TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

JunkBear · Mar 27, 2015

Misaki said:
Because it's a video

Well, this keyboard works lightly than my old one (Genius SlimStar i222)!

Hey, hey, my laptop is good too

Ok so it means we need use browser instead of the 9gag app

JunkBear · Mar 28, 2015

I don't know if I should post in section "My PC ATM" but I ordered an Intel E8400 for setup under my avatar. Gonna give me a little boost without breaking my budget and it was only 20$ canadian shipping included. Since I got the board like new from a friend in exchange of a full system format on his newer computer I don't see why i should expense more. Maybe a GPU next time to hold that setup for a long time. It's all i need anyway.

MaxiPro800 · Mar 28, 2015

Just finished my K7 rig:

MSI K7N2 Delta-L
512MB RAM
FX5200 128MB
Athlon XP 1900+
20GB Maxtor HDD
C-Media 8738
Realtek RTL8139
Powerlink LPK2-30 400W PSU
Floppy Drive
LiteON DVD-ROM
Windows Vista Ultimate SP2
Phillips Brilliance 107P4 17" CRT

Also upgraded my main rig:

ASUS M2V-MX
Athlon 64 3200+ 2.20GHz (OC)
1TB Samsung HD103SI (5400RPM)
1.50GB RAM
Geforce GT210 1GB
Winfast TV2000XP Expert TV Tuner
DeluX ATX-450W P4 PSU
DeluX MG-760BMW case with HDD led mods
HL-DT-ST GSA-H55N DVD-Writer
Enlight Card reader
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Realtek RTL8100 onboard
Realtek HD audio
Horizon H-W2205S (BenQ FP92W) 22" LCD

JunkBear · Mar 28, 2015

Ah what a souvenir these C-media soundcards that came with a software able to accelerate or slower the songs playing.

MaxiPro800 said:
Just finished my K7 rig:

MSI K7N2 Delta-L
512MB RAM
FX5200 128MB
Athlon XP 1900+
20GB Maxtor HDD
C-Media 8738
Realtek RTL8139
Powerlink LPK2-30 400W PSU
Floppy Drive
LiteON DVD-ROM
Windows Vista Ultimate SP2
Phillips Brilliance 107P4 17" CRT

Also upgraded my main rig:

ASUS M2V-MX
Athlon 64 3200+ 2.20GHz (OC)
1TB Samsung HD103SI (5400RPM)
1.50GB RAM
Geforce GT210 1GB
Winfast TV2000XP Expert TV Tuner
DeluX ATX-450W P4 PSU
DeluX MG-760BMW case with HDD led mods
HL-DT-ST GSA-H55N DVD-Writer
Enlight Card reader
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Realtek RTL8100 onboard
Realtek HD audio
Horizon H-W2205S (BenQ FP92W) 22" LCD

Misaki · Mar 28, 2015

MaxiPro800 said:
Just finished my K7 rig:
ASUS M2V-MX
Athlon 64 3200+ 2.20GHz (OC)
1TB Samsung HD103SI (5400RPM)
1.50GB RAM
Geforce GT210 1GB
Winfast TV2000XP Expert TV Tuner
DeluX ATX-450W P4 PSU
DeluX MG-760BMW case with HDD led mods
HL-DT-ST GSA-H55N DVD-Writer
Enlight Card reader
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Realtek RTL8100 onboard
Realtek HD audio
Horizon H-W2205S (BenQ FP92W) 22" LCD

Stop hurting yourself, install Windows 7 x86

kazz · Mar 28, 2015

Misaki said:
Stop hurting yourself, install Windows 7 x86

why not add ram and still use 64bit?

i have w7 64bit on my athlon64 laptop and its runs well, cant see perfomance difference between 32 and 64bit, just ram consumption is bigger with 64bit

Misaki · Mar 29, 2015

kazz said:
why not add ram and still use 64bit? i have w7 64bit on my athlon64 laptop and its runs well, cant see perfomance difference between 32 and 64bit, just ram consumption is bigger with 64bit

Because he has only 2 RAM slots, with sticks 1GB and 512MB already

kazz · Mar 29, 2015

Misaki said:
Because he has only 2 RAM slots, with sticks 1GB and 512MB already

Yeah, RAM upgrade is must have if that computer is main setup with real usage, on good side, that mentioned ASUS M2V-MX supports up to 4GB

JunkBear · Mar 29, 2015

kazz said:
Yeah, RAM upgrade is must have if that computer is main setup with real usage, on good side, that mentioned ASUS M2V-MX supports up to 4GB

Like I often said to my wife...There's nothing like a good amount of ram.

