That's quite the nice haul. I had a BFG 7950GT back in the day what a great card

Thanks! The 7950 GT was the card I wished I had back then. It's a real "sweet spot" GPU for this particular era.

I'm glad I've got this motherboard, memory, and GPU. I'll probably throw the CPU in the trash. I've already got a 3200+ Venice chip.

Okay, the CPU is gone. The trash was picked up!

Now, I can build a good system.

Can you guys let me know if the 7950 is a good match for my Venice 3200+?

I've got a Sapphire X800 GTO; the Nvidia card might be worthless to me.

I'll try it out and report back.

Now I'm worried about power. Should I use my Entermax PSU or an antique model?

DCFly wrote on Today, 04:00:

Now I'm worried about power. Should I use my Entermax PSU or an antique model?

Power should not be a problem with modern PSU. Athlon 64 uses 12v more than 5v.

DCFly wrote on Today, 03:13:

I'm glad I've got this motherboard, memory, and GPU. I'll probably throw the CPU in the trash. I've already got a 3200+ Venice chip.

I think the CPU may bottleneck the 7950 GT, but it will get as much out of that platform as it can give. X800 GTO is more period correct

I hope I misread that you're going to throw an FX 60 in the trash.

PD2JK wrote on Today, 08:17:

I hope I misread that you're going to throw an FX 60 in the trash.

It's already in the bin.. oops.

RetroPCCupboard wrote on Today, 08:49:

PD2JK wrote on Today, 08:17:

I hope I misread that you're going to throw an FX 60 in the trash.

It's already in the bin.. oops.

I was only kidding 😊

I would never throw an FX-60 (or any CPU, really) in the trash.

I was also kidding about the "Entermax" or "antique" power supply choice. Just a little bit of retro PC humor (that probably didn't quite land 😊).

Although it's not entirely period correct, I'm going to use an Antec Signature SG-650 for this build. It's a power supply that I have quite a bit of appreciation for.

DCFly wrote on Today, 11:29:

I was only kidding 😊

I would never throw an FX-60 (or any CPU, really) in the trash.

Yeah, I thought you probably were. But didn't want to assume.

The power supply joke was lost on me though. Haha.

RetroPCCupboard wrote on Today, 15:47:

DCFly wrote on Today, 11:29:

I was only kidding 😊

I would never throw an FX-60 (or any CPU, really) in the trash.

Yeah, I thought you probably were. But didn't want to assume.

The power supply joke was lost on me though. Haha.

I hate to be the guy who has to explain his "jokes" but it appears I am very much that guy:

"Entermax" = Enermax (well known PSU makers since as long as I can remember)

"Antique" = Antec (used to be a top PSU brand that relied on top OEMs like Delta and Seasonic)

I've opened the 7950 GT box and it appears I've got a XFX 7950 GT Extreme Edition Passive in pretty good shape; I'm chuffed.