Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2018-01-02, 11:23

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

My setup as of Jan 1. 2018, I got ridiculed on /r/pcmasterrace when I posted it :p Heh. I found your post on that subreddit, sucks that it got so many downvotes. :( I guess people thought you were posting it as some kind of joke. If it doesn't have RGB lights out the wazoo, I guess no one takes it …

---

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2018-01-01, 19:32

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

My setup as of Jan 1. 2018, I got ridiculed on /r/pcmasterrace when I posted it :p

---

Re: My P2 466 rig

Posted on 2018-01-01, 19:10

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Wouldn't for a PII PC 128mb of RAM and a 6.4gb HDD be more period correct?

---

Re: Most frustrating part of working on old computers?

Posted on 2018-01-01, 12:20

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

To be fully honest I avoid plugging in LEDs generally with old computers, too much hassle.

---

Re: Old hardware you didn't take or buy... but might still want?

Posted on 2017-12-31, 11:08

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I didn't take a Gemini Galaxy 2 (z80 British home computer) or a Mostek MDS due to space issues. I also (quite some time ago) saw a Sun Voyager going for cheap but didn't take it due to not being interested in old computers at the time.

---

Re: What monitor do you use?

Posted on 2017-12-31, 11:05

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I use a Samsung SyncMaster 17gli for all my retro rigs (That is, two) and I quite like it. It's from the mid-90s (made in 1996) so it goes well with both my Athlon XP rig (~2002) and my 486SX rig (~1992)

---

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2017-12-31, 11:03

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Day https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/922/VghVvU.jpg and Night... https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/922/9ZOFXY.jpg You know, one of the things I really like about this setup is the leg room. Leg room is really underrated- I've often seen setups with computers under the …

---

Re: Dual 1Ghz Pentium III power supply.

Posted on 2017-12-30, 19:57

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

martin939 wrote: I'd avoid Deer, Bestec and Q-Technology - Huntkey, FSP, Seasonic, Chieftec(FSP), Liteon are all OK. On top of that, avoid Linkworld as well.

---

Re: Recommend me a graphics card for Netburst.

Posted on 2017-12-30, 19:25

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

nforce4max wrote: For low budget and without care of being anything period correct going something modern is a good choice as the card should be able to handle more of the load sparing the knee capped cpu from doing more than it could handle. Not too modern though- like a geforce 460 or 560.

---

Re: Cheapest "retro" gaming PC you have?

Posted on 2017-12-30, 13:11

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

>486 >cheap What otherworldy land is this?

---

Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2017-12-30, 12:17

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Custom HP XW6200 workstation: IMGP7752.jpg HP XW6200 motherboard 2x Intel Xeon Nocona 3.4 GHz 1 MB L2 cache + stock coolers 4x Hyundai 2 GB DDR2-400 Sapphire ATI Radeon HD6450 Transcend 64 GB SSD 2x WD 250 GB HDD Asus DVD-RW Asus CD-RW Card reader NEC FDD VIA Extra SATA + PATA controller NEC USB …

---

Re: Pics of retro rigs browsing Vogons thread

Posted on 2017-12-29, 16:49

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Wait, Vogons loads on IE3? Quite impressive! EDIT: Could be Netscape or Mosaic, I'm a little clunky on old browsers.

---

Re: Most frustrating part of working on old computers?

Posted on 2017-12-29, 16:39

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

At KCompRoom2000; I think that's a general problem with iMac G3s (I have all too much experience with it). It's because Ives/Jobs thought a tray loading drive was "not elegant" and look over functionality won, just like it almost always does for Apple in the last 20 years.

---

Pics of retro rigs browsing Vogons thread

Posted on 2017-12-29, 16:36

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Thread for posting pictures of your "retro" machines browsing Vogons. Here's my Athlon rig browsing vogons: (Included CPU-Z picture for proofs)

---

Re: My new Athlon XP 1800+ Windows 2000 rig!

Posted on 2017-12-27, 10:02

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

@Thandor While I could drop vCore, I doubt I will. The DVD drive is the only one I have that is IDE and I know 100% works- All others I have are SATA or faulty. I'm using SP2 for time period accuracy (Build contains parts from between 1998 and 2002)... Right now I have a very noisy 10gb WD10 HDD and …

---

Re: Were there any ATX Socket 3/4 boards?

Posted on 2017-12-27, 09:38

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Anonymous Coward wrote: I am quite certain it doesn't exist. Even ATX for socket7 isn't all that common. I find that ATX Socket 7 is quite common, for some time I originally thought there were only ATX Socket 7 boards due to lack of seeing an AT S7 mobo.

---

Re: My new Athlon XP 1800+ Windows 2000 rig!

Posted on 2017-12-26, 22:09

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

The one in there ATM is 350w- I have a spare 250w Seasonic ATX PSU- should I put that in instead or will there be power issues?

---

My new Athlon XP 1800+ Windows 2000 rig!

Posted on 2017-12-26, 20:28

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Pretext: As it turns out, my Cyrix has a bust IDE channel meaning I cannot use a DVD drive with it, so I gutted it and built a new PC in its case. Specs: - AMD Athlon XP 1800+ OC'd to 1.7ghz - MSI KT4 Ultra, VIA KT400 chipset - 512mb DDR-266 RAM (Quite good for a PC from 2002, though by that time …

---

Were there any ATX Socket 3/4 boards?

Posted on 2017-12-26, 12:38

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

From what I know they're all AT but there may be one or two boards I haven't heard of which are very late and were ATX. Anyone know?

---

Re: Most frustrating part of working on old computers?

Posted on 2017-12-26, 12:35

by

by harddrivespin

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Amiga... Keep that! They're nigh impossible to find for good prices save thrift shops or dumps.

---