon XP-M 2400+ from a dead HP Pavilion ze4500 exact model is AXHM2400FQQ4 is 45 watt TDP, 1.45 v and Barton core Nice! :) That CPU should have a very good chance to do 2400 MHz at 1.75V. I'm still benching Thunderbirds but the progress is slow because of work. I'm missing multiplier 9. …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-22, 22:29

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Introduction price you mean? Or price when both cards were on the marked? From this thread it looks like it's a 100 dollars price difference between P6X58D and P6T Deluxe V2: http://www.overclock.net/t/668558/p6x58d-premium-vs-p6t I think those are more or less the same. Of course there were sales …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-22, 22:20

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The P6X58D is a later released board with USB3 and SATA6GB, while retaining the other features. I think the lower price point is because everyone who wants a X58 board nowadays want only the topline model. I meant lower price point when new. :) Now people (non gamers) are just happy if they can get …

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