Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-13, 20:41

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by Bancho

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Received a nice Gigabyte GA-486VS motherboard today. Battery had been removed and the appears to be minimal to non corrosion. Board looks to be in great condition. It came with a DX2 66 and 8mb Ram. Set it up and it booted straight away so well happy! Looking at the board there is a space for a coin …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-05, 13:45

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by Bancho

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This showed up yesterday. Media Forted Nvidia NV1 Card. Comes with some Cheap Pad and DB9 breakout for I assume a 2nd Pad. The box does say it can accommodate a Saturn Compatible Breakout Board but that wasn't included.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-27, 22:13

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by Bancho

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Picked up a nice condition Asus P2B V1.12 Slot 1 motherboard. Love the build quality of Asus motherboard. Happy with this one!

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

Posted on 2019-08-24, 15:54

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by Bancho

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The Fans on my GTX 980ti were starting to get a little loud at a certain RPM , I had a Corsair H75 doing nothing so decided to put it to some use. Picked up a NZXT G12 kit and fitted the H75 to it. Its now silent and shaved 15°C of temps.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-19, 17:55

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by Bancho

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After a load of waiting from hermes to deliver this case, i'm really happy to finally have found this case in good condition. This case was what house my very first PC so i'm very happy 😀

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Re: My K6 III+ System

Posted on 2019-07-27, 08:15

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by Bancho

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Very nice looking case. How is the 120mm fan connected? I can see something black on the top-left corner, but that's it. Does the case have a fan intake on the side? Doesn't seem it does, maybe the photo is reversed...? What PSU do you use and what OS do you run? PS: Thinking of building something …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-25, 20:28

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by Bancho

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Picked up this Incredibly cheap Epox EP-D3VA Dual Socket 370 Board. Board came with 256mb 133 and a Sweet 100fsb 800mhz PIII CPU. Gonna need a recap but the board posted without issue.

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Unboxing NOS Diamond Edge 3D card *Lots of pictures*

Posted on 2019-07-21, 17:12

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by Bancho

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I picked up this sealed NOS Diamond Edge 3d card a while ago and decided to open it and share some images with you guys. One interesting thing was the box states on the front Descent: Destination Saturn is included but the Disc is not in the box. I'm not sure if it is on the Drivers CD. Something i …

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My K6 III+ System

Posted on 2019-07-04, 13:24

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by Bancho

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Picked up a Asus P5A-B motherboard recently and decided to build a machine around it. Used my trusty AT case which has seen a few different builds in it now. I would like to Build a switch for FSB selection combined with Setmul for some speed flexibility. Overall really happy with the build. Asus …

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Re: A dos/win build to Compaq Proliant case

Posted on 2019-06-10, 13:14

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by Bancho

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I must say, that is a beautiful setup. The screen looks sublime!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-05, 12:14

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by Bancho

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This just got delivered at work. Still sealed

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

Posted on 2019-04-26, 21:10

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by Bancho

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Started working on my new Build which i've dubbed the Windows 98 Mini Beast Wanted to build something really fast for Windows 98 and saw a Asrock 775i65g Board for very cheap which i thought would be a perfect platform to build around. So far the build has gone really well. I have a few things i …

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

Posted on 2019-04-24, 21:06

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by Bancho

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Currently everything goes through the MX300 AWE32 Line Out --> MX300 Line IN EWS64 Line Out Internal Header --> MX300 AUX IN Beautiful looking build and love the sound options :cool: Have you tried a mixer instead of passing through line ins of other cards? I didn't know myself after investing in …

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Re: Socket 370 cooler for a modded Tualatin?

Posted on 2019-04-24, 21:03

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by Bancho

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PC Hoarder Patrol is spot on with that cooler suggestion. I use the exact same CPU and adaptor board as yourself with The AC Copper Silent 3 and it works great.

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

Posted on 2019-04-23, 23:45

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by Bancho

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I've been working on my Tualatin 1.4 machine tonight as i've been determined to get this finished and the sound was the last thing to sort. Happy with how it turned out so far but i need to do a bit more work on it. Managed to get 3 cards working together to give a nice range of different midi …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2019-04-21, 15:12

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by Bancho

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overdrive333 wrote: My case/cd-rom brother 😈 . But what's inside? Who will guess? Some variant of a Gigabyte Board VX/HX/TX? A variant of Sound Blaster (1.5, 2 Pro?) Cant figure out the graphics card though 🤣

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

Posted on 2019-04-18, 21:26

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by Bancho

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I moved my Pentium 233mmx setup into the case I picked up recently. Made every effort to try and keep the cabling as tidy as possible!

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Re: The Perfect computer case ?

Posted on 2019-03-05, 21:57

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by Bancho

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Don't get one of these pieces of shit. Fucking stupid useless case. This would win the worst case!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-25, 12:51

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by Bancho

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Picked up a CT1920 goldfinch recently. Appears my creative card collection is really growing now!

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Re: Sound card recommendations for 386 Machine

Posted on 2019-02-22, 21:47

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by Bancho

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Sb Pro 2 is perfect for a 386 but too easy IMO, the PAS16 is more of a challenge but no “stereo” in Wolf3D - arg I’m out! Choosing ISA sound cards is too hard :lol: Maybe run both? :lol: :lol: :lol: Thanks for the input guys. I'm going to give the Sound Blaster Pro a try. For one i need to test it …

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