TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Trekkie4]

Welcome to the forums and this awesome thread @Trekkie4 !!!! That is a crazy awesome collection you have man.

I have, of course, added you to the list in the original post.

Thank you very much! One thing I've noticed about this thread is that (unlike most of similar threads on other forums), this one seems to be pretty active all the time. I've got some pretty cool stuff coming up, such as Dell Optiplex GX110 running a WinME and Voodoo2 card, so I'll probably upload more stuff when I get the chance!

 

[stinger608]

Thank you very much! One thing I've noticed about this thread is that (unlike most of similar threads on other forums), this one seems to be pretty active all the time. I've got some pretty cool stuff coming up, such as Dell Optiplex GX110 running a WinME and Voodoo2 card, so I'll probably upload more stuff when I get the chance!

It is still very active and has some great members in here! I am glad you found us bro.

Very cool GX110! I always liked them ole Optiplex's. I remember how insanely expensive they were when they were new.

Anyhow, be sure to check a ton of the other stuff out here on TechPowerUp! It is a great community with some very friendly and knowledgeable members. It has been my second home for some time now.
I sure hope you enjoy it here man.

 

[JunkBear]

Just replaced my main rig's small uATX case with something better:
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It's a Delux MG760-BMW case. Got it free from a friend,and came with 2 DVD drives and a Enlight SD card reader.

Some of you may or may not like it,but IMO it's a HUGE improvement. My temps went down 10*C (so they are around 25-30, before they were 38-40) with it..

Also I rewired the 4 front leds so 2 are for power and 2 are for the HDD.


The specs inside the case are:

MB - ASUS P3-AE5 motherboard (M2V-TVM)
Memory - 1.50GB RAM DDR2
HDD - 1TB Samsung HD103SI
CD/DVD - HL-DT-ST GSA-H55N DVD writer
Samsung CD-ROM drive
GPU - ASUS EN210 (Geforce 210) 1GB PCI-E video card
TV Tuner - Leadtek WinFast TV2000XP TV Tuner
CPU - AMD Sempron 3400+ AM2
USB - Enlight SD/MMC/CF/xD card reader
PSU - Delux ATX-450W P4 PSU
Operating System - Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64

The M2V-TVM was also sold as part not only in this case as setup. I bought one many years ago and I'm in Quebec, Canada. Just saying for informations. Happy new year.

 

[Misaki]

Today I resurrected another PC. Dell Optiplex GX620 MT from 2005, my friend was about to destroy it. I can't allow it!
He keep only RAM and HDD from this desktop. Nobody cares about 2x 256MB ram

Specs:
-Intel Pentium D 930 (2x 3GHz)
-2GB DDR2 533MHz
-Sapphire X800 XL 256MB DDR3 256Bit
-WD 250GB
-Dell 305W

Windows XP Pro COA, I have installed Vista Home Premium SP2.

 

[Trekkie4]

It is still very active and has some great members in here! I am glad you found us bro.

Very cool GX110! I always liked them ole Optiplex's. I remember how insanely expensive they were when they were new.

Anyhow, be sure to check a ton of the other stuff out here on TechPowerUp! It is a great community with some very friendly and knowledgeable members. It has been my second home for some time now.
I sure hope you enjoy it here man.

Thanks! I do like it here so far, and I have no reason to believe otherwise

And yeah, even just the Voodoo2 card alone used to cost a fortune back then, I remember when I got my 1st one, it was Diamond Monster 3DII (12mb) in September/October '98. I still have that original rig from back then, but some of the components had to be replaced... It's a long story, perhaps I'll tell you guys more some other time if you're interested

Today I resurrected another PC. Dell Optiplex GX620 MT from 2005, my friend was about to destroy it. I can't allow it!
He keep only RAM and HDD from this desktop. Nobody cares about 2x 256MB ram

Specs:
-Intel Pentium D 930 (2x 3GHz)
-2GB DDR2 533MHz
-Sapphire X800 XL 256MB DDR3 256Bit
-WD 250GB
-Dell 305W

Windows XP Pro COA, I have installed Vista Home Premium SP2.

It amazes me how many idiots destroy (or throw away) older hardware such as these, just because they've got something better. I remember watching YT where some guy was trying to cook an egg on his GPU heatsink, with the fan removed *sigh* Some ppl are just hopeless I guess, or just morons.

 

[Devon68]

Today I resurrected another PC. Dell Optiplex GX620 MT from 2005, my friend was about to destroy it. I can't allow it!
He keep only RAM and HDD from this desktop. Nobody cares about 2x 256MB ram

Specs:
-Intel Pentium D 930 (2x 3GHz)
-2GB DDR2 533MHz
-Sapphire X800 XL 256MB DDR3 256Bit
-WD 250GB
-Dell 305W

Windows XP Pro COA, I have installed Vista Home Premium SP2.

Pff that's great compared to mine. My cpu's WEI score is 2.9, gpu 4.4 and it still runs win 7 32 bit pretty nicely.
Cant even watch hd videos on youtube but for nostalgic reasons I will keep it as long as I can.

