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    tincanalley got a reaction from Stormseeker9 in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    I'm currently restoring this machine.  It has had 3 lives so far.  It started out as a Zeos 486 33 ISA, then to a Zeos 486 DX100 ISA/VLB and then to a Supermicro socket 7 Overdrive Pentium 200MHz w/MXX ISA/PCI.  It is the last one that is being restored.  The previous boards are in storage and this build allows me to play many games up to around the Quake era.
    1.44 floppy, 1.2 floppy, Kenwood TrueX 72, 2GB SCSI Barracuda Drive (x2), Pentium Overdrive 200MHz, 64MB EDO 60ns ram, Hayes ISA smart modem, Sound Blaster Awe64 ISA PNP, Matrox Millennium PCI, Intel 10/100 Ethernet PCI and Adaptec 2940w SCSI adapter.  It is still running on the original Lite-On 300w AT power supply from 1992.

    I have lots of other old equipment.  I'll have to scrounge up some pics of those.  Have an IBM PS/2 50Z w/MicroMaster 386 board, etc.  Fun stuff.  Also tons of adapters I've kept over the years.

     



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    tincanalley got a reaction from Mattias Edeslatt in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    I'm currently restoring this machine.  It has had 3 lives so far.  It started out as a Zeos 486 33 ISA, then to a Zeos 486 DX100 ISA/VLB and then to a Supermicro socket 7 Overdrive Pentium 200MHz w/MXX ISA/PCI.  It is the last one that is being restored.  The previous boards are in storage and this build allows me to play many games up to around the Quake era.
    1.44 floppy, 1.2 floppy, Kenwood TrueX 72, 2GB SCSI Barracuda Drive (x2), Pentium Overdrive 200MHz, 64MB EDO 60ns ram, Hayes ISA smart modem, Sound Blaster Awe64 ISA PNP, Matrox Millennium PCI, Intel 10/100 Ethernet PCI and Adaptec 2940w SCSI adapter.  It is still running on the original Lite-On 300w AT power supply from 1992.

    I have lots of other old equipment.  I'll have to scrounge up some pics of those.  Have an IBM PS/2 50Z w/MicroMaster 386 board, etc.  Fun stuff.  Also tons of adapters I've kept over the years.

     



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    tincanalley got a reaction from Some guy on the forums in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    I'm currently restoring this machine.  It has had 3 lives so far.  It started out as a Zeos 486 33 ISA, then to a Zeos 486 DX100 ISA/VLB and then to a Supermicro socket 7 Overdrive Pentium 200MHz w/MXX ISA/PCI.  It is the last one that is being restored.  The previous boards are in storage and this build allows me to play many games up to around the Quake era.
    1.44 floppy, 1.2 floppy, Kenwood TrueX 72, 2GB SCSI Barracuda Drive (x2), Pentium Overdrive 200MHz, 64MB EDO 60ns ram, Hayes ISA smart modem, Sound Blaster Awe64 ISA PNP, Matrox Millennium PCI, Intel 10/100 Ethernet PCI and Adaptec 2940w SCSI adapter.  It is still running on the original Lite-On 300w AT power supply from 1992.

    I have lots of other old equipment.  I'll have to scrounge up some pics of those.  Have an IBM PS/2 50Z w/MicroMaster 386 board, etc.  Fun stuff.  Also tons of adapters I've kept over the years.

     



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    tincanalley got a reaction from iHardware Shelden in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    I'm currently restoring this machine.  It has had 3 lives so far.  It started out as a Zeos 486 33 ISA, then to a Zeos 486 DX100 ISA/VLB and then to a Supermicro socket 7 Overdrive Pentium 200MHz w/MXX ISA/PCI.  It is the last one that is being restored.  The previous boards are in storage and this build allows me to play many games up to around the Quake era.
    1.44 floppy, 1.2 floppy, Kenwood TrueX 72, 2GB SCSI Barracuda Drive (x2), Pentium Overdrive 200MHz, 64MB EDO 60ns ram, Hayes ISA smart modem, Sound Blaster Awe64 ISA PNP, Matrox Millennium PCI, Intel 10/100 Ethernet PCI and Adaptec 2940w SCSI adapter.  It is still running on the original Lite-On 300w AT power supply from 1992.

    I have lots of other old equipment.  I'll have to scrounge up some pics of those.  Have an IBM PS/2 50Z w/MicroMaster 386 board, etc.  Fun stuff.  Also tons of adapters I've kept over the years.

