TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

Trekkie4 · Feb 29, 2016

Ha-ha

This one has so called APU - quad core AMD CPU with Radeon graphics integrated into the CPU... Was just curious because I got my hands on one of these earlier today, it's running Windows 10 & has 8GB of RAM. And agreed, this one is definitely not gaming laptop... But I'm not surprised or disappointed, I was just hoping to hear general opinion, user feedback & experience

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Mar 4, 2016

@stinger608 you have Socket 7 board, you ship to me, you ship to me now. LOL

stinger608 · Mar 4, 2016

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
@stinger608 you have Socket 7 board, you ship to me, you ship to me now. LOL

Yea, that was the real first "gaming" motherboard I ever purchased and built a system. I would be pretty hard pressed to ever part with that board. :twitch:

Retrorockit · Mar 4, 2016

In response to a few questions on other forums I took a Dell Optiplex 745 I got for free and stuck a QX6800 in it with an old PentiumD heatpipe cooler and got 3.45Ghz with no other mods. They were lapped because I'd O/Ced with them before. Cheap thrills with an old BTX.
Throttlestop 6.00 software O/C method.

JATownes · Mar 11, 2016

I was told you guys would enjoy these. My son found it in his Grandfather's closet, and was told he could have it. It has been in there for over 25 YEARS!!!! Still has the Warranty Card with it. Haven't hooked it up yet, so we will see this
weekend if it still functions correctly.

JunkBear · Mar 12, 2016

Basically you are telling us that your son "came out of the closet"..... as a computer geek. Congrats!!

JATownes said:
I was told you guys would enjoy these. My son found it in his Grandfather's closet, and was told he could have it. It has been in there for over 25 YEARS!!!! Still has the Warranty Card with it. Haven't hooked it up yet, so we will see this
weekend if it still functions correctly.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Mar 13, 2016

I cant find a date anywhere

Red_Machine · Mar 13, 2016

I see no DeHavilland Comet. Box lies!

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Mar 13, 2016

Red_Machine said:
I see no DeHavilland Comet. Box lies!

I know.......but as my consolation prize i have 2 x Airspeed Envoy GA - CMT

The complete set with box is worth a lot of money..... :mad:

......The price on the box (written in pencil) is 8/6......8 shillings and sixpence, which is 42.5 pence.

MIRTAZAPINE · Mar 13, 2016

Today I went to the ITSHOW which is as event held yearly in my area. This is an event where laptops, notebooks, tv and those tech related stuff are having a huge sale. I put on my earplug to head to the venue, the place I know would be loud. I got to protect my remaining hearing that is damage over the years already. I thought I wanted to buy a cheap Creative speaker but I went sight seeing instead and pacing back and forth deciding whether to buy or not. Can't stand the crowds giving me alot of stress and I got to hold what little money I have. Went back home empty handed but I suddenly recall the box at home with old PC parts with an old speaker. So I digged it out.

This is the speaker. Altec Lansing speaker. It had been a long time since I heard that name! This speaker is already 15 year old already. The 3.5mm jack is damaged but I got a new one. And the some speaker pin connector and bent but I manged to bent it back making it able to connect. It is alive! How this thing survive so long in storage!?

I also found this in the old box. Not sure if this thing is old but I had not used it since internet broadband move on from phone wires. This is a DSL filter. What this thing does is it allow the phone and the modem to connected without them interfering which each other. Remember those days when you use the internet and the phone rang or someone pick up the phone and your internet connection would be broken? This thing prevent that by filtering your phone lines and modem lines to split it up. When someone in the house use the internet without this device you would only hear buzzes on the phone, those buzzes are the modem sending data through the phone lines. This device is such a life-saver from those anger in the house hogging the phone lines. With the filter your phone have no buzzes.

Mr.Scott · Mar 13, 2016

MIRTAZAPINE said:
I also found this in the old box. Not sure if this thing is old but I had not used it since internet broadband move on from phone wires. This is a DSL filter. What this thing does is it allow the phone and the modem to connected without them interfering which each other. Remember those days when you use the internet and the phone rang or someone pick up the phone and your internet connection would be broken? This thing prevent that by filtering your phone lines and modem lines to split it up. When someone in the house use the internet without this device you would only hear buzzes on the phone, those buzzes are the modem sending data through the phone lines. This device is such a life-saver from those anger in the house hogging the phone lines. With the filter your phone have no buzzes.