JunkBear · Mar 29, 2015

Is there any other good website consecrated only to older hardware?

Misaki · Mar 29, 2015

JunkBear said:
Is there any other good website consecrated only to older hardware?

How about this one?
http://www.vgamuseum.info/

Mr.Scott · Mar 30, 2015

Classicplatforms.com

RichF · Mar 30, 2015

I see a lot of recent stuff in this thread.

Some actually nostalgic stuff I have:

1) working 1983 Apple Lisa (running Lisa OS and office suite on its 5 MB hard disk).
2) VideoBrain computer, with its 1975 Fairchild F8 CPU.
3) Fairchild Video Entertainment System 1976 console (first with removable ROM cartridges), plus most of the games.
4) Fairchild Channel F II console, plus homebrew multicart with all games.
5) Mac Classic II with 80 MB hard disk with AD&D gold box games, Crystal Quest, Stunt Copter, and SimCity/Life/Ant.
6) Mac Powerbook 540c with massive 32 MB of RAM and ultra-rare type C expander with 54K modem.
7) Mac Portable (original non-backlit model with static RAM). (1989 machine with first active matrix LCD screen.)
8) Shuttle SK-41G Athlon XP system with FX 5200 card. Running Kubuntu.
9) Atari Jaguar.
10) NES and SNES.

used to have:

1) Atari 2600 ("heavy sixer") made in Sunnyvale. stolen.
2) Atari 7800 with all of its games (except prototypes). stolen.
3) Atari 5200. stolen.
4) Colecovision. stolen.
5) Playstation (original first release). stolen.
6) Apple III. sold.
7) Powerbook 520C. Goodwill.
8) Power Mac dual 450, upgraded with 1.3 GHz card. Gave to nephew years ago. Still have a bunch of wrapped DVD-RAM disks with the shells.
9) Pentium 4 system with 2GB 1066 RDRAM and Matrox Parhelia. Gave to niece years back. Managed to get the Sims 2 to run on the GPU by hacking.
10) Game Boy (original). stolen.
11) CoCo 2 computer. stolen.
12) Atari 400 computer. stolen.

more

P4-630 · Mar 30, 2015

RichF said:
I see a lot of recent stuff in this thread.

Some actually nostalgic stuff I have:

1) working 1983 Apple Lisa (running Lisa OS and office suite on its 5 MB hard disk).
2) VideoBrain computer, with its 1975 Fairchild F8 CPU.
3) Fairchild Video Entertainment System 1976 console (first with removable ROM cartridges), plus most of the games.
4) Fairchild Channel F II console, plus homebrew multicart with all games.
5) Mac Classic II with 80 MB hard disk with AD&D gold box games, Crystal Quest, Stunt Copter, and SimCity/Life/Ant.
6) Mac Powerbook 540c with massive 32 MB of RAM and ultra-rare type C expander with 54K modem.
7) Mac Portable (original non-backlit model with static RAM). (1989 machine with first active matrix LCD screen.)
8) Shuttle SK-41G Athlon XP system with FX 5200 card. Running Kubuntu.
9) Atari Jaguar.
10) NES and SNES.

used to have:

1) Atari 2600 ("heavy sixer") made in Sunnyvale. stolen.
2) Atari 7800 with all of its games (except prototypes). stolen.
3) Atari 5200. stolen.
4) Colecovision. stolen.
5) Playstation (original first release). stolen.
6) Apple III. sold.
7) Powerbook 520C. Goodwill.
8) Power Mac dual 450, upgraded with 1.3 GHz card. Gave to nephew years ago. Still have a bunch of wrapped DVD-RAM disks with the shells.
9) Pentium 4 system with 2GB 1066 RDRAM and Matrox Parhelia. Gave to niece years back. Managed to get the Sims 2 to run on the GPU by hacking.
10) Game Boy (original). stolen.
11) CoCo 2 computer. stolen.
12) Atari 400 computer. stolen.

more

Any pics?

Random Murderer · Mar 30, 2015

RichF said:
I see a lot of recent stuff in this thread.