 

[Misaki]

Pff that's great compared to mine. My cpu's WEI score is 2.9, gpu 4.4 and it still runs win 7 32 bit pretty nicely.
Cant even watch hd videos on youtube but for nostalgic reasons I will keep it as long as I can.

Try SMPlayer. 720p on Athlon XP 1700+ and GF4 Ti4200

 

[xvi]

I still have a Jet 7, a cooler similar to that Orb (Thermaltake Duorb or something?) and a retail box Monster 3D, albeit not the Mark 2. That's a nice collection you have!

 

[Trekkie4]

I still have a Jet 7, a cooler similar to that Orb (Thermaltake Duorb or something?) and a retail box Monster 3D, albeit not the Mark 2. That's a nice collection you have!

Thanks! That Jet7 cooler was brand new when I got it, but unfortunately it came with damaged (open) packaging so I decided to put it to a good use, to cool my Athlon XP 1800 As for the other one, that's Thermaltake Golden Orb series, 1st or maybe 2nd generation I believe.

Moving on, got more stuff & projects to share! Most of these were donated to me recently on one other forum, it was very kind of them to do so. Core2 Duo may not be the most "oldest" thing around these forums, but I really needed a Core2 system for multimedia center/HDTV gaming system. That one is still in building process, it's going to be paired up with 8800GTS



I also do PCB repairs & cap change when needed... (but within limits) Such as with this Abit BE6-II motherboard here for example



And this last one is just for the giggles

 

[Misaki]

Thanks! I do like it here so far, and I have no reason to believe otherwise

And yeah, even just the Voodoo2 card alone used to cost a fortune back then, I remember when I got my 1st one, it was Diamond Monster 3DII (12mb) in September/October '98. I still have that original rig from back then, but some of the components had to be replaced... It's a long story, perhaps I'll tell you guys more some other time if you're interested



It amazes me how many idiots destroy (or throw away) older hardware such as these, just because they've got something better. I remember watching YT where some guy was trying to cook an egg on his GPU heatsink, with the fan removed *sigh* Some ppl are just hopeless I guess, or just morons.

Pff that's great compared to mine. My cpu's WEI score is 2.9, gpu 4.4 and it still runs win 7 32 bit pretty nicely.
Cant even watch hd videos on youtube but for nostalgic reasons I will keep it as long as I can.

Well, I have tested the Pentium D 930. This is... pretty good CPU! Played LoL (yeah...) in 1440x900 on MEDIUM and on Vista with 60fps (!!!). On my Athlon 64 3000+ I had 20fps on low, 1024x768 and XP. Same GPU so yeah, Pentium is much much faster than A64. I even want to disconnect my main PC (Phenom II X6) for about a week and work on this Dell.

I think that I fall in love... with a computer.

 

[MaxiPro800]

The M2V-TVM was also sold as part not only in this case as setup. I bought one many years ago and I'm in Quebec, Canada. Just saying for informations. Happy new year.

IIRC this one was a "Davio" system that came with an M2V-MX. The friend said it died after 8 years (board had 4 bad KZGs near CPU)and he said he wants to sell parts from it. So far he sold the PSU and motherboard (which I recapped for him). What I bought from him was 1GB of DDR2 RAM (single stick). The case was free w/2 DVD drives.

The best thing on it is that it's so large inside. BTW,my M2V-TVM says it is actually a M2V-TVM-GB.

 

[micropage7]

Thanks! That Jet7 cooler was brand new when I got it, but unfortunately it came with damaged (open) packaging so I decided to put it to a good use, to cool my Athlon XP 1800 As for the other one, that's Thermaltake Golden Orb series, 1st or maybe 2nd generation I believe.

Moving on, got more stuff & projects to share! Most of these were donated to me recently on one other forum, it was very kind of them to do so. Core2 Duo may not be the most "oldest" thing around these forums, but I really needed a Core2 system for multimedia center/HDTV gaming system. That one is still in building process, it's going to be paired up with 8800GTS



I also do PCB repairs & cap change when needed... (but within limits) Such as with this Abit BE6-II motherboard here for example



And this last one is just for the giggles

d##mn, how many pc that you have in your house?
from pictures you at least have 4 pcs run
btw at some points having old pc and building retro machine is kinda cool
i have hp compaq dc7600 sff that back to stock (win xp sp3)
and works pretty good.
i use it for easy browsing and downloading
and yes, sometimes i wonder why until now xp still running pretty fine with small size

 

[GreiverBlade]

well you have the gold i have the silver

its a Majesty V from Titan, still wondering if Titan renamed to Thermaltake or i missed something ... well mine is a Titan Majesty V

 

[JunkBear]

IIRC this one was a "Davio" system that came with an M2V-MX. The friend said it died after 8 years (board had 4 bad KZGs near CPU)and he said he wants to sell parts from it. So far he sold the PSU and motherboard (which I recapped for him). What I bought from him was 1GB of DDR2 RAM (single stick). The case was free w/2 DVD drives.

