Bought these (retro) hardware today

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Reply 57460 of 57461, by Major Jackyl

Posted on Yesterday, 22:02

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So, I was browsing the drawers of stuff at my go-to computer spot and saw a Gold-Top Pentium in there.

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As I dug for it, something was off. I flipped it over once I had it, and revealed the truth: Socket 4 Pentium!! What??!

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Where did the board go?! Most frustrating part of shopping there. Everything gets taken apart and scattered to the wind. I feel lucky anyway, I didn't even consider adding a socket 4 Pentium to my collection, due to rarity.

I find myself now stuck in a new place:

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Main Loadout (daily drivers):
Intel TE430VX, Pentium Sy022 (133), Cirrus Logic 5440, SB16 CT1740
ECS K7S5A, A-XP1600+, MSI R9550
ASUS M2N-E, A64X2-4600+, PNY GTX670, SB X-Fi Elite Pro
MSI Z690, Intel 12900K, MSI RTX3090, SB AE-7

Reply 57461 of 57461, by BitWrangler

Posted on Yesterday, 23:20

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The fun part is that after spending many years and the last shreds of your sanity finding the motherboard, you realise that those are easier to find than good condition heatsink-fans for them. 🤣

Though you might get lucky sooner eyeballing "486" PCI motherboard listing for mis-IDed socket 4 boards.

Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.

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