What retro things have you done today?

Ah that is a kind offer mate but I am not overly worried. This machine is performing lovely now(it actually seems snappier with 133mhz fsb).

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Penti...66256 - KC80526PZ866256 (BX80526U866256).html

This is the CPU I am using. Seems fairly rare. Did not expect unlocked multi. I am running at 140mhz x 6.5. It would run at 133x7 but was not very stable. Dont even know where I got it from :D

Putting the CRT on it was the finishing touch.. I havn't stopped playing on it since. THPS2, red alert, max payne.. Really enjoying it.
 
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Well a Gigabyte N3150N-D3V, 1u psu, optical drive, SSD and HDD fits into a Shuttle SS59G with enough room to fit an expansion card, no IO backplate though :p

Should make a very low power retro server to store all my ISO images etc on.
 
Cheers mate!

Another copy of TTDLX is for sale.. I have searched for months for this version and now there are 2.

This one ends on payday too... Could get silly :)

I left the PC running 3dmark99 on loop yesterday and it crashed about 1 hour in. So I have put it back to 133mhz bus (instead of 140) and its been stable overnight. Still performs close to the 100mhz fsb cpu that was being run at 112mhz fsb even being 90mhz slower.
 
Any of you have a use for a S370 Celeron? (Tualatin, 1.2GHz, 100FSB). Having a clear out and thought I'd offer it to a regular here first, no charge.
 
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Any of you have a use for a S370 Celeron? (Tualatin, 1.2GHz, 100FSB). Having a clear out and thought I'd offer it to a regular here first, no charge.
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Potentially usable in any board assuming you are either willing to pin mod the board or a slocket (or the CPU itself). So anything from a BX 440 slot 1 board onwards!
 
Couple of things turned up today:

A7V-133 with a 900mhz Thunderbird, board and chip look in good condition (no chips on the die), however will be swapped out for a 1.2 or 1.4Ghz model at some point.

Iomega Zip 100 drive, not seen one of these since collage, parcel also had 5 sealed discs which was a total bonus.

Also done a motherboard swap on a 755CX thinkpad, board was password protected with no easy way of removing it, 500mb HDD is dead however so ordered a CF adapter.
 
My faulty Kyro II turned up today, works fine but has some bulging caps which will need a replacement.

Dug the dual-pIII rigs out today with the intent to start building the best one I can build and to watercool both CPUs and the GPU. But I now want to source some peltiers and go either peltier to the die (with water blocks cooling the hot side) or possibly water chiller!
 
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Couple of things turned up today:

A7V-133 with a 900mhz Thunderbird, board and chip look in good condition (no chips on the die), however will be swapped out for a 1.2 or 1.4Ghz model at some point.
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I like the Older AMD Athlon stuff. Whats your plans for it?

I run a Gigabyte GA-7IXE4 Board with a 1200mhz Athlon Thunderbird (200mhz B). I like this board for the fact it has 2 ISA Slots. I'm always on the lookout for a 1.4Ghz B or a 1500+ XP B Palomino but have yet to come across either yet.

Remember the Old school Athlon coolers? Like the Alpha and i think Globalwin had a cooler also. I use this for my build. Thermalright SK-7. Full pure copper and weighs an absolute tonne!

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I tested the Maui Soundcard today. Works awesome and the onboard sample set sounds really good. Turtle Beach Soundcards always sound clean with no noise.
 
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I like the Older AMD Athlon stuff. Whats your plans for it?
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Looking at rebuilding my first Thunderbird rig, jumped to this machine from a Abit BP6 dual celeron build.

A7V-133
1.2ghz T-Bird
768Mb Ram
ATI 8500
Hercules Game Theater XP (GTXP)
TDK Cyclone CD-RW
NewQ Platinum
Pioneer Slot Loading DVD
Globalwin 802

Some items are unavailable (OCUK Globalwin 802 with 120mm fans) so have gone for this for now which i will paint black and cut some 120mm holes in. Also in the process of importing a BNIB GTXP from the USA and still have several of my original components.

Can't remember which PSU i had, still got a 600w Enermax Noisetaker from back in the day, may use that.

Sony Mavic photo goodness + all of my teenage mess:

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Had a Silver Chieftec Dragon back in the early 2000s, moved my pre-built P4 into it. Beast of a case! Only thing I didn't like was the fan setup - all 80mm, plus special fan holders that stopped you fitting filters to them. Lot of dust can build up quickly inside!

@paradigm Is your Kyro a Hercules card? No regular electrolytic caps on the one I bought, unless yours is a different revision?
 
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