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Another goodie
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Specs:

JNC DT-807 case (modified as you can see)
HKC SZ-430 PSU
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
Epox EP-8RDA6+ Pro
3GB DDR400
3 HDDs - 160GB SATA + 2x80GB IDE (had none)
Gecube Radeon 9550 128M (had some cheap ASUS 9250 128M)
SoundBlaster Audigy SE (does have a ALC850 chipset onboard but I prefer a SB over AC97)
InnoDV SmartTV SAA7130HL
NEC DVDRW
XP Pro SP3
 

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Chloefile

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Another goodie
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Specs:

JNC DT-807 case (modified as you can see)
HKC SZ-430 PSU
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
Epox EP-8RDA6+ Pro
3GB DDR400
3 HDDs - 160GB SATA + 2x80GB IDE (had none)
Gecube Radeon 9550 128M (had some cheap ASUS 9250 128M)
SoundBlaster Audigy SE (does have a ALC850 chipset onboard but I prefer a SB over AC97)
InnoDV SmartTV SAA7130HL
NEC DVDRW
XP Pro SP3
Heey, isn't that the "9550 XT" which has a 9800XT/X800 style cooler? :)
 
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Power Supply FSP Bluestorm II 500W
Mouse Marvo KM400 Mouse
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Software Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809
Heey, isn't that the "9550 XT" which has a 9800XT/X800 style cooler? :)
I guess so. Haven't seen the 9800XT/X800 cooler, but I think Sapphire's X1650 had such a heatsink.

It's a placeholder card anyways, as I am planning to put a Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 Pro in there, as soon as I can grt one of those big chinese HSF combos (which kinda copy Zalman's design)
 

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I guess so. Haven't seen the 9800XT/X800 cooler, but I think Sapphire's X1650 had such a heatsink.

It's a placeholder card anyways, as I am planning to put a Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 Pro in there, as soon as I can grt one of those big chinese HSF combos (which kinda copy Zalman's design)
Radeon X800 looks like this:

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And ah, a 9700 Pro. The most nostalgic card ever. :love:

e: I have a Zalman VF700-Cu which is going for my GF3 Ti 200 as I get it. :)
 
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I just can't wait for my GF3...
You got your card yet? Ebay just updated my card already out of the Global Shipping Center and on its way. Perhaps another 7 more days, hopefully less.
 

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You got your card yet? Ebay just updated my card already out of the Global Shipping Center and on its way. Perhaps another 7 more days, hopefully less.
Probably tomorrow, the dude promised to ship it today.
 
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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
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Software Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809
Might as well post the 9700 Pro.
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HSF comes from a 9600 I gutted (had too many missing components under the GPU chip) but again, not sure how good this cools the 9700 Pro, although the original HSF wasn't any bigger anyways.
 
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Another goodie
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Specs:

JNC DT-807 case (modified as you can see)
HKC SZ-430 PSU
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
Epox EP-8RDA6+ Pro
3GB DDR400
3 HDDs - 160GB SATA + 2x80GB IDE (had none)
Gecube Radeon 9550 128M (had some cheap ASUS 9250 128M)
SoundBlaster Audigy SE (does have a ALC850 chipset onboard but I prefer a SB over AC97)
InnoDV SmartTV SAA7130HL
NEC DVDRW
XP Pro SP3
I would replace that PSU very soon, just as a precaution!!
 
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Cooling Tt tower + 120mm Tt fan
Memory G.Skill 16GB 3600 C18
Video Card(s) Asus GTX 970 Mini
Storage Kingston A2000 512Gb NVME
Display(s) AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
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Might as well post the 9700 Pro.
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HSF comes from a 9600 I gutted (had too many missing components under the GPU chip) but again, not sure how good this cools the 9700 Pro, although the original HSF wasn't any bigger anyways.
Matches the Motherboard now.
 
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Video Card(s) Gigabyte GTX650 1GB GDDR5
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Display(s) Samsung 32 inch
Case Delux MG760
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Power Supply FSP Bluestorm II 500W
Mouse Marvo KM400 Mouse
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I would replace that PSU very soon, just as a precaution!!
It's been recapped and I made sure it has enough sillicon (as in rectifying diodes) to run an Athlon XP without dying.

