I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, I just say things how I see them unlike some people. I never said this before, but your retro builds are always missing a touch which is why it gets less attention than it should. You need more exotic and high end parts for your builds. Must always use proper operational systems, in this case you need Windows XP. Absence of pictures is what bites you back big time. On a good note, you are better than me, because I have a closet full of parts, but haven't build any retro computers yet.

Dreamer_of_the_past wrote:

I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, I just say things how I see them unlike some people. I never said this before, but your retro builds are always missing a touch which is why it gets less attention than it should. You need more exotic and high end parts for your builds. Must always use proper operational systems, in this case you need Windows XP. Absence of pictures is what bites you back big time. On a good note, you are better than me, because I have a closet full of parts, but haven't build any retro computers yet.

Well Operating system I don't really consider to be wrong, XP SP3 is a system hog always has been and any games I own that require at least XP all work on Windows 10 without any fuss. I could take pictures I suppose though ty for that tip.

as promised, pictures

I promise its a Geforce3 Ti 500, i simply took the fan off a Radoen 7500 because the stock fan died

Final System Specs
Athlon XP 2800+ Barton
Abit NF7-S2G Nforce2 400Ultra
2x512mb Kingston DDR 400 2-2-2-5 (dual channel)
Geforce3 Ti 500
80gb Western Digital IDE
500gb Western Digital SATA (Storage drive for ISO's ect so I dont have to use my physical disks)
Windows XP Pro SP3 (could not get 9x or 2k 100% with this system but XP seems to do ok)

Everything looks good. =)

Hor noisy is the TT Volcano 6Cu+?

I have a Volcano 12 and it's a loud 5500 RPM monster, I do not use it often.

Skyscraper wrote:

Everything looks good. =)

Hor noisy is the TT Volcano 6Cu+?

I have a Volcano 12 and it's a loud 5500 RPM monster, I do not use it often.

I'm guessing not as loud as a FOP 38 with a 7000 RPM Delta.

gdjacobs wrote:

Skyscraper wrote:

Everything looks good. =)

Hor noisy is the TT Volcano 6Cu+?

I have a Volcano 12 and it's a loud 5500 RPM monster, I do not use it often.

I'm guessing not as loud as a FOP 38 with a 7000 RPM Delta.

No but close! 😀

This is how the Volcano 12 looks.

(Not my image)

I have a Volcano 6 CU as well and can confirm that it is indeed LOUD 😀 😜

The stock fan is loud, but the stock fan burned up, so im using a coolermaster fan instead and its whisper quiet

candle_86 wrote:

The stock fan is loud, but the stock fan burned up, so im using a coolermaster fan instead and its whisper quiet

I thought I saw a Cooler Master sticker indeed ! 😀

AzzKickr wrote:

candle_86 wrote:

The stock fan is loud, but the stock fan burned up, so im using a coolermaster fan instead and its whisper quiet

I thought I saw a Cooler Master sticker indeed ! 😀

just reuse what i already have is my motto

Well my XP 2500+ came in today, set it to 200mhz FSB and its working stable at 2200mhz. I love these XP 2500 cpu's, they cost about 7 dollars while XP 3200's cost around 50 dollars, but I have to meet a single XP 2500 that wont do 11x200 at stock voltage 🤣. Why would folks purchase an XP 3200 over an XP 2500, they are basically the same chip.

Cool. I think I have a 2500+ here somewhere, but when it comes to retro hardware I'm reluctant to overclock it.

AzzKickr wrote:

Cool. I think I have a 2500+ here somewhere, but when it comes to retro hardware I'm reluctant to overclock it.

Well I don't really see it as overclocking it espcially this one, its date code is 0104 so its the first week of 2004 and by this time I'm pretty sure everything was just a binned Athlon XP 3200.