What retro things have you done today?

randal said:
Yes, yes you do. One day modern hardware will become cool and efficient enough at the top end tier to warrant using them again. 80mm fans will make a comeback, I swear. :D
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It's almost like Noctua are waiting for Brown cases with 80mm fans to make a comeback...

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £22.38 (includes shipping: £7.39)
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Firestar_3x said:
Anyone know of any eBay listings for good Socket A coolers, drawing a blank at the moment! Something like the Alpha PAL8045, as used to have one of those, or a Globalwin of some sort.
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Tried looking for "Socket 462" rather than Socket A?

A couple of reasonable Akasa options:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Akasa-He...2-Authentic-AKASA-retro-ORIGINAL/174302753957
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Copper-base-heatsink-fan-socket-462-socket-A-Collectors-item/283888399489
 
I’ve been hunting for an Alpha PAL8045 or Swiftech MC462 for about a year now.

Of the currently available “new” heatsinks there are a handful of full copper ones available, but they all take 60mm fans so can be a bit loud if you want decent cooling performance.
 
paradigm said:
I’ve been hunting for an Alpha PAL8045 or Swiftech MC462 for about a year now.

Of the currently available “new” heatsinks there are a handful of full copper ones available, but they all take 60mm fans so can be a bit loud if you want decent cooling performance.
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I've been checking for Socket A Thermalright copper heatsinks for a while now and not even seen one listed :(
 
@!bluetonic! Thank you for the stand offs they arrived today.

I still don't have a very good way of playing PS2 games as my TV doesn't have a composite in conneciton. I tried using a SCART to HDMI but that looks crap. I sometimes play through a capture card and it's fine but still doesn't look great. Today I tried the composite-in connection on my Amiga monitor. It looks amazing (and photographs very poorly!) and has built in speakers which are "alright", but annoyingly I can't really have this on my desk the whole time as it doesn't have a PC input anywhere....

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Firestar_3x said:
:p I had the Thermaltake crystal orb chipset cooler on my A7V looking to pick up another one.

Searched eBay for "Heatsink", took some searching this is the listing for what i think is the Volcano:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/heatsink-fan-x3-opened-never-used/153667218190?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
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Bit of a random listing! Does sound like the volano is in there!

My motherboard and unknown CPU arrive today (I missed it yesterday) so I can crack on with the 2003 build.
Going to open my OG psu and see if the caps are OK and then fire it up.. This was a BUDGET psu back in the 2000s but lasted me right up until athlonx4 with gtx 260(I got YEARS out of that gpu) with enough molex adapters and even 20-24 pin adapters. Would be amazing if it still worked.
 
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