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Have a set of Geils just like those - Same thing in fact and they will do DDR500..... And not an inch more.
Not really happy with them but they were cheap at least when I got them.
 
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Here's something I forgot I had lying around here but I've got it, BNIB condition and will stay that way - At least I'm not messing with it.
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Video Card(s) ASUS GTX 1080ti 11GB
Storage WD Gold 2 TB HD
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Case Phanteks Enthoo Pro
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Cooling EKL
Memory 16GB DDR3-1600
Video Card(s) Gigabyte GTX650 1GB GDDR5
Storage 2x Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB SATA II
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Case Delux MG760
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Power Supply FSP Bluestorm II 500W
Mouse Marvo KM400 Mouse
Keyboard Marvo KM400 keyboard
Software Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809
From being rained on to working state.

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The salvaged parts: ASUS A7V8X Rev 2.0, Athlon XP 1700+, 2x256MB DDR400, I/O shield, Titan cooler. Not pictured is a 200GB Samsung that unfortunately turned out to be kaput.

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All dried up and set up. I was testing the 200GB drive to see if I can salvage anything but no dice, so it got replaced with a 40GB HDD that dualboots Server 2003 Enterprise SP2 (Corporate version) and Server 2000 SP4. GPU is a Radeon 9550, and the RAM got upped to 1.5GB worth of DDR400.
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POST screen from testing

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Desktop shot, just after I finished setting up Server 2003. I use Omega drivers by the way, with the card set to use 9600 drivers.
 
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System Name Not a thread ripper but pretty good.
Processor Ryzen 9 5950x
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Cooling EK-Quantum Velocity, EK-Quantum Reflection PC-O11, EK-CoolStream PE 360, Alphacool NexXxoS ST25 360
Memory Micron DDR4-3200 ECC Unbuffered Memory (4 sticks, 128GB, 18ASF4G72AZ-3G2F1)
Video Card(s) XFX Radeon RX 5700 & EK-Quantum Vector Radeon RX 5700 +XT & Backplate
Storage Samsung 2TB 980 PRO 2TB Gen4x4 NVMe, Samsung 2TB 970 EVO Plus Gen3x4 NVMe x 2
Display(s) 2 x 4K LG 27UL600-W (and HUANUO Dual Monitor Mount)
Case Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic Black (original model)
Power Supply Corsair RM750x
Mouse Logitech M575
Keyboard Corsair Strafe RGB MK.2
Software Windows 10 Professional (64bit)
Benchmark Scores Typical for non-overclocked CPU.
Pulled this one out of storage to see if it still works in my X570. The battery gave out a long time ago.
16GB installed of DDR2 SATA RAM goodness. Even supported dual channel for raid 1 or 0.
Onboard ECC calculations allowed non-ECC rams sticks to be used with a tradeoff of total storage

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Test copy 6.58GB DVD from 970 EVO SSD to SATA RAMDISK (configured in window 10 software raid 0 because I'm not sure how to setup SATA raid for my motherboard yet so the numbers here have a lot of software overhead from that)

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Memory Micron DDR4-3200 ECC Unbuffered Memory (4 sticks, 128GB, 18ASF4G72AZ-3G2F1)
Video Card(s) XFX Radeon RX 5700 & EK-Quantum Vector Radeon RX 5700 +XT & Backplate
Storage Samsung 2TB 980 PRO 2TB Gen4x4 NVMe, Samsung 2TB 970 EVO Plus Gen3x4 NVMe x 2
Display(s) 2 x 4K LG 27UL600-W (and HUANUO Dual Monitor Mount)
Case Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic Black (original model)
Power Supply Corsair RM750x
Mouse Logitech M575
Keyboard Corsair Strafe RGB MK.2
Software Windows 10 Professional (64bit)
Benchmark Scores Typical for non-overclocked CPU.
You could likely create a new battery for it.
I've settled for plugging it into my UPS as the device uses an external power brick. The original battery lasted about 2 days max.
 
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Today I did a security scan on my NAS and got some interesting results

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Looks like the tool (Synology Security Essential) does not like Marvell LAN drivers (downloaded from asus.com) nForce drivers (downloaded from nvidia.com) and the latest version of RivaTuner
Pretty sure they are false positive, but not sure triggered by what... any thoughts on this?

Since it's pretty old stuff, I guess Windows10/11 Built-In security/antivirus thing should be able to identify them, but I got no results if I scan them with Windows...
 
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Memory Micron DDR4-3200 ECC Unbuffered Memory (4 sticks, 128GB, 18ASF4G72AZ-3G2F1)
Video Card(s) XFX Radeon RX 5700 & EK-Quantum Vector Radeon RX 5700 +XT & Backplate
Storage Samsung 2TB 980 PRO 2TB Gen4x4 NVMe, Samsung 2TB 970 EVO Plus Gen3x4 NVMe x 2
Display(s) 2 x 4K LG 27UL600-W (and HUANUO Dual Monitor Mount)
Case Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic Black (original model)
Power Supply Corsair RM750x
Mouse Logitech M575
Keyboard Corsair Strafe RGB MK.2
Software Windows 10 Professional (64bit)
Benchmark Scores Typical for non-overclocked CPU.
Today I did a security scan on my NAS and got some interesting results

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Looks like the tool (Synology Security Essential) does not like Marvell LAN drivers (downloaded from asus.com) nForce drivers (downloaded from nvidia.com) and the latest version of RivaTuner
Pretty sure they are false positive, but not sure triggered by what... any thoughts on this?

Since it's pretty old stuff, I guess Windows10/11 Built-In security/antivirus thing should be able to identify them, but I got no results if I scan them with Windows...
Many Antivirus tools have an additional heuristics option (named differently per vendor) to try to proactively predict and isolate threats. In numerous occasions they are wrong and I can't tell you how many times false positives have deleted my files. It used to be Norton back in the day (I think the feature was called sonar) would update and suddenly start wiping out all my programs I built because of "matching signatures" where I knew clearly there wasn't an issue. Today it's Sophos giving me the most headaches. Sometimes to avoid the false positive in my long term backups I put the problematic files into an encrypted 7zip archive.
 
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Many Antivirus tools have an additional heuristics option (named differently per vendor) to try to proactively predict and isolate threats. In numerous occasions they are wrong and I can't tell you how many times false positives have deleted my files. It used to be Norton back in the day (I think the feature was called sonar) would update and suddenly start wiping out all my programs I built because of "matching signatures" where I knew clearly there wasn't an issue. Today it's Sophos giving me the most headaches. Sometimes to avoid the false positive in my long term backups I put the problematic files into an encrypted 7zip archive.
Windows Defender is a particularly bad offender.
 
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Video Card(s) Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core
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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
Windows Defender is a particularly bad offender.
although it still work just fine for many ... i only use it and i have zero issues ... at least it's way better than SCAMvast or Norton and does not require a subscription, i tested a lot Antivirus on Win up to Win 8.1 and then i only used MS Defender and never had any issues at all anymore.
 
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at least it's way better than SCAMvast or Norton and does not require a subscription
Just because it's better than some doesn't mean it's good..
i tested a lot Antivirus on Win up to Win 8.1
That's been a few years..
then i only used MS Defender and never had any issues at all anymore.
It's been a bit since I last allowed Defender to run on any of my systems. But even if it doesn't go deleting files without user permission, it's other annoyances rule it out as a tolerable piece of software.

However, we've gotten off topic.. Sorry folks..
 
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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
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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
Just because it's better than some doesn't mean it's good..
one last semi offtopic then
"AV-Comparatives tested Windows Defender in March 2022 and concluded around 99% malware threat detection and protection rates with only five false positives. Compared to top providers in the antivirus market, these are very good results."
"Windows Defender scans a user's email, internet browser, cloud, and apps for the above cyberthreats. However, Windows Defender lacks endpoint protection and response, as well as automated investigation and remediation, so more antivirus software is necessary."

yes, it is good, only loosing ground on ergonomics (although for me it's not an issue ) what are the other annoyance you mentions? (slowdown in very particlar case? or something else? )
it's not the best, although on his point (being free and integrated in Win since 2006 ) there is very little equal competition.


on the nostalgic side ... ahah i remember headhaches when using NOD32 from ESET back in the days a few years after when it was launched in 1987 :laugh: got a few folder completely wiped out in 1995 :laugh:
NostaTrivia: "The acronym NOD stands for Nemocnica na Okraji Disku ("Hospital at the end of the disk"), a pun related to the Czechoslovak medical drama series Nemocnice na kraji města (Hospital at the End of the City)"

a few years indeed ... from 95 till 2016 yep a few ... :toast:
 
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I could not fully save the PC case I picked up a few days ago but it had a removable Mobo tray...YES! A test bench.
 

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oh crap...did you scrap that case you posted before? the nice vintage one
Saved many parts but the case itself was damaged and only supported 80MM fans.
 
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Have this kit of Geil Ultra Platinum DDR500 too but it's just some Hynix, looks sweet though (hard to tell but they're mirror like chrome).

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Nice.....reminds me of the Geil Black Dragons I had back in the day thanks to a TPU review. I loved the LED lights on them and have regretted ever parting with them!


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Nice.....reminds me of the Geil Black Dragons I had back in the day thanks to a TPU review. I loved the LED lights on them and have regretted ever parting with them!


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WOW...I have that 2 x 2GB set in 1066 speed in my W7 PC and they have been there for 10 years or more. (still have the box)
 
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Hi,
Long time lurker, I really enjoy reading all the excellent info & discussion here from people who know far more than me :) about hardware i wanted, but never got to own. Please keep it up :clap:

Time to break my silence to celebrate a birthday.... 20yrs ago I built my first new custom PC to take to University.
I found the receipt recently and thought the spec/price comparison was interesting.

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(Excuse the photo, no digital camera yet)

Not bleeding edge but not budget, I worked all summer to pay for it and hoped it would last me for a while.....

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It was a huge upgrade to my hand me down PII with matrox graphics.
I grabbed a pioneer slot DVD and a few other bits from computer fairs, had a Dell OEM Soundblaster Live and reused an old 8.4GB hard drive until upgrading to 40GB later that year for £68!

In hindsight an Athlon XP system would have been cheaper and probably just as fast?

A few changes over the years - upgraded to an ATI 9800 pro, lost the dialup modem, memory etc, but it's still working fine and now my retro XP PC.
I still love the Lian Li PC60 but can't cable manage in it :)

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Thanks for celebrating this milestone birthday with me :) does any one else have a nice build story or system birthday to celebrate?
 
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