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

Posted on 2017-08-29, 02:05

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Why all the 90's? can't you heat up and bend that kind of hard tubing? Anyway looking nice. Id take it you will be adding dye to the system or colored coolant? Not the best idea as it will brake down over time. I guess its ok if you flush the system every few months. I use the angled fittings for …

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

Posted on 2017-08-28, 03:19

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Hehe, looks like you have stocked up all the goodies :) I don't know about the Promise TX4 you are using, but for the record I have an Adaptec 29160(with the same 66mhz PCI slot keying as your card) along with a 146gb Matrox Atlas; my system is a 440BX P3B-F/1400-S/Spectra8800/Obsidian200sbi with …

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

Posted on 2017-08-24, 01:24

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Water cooling ram that doesn't even need a heatsink when overclocked :lol: Wonder if one could volt mod sdram? Hah yeah, it's a bit ridiculous. Here's some updates, and some sad news at the end. I decided against >512MB of RAM for now. It's more than I'll ever use for the games I play anyway, and …

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

Posted on 2017-08-21, 22:30

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Super build! Will you overclock that 1400-s? It screams for some action :) Thanks! Been told that it doesn't work well with the SATA controller. I'll give it a go but if it causes issues it'll be stuck at stock :( Anyway. After many days on the phone over weeks with Australia Post, my lost package …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-08-21, 13:32

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Was on a walk to the ATM to deposit some cash tonight and came across a few things. Couldn't take much since I was walking though. There was some Sony Ericsson mobile phone from around 2005 in a box, some external USB2.0 HDD caddies, some 4:3 LCD monitors, keyboards etc. One of the LCD monitors was …

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

Posted on 2017-08-11, 08:03

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Talking about a life's work .... I love the commitment ! Keep it going ! Thanks a lot :) So basically where I'm at right now: With the help of two amazing people I've got my front panel and top panel artwork completed. It might not be to everyone's tastes, but I love it and I think it is fairly …

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Post modern Retro FX-60 build Log

Posted on 2017-08-10, 16:29

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Oh man, I had that motherboard back in the day. My housemate did too along with a few other people I know IIRC. It was a pretty popular board around here. Well priced with a good feature set, plus Fatal1ty himself was still a fairly well known name at that point in time. Mine was running an Athlon …

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Re: I'm about to RMA my 11 year old 8800GTS under XFX's "Double Lifetime Warranty". This is a log of it going forward.

Posted on 2017-08-08, 04:21

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TheAbandonwareGuy wrote: I just received RMA approval. I'm both surprised and amused. Will be interesting to see if you receive a NIB one, some B-Stock or refurbished, or something just "close enough". Did they tell you what you'll be receiving?

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

Posted on 2017-08-04, 17:26

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Your really putting a lot of time and money into this. Yeah, it kind of went from a watercooled old PC to a whole exercise in case modding. It's going in my portfolio of stuff now. The cost became less of a concern after getting a new contract job, a payout leaving my old job, and selling off my …

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Sorting/Downsizing My Collection - Worth Keeping or Not?

Posted on 2017-08-01, 15:26

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So basically what the title says. These are things I've collected over time, and I think they are useful not sure if they hold any "real" value - rarity, monetary, collectability or otherwise. They are things outside my area of knowledge and collection focus. So any advice would be greatly …

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Re: Electromyne and others overpricing. Changing face of the hobby. Opinions?

Posted on 2017-07-26, 02:43

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I've been in the "scene" for awhile now but my collection has been pretty narrow and focused on things I personally enjoy and care about more so than just having anything and everything that's cool and popular - or just having everything in general. I've downsized quite a bit lately. Things I never …

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

Posted on 2017-07-24, 14:06

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http://i.imgur.com/SyHlHXjl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/K5Ggr9hl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/5DUdDtRl.jpg Two more Noctua fans, for a grand total of five NF-F12s... We've also got a Bitspower X-Station! http://i.imgur.com/Hjz7Tsll.jpg http://i.imgur.com/XsvSbull.jpg http://i.imgur.com/puxo6lzl.jpg http://i. …

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

Posted on 2017-07-22, 05:08

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Were did you get the 3dfx gamers sticker? Also you may want to look into something like AC Ryan UV paint, it was used alot for UV painting of PCB back in the day. Same guy who got me all my other stickers. He gave me a bag of them actually. :cool: UV paint. Yeah. I wish, but it isn't easy to get …

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

Posted on 2017-07-18, 02:40

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Been scouring eBay, Facebook trading groups and other classified sites for the last few days to see what I can get at a good price. I've sold all six of my Corsair fans for a total of $110 AUD. I've purchased four new Noctua NF-F12 for a total of $90 AUD, plus I already have one spare to make a …

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

Posted on 2017-07-15, 12:23

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Warning! Ranty, train of thought post. I'm still super bitter over the Corsair stuff. My housemate and I have been buying Corsair products for a long time. We've both had minor issues, but that is life. One of the LEDs on her keyboard is stuck, and the same happened on mine. She's had to RMA her …

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

Posted on 2017-07-14, 01:16

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Good question :D It's probably hard to see in the pictures, but there is about 4-5mm of clearance between the backplate and the actual PCBs. I've already planned for exactly that case. I know there are three intake fans at the front of the case for the radiator, but that is restricted by not only …

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

Posted on 2017-07-13, 05:20

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Update a bit earlier than I expected. Here's that ugly SATA cable run to show what I meant in the previous post. http://i.imgur.com/zRhJwhfl.jpg I've got some potentially awesome news on the GPU cooling front as well! My friend who I originally tested the blocks on the Voodoo5 card all those months …

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Re: AT Slot 1 build.

Posted on 2017-07-13, 03:25

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Not bad on the PSU cutout - as long as it works! Free handing it is never easy anyway. Cool Noctua fan too (no pun intended). 😉

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

Posted on 2017-07-12, 23:20

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Looking forward to seeing the temps as well. It's taking awhile (fair enough with the amount of attention to detail) but its one seriously amazing build! Yeah it's taking a lot longer than I expected. Between waiting forever for parts to arrive, all the changes I've made, being home and not out …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-12, 21:16

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Wow nice cases, a shame.. I wish I could find beige cases in such good condition around here, the ones I find are either terribly filthy (one had rat shit in it) or incredibly yellowed :( Anyway, I got these today, not sure if they qualify as hardware? http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/ …

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