The best thing on it is that it's so large inside. BTW,my M2V-TVM says it is actually a M2V-TVM-GB.

I actually dont know why...gb only for the specs of the desktop builder. Asus M2V-TVM sold like that at computer store.

 

[GreiverBlade]

and silver gone ... for good ... damn those majesty are noisy as hell...

Tt Silent Boost return (ghetto edition ... didn't find the right screw or clamp holder but it hold just fine also Phobya HE Grease Extreme? why not full copper over full aluminum ? DEAL
the paint in the Nemesis is not finished ... i ran out of black before finishing ... but "once you go black you never go back!" black red and white theme now



also 3200+ now well let's install XP Pro and see what i can do about that ...

 

[TRWOV]

well you have the gold i have the silver
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its a Majesty V from Titan, still wondering if Titan renamed to Thermaltake or i missed something ... well mine is a Titan Majesty V

Titan is still around: http://www.titan-cd.com/index_e.php

Some of their coolers are sold on this side of the pond by Evercool.

 

[Trekkie4]

d##mn, how many pc that you have in your house?
from pictures you at least have 4 pcs run
btw at some points having old pc and building retro machine is kinda cool
i have hp compaq dc7600 sff that back to stock (win xp sp3)
and works pretty good.
i use it for easy browsing and downloading
and yes, sometimes i wonder why until now xp still running pretty fine with small size

Not sure I understood your question, you mean how many (working) computers I have in my house? Too many, apparently Actually, I have approx. 27 systems, of which 26 are in working condition (I'm currently working on that last one)

I also have 2x Socket A motherboards with the appropriate CPUs, both in working condition although one of them has bulged caps, 2 more Slot 1 motherboards (same situation, one has bulged caps and the other is fine), 1x Socket 7 AT board with P233 MMX and a S370 mATX board with Tualatin Celeron (should be in working condition)

Last year I even had the exhibition, it was even featured in the local newspapers and internet portal(s), so I'll most likely donate some of my collection to a museum (although it's still too early to tell anything for sure...) We are talking about permanent donation of course, but before I go down that path, museum and I will have to discuss how much they want and which generation would they prefer before we actually work something out. I have pretty much everything, from 486 DX2, 486 DX4 to S478 Pentium 2.0, Core2 Duo and Core2 Quad

well you have the gold i have the silver
View attachment 61268
its a Majesty V from Titan, still wondering if Titan renamed to Thermaltake or i missed something ... well mine is a Titan Majesty V

Titan is still around: http://www.titan-cd.com/index_e.php

Some of their coolers are sold on this side of the pond by Evercool.

Despite saying Titan, I'd say this is DEFINITELY Thermaltake Not sure why it says Titan though, maybe you're right? Perhaps Titan changed their name to Thermaltake at some point, or maybe TT bought Titan? There was dozens of "different" models and variations, even for Slot-1 CPUs. In fact, I've had one of these back in a day mounted on (now rare) S423 P4. Later on, I've bought BlueOrb FX, but I was heavily disappointed with the overall performance vs size ratio, it couldn't even keep my 3.00 P4 temps within acceptable range! Ever since then, I've turned to Cooler Master for the new cases, power supplies & the cooling solutions and I've been pretty happy with their products ever since

 

[Misaki]

Dell GX620 MT in action, woo!

 

[TRWOV]

Despite saying Titan, I'd say this is DEFINITELY Thermaltake Not sure why it says Titan though, maybe you're right? Perhaps Titan changed their name to Thermaltake at some point, or maybe TT bought Titan? There was dozens of "different" models and variations, even for Slot-1 CPUs

For all we know TT just got them from Titan and relabeled them.

 

[GreiverBlade]

For all we know TT just got them from Titan and relabeled them.

i was about to answer that but i was at my job thanks @TRWOV

 

[Trekkie4]

For all we know TT just got them from Titan and relabeled them.

Hmm, didn't think about that... I wouldn't be surprised, at all.

 

[Keullo-e]

WTF, HD2900GT actually runs Far Cry 3 with playable fps?

 

[peche]

Some girls still think the same about make-up.

epic coment its epic...

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Sportsvision 1000

c. 1975
football
tennis
squash
and practice mode

there is a fast or slow option
on/off autoserve
20 or 40 degree bounce angle setting and large or small bat options


and that is it.

Me and my brothers really loved this thing it took 6 C batteries

The red button on the left controller is inside for safekeeping til i fix it

 

[stinger608]

Sportsvision 1000

c. 1975
football
tennis
squash
and practice mode

there is a fast or slow option
on/off autoserve
20 or 40 degree bounce angle setting and large or small bat options


and that is it.

Me and my brothers really loved this thing it took 6 C batteries

The red button on the left controller is inside for safekeeping til i fix it
View attachment 61298

Very awesome ole system! I, of course, added ya to the original post.