Some actually nostalgic stuff I have:

1) working 1983 Apple Lisa (running Lisa OS and office suite on its 5 MB hard disk).
2) VideoBrain computer, with its 1975 Fairchild F8 CPU.
3) Fairchild Video Entertainment System 1976 console (first with removable ROM cartridges), plus most of the games.
4) Fairchild Channel F II console, plus homebrew multicart with all games.
5) Mac Classic II with 80 MB hard disk with AD&D gold box games, Crystal Quest, Stunt Copter, and SimCity/Life/Ant.
6) Mac Powerbook 540c with massive 32 MB of RAM and ultra-rare type C expander with 54K modem.
7) Mac Portable (original non-backlit model with static RAM). (1989 machine with first active matrix LCD screen.)
8) Shuttle SK-41G Athlon XP system with FX 5200 card. Running Kubuntu.
9) Atari Jaguar.
10) NES and SNES.

used to have:

1) Atari 2600 ("heavy sixer") made in Sunnyvale. stolen.
2) Atari 7800 with all of its games (except prototypes). stolen.
3) Atari 5200. stolen.
4) Colecovision. stolen.
5) Playstation (original first release). stolen.
6) Apple III. sold.
7) Powerbook 520C. Goodwill.
8) Power Mac dual 450, upgraded with 1.3 GHz card. Gave to nephew years ago. Still have a bunch of wrapped DVD-RAM disks with the shells.
9) Pentium 4 system with 2GB 1066 RDRAM and Matrox Parhelia. Gave to niece years back. Managed to get the Sims 2 to run on the GPU by hacking.
10) Game Boy (original). stolen.
11) CoCo 2 computer. stolen.
12) Atari 400 computer. stolen.

more

It doesn't have to be old to be nostalgic. Nostalgia is simply looking back fondly on something.
That said, there are a lot of old pieces of hardware in this thread, too. I myself have an IBM 5150 I posted pictures of, and a room full of PC hardware going back to the '80s.
On another note, were all of those stolen at the same time, or do you just have terrible luck?

P4-630 said:
Any pics?

Seconded.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Mar 30, 2015

Thirded................oh no ...sounds like something Peter Griffin might do.

adjective

experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation.

So, not necessarily indicative or relating to age.

dorsetknob · Mar 30, 2015

yes you got to show us the Pictures otherwise its just a tease

Edit

you Need to warn us before you post the pics of the Lisa some of the Fanboyz will need to stock up on tissues and wet wipes

JunkBear · Mar 31, 2015

RichF said:
I see a lot of recent stuff in this thread.

Some actually nostalgic stuff I have:

1) Atari 2600 ("heavy sixer") made in Sunnyvale. stolen.

more

Why nicknamed like that?

MaxiPro800 · Apr 1, 2015

kazz said:
Yeah, RAM upgrade is must have if that computer is main setup with real usage, on good side, that mentioned ASUS M2V-MX supports up to 4GB

Yeah...still planning to get more RAM for it,but the only accessible size is 1GB and below here.
Anyways,even 2GB would be happy for me. I think 4 GB is waay too much for what I built this computer to do.

Also,I didn't mention my HDD is 5400RPM.

FIXED I.T. · Apr 1, 2015

stinger608 said:
Yes, I believe it was a proprietary problem with the Via KT chipset now that you mention it.

I have always used the rule of thumb (2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024.....) sequence with any of the old boards and never had a problem . Every time I deviated from that sequence I had problems , and not just Via chips . It seems to be like the wobbly wheel on a shopping trolley if you try to bend the rule . I had the same problem with removable ram on early graphics cards . I hope this helps .

JunkBear · Apr 2, 2015

FIXED I.T. said:
I have always used the rule of thumb (2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024.....) sequence with any of the old boards and never had a problem . Every time I deviated from that sequence I had problems , and not just Via chips . It seems to be like the wobbly wheel on a shopping trolley if you try to bend the rule . I had the same problem with removable ram on early graphics cards . I hope this helps .

VIA KT133 with AMD socket 462 cpus. That was my first attempt at overclocking. I burned so many of them.

http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/k7-series/kt133/

Misaki · Apr 2, 2015

JunkBear said:
VIA KT133 with AMD socket 462 cpus. That was my first attempt at overclocking. I burned so many of them.

http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/k7-series/kt133/

VIA chips was a failure

MrGenius · Apr 2, 2015

I didn't know I should be bragging about it. But today my neighbor gave me his AOpen s651m with some kind of P4, 80GB HDD, 256MB of PC2100, DVD, FDD and XP. I hadn't even considered firing it up and OCing it. I just wanted it for the case(nice wide body mini tower). Might have to throw the guts in my old case and give 'er a rip. It's been so long, I almost forgot that just about any old mobo(exc. Dell, HP, etc.) will let you OC the CPU and RAM(in the BIOS) at least a little bit. Not too mention all the handy XP OC utilities. Ahhh...the good old days.

EDIT: It's actually a Celeron 2.0 GHz Northwood. And I threw 2GB of some DDR500 in it. Slowly working my way there.

JunkBear · Apr 2, 2015

Misaki said:
VIA chips was a failure

At least they still have all drivers on their website

GreiverBlade · Apr 2, 2015

Misaki said:
VIA chips was a failure

not all ... my MSI KT6V is still good ... (and clocked my Athlon XP and Duron i had just fine

)
plus

JunkBear said:
At least they still have all drivers on their website

that^

(some brand don't keep driver uploaded til now )

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	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	Star Platinum
Processor	Intel Core i5-3470 3.20GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B75M-D3H
Cooling	EKL
Memory	16GB DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX650 1GB GDDR5
Storage	2x Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB SATA II
Display(s)	Samsung 32 inch
Case	Delux MG760
Audio Device(s)	Realtek High Definition Audio + X-Fi XtremeGamer SB0730
Power Supply	FSP Bluestorm II 500W
Mouse	Marvo KM400 Mouse
Keyboard	Marvo KM400 keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809

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	K7
Processor	AMD Athlon XP 3200+ @ ~2,4GHz /socekt A
Motherboard	Asus A7V880 /KT880
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper series with 2x 80x80mm Arctic FANS
Memory	2x1GB Corsair XMS PC4000 dual @ ~440MHz
Video Card(s)	HIS Radeon HD4670 1GB AGP
Storage	STEC Mach8 SSD 50GB SATA
Display(s)	23" LG Flatron IPS231
Audio Device(s)	Creative SB Live! CT4830
Power Supply	350W Enermax

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

JunkBear

JunkBear

MaxiPro800

JunkBear

Misaki

kazz

Misaki

kazz

JunkBear

JunkBear

Misaki

Mr.Scott

RichF

P4-630

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

dorsetknob

"YOUR RMA REQUEST IS CON-REFUSED"

JunkBear

MaxiPro800

FIXED I.T.

JunkBear

Misaki

MrGenius

JunkBear

GreiverBlade

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	AlderLake / Laptop
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz / Intel i3 7100U
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master / HP 83A3 (U3E1)
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans / Fan
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MHz CL36 / 8GB DDR4 HyperX CL13
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio / Intel HD620
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2 / Samsung 256GB M.2 SSD
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p / 14" 1080p IPS Glossy
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window / HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W / Powerbrick
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless / HP backlit
Software	Windows 11 / Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

System Name	TOO MUCH RADIATOR! \| The TV Box a.k.a. The Shoebox
Processor	Core i7 4930K @ 4.5GHz \| Core i5 6600K @ 4.5GHz
Motherboard	Asus X79 Rampage IV Extreme \| Asus Z170i Pro Gaming
Cooling	Custom water on CPU and GPU, dual 360mm radiators \| Corsair H80i
Memory	4x 8GB G.Skill TridentX DDR3-1600 \| 2x 4GB G.Skill RipJaws 4 DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire AMD R9 295x2 \| PowerColor AMD HD7970
Storage	Samsung SSD 830 256GB, various others \| 2x 1TB Seagate Barracudas in RAID1
Display(s)	Dell U2713HM 2560x1440 IPS \| Panasonic TC-L32E5 1080p IPS TV
Case	Thermaltake Suppressor F51 (stripped down to hold two radiators) \| Cooler Master Elite 130
Audio Device(s)	RM-DAC -> Xiang Sheng 708b -> Sennheiser HD650 \| HDMI sound device on 7970
Power Supply	LEPA G1600-MA 1600W \| Corsair CX750M 750W
Software	Win 10 64
Benchmark Scores	over 9000 BungholioMarks, "Bitchin' Fast"

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	HOTROD
Processor	PHENOM 2 555
Motherboard	V6-M4A3000E LE
Cooling	Standard AMD
Memory	8.0GB
Video Card(s)	Onboard 3xxx
Storage	250 Gb Seagate 7200 sata
Display(s)	19" ASUS
Case	barebones
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	onboard
Mouse	Logitech wireless
Keyboard	StarKey Cheapy + onscreen qwerty
Software	Win 7 x64 Ultimate
Benchmark Scores	Polished out with sandpaper

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