The only alternatives are all Deer, with the exception of a 300W FSP that only has SATA chains and just 1 Molex (which is not enough)
 
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It's been recapped and I made sure it has enough sillicon (as in rectifying diodes) to run an Athlon XP without dying.
Very nice!!
The only alternatives are all Deer, with the exception of a 300W FSP that only has SATA chains and just 1 Molex (which is not enough)
Amazon and Ebay both would have solid choices to be had, if you needed them. Recently went looking and found quite a few good PSU's for older systems.
 
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I received some free HW that has some problems. Two motherbaords and three graphic cards.

An ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe REV.1.02A that has problems with the PCI-E slots but works great with a PCI graphic card. RIP. It was embalmed and it is just a showpiece just like another Abit KN8 Ultra. Flaky 939 boards or it is just my luck ...

An MSI P6N SLI Platinum - MS-7350 VER:1.0 that is in great shape.

Three graphic cards that have various problems have proven to be alive and I will do everything in my power to repair them.

1. XFX PV-T70F-UDD7 GEFORCE 7800 GTX 256MB DDR3 DUAL DVI PCI-E GRAPHICS CARD *** 600-10347-0002-300 Nvidia GeForce 7800 256MB PCI-E *** E-G012-05-3201
2. Leadtek 7800 GTX MyVIVO Extreme PCI-E 256MB *** 900-10347-0002-300 D
3. 600-10348-0023-401 *** 900-10348-0100-001 *** 180-10348-0000-A04 *** NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 PCI-E 512MB / 7900 GTX

I also found a mighty SX835 Pentium 60MHz sk 4. It has a shaved head but who cares!

And la piece de resistance! A great motherboard just like the one I used to have! The RAM was found by a twist of fate just when I found my "lost" Abit. :D

I had to pay some $$$ for the kit bellow but I had to have it!

Abit NF7-S v2.0 + Athlon XP 2500 AXDA2500DKV4D + Corsair Platinum DDR 400 CL2 - 2x512MB, CMX512-3200C2PT, XMS3200, XMS3202 v5.2. PROMOS 5ns Rev A
 

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Probably the only thing you could try is a reflow at 350*C on the nForce 4 chipset, and see if PCI cards work. Those things run hotter than the sun. I'm surprised my ASUS K8N4-E still works, since it's nF4 as well. Did run actual Windows Vista builds (Longhorn build 4074 and 5048) pretty good.

Amazon and Ebay both would have solid choices to be had, if you needed them. Recently went looking and found quite a few good PSU's for older systems.
Don't have access to either at this moment, so I gotta deal with local stuff.
The FSP came from a 939 nForce 3 machine I parted out 2 years ago, and Deers usually came from P4 machines, though I had one actually come from a P3 machine. That, and usually Delux (local brand, uses YX-GP, Kissquiet and Sun Pro for their OEMs) for 775 stuff.
 
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A few ATi cards I've found around my apartment. All work.

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ATi Rage Pro Turbo All-In-Wonder 8MB, AGP2x.

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Gecube Radeon X1300 AGP8x, 256MB GDDR2

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Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro 512MB DDR2, AGP8x
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ASUS AH3450 - Radeon HD3450 512MB GDDR2 AGP8x

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ASUS EAH4850 - HD4850, 512MB DDR3, PCI-E
 
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Got to refurbish an oldie today. Never disassembled with a layer of dust on the fins
Finally gets to have a breath of fresh air again!
And the phone camera went completely bonkers with the colors and white balance :laugh:

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It's a ViBack/ViFront and PAL/NTSC DIP switch.
ViFRONT (Video In on the front) or ViBack (Video In on the back) controls which output will be active.
PAL NTSC forces the TV output mode
 

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Video Card(s) PowerColor RX 6700 XT Fighter
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Some HTPC building later today :)

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Also I'll put a Zalman VF700-Cu to the GF3 Ti 200 :)

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