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System Name | Ryzen |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5700X |
Motherboard | Asus TUF Gaming B550-Plus (Wi-Fi) |
Cooling | Cryorig H7 |
Memory | Kingston Fury Beast DDR4 3200MHz 2x8GB + 2x16GB |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING OC |
Storage | WD_Black SN850 500GB NVMe SSD + Adata XPG SX8200 Pro 512GB NVMe SSD |
Display(s) | Gigabyte G27QC |
Case | NZXT H510 Flow |
Audio Device(s) | SteelSeries Arctis Prime |
Power Supply | Corsair RM650x Gold 650W |
Mouse | Logitech G502 Hero |
Keyboard | HyperX Alloy FPS Cherry MX Blue |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
Specs
Background
I've always liked the AM2/2+/3 platform - my daily driver used to be a Phenom 9950 Black Edition, which I eventually swapped out for a Phenom II 955 Black Edition. This was between about 2008 and 2012 before changing teams when I built an Ivy Bridge system.
When I came across a very dirty old Presario, I noticed it had a triple core Athlon II. This piqued my curiosity, so I brought it home.
Here are the horrors I found within - click to embiggen:
Cleanup Pictures
I stripped her down to clean her up, and along the way took a few happy snaps. Many cotton buds and paper towels sacrificed themselves in the cleanup effort.
That tasty Athlon sitting on its throne:
The RAM:
The mobo:
The RAM back in the mobo:
Exposed GPU:
CPU cooler back in place:
I stripped everything out of the case - the fans, HDD, DVD drive, everything. There was dust hiding in every corner of this thing!
The most affected component seemed to be the video card - because the machine is built in the upside down configuration, all of the dust that gets sucked inside the case seems to just settle on top of where the GPU fan is and blocked it up solid. I cleaned it up and hoped for the best.
After opening up the PSU, removing the fan, and cleaning everything up carefully inside, I put it back together and reinstalled it into the case.
Then came the rest of the components.
Everything back inside the case, clean enough for comfort:
After it was all back together and clean, I got it up on the bench to see if it would boot.
Success!
To my surprise, all of the fans are nicely just humming away - no grinding noises which is what I half expect after cleaning up machines like this.
Up next: install Windows 10 and run some benchmarks. I'm not expecting to get much out of the HD 4350.
After that: swap out the PSU and then install an Radeon R9 270X to see how the Athlon II X3 holds up in modern-ish games.
- CPU: AMD Athlon II X3 440
- RAM: 2x2GB DDR3 1333MHz
- Mobo: Asus M2N68-LA
- GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4350
- HDD: 500GB Western Digital Blue
- PSU: Bestec ATX0300H5W 300W
Background
I've always liked the AM2/2+/3 platform - my daily driver used to be a Phenom 9950 Black Edition, which I eventually swapped out for a Phenom II 955 Black Edition. This was between about 2008 and 2012 before changing teams when I built an Ivy Bridge system.
When I came across a very dirty old Presario, I noticed it had a triple core Athlon II. This piqued my curiosity, so I brought it home.
Here are the horrors I found within - click to embiggen:
Cleanup Pictures
I stripped her down to clean her up, and along the way took a few happy snaps. Many cotton buds and paper towels sacrificed themselves in the cleanup effort.
That tasty Athlon sitting on its throne:
The RAM:
The mobo:
The RAM back in the mobo:
Exposed GPU:
CPU cooler back in place:
I stripped everything out of the case - the fans, HDD, DVD drive, everything. There was dust hiding in every corner of this thing!
The most affected component seemed to be the video card - because the machine is built in the upside down configuration, all of the dust that gets sucked inside the case seems to just settle on top of where the GPU fan is and blocked it up solid. I cleaned it up and hoped for the best.
After opening up the PSU, removing the fan, and cleaning everything up carefully inside, I put it back together and reinstalled it into the case.
Then came the rest of the components.
Everything back inside the case, clean enough for comfort:
After it was all back together and clean, I got it up on the bench to see if it would boot.
Success!
To my surprise, all of the fans are nicely just humming away - no grinding noises which is what I half expect after cleaning up machines like this.
Up next: install Windows 10 and run some benchmarks. I'm not expecting to get much out of the HD 4350.
After that: swap out the PSU and then install an Radeon R9 270X to see how the Athlon II X3 holds up in modern-ish games.
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