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TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

Alright I got one more before I finish my coffee and hit the road again.

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Not old, but it instills nostalgia for me. I'm a youngin', and despite starting on a PII 333 system I built my first rig on an Athlon 64 X2 4200+. Not long after that the Phenom launched, then the Phenom II and AM3. I remember seeing the TWKR hit headlines, then hit the OC leaderboards. The exclusivity of it started the wheels turning and I spent ages trying to get one. I had to have one of these magic chips, even if there were only 100 of them. I settled with a 960T but finally got ahold of this particular TWKR in 2013 when it popped up on eBay. It's lived a full life, and hardly OCs much at all anymore above ambient, but it's still a massive staple of my collection.

Story time over, time to hit the road.
 
9700 Pro said:
Damn, looks like the first gen Pentiums (60 & 66MHz) :toast:
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ahah... albeit it was PII gen for those iirc (same as K6-2)

i already posted those but doesn't hurt to make new shots ...

P55 MMX 200 iirc and PII 233 mobile
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P150 mobile (found in a laptop on the side of the road xD)
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and yep i am up to something ... also need to determine which case to use, a original NZXT Phantom full tower (not the renewed one ) or maybe my AIR 540 if i go the Thermaltake Core P5 way and the mobo would fit in the 540... also the CPU on it are Optys 250 (Troy) need to check compatibility otherwise : revert to Optys 248 (Sledgehammer)
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Fouquin said:
Alright I got one more before I finish my coffee and hit the road again.

ruduvhzl.jpg


Not old, but it instills nostalgia for me. I'm a youngin', and despite starting on a PII 333 system I built my first rig on an Athlon 64 X2 4200+. Not long after that the Phenom launched, then the Phenom II and AM3. I remember seeing the TWKR hit headlines, then hit the OC leaderboards. The exclusivity of it started the wheels turning and I spent ages trying to get one. I had to have one of these magic chips, even if there were only 100 of them. I settled with a 960T but finally got ahold of this particular TWKR in 2013 when it popped up on eBay. It's lived a full life, and hardly OCs much at all anymore above ambient, but it's still a massive staple of my collection.

Story time over, time to hit the road.
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I have always wanted one of those TWKR chips!!! Congratz man!
 
dorsetknob said:
Mean while in :p Sunny Rainless Wales:D a TPU member bangs his head in frustration on a Matchstick PC case:banghead:
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More like bangs his head in frustration with the builders from Dorsetlandshire who after 3 days havent fixed the leak that they caused while refitting our bathroom.....and the bastards wouldnt lend me a cup full of varnish so i can finish Matchbox.:banghead:


On the plus/minus side....My Doctor signed me off for another 6 months, at least he hasnt written me off completely yet !....Long live my mentalness...:clap:


Oh, and yes, it is a beautiful day here. Time for some self medication.
 
Back again with a quicky. This I am VERY sad to admit is not part of my collection, as it belongs to a colleague who has refused on numerous occasions to part with it. I don't blame him.

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It is one of the few 3dfx VooDoo 5 5000's. The 32MB little brother of the 5500 that never really made it out of testing. The card works perfectly and both VSA-100 chips report to run at a snappy 166MHz, or so I've been told.

I snapped these photos during a very rare viewing of his collection. I haven't seen it out of the safe since. (Yes, it's kept in a safe.)
 
I Added ya to the member list @Fouquin !!! And for sure we all want pictures. :clap:




Fouquin said:
Back again with a quicky. This I am VERY sad to admit is not part of my collection, as it belongs to a colleague who has refused on numerous occasions to part with it. I don't blame him.

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It is one of the few 3dfx VooDoo 5 5000's. The 32MB little brother of the 5500 that never really made it out of testing. The card works perfectly and both VSA-100 chips report to run at a snappy 166MHz, or so I've been told.

I snapped these photos during a very rare viewing of his collection. I haven't seen it out of the safe since. (Yes, it's kept in a safe.)
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Cool, I have one of those myself. Pretty much that same AGP card. They are some pretty awesome video cards.
 
stinger608 said:
Cool, I have one of those myself. Pretty much that same AGP card. They are some pretty awesome video cards.
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They are still out there. I remember awhile back finding a list of V5 5000s and their owners, I believe they had not even found 20 cards. If you in fact have a 5000 than cherish it, as they are quite the gem. Possibly more rare than the 6000, but again the numbers are fuzzy.

Edit: I found the list. It's from June 2014, and details 15 cards, 7 PCI and 8 AGP. It's possible that more have been found and weren't listed. (Besides the one I posted.)
 
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Voodoos are absolutely one of the most important thing in (3D) PC gaming :)

GreiverBlade said:
ahah... albeit it was PII gen for those iirc (same as K6-2)
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I mean the golden heatspreader. :)
 
9700 Pro said:
I mean the golden heatspreader. :)
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as if i didn't know you talked about the heatspreader ... hence the "ahah" and the "albeit" ... :laugh:
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GreiverBlade said:
as if i didn't know you talked about the heatspreader ... hence the "ahah" and the "albeit" ... :laugh:
;)
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Damn you...! :laugh:

Fouquin said:
Took me this long to find this image in my library:

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First gen Pentium 60 celebrating 20ish years of existence.

Meant to post it earlier.
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That's something Intel should have used as one of the PR images when launching G3258 :)


@Artex, damn! Just... damn! If someone says isn't jealous, (s)he shouldn't be in this thread ;)
 
Lol - I knew you guys would enjoy it. Looks so much better all organized. So many colors! :)
 
Artex said:
Lol - I knew you guys would enjoy it. Looks so much better all organized. So many colors! :)
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That's what I miss in the 90's :laugh:
 
So after all this BS, let's fire that bad boy up! ;)

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That ribbon cable is from the SCSI RAID controller under the 7300GT card, and I must compare between my gaming PC's Recon3D and that Audigy2 :)


...and yes, that slot was originally a closed PCI-E x8 slot ;)
 
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Fouquin said:
Back again with a quicky. This I am VERY sad to admit is not part of my collection, as it belongs to a colleague who has refused on numerous occasions to part with it. I don't blame him.

3siJv9xl.jpg


IT4mK8Ml.jpg




It is one of the few 3dfx VooDoo 5 5000's. The 32MB little brother of the 5500 that never really made it out of testing. The card works perfectly and both VSA-100 chips report to run at a snappy 166MHz, or so I've been told.

I snapped these photos during a very rare viewing of his collection. I haven't seen it out of the safe since. (Yes, it's kept in a safe.)
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I have one on e-bay for sale right now. ;)
 
Been a while since I posted a pic. Had this out benching the other day.

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@Artex , that isn't a collection, its a frigging museum man!!!!!!!!!! :respect: :respect: :respect: :respect: :respect:
 
@ Artex - O.......my........god. :respect:
 
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