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I have a dozen of those. lol

JunkBear · Mar 16, 2016

Altec Lansing is now CA. Cyber Accoustics

MIRTAZAPINE said:
Today I went to the ITSHOW which is as event held yearly in my area. This is an event where laptops, notebooks, tv and those tech related stuff are having a huge sale. I put on my earplug to head to the venue, the place I know would be loud. I got to protect my remaining hearing that is damage over the years already. I thought I wanted to buy a cheap Creative speaker but I went sight seeing instead and pacing back and forth deciding whether to buy or not. Can't stand the crowds giving me alot of stress and I got to hold what little money I have. Went back home empty handed but I suddenly recall the box at home with old PC parts with an old speaker. So I digged it out.

This is the speaker. Altec Lansing speaker. It had been a long time since I heard that name! This speaker is already 15 year old already. The 3.5mm jack is damaged but I got a new one. And the some speaker pin connector and bent but I manged to bent it back making it able to connect. It is alive! How this thing survive so long in storage!?
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I also found this in the old box. Not sure if this thing is old but I had not used it since internet broadband move on from phone wires. This is a DSL filter. What this thing does is it allow the phone and the modem to connected without them interfering which each other. Remember those days when you use the internet and the phone rang or someone pick up the phone and your internet connection would be broken? This thing prevent that by filtering your phone lines and modem lines to split it up. When someone in the house use the internet without this device you would only hear buzzes on the phone, those buzzes are the modem sending data through the phone lines. This device is such a life-saver from those anger in the house hogging the phone lines. With the filter your phone have no buzzes.

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dorsetknob · Mar 16, 2016

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
I cant find a date anywhere

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pre war set
http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/a...0003/lot-58999cf9-1d53-4826-8452-a3f6010d1a35

Estimate: 200 GBP - 400 GBP

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Mar 16, 2016

Thanks for that. I didnt know they had been painted. I will get my lens out later and check for any residue.

R-T-B · Mar 16, 2016

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
I know.......but as my consolation prize i have 2 x Airspeed Envoy GA - CMT

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I think one of those planes might have encountered some enemy AA...

Fouquin · Mar 16, 2016

Cannot believe I'm only now finding this thread. Well, I'm not in a position to post any pics of my mediocre collection due to being on the road and a bit removed from my resources, but I've got one of my favourite pics of a cool little tech bit on this laptop:

Pentium Pro Fiber ENG Sample sitting upon a bed of 256kb/512kb Pentium Pros.

I know I own very few things that have yet to already be showcased in this thread, but when I get back home I may get some good pics of the rather paltry collection and throw it up here.

Quick Edit! I do have this pic of my Pentium II 450 ENG Sample as well!

Sorry for the bandwidth wrecking resolutions, I'll re upload later as expandable thumbnails.

GreiverBlade · Mar 16, 2016

Fouquin said:
Cannot believe I'm only now finding this thread. Well, I'm not in a position to post any pics of my mediocre collection due to being on the road and a bit removed from my resources, but I've got one of my favourite pics of a cool little tech bit on this laptop:

Pentium Pro Fiber ENG Sample sitting upon a bed of 256kb/512kb Pentium Pros.

I know I own very few things that have yet to already be showcased in this thread, but when I get back home I may get some good pics of the rather paltry collection and throw it up here.

HELL YEAH and welcome on Nostalgia hideout

me want some PPro for my CPU collection ... need to search harder!

Fouquin · Mar 16, 2016

GreiverBlade said:
HELL YEAH and welcome on Nostalgia hideout

me want some PPro for my CPU collection ... need to search harder!

I had the luck and privilege of working at a recycler that had a Toshiba 8U P-Pro server come through. 4 CPU cards, two CPUs per card. I managed to get away with them, and traded two for the ENG Sample a few weeks later. ( I may have peeled the "Pentium Pro Inside" case badge off the chassis too.

)

GreiverBlade · Mar 16, 2016

Fouquin said:
I had the luck and privilege of working at a recycler that had a Toshiba 8U P-Pro server come through. 4 CPU cards, two CPUs per card. I managed to get away with them, and traded two for the ENG Sample a few weeks later. ( I may have peeled the "Pentium Pro Inside" case badge off the chassis too. )

nice... all i had for luck was to find in my local dump some P4 and specially a good ol' Cyrix MII 300GP

i have some PII mobile, non mobile, PIII and most important for me a Slot A Athlon which is the "masterpiece" of my CPU collection in term of "legend material" CPU (oh and 2 PIII Xeon also )

Fouquin · Mar 16, 2016

GreiverBlade said:
nice... all i had for luck was to find in my local dump some P4 and specially a good ol' Cyrix MII 300GP

Love the MIIs. I run the Win98 machine with this guy:

I love the metal flake on the IHS, and that it appears to free-float above the package. Such style and grace in the design.

GreiverBlade · Mar 16, 2016

Fouquin said:
Love the MIIs. I run the Win98 machine with this guy:

I love the metal flake on the IHS, and that it appears to free-float above the package. Such style and grace in the design.

interesting ... mine is

with golden IHS and ... also need to clean it a bit xD

Keullo-e · Mar 16, 2016

Finally a GPU to my server :cool:

Changed the ~10yr old bubblebum on the GPU to MX-4 instantly. :laugh:

Fouquin · Mar 16, 2016

GreiverBlade said:
interesting ... mine is
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with golden IHS and ... also need to clean it a bit xD

Those seem more common funny enough. I snagged this one mainly for the looks, but also because I'd not seen the IHS version before. That said, I've not seen many MIIs in person.

GreiverBlade · Mar 16, 2016

Fouquin said:
Those seem more common funny enough. I snagged this one mainly for the looks, but also because I'd not seen the IHS version before. That said, I've not seen many MIIs in person.

indeed that's why i wrote "interesting" since it's a less seen IHS type

Keullo-e · Mar 16, 2016

GreiverBlade said:
interesting ... mine is
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with golden IHS and ... also need to clean it a bit xD

Damn, looks like the first gen Pentiums (60 & 66MHz) :toast:

System Name	Adison "Open Space" 19
Processor	Intel Pentium II, 350MHz
Motherboard	Chaintech 6BTM, Slot 1
Cooling	SECC Cartridge
Memory	1x 64MB, PC100
Video Card(s)	ATI Rage IIc AGP, Diamond Monster 3DII 12MB
Storage	BTC BCD-40XH, Quantum Fireball 3.5 Series, EX6.4 GB
Display(s)	LG StudioWorks 57M
Case	Adison Midi Tower, ATX
Audio Device(s)	Creative SoundBlaster 128
Power Supply	Codegen 300W
Mouse	Genius SlimStar 110, PS/2
Keyboard	Genius SlimStar 110, PS/2
Software	Microsoft Windows 98

System Name	Selene / Yoda
Processor	Fx 8350 @ 4.4 / Phenom II x6 1090t @ 3.6
Motherboard	Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 r4.0 / Gigabyte 890XA-UD3
Cooling	H100i / Xig Dark Knight
Memory	4x 8gb G.Skill Snipers / 4x 4gb G.Skill Ares
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte R9 290x / XfX DD & VisionTek HD6850's C'fired
Storage	256gb ssd, 2x 2tb Wd Blacks & 1x 1tb Wd black / 1x 1tb
Display(s)	Dell Ultra Sharp 2408 WFp / Hp w2207
Case	Raidmax Vampire / Chieftec Alum. Dragon Blue
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio
Power Supply	Corsair TX 850 watt / Corsair TX 750 watt
Mouse	Logitech G500s
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe
Software	Win 10 pro / Win Vista Home prem. 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	What are benchmarks anyway?

System Name	Dean Machine/2020 Ryzenfall
Processor	Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 3700X
Motherboard	MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Gigabyte AORUS ELITE B550
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	16 gigs Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer/16 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 1660 Super/Gigabyte GTX 1660
Storage	Crucial SSD 256 and 2TB spinner/Dual Samsung 980 Pro M2 NVME 4.0
Display(s)	Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440
Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
Software	Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro

System Name	BTXTREME
Processor	QX6800 SLACP Core2 Extreme
Motherboard	Dell 0WG864 LGA775 BTX
Cooling	Dell T9303 heatpipe cooler, Delta GFB1212VHG 2 motor fan.
Memory	8GB Dell DDR2@800
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Dual BIOS R9-285 ITX O/C 2GB DDR5
Storage	Crucial M500 240GB SSD
Display(s)	Dell 22" LCD
Case	Dell Dimension E 520 MT
Audio Device(s)	onboard sound with Logitech Z523 speakers
Power Supply	EVGA B2 750W semi modular
Mouse	Logitech wireless (two installed)
Keyboard	Logitech wireless backlit
Software	Win7-64, Throttlestop 6.00 overclock
Benchmark Scores	3DMark 11 P7644 (52% )In Win7 64, Firestrike 6892 ( 58% ) http://valid.x86.fr/l2j5p1

System Name	Mr. Reliable
Processor	Ryzen R9 5950x
Motherboard	MSI Meg X570s Ace Max
Cooling	D5 Pump, Singularity Top/Res, 2x360mm EK P rads, EK Magnitude/Alphacool Blocks
Memory	32Gb (4x8Gb) Corsair Dominator Platinum 3600Mhz @ 16/19/20/36 1.35v
Video Card(s)	MSI 3080ti with Alphacool Block
Storage	2 x Corsair Force MP400 1TB Nvme; 2 x T-Force Cardea Z340; 2 x Mushkin Reactor 1TB
Display(s)	Acer 32" Z321QU 2560x1440; LG 34GP83A-B 34" 3440x1440
Case	Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic XL; Synology DS218j w/ 2 x 2TB WD Red
Audio Device(s)	SteelSeries Arctis Pro+
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNova 850G3
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V2
Keyboard	Das Keyboard 6; Razer Orbweaver Chroma
Software	Windows 10 Pro

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

Trekkie4

ThE_MaD_ShOt

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

Retrorockit

JATownes

The Lurker

JunkBear

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

Red_Machine

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

MIRTAZAPINE

Mr.Scott

JunkBear

dorsetknob

"YOUR RMA REQUEST IS CON-REFUSED"

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

R-T-B

Fouquin

Staff

GreiverBlade

Fouquin

Staff

GreiverBlade

Fouquin

Staff

GreiverBlade

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

Fouquin

Staff

GreiverBlade

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

System Name	HTPC
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.00/6M/1333
Motherboard	AsRock G31M-GS R2.0
Cooling	CoolerMaster Vortex 752 - Black
Memory	4 Go (2x2) Kingston ValueRam DDR2-800
Video Card(s)	Asus EN8600GT/HTDP/512M
Storage	WD 3200AAKS
Display(s)	32" Irico E320GV-FHD
Case	Aerocool Qx-2000
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax NoiseTaker 2 - 465w
Mouse	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (M510)
Keyboard	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (K350)
Software	Win_7_Pro-French
Benchmark Scores	Windows index : 6.5 / 6.5 / 5.6 / 6.3 / 5.9

System Name	Party On
Processor	Xeon w 3520
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty
Cooling	Big tower thing
Memory	6 gb Ballistix Tracer
Video Card(s)	HD 7970
Case	a plank of wood
Audio Device(s)	seperate amp and 6 big speakers
Power Supply	Corsair
Mouse	cheap
Keyboard	under going restoration

System Name	Chachamaru-IV \| Retro Battlestation
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X \| Intel Pentium II 450MHz
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX X570-F Gaming \| MSI MS-6116 (Intel 440BX chipset)
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4
Memory	32GB Corsair DDR4-3000 (16-20-20-38) \| 512MB PC133 SDRAM
Video Card(s)	nVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 FE \| 3dfx Voodoo3 3000
Storage	1TB WD_Black SN850 NVME SSD (OS), Toshiba 3TB (Storage), Toshiba 3TB (Steam)
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey G5 27" @ 1440p144 & Dell P2312H @ 1080p60
Case	SilverStone Seta A1 \| Beige box
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 (Speakers), Creative Zen Hybrid headset \| Sound Blaster AWE64
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750 G2 \| 250W ASETEC
Mouse	Roccat Kone Air\| Microsoft Serial Mouse v2.0A
Keyboard	Vortex Race3 \| Dell AT102W
Software	Microsoft Windows 11 Pro \| Microsoft Windows 98SE

System Name	Fat NCASE
Processor	Ryzen R9 3900X
Motherboard	ASUS TUF GAMING B550M ZAKU (WIFI) Edition
Cooling	Scythe Fuma with 3 SCYTHE Wondersnail 2400RPM + Arctic MX2
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 128GB @3200Mhz Cl16 (32GB X 4)
Video Card(s)	Palit RTX 3060 StormX ITX 12GB
Storage	MX500 4TB SATA + Toshiba MG08 16TB HDD
Display(s)	LG 27UL500 4K monitor
Case	Jonsbo W2 black
Audio Device(s)	Onboard realtek 1200 & Soundblaster G3 usb
Power Supply	ASUS ROG STRIX 850W Gundam Edition
Mouse	Elecom wireless mouse :)
Keyboard	RK100 Royal Kludge
Software	Windows 10 HOME
Benchmark Scores	Don't know any benchmark. It runs good enough for me.

System Name	Master
Processor	Pair of Xeon X5675's @ 4.3
Motherboard	SR-2 Classified
Memory	12 GB of Corsair Dominator GT's @ 2000 7-7-7-21
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX680
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750

System Name	Pioneer
Processor	Ryzen R9 7950X
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans...
Memory	64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310
Storage	2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
Display(s)	55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display
Case	Thermaltake Core X31
Audio Device(s)	TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless
Keyboard	WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps
Software	Gentoo Linux x64 / Windows 11

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200/16gb LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/2tb SN770M
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Edifier STAX Spirit S3 & SamsungxAKG beans
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite
Cooling	Eisbaer 240 + 140, EK Vector TUF
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury @ DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	Asus TUF RTX 3080 10GB OC
Storage	~4TB SSD + 6TB HDD
Display(s)	Acer XV273K 4K120 + Lenovo L32p-30 4K60
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 + Asus TUF P1 mousepad
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis remastered at 4K