TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

Hemmingstamp · Apr 30, 2021

Chloe Price said:
Yayyy I can whack u with my Xeon 3230 & HD 7850!

I could only squeeze 720p out of it. It'll do as a daily or office laptop, not much else.

Keullo-e · Apr 30, 2021

Hemmingstamp said:
I could only squeeze 720p out of it. It'll do as a daily or office laptop, not much else.

That setup is a temporary setup as well, I'll get a 8350K as my 2nd rig soon.

Hemmingstamp · Apr 30, 2021

Chloe Price said:
That setup is a temporary setup as well, I'll get a 8350K as my 2nd rig soon.

I'm really gonna have to up my game aren't I

I still have an 8700K sat here. Might make a good keyring

Keullo-e · Apr 30, 2021

Hemmingstamp said:
I'm really gonna have to up my game aren't I

I still have an 8700K sat here. Might make a good keyring

Whaat? Keyring? I need to upgrade if you are getting one, I have a P4 2.66 as a keychain.

Deleted member 202104 · Apr 30, 2021

Seeing this thread:

How to make Windows 10 look like Windows Vista (sorta)

I think Vista was the best looking Windows OS, although the latest version of the square-edged Windows 10 interface is a close second, for me and in some ways better. Check out how to nearly get there. Can you guess which bit of the Vista look isn't copied before you watch the video? No...

www.techpowerup.com

reminded me that I still had most of the hardware from the machine I ran Vista on. Dug it all up and going to give a Vista install a go.

Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L, E6300 Pentium Dual Core,8GB DDR2 1066, Arctic Freezer Pro 7

Still under warranty, too:

Keullo-e · Apr 30, 2021

weekendgeek said:
Seeing this thread:

How to make Windows 10 look like Windows Vista (sorta)

I think Vista was the best looking Windows OS, although the latest version of the square-edged Windows 10 interface is a close second, for me and in some ways better. Check out how to nearly get there. Can you guess which bit of the Vista look isn't copied before you watch the video? No...

www.techpowerup.com

reminded me that I still had most of the hardware from the machine I ran Vista on. Dug it all up and going to give a Vista install a go.

Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L, E6300 Pentium Dual Core,8GB DDR2 1066, Arctic Freezer Pro 7

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Still under warranty, too:

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Gimme that, Ive never had a high-end 200 card! :3

Deleted member 202104 · Apr 30, 2021

Chloe Price said:
Gimme that, Ive never had a high-end 200 card! :3

It was 896MB of pure power back in the day. :pimp:

hat · Apr 30, 2021

I have a BFG GTX260 216 in my parts bin.

Mr.Scott · May 1, 2021

I have 2 working, and a GTX 275 FTW.

Wish you were on this side of the pond Chloe, I have a bunch of hardware I'd just give you.

lexluthermiester · May 1, 2021

Chloe Price said:
Gimme that, Ive never had a high-end 200 card! :3

I have, GTX 280. Power-hungry beast but it was brilliant for it's time!

Keullo-e · May 1, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
I have, GTX 280. Power-hungry beast but it was brilliant for it's time!

I had only one GTS 250 but never a real 200 card... but on the other hand, I do have some 4800s..

lexluthermiester · May 1, 2021

Chloe Price said:
I had only one GTS 250

That was a damn good card for it's price-point!

Keullo-e · May 1, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
That was a damn good card for it's price-point!

Can't argue as I got mine for free.

lexluthermiester · May 1, 2021

Chloe Price said:
Can't argue as I got mine for free.

Score!

Keullo-e · May 1, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
Score!

I still don't kinda care about those but 4890 Radeons..

I have two of them as I've posted already.

Hemmingstamp · May 1, 2021

Hemmingstamp said:
2011 DELL XPS L720x Benchmarks and front shot.

A family member passed this laptop to me a couple of days ago. A little beaten up, no charger and a dead battery.

Ordered a charger from the Bay. plugged it in to find the battery wouldn't charge. Booted to Windows 7 and had a tinker.
Pulled the thing apart and renewed the CPU, GPU thermal paste and cleared out all debris and dust.
Slapped an SSD in it and installed Windows 10. Downloaded a modded bios which solved the battery not charging and a few other things.

Works fine and sounds like a mobile disco. A few of the keys don't work but I'll have a look at those later.
This thing weighs a ton and was built to last

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Update: The keyboard is dead and the Windows logo key flew at me when I pressed it.
You just can't get these UK spec backlit keyboards here. Had to settle for a non backlit US keyboard from an Inspiron which I purchased from a UK based seller on the Bay

80-watt Hamster · May 2, 2021

Chloe Price said:
I had only one GTS 250 but never a real 200 card... but on the other hand, I do have some 4800s..

lexluthermiester said:
That was a damn good card for it's price-point!

Let us now give thanks to our lord and savior, G92.

Pitcairn and Ellesmere were damn good, too, tho.

lexluthermiester · May 2, 2021

80-watt Hamster said:
Let us now give thanks to our lord and savior, G92.

It was such a great GPU die series!

stef · May 2, 2021

Very popular, but too high failure rate IMHO. Was 55nm version (G92b) any better in that regard ?

Keullo-e · May 2, 2021

80-watt Hamster said:
Let us now give thanks to our lord and savior, G92.

Pitcairn and Ellesmere were damn good, too, tho.

Do I need to grab my 8800 GT and take a picture?

F-Zero · May 2, 2021

Chloe Price said:
Do I need to grab my 8800 GT and take a picture?

framebuffer · May 2, 2021

thought I'd show my dual-slot "modern" (2006+) collection part

+ various boxes or full-in-box cards

There is few more from ATi stored in another location

(have few more cards here and there which I left out)

stef · May 2, 2021

Great collection for the period.

@F-Zero, what thicknes of thermal pads are you using for 8800 GT/GTS ?
I have Leadtek 8800 GTS 512 that needs cleanup. I need to acquire right pads.

Keullo-e · May 2, 2021

Alright, I admit that I'm jealous of @framebuffer 's collection..

Didn't know that Creative had a 9800 XT too :eek:

stef · May 2, 2021

I think everybody had one at the time

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Some pics of Abit I tested some time ago (unfortunately, it had artefacts even on BIOS screen):

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X up to 5.05GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite
Cooling	Custom loop (CPU+GPU, 240 & 120 rads)
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury @ DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6700 XT Fighter OC/UV
Storage	~4TB SSD + 6TB HDD
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis remastered at 4K

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X up to 5.05GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite
Cooling	Custom loop (CPU+GPU, 240 & 120 rads)
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury @ DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6700 XT Fighter OC/UV
Storage	~4TB SSD + 6TB HDD
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis remastered at 4K

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X up to 5.05GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite
Cooling	Custom loop (CPU+GPU, 240 & 120 rads)
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury @ DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6700 XT Fighter OC/UV
Storage	~4TB SSD + 6TB HDD
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis remastered at 4K

System Name	Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory	4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s)	Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores	>9000

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

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How to make Windows 10 look like Windows Vista (sorta)

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System Name	Office
Processor	Ryzen 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS B450M-A II
Cooling	be quiet! Shadow Rock LP
Memory	16GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RX 5600 XT
Storage	PNY CS1030 250GB, Crucial MX500 2TB
Display(s)	Dell S2719DGF
Case	Fractal Define 7 Compact
Power Supply	EVGA 550 G3
Mouse	Logitech M705 Marthon
Keyboard	Logitech G410
Software	Windows 10 Pro 22H2

Processor	Intel Pentium III-S 1.4 Ghz
Motherboard	Asus TUSL2-C
Cooling	CoolerMaster Sckt.370
Memory	Kingston 2x256Mb SDR 133 Mhz
Video Card(s)	3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 AGP 64Mb
Storage	Crucial BX500 240GB
Display(s)	Fujitsu B19-5 ECO
Case	Antec PlusView 1000 AMG
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-FI XtremeGamer
Power Supply	XFX TS 550W Bronze
Mouse	Glorious MODEL O-
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB MK.2
Software	Windows XP
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK00-4905, 3DMARK01SE-2168