     



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    tincanalley got a reaction from flibberdipper in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    I'm currently restoring this machine.  It has had 3 lives so far.  It started out as a Zeos 486 33 ISA, then to a Zeos 486 DX100 ISA/VLB and then to a Supermicro socket 7 Overdrive Pentium 200MHz w/MXX ISA/PCI.  It is the last one that is being restored.  The previous boards are in storage and this build allows me to play many games up to around the Quake era.
    1.44 floppy, 1.2 floppy, Kenwood TrueX 72, 2GB SCSI Barracuda Drive (x2), Pentium Overdrive 200MHz, 64MB EDO 60ns ram, Hayes ISA smart modem, Sound Blaster Awe64 ISA PNP, Matrox Millennium PCI, Intel 10/100 Ethernet PCI and Adaptec 2940w SCSI adapter.  It is still running on the original Lite-On 300w AT power supply from 1992.

    I have lots of other old equipment.  I'll have to scrounge up some pics of those.  Have an IBM PS/2 50Z w/MicroMaster 386 board, etc.  Fun stuff.  Also tons of adapters I've kept over the years.

     



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    tincanalley got a reaction from Crunchy Dragon in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    I'm currently restoring this machine.  It has had 3 lives so far.  It started out as a Zeos 486 33 ISA, then to a Zeos 486 DX100 ISA/VLB and then to a Supermicro socket 7 Overdrive Pentium 200MHz w/MXX ISA/PCI.  It is the last one that is being restored.  The previous boards are in storage and this build allows me to play many games up to around the Quake era.
    1.44 floppy, 1.2 floppy, Kenwood TrueX 72, 2GB SCSI Barracuda Drive (x2), Pentium Overdrive 200MHz, 64MB EDO 60ns ram, Hayes ISA smart modem, Sound Blaster Awe64 ISA PNP, Matrox Millennium PCI, Intel 10/100 Ethernet PCI and Adaptec 2940w SCSI adapter.  It is still running on the original Lite-On 300w AT power supply from 1992.

    I have lots of other old equipment.  I'll have to scrounge up some pics of those.  Have an IBM PS/2 50Z w/MicroMaster 386 board, etc.  Fun stuff.  Also tons of adapters I've kept over the years.

     



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    tincanalley got a reaction from mav91890 in 2080 or 2080 Super?   
    It's killing me having to wait as well.  I almost purchased the Asus Rog RTX 2080, but held off once I heard about the Super version.  If they give the same kind of performance gains the 2070 Super has over the original 2070, I think it will be well worth the wait and cost the same.
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    tincanalley got a reaction from Anomnomnomaly in Are you a middle aged gamer and how long have you been gaming?   
    Guess I'm the oldest respondent.  52 this year and been playing games since the introduction of the Magnavox Odyssey back in 72.  Nothing like taping overlays on your TV for each game. 
     
    How many other old-timers remember the first version of Doom with opengl that could be played in a window under NT 3.1?  Or network play using IPX?  We had many visits from the network guy with his sniffer.
     
    Not a serious gamer, now, but I still play when time permits.
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    tincanalley reacted to Uttamattamakin in Are you a middle aged gamer and how long have you been gaming?   
    Will be 39 this month.  Been playing games since playing cartridge based games on my Texas Instruments and Coleco Adam computers back in the day.  (Back then it was common for home computers to have aspects of a console AND of a computer.)   
     
    If we count mobile games it is probably quite common for people who were say... teenaged in the late 70's and 80's to still play computer based games.  Maybe not as much because adults get busy with work, children and relationships.  (The then playing with your children and I know of couples where both people play the same games....) 
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    tincanalley got a reaction from Ben17 in AUX Power to GPUs   
    So the PSU makers can pump more than the standard amount of power through their connector and the cable, but the receiving end has to adhere to the standards?  Not really a huge deal, but the darn cable looks ugly.  I'm hoping the RTX 2080 Super will have a single 8 pin and then I'll get a custom cable for it.  Until then, I'm using this ugly one.
     
    Thanks for the info
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    tincanalley got a reaction from Ben17 in AUX Power to GPUs   
    I have a question about the additional power required by most of the GPUs.  For instance, my older GTX 760 has one 8 port and one 6 port.  Both of those are required to power the card (or so the manual and specs claim), obviously, but here's what I don't truly understand.  Take the PSU connection, most have a single cable with two connectors on it.  Usually two 6 pins and two 2 pins so you can use either 6 or 8 or a combination of the two.  So this cable is splitting the same power lines coming from the PSU to supply those two ports.  Since this is happening, why bother having 2 connