Ryan Leech

Some manufacturers really got this concept early on, like DFI with their LANParty series from 2003 onward, SOYO and their Dragon boards (Socket 462) and Abit with a pure orange theme. Thank you for your kind words. I hope this build will introduce newer members to the pre-2011 era of PC builds.

The splash screen for the MSI P45 Platinum really screams gaming in a uniquely 2008 manner

A new build with classic components from MSI, Noctua and NZXT featuring the MSI P45 Platinum with a Q9550S paired with top-of-the-line 4GB 1150MHz DDR2 Reapers and the MSI GTX 465 Golden Edition, in an NZXT S340 Elite with Noctua fans. I decided it was time for a Copper/Brown/White theme and so I put some old hardware to use, including the beautiful P45 Platinum which I pulled from a scrap bin. This is the spiritual successor my original 3-Way SLI GTX 465 rig, but now focused on the ultimate GTX 465 Golden Edition from MSI. This card retains its original firmware and is still a GTX 465, not a GTX 470. Full specs: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550S MSI P45 Platinum (saved from scrap) OCZ Reaper DDR2 1150MHz MSI GTX 465 Golden Edition 1GB Fermi (not flashed) NZXT S340 Elite EVGA 750 G2 80+ Gold Samsung 850 Evo 120GB Cooler Master Seidon 240M (it has LGA775 support) Noctua NF-S12 fans Windows 10 Pro This intention of this build was to relive the GTX 465 experience in 2022 and play old titles that have been sitting in my library forever, such as Far Cry 1 and 2, Just Cause and other classics. It's admittedly tough going back to a 1GB Fermi card after so many years of using my R9 290, R9 380 underwater and an RX 480 in Chile. I hope this quick build log tickles the fancy of the longtime supporters of the original 3-Way SLI rig, namely, @TheSLSAMG@xTrekStorex @vinyldash303 @JoshM@flibberdipper and others whose names have changed since 2014.

I think the S340's days are numbered, I'm thinking about moving into an H710 later this year so the R9 290s can breath and I can have the 280mm Kraken up top. With all fans maxed in the S340 there's still hardly any airflow. The situation is equally as bad in my H500 that houses an overclocked FX-9590.

When I'm in a Crossfire supported game, I see both GPUs around 90C with max fan speed and the case's glass side panel reaches 70C. The S340 has anemic airflow to say the least. Good thing Ryzen doesn't add much heat to the equation.

Thanks! I appreciate it when someone photos their build with a camera as opposed to a phone. These cards are quite literally hot as hell - with both under full load my case becomes too hot to touch.

The cards have held up great even with my 1440p monitor. I can still run newer games at 1440 medium or low with acceptable frame rates and they perform well for heavy Lightroom, Photoshop and DaVinci Resolve workloads. As far as Crossfire support, I only enable it in older games that were made for it like Battlefield 3 and 4. Launching new games with Crossfire enabled usually results in artifacts and stuttering so I avoid it. The main reason I still run these R9 290 Vapor-X cards is that they just look so good together.

I haven't ran into any issues with sleep yet. I simply put the system to sleep in the evening and it stays asleep all night with no issues and it wakes up instantly when I tough the keyboard. It might be worth disabling wake from mouse or wake from keyboard in the BIOS. Perhaps the issue could be the result of some minor incompatibility between one of your peripherals and the Taichi. Other suggestions would be disabling quick startup in Windows and double checking that S states are enabled in the BIOS.

@anothernguyenIt's good to hear that it worked for you too. Did you try pushing your memory frequency/timings yet? 6.61 allows me to post with my Vipers at 4400 XMP whereas older BIOSs capped at 4000.

@SpiderMansummed it up well, they'd rather have us buy new B550 and X570 boards. Contrary to what AMD's sales wants, I'm just fine using the same motherboard that I bought in 2017. Thanks ASRock.

I left P95 running all night with PBO cranked to 230 and didn't experience any errors so I'd say it's stable so far. This actually really surprised me because I had keyed in a 1966 FCLK and 3933 CL18 memory. It's crazy to think that this same X370 Taichi that could barely run 2933 memory in 2017 can now do 3933, thanks Vermeer! I would also add that 6.61 seems to post and wake from sleep faster.

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for Asus to add support. There's a slim chance that we'll see Vermeer support on a majority of 300 series boards.

Vermeer is so good that it's even compatible with Intel boards

$100 is fair price for an 8350, especially when you consider that it won't depreciate too much over the next few years. I wouldn't be surprised if you get $80-90 for it when you upgrade to Ryzen in a few years. With respect to the memory speed, 1866 doesn't make much of a difference but it won't hurt. Enjoy your upgrade and all the extra performance. It should serve you well for a few more years.