Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-19, 01:25

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by Brawndo

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Grabbed this beautiful Proliant 1500 off eBay for $135 after finally saying heck with it and plunking down the coin. s-l1600.jpg s-l1600-2.jpg s-l1600-3.jpg even comes with the keys. has a few 4GB SCSI drives, 192MB RAM and a single pentium 166MHz CPU, dual capable. hopefully it won't get destroyed …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-01-12, 15:36

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by Brawndo

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I recently got into a new game of Final Fantasy VI (Final Fantasy III US) on SNES. What's funny is as big of a FF fan as I am, I never completed that game. I keep starting a new game then lose interest and never finish. This time, THIS time it's gonna happen! Maybe....

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Re: Are we opening sealed copies of old games?

Posted on 2022-01-12, 15:17

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by Brawndo

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How do you know the wrapping hasn't been added by a previous owner? Machines to do this are easily obtainable. It might be a Slipknot CD and pizza menu in there. This is something I've always feared when ponying up for a "new sealed" copy of anything. It's a catch 22. You don't really know unless …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-08, 03:48

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by Brawndo

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My cpu cooler finally arrived. the instructions tell me I need a 4mm flathead so I'm going to borrow one later today and get it installed. Should be quieter than the super orb and allow me to enjoy my athlon system more. 20220107_115410.jpg 20220107_115422.jpg 20220107_115656.jpg 20220107_115705. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-07, 23:10

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by Brawndo

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My cpu cooler finally arrived. the instructions tell me I need a 4mm flathead so I'm going to borrow one later today and get it installed. Should be quieter than the super orb and allow me to enjoy my athlon system more. 20220107_115410.jpg 20220107_115422.jpg 20220107_115656.jpg 20220107_115705. …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-12-12, 17:39

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by Brawndo

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Decided to load up the Mega Everdrive last night and I played through a game of Bare Knuckle (Streets of Rage) on my Genesis. I must have been pretty good playing games as a kid, because I swear the kid me would beat the adult me now every time, lol. I made it to just outside the final boss door, …

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Re: The perils of pre-installed heatsinks when ordering retro hardware

Posted on 2021-12-10, 23:39

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by Brawndo

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Wow, 🤣. Does the CPU work?

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Re: Any advice on selling retro computer stuff?

Posted on 2021-12-04, 00:06

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by Brawndo

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I love how sellers want Ebay prices but don't want to pay Ebay their cut. While I agree they are entitled to a fee for their service, eBay has become quite greedy, taking in the neighborhood of 15% per auction for their "cut." That's a little bit much, considering back in the day it was around 3%. …

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Re: Does anyone own a MISTer FPGA and how is it?

Posted on 2021-12-02, 00:11

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by Brawndo

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Yeah if you don't already have that stuff, you ain't getting it anytime soon. Everything is sold out pretty much everywhere, and who knows when it will be restocked. I ordered one of the ultimate kits from ultimatemister.com when they still had a few, now those are gone. Now you can't find the …

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Re: Early enthusiast cases

Posted on 2021-12-01, 22:03

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by Brawndo

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My first "enthusiast" colored case was a Thermaltake Xaser V 7000D WinGo Blue, which was the home for my AMD 1.2 GHz Tbird PC back in the day. I built it in the very early 2000s. It is a TANK, very big and deep, solid. Fans galore with 2 fan controllers built into the front cover. I was able to …

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2021-11-19, 04:47

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by Brawndo

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I just retired my Devil's Canyon 4790K and GTX 970 SLI PC I had been running for a number of years and built this new behemoth a few months ago. I'll post pictures later on. Ryzen 5950X ASUS Crosshair VIII Dark Hero motherboard 32 GB RAM Gigabyte RTX 3080 Waterforce 2 M.2 SSDs for OS, work and …

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2021-11-18, 02:34

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by Brawndo

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I just retired my Devil's Canyon 4790K and GTX 970 SLI PC I had been running for a number of years and built this new behemoth a few months ago. I'll post pictures later on. Ryzen 5950X ASUS Crosshair VIII Dark Hero motherboard 32 GB RAM Gigabyte RTX 3080 Waterforce 2 M.2 SSDs for OS, work and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-11-17, 16:08

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by Brawndo

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Won an ebay auction last night for a Japanese Sega Saturn console. A little pricey, but it looks to be very clean. I've got an affinity for the Japanese consoles. It will be outfitted with a MODE.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-11-16, 01:07

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by Brawndo

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BitWrangler wrote on 2021-11-14, 03:35: Looks like. Makes sense though an AGP only system might not be expected to have PCI-E power connectors Mine is an AGP card. I had to buy a 4-pin to 6-pin adapter since the PSU in that system doesn't have a 6-pin connector.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-11-14, 01:26

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by Brawndo

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Also an in-box Radeon x1950 pro AGP, although the box was completely trashed. While not a "real" agp card, it will certainly come in handy.P_20211113_125313.jpgP_20211113_125308.jpg Is that two 4-pin power connectors I see on the end? I have an X1950 Pro as well (HIS if memory serves) and it has a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-11-07, 06:00

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by Brawndo

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Received this very cool (pun intended) socket A heatsink/fan combo by Masscool today. Looks more capable than most of the socket A coolers I've seen, and it takes a standard 80mm fan, so easy enough to replace. https://i.ibb.co/cFdFG34/20211106-235351.jpg https://i.ibb.co/SmRxM2M/20211106-235416.jpg …

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Re: soundcard for my setup

Posted on 2021-11-06, 22:17

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by Brawndo

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I won't chime in on your 486 because I didn't get into computers until Windows 95 was released, so I don't have experience with DOS sound cards. Though I did play a lot of DOS games, I didn't give the sound card a second thought, as long as it worked. That said, my recs are an original SB Live! for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-11-06, 00:37

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by Brawndo

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Not sure if this really counts as "retro" but maybe right on the border and the fact they're not made anymore, though it's more of a "gotta get it because it's just awesome" acquisition. A Logitech G27 wheel complete in the box, "lightly used" as described by the seller, and anybody who keeps the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-11-05, 05:20

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by Brawndo

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Didn't buy it today, but received it today. https://i.imgur.com/ItEnFEz.jpg https://i.imgur.com/RAdqrAz.jpg CPU was broken, but not a big deal, since I wanted to swap it with the 3000+ anyway. Caps look like they have bulged and pushed back in with a screwdriver. Also not a big deal, since it will …

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Re: Where does a socket 478 Pentium 4 fit?

Posted on 2021-11-04, 21:35

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by Brawndo

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and early examples with RDRAM as a novelty... but a lot of these end up with capacitor issues so good/desirable examples are relatively few and far between. I currently have two P4 systems with RDRAM sitting at home, not using either. One is a Dell box, the other is a custom build with an ASUS …

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