TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

stinger608 · Dec 3, 2013

Frick said:
AMD was pretty rare here until the XP:s came along and crapped all over the P4:s.

LOL, yea the AMD XP's were some awesome chips in their day!

GreiverBlade · Dec 3, 2013

Frick said:
AMD was pretty rare here until the XP:s came along and took over the P4:s.

fix'd, no offense ofc, we have (yes i wrote "we") to recognize that AMD was awesome from the "intel clones" periode till the Athloncalypse and XP and then downfall, oh well they still have a market and i doubt AMD will die so easily.

still the Athlon (non XP) was above the PIII, Duron where better than Celeron (not hard ahaha

), the K6-2/III where a good alternative to the PII and every single clone of Intel CPU from AMD (AMD286/386/486 and Co) had better and higher clocking than Intel counterpart

good ol' time

1st pc a AM286 equiped commodor under DOS then a I386 under 3.1 and then a I486 under win95 then K6-2/upgrade to III and last of the oldies a Athlon XP i re switched to Intel with the C2D on my laptop (the PII PIII are either salvage from a dump or old part of the pc that my mother used for internet

) i got some Phenom Phenom II only one i5 and now the Xeon E3

i love both brand

for GPU im all the same ... i don't care the brand: they both hold a place in my tech addict heart!

Peter1986C · Dec 4, 2013

Nostalgia brings me back to my K6-II.

stinger608 · Dec 4, 2013

Yep, back in the AMD XP processor days I was all about AMD. Shit, Intel chips and boards were at least double the price and didn't perform as well as the AMD counterpart. I was strictly AMD well after the s939 era until the C2D's came way down in price. Once x58 came out it was pretty much all over for enthusiasts on the AMD side of things. A shame they couldn't keep up.

Now I haven't played with their new FX processors so I don't know how the new stuff performs in comparison with Intel.

GreiverBlade · Dec 4, 2013

Chevalr1c said:
Nostalgia brings me back to my K6-II.

humpf heretic :love:

the K6-II was named K6-2 the K6-III used the roman number indeed.

Jetster · Dec 4, 2013

The prescott P4s were smoking the Athlon XPs at a cost though. But the 939 FX-55 was a nice single core dhip

GreiverBlade · Dec 4, 2013

humpf now i want this ...

Athlon paperweight ahah

or that

or

K5 die keychain

K6-2 die keychain omfg ... ok the mad in china ruin a bit the pics

AMD released very few computer chip keychains throughout the years, especially compared to Intel, this item is quite rare and highly collectible.

a non debatable fact
The K6-2 was a huge financial success for AMD and it helped the company to generate income to develop its next very successful chip, the Athlon.

Jetster · Dec 4, 2013

Thats awesome

stinger608 · Dec 4, 2013

No shit, them are cool as hell!

I have to dig a chip and motherboard out. The motherboard is an Abit something or another socket A BNIB still with the bands around them. I also have an Athlon 2200+ that is still in the package and never been opened with the factory heat sink. I will dig them out this coming weekend and shot pictures. I just got them about 3 or 4 months ago locally off Craigslist for $5 each.

Just could not pass that up for $10 and a half an hour of my time to run and get them. :laugh:

Man, I have a dead Athlon 1500+ that I should make into something. Hmm, a paper weight? Key chain? I don't know. :rockout:

Random Murderer · Dec 4, 2013

stinger608 said:
No shit, them are cool as hell!

I have to dig a chip and motherboard out. The motherboard is an Abit something or another socket A BNIB still with the bands around them. I also have an Athlon 2200+ that is still in the package and never been opened with the factory heat sink. I will dig them out this coming weekend and shot pictures. I just got them about 3 or 4 months ago locally off Craigslist for $5 each. Just could not pass that up for $10 and a half an hour of my time to run and get them.

Man, I have a dead Athlon 1500+ that I should make into something. Hmm, a paper weight? Key chain? I don't know.

Keychains are cool. I used a Pentium 133 as a keychain for a while and got a lot of comments on it. All I did was drill a hole in one of the corners and bent all the pins flat and it was good to go.

_JP_ · Dec 8, 2013

Continuing with the Athlon fandom:

stinger608 · Dec 8, 2013

That was funny as hell. I hadn't seen that one before JP. Good one man.

Mr.Scott · Dec 8, 2013

I'm looking for a GFD for slot A Athlons. If any of you have one laying around or know where one is, I'll pay. Thanks for looking.

stinger608 · Dec 8, 2013

Mr.Scott said:
I'm looking for a GFD for slot A Athlons. If any of you have one laying around or know where one is, I'll pay. Thanks for looking.

What is "GFD?" Is that Good F'n Deal? :laugh:

Mr.Scott · Dec 8, 2013

Meh, I thought this was a nostalgia thread.

GFD = Gold Finger Device
It was used to adjust the multiplier on the Slot A's.

stinger608 · Dec 8, 2013

Oh hell yea, it has been so long since I heard of that LOL. sorry man.

GreiverBlade · Dec 9, 2013

Mr.Scott said:
Meh, I thought this was a nostalgia thread.

GFD = Gold Finger Device
It was used to adjust the multiplier on the Slot A's.

meh i thought it was common to not have to know everything to be a nostalgic and we don't call them GFD globally, where i live it was called a Slot A dipswitch nope not abbreviated .... it would have been sad to abbreviate it SAD.

btw why not buy a dip switch and do some soldering. i think i might have one but u don't recall where i did put it (a Girl Freakishly Deviant, GFD not a plain dipswitch)

and what is a Alpha Ev6?

Mr.Scott · Dec 9, 2013

what is a Alpha Ev6?

Are you testing me?

21264 AMD Slot A processor, 450-600 MHz

I guess I deserved that.

Girl Freakishly Deviant

Mildly intrigued now, and a little intimidated. LOL

GreiverBlade · Dec 10, 2013

i was talking about the bus x) not the chip

1 name 2 signification, indeed Alpha Ev6 was the codename of the 21264

The Alpha 21264 was a DEC RISC microprocessor introduced in October, 1996. The 21264 implemented the Alpha instruction set architecture (ISA). it was not a AMD Slot A cpu btw

but it share something indeed with Slot A and Athlon devlopement

AMD's 'SlotA' uses a completely different bus protocol, based on the DEC Alpha protocol 'EV6'.

oh don't worry i could write Gay First Date for the GFD but i prefer the one i used

Mr.Scott · Dec 10, 2013

Guess I failed then.

Still need a GFD though.

GreiverBlade · Dec 10, 2013

Mr.Scott said:
Guess I failed then.

Still need a GFD though.

only half fail doesnt make a fail

and damned i be (lol whut Yoda mode?) i can't find the GFD i had (i still have my Slot A A700 but no mobo or GFD left)

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Dec 14, 2013

I put together a slot a win 98 rig a few months ago using a msi6167 board.

GreiverBlade · Dec 14, 2013

and for my side as, thanks to the 9th WCG birthday challenge and the marvelous price i won, i have now a Paypal account xD so Ebay is a bit more accessible, most of the seller don't accept bank transfer ... at last those who have what i want!

stinger608 · Dec 17, 2013

Well I received a box full of some ole hardware today. In the box was some motherboards, chips, coolers, memory, and.........................................

Well, open the spoiler and see. :peace:

A frigging Voodoo 5 5500!!!!!!!! Wow, been wanting one of these forever to add to my seriously crazy ass collection of nostalgic hardware. LOLOL

Even had the original Quick Install book with it!! Simply amazing. :toast:

Wish it came with the original box.......I know, that is asking too much LOL

m1919 · Dec 17, 2013

stinger608 said:
Well I received a box full of some ole hardware today. In the box was some motherboards, chips, coolers, memory, and.........................................

Well, open the spoiler and see.

A frigging Voodoo 5 5500!!!!!!!! Wow, been wanting one of these forever to add to my seriously crazy ass collection of nostalgic hardware. LOLOL

Even had the original Quick Install book with it!! Simply amazing.

Wish it came with the original box.......I know, that is asking too much LOL

Very nice! This makes me want to build my Voodoo 5 rig lol.

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	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	desktop \| Odroid N2+ \|
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 \| Amlogic S922X \|
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M DS3H \|Odroid N2+ \|
Cooling	Inter-Tech Argus SU-200, 3x Arctic P12 case fans \| stock heatsink + fan \|
Memory	Gskill Aegis DDR4 32GB \| 4 GB DDR4 \|
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX 6600 (8GB) \| Arm Mali G52 \|
Storage	SK Hynix SSD 240GB, Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB, Toshiba DT01ACA100 1T \| Samsung 850 Evo 500GB \|
Display(s)	AOC G2260VWQ6 \| LG 24MT57D \|
Case	Asus Prime 201 \| Stock case (black version) \|
Audio Device(s)	integrated
Power Supply	BeQuiet! Pure Power 11 400W \| 12v barrel jack \|
Mouse	Logitech G500 \|Steelseries Rival 300
Keyboard	Qpad MK-50 (Cherry MX brown)\| Blaze Keyboard
Software	Windows 10, Various Linux distros \| Gentoo Linux

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	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

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

GreiverBlade

Peter1986C

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

GreiverBlade

Jetster

GreiverBlade

Jetster

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

_JP_

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

Mr.Scott

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

Mr.Scott

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

GreiverBlade

Mr.Scott

GreiverBlade

Mr.Scott

GreiverBlade

ThE_MaD_ShOt

GreiverBlade

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

m1919

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

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	LenovoⓇ ThinkPad™ T430
Processor	IntelⓇ Core™ i5-3210M processor (2 cores, 2.50GHz, 3MB cache), Intel Turbo Boost™ 2.0 (3.10GHz), HT™
Motherboard	Lenovo 2344 (Mobile Intel QM77 Express Chipset)
Cooling	Single-pipe heatsink + Delta fan
Memory	2x 8GB KingstonⓇ HyperX™ Impact 2133MHz DDR3L SO-DIMM
Video Card(s)	Intel HD Graphics™ 4000 (GPU clk: 1100MHz, vRAM clk: 1066MHz)
Storage	SamsungⓇ 860 EVO mSATA (250GB) + 850 EVO (500GB) SATA
Display(s)	14.0" (355mm) HD (1366x768) color, anti-glare, LED backlight, 200 nits, 16:9 aspect ratio, 300:1 co
Case	ThinkPad Roll Cage (one-piece magnesium frame)
Audio Device(s)	HD Audio, RealtekⓇ ALC3202 codec, DolbyⓇ Advanced Audio™ v2 / stereo speakers, 1W x 2
Power Supply	ThinkPad 65W AC Adapter + ThinkPad Battery 70++ (9-cell)
Mouse	TrackPointⓇ pointing device + UltraNav™, wide touchpad below keyboard + ThinkLight™
Keyboard	6-row, 84-key, ThinkVantage button, spill-resistant, multimedia Fn keys, LED backlight (PT Layout)
Software	MicrosoftⓇ WindowsⓇ 10 x86-64 (22H2)

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	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	Xeon Prime
Processor	2x QFSC 10-Core Quality Sample "E5-2666 v3"
Motherboard	Asus Z10PE-D8 WS
Cooling	2x Cooler Master MasterLiquid 140mm
Memory	64GB Samsung DDR4 ECC 2133 Mhz
Video Card(s)	2x EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid + EVGA GTX 750 Ti
Storage	Corsair Force MP500 240GB, Samsung 850 Evo 250GB, 4x Corsair Force LE 480GB
Display(s)	LG Ultrawide 29", LG Ultrawide 25", Samsung SyncMaster 24", Samsung SyncMaster 22"
Case	Corsair Carbide Air 740
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster Z
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 1000P2
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Corsair K68 Cherry MX Red
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64