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CPU
6700k
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Motherboard
Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE Micro ATX
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RAM
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4-300
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GPU
Asus Radeon R9 390 8GB
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Case
IBM Aptiva 2168-26P
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Storage
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
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PSU
Corsair RM750
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HP w1907 (sigh)
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Cooling
Corsair H80i
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Keyboard
NMB Mechanical
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Logitech G502
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Onboard
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Windows 10
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My 1995 IBM Aptiva. 486dx2 to i7 6700k. Not 56k safe.
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Indeed it does. My first retro build was an XT like 10 years ago, here's a vid from my old account. I'm going to rebuild it for my fiancee when money permits.- 72 replies
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My 1995 IBM Aptiva. 486dx2 to i7 6700k. Not 56k safe.
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Oh there's plans for that. I want to make a custom clip/hang on bezel to make whatever monitor I go with in the future, look like a widescreen fascia of period correct IBM monitor. I want to strip the mouse it by sanding the paint where the glowing "G" is so it's perfectly translucent, mask off an IBM logo, and give the whole thing the beige treatment. Same for the speakers. It's a late 80's NMB, it's so old that it has an AT connector, that goes through an adapter that converts it to PS2. VERY CLICKY as well. The original mobo was DOA when I first tried plugging it in. I'd say the only thing that would have made it loud, would have been the old 500MB HDD. In the current setup, I have the fan set to stay on at their lowest RPM which is very quiet, it's just too weird looking at a system like this, and hearing total silence. At idle. temps are basically room temperature. Temps/noise aren't bad at load. The mobo temp never seems to never go above 43c in 25c room, CPU hangs out in the low 60's. I have the fans set to not ramp up until 55c, and peg 100% at 80c- 72 replies
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My 1995 IBM Aptiva. 486dx2 to i7 6700k. Not 56k safe.
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Whoa! Right in the feels! The man himself!- 72 replies
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Yes, Demo here:- 72 replies
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Thanks for the good words everyone! Good eye, that's going to go on a pcb with a ribbon cable to be fake connected to the MOBO, as a tribute this PC's humble begining! Oh there's plans for that. I want to strip the mouse it by sanding the paint where the glowing "G" is so it's perfectly translucent, mask off an IBM logo, and give the whole thing the beige treatment. Same for the speakers, and make a custom clip on bezel to make whatever monitor I go with in the future, look like a widescreen fascia of period correct IBM monitor. Truth lol. Crazy how far we've come. I'ts totally woth it if he still has it. it was an awesome project, that is very rewarding when you get to see your work come together at the end As long as the case power switch is just a normal two-wire switch, that closes the circuit when pressed. Just cut the wires, and connect the wires to a compatible motherboard power switch connector. Polarity does not matter. It's now a Bluetooth/VOIP phone.- 72 replies
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My 1995 IBM Aptiva. 486dx2 to i7 6700k. Not 56k safe.
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Specs: CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE Micro ATX LGA1151 Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 390 8GB Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply- 72 replies
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Hello all! Long time LTT fan, new to the forum. I wanted to share my build, as it's really been a labor of love for the past month. I trash picked it from a local computer store in December, and it's come a long way since then. It started life in 21 years ago 1995 with a 486dx2 running at a mind blistering 66mhz, with a massive 4mb ram, and 1mb video memory. The 3.5 floppy disk could hold a maximum data capacity of 1.44MB. As of a few days ago, it now has a an Intel i7 6700k running at 4.3ghz, 16GB's of 3000mhz ddr4 ram, and 8GB's video memory. The 3.5 floppy drive can read up to 512GB of data from a single diskette. This was not a plug & play build. Massive amounts of cutting, fabrication, welding, grinding, a filing were required. It was awesome. Here's the full build with gifs for proper demonstrations of the floppy drive in action: http://imgur.com/a/fvh1M
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