Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2018-02-09, 13:08

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I'm sad. Everything was going great. I was preparing to fill the loop tonight and post some awesome build finished pics over the weekend, but now the GF2 Ultra was playing up in my pre-fill final hardware test. Missing/incorrect characters in text mode/BIOS. Didn't bother going into Windows. I hope …

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2018-02-06, 13:39

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Just some better photos with everything plugged in. Also pictured, my amazing leak test tube and fill port in the reservoir. Blow into it - does it hold the air under pressure? It's probably good enough. :lol: https://i.imgur.com/aWIgRLkl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ZrUMKbll.jpg I'm actually pretty …

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2018-02-05, 08:48

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Very nice! You definitely need to find a way to squeeze that biohazard fan grill in, classic old school case mod item right there. :) I've been keeping my eye out for an oldschool 120mm fan grill for the back fan (which I'll plug into CPU fan). Just a matter of finding one that isn't $30 shipping …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2018-02-04, 04:39

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cyclone3d wrote: Creative Labs Video Blaster SE (CT6040) - only $950 + shipping. What a deal 🤣 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Creative-Technology- … ty/131472457139 Wow, only $265 USD shipping for me. At least it has 30 days warranty. 🤣

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2018-02-03, 05:46

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Some pics from todays loop assembly work. Had other stuff to do today so I couldn't finish it all. https://i.imgur.com/Pfjk1gEl.jpg Lighting cabling wrapped in the old UV cable wrap I got my hands on. https://i.imgur.com/0BYbKq2l.jpg The temperature fitting installed. This took about 1 hour to get …

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2018-02-01, 06:22

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Some pre-loop pics for the final assembly: https://i.imgur.com/PU26Ch9l.jpg New res, so it can go RAM->Res directly. https://i.imgur.com/x33GqLil.jpg I never tested this before. It works. That's a relief. https://i.imgur.com/DndXOikl.jpg Cable management hell. That's what happens when all the cable …

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Re: Weebob's PIII + Voodoo 5 retro build

Posted on 2018-01-31, 13:20

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I've personally had some great luck with both Seasonic & Corsair using DC-DC step down converter PSUs with ~25A on the 5V and 3V in my builds. My current project for example, being PIII 1.4GHz-S, Voodoo5 5500 PCI, GeForce2 Ultra AGP, along with other 12V stuff has had no issues on my Corsair CX850M. …

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2018-01-29, 00:37

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Package arrived today. Just some quick pics, likely won't be using it until Wednesday or Thursday. Shorter res. https://i.imgur.com/jA0uRDGl.jpg Blue thumbscrews for holding pump/res to rad. They are lighter in colour than the picture shows. https://i.imgur.com/LN5y61Hl.jpg In-line temp display. …

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2018-01-25, 12:44

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Man that is awesome, Great job! Just found this thread after googling water cooled Pentium 3. Doing something similar right now, Watercooling a Dual P3 1GHz system. Welcome to the site! I'm with CkRtech, post yours in a thread as well! :) Reason for lack of updates: I wasn't happy with the loop. I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-25, 09:55

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A bit newer than my usual collection, but still over a decade old at this point. Got it a few weeks back but didn't really do anything with it until today. https://i.imgur.com/vuBWt53l.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ldlmOxUl.jpg ATI X1900 XT. https://i.imgur.com/Fk3G80zl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/dCk4VqOl. …

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Re: Dual Tualatin Voodoo 5500 build

Posted on 2018-01-13, 10:41

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Got the same controller. Haven't had any issues with it, no matter how much I seem to be abusing it. Good choice! Win98 drivers for them seem rock solid too.

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2018-01-12, 03:30

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by x0zm_

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Interesting, didn't know about that. Thanks for the heads up! Not many updates lately. Family, working, more important things. But I've been doing things quietly in small chunks here and there. I've all but finished the case mod parts. Here's a few small pics of what I haven't shown yet. Case …

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2017-12-28, 03:22

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Busy over Christmas, haven't had time to do much. Got around to flushing radiator today in preparation for assembling the loop and filling it. I present to you - the importance of flushing radiators before putting them into a loop. Flush #1: https://i.imgur.com/uUGgP5Ll.jpg Flush #3: https://i.imgur …

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2017-12-21, 02:48

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Got around to doing part of the final run-through and testing on the actual PC today. https://i.imgur.com/0IYOiTal.jpg Gotta keep that CPU cool. https://i.imgur.com/mzTCY5sl.jpg Installed this, because I apparently didn't install it before. https://i.imgur.com/grt89Fhl.jpg ModArchive dump and the …

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2017-12-18, 02:37

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The two new hard drives are all good! Formatted to FAT32, copying files onto them as I post this. https://i.imgur.com/O0Dq8Ny.png After files are copied, the next step is the final hardware check before doing the final PC assembly and water cooling loop installation. I don't anticipate pulling it …

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Re: Star Wars: The Last Jedi [WARNING: SPOILERS]

Posted on 2017-12-15, 22:26

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I really liked the movie, and even my wife was really stunned. She's no Star Wars fan, in fact, she haven't seen pretty much any movie, and she has really enjoyed the movie. Anyway, when talking about the movie on our way back home, my wife wasn't sure why the camera was paying so much attention to …

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2017-12-15, 01:16

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Love the ISO archive idea, don't know why I didn't think of that, since I've always either used the original game CDs or just brought ISOs via USB onto my PCs. ... It's actually pretty handy, and grows as time goes by! Mine started with maybe 10 or so images, it's well into the hundreds these days. …

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Re: Sites you no longer visit

Posted on 2017-12-11, 20:49

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Reddit. Used to use Reddit a lot, a lot of the popular subreddits just went in directions I don't like. These days I just stick to smaller, enthusiast subreddits where everything stays on-topic and it doesn't get political, meme-y or spammy/circlejerking over whatever the latest "thing" is like …

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2017-12-11, 07:31

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SATA cables arrived this morning, so I sleeved and installed them. HDDs are on their way to me. 😎

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Re: Build Log: P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2017-12-07, 21:16

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Build's loking good! (But of course you know that) Suggestion for 4th drive: iso archive to use with daemon tools. Since you're considering Linux, I have a similar Sata controller, the Sata300 TX4, and I usually keep Linux in port1 just to use grub to load any other os I load. Cool thing about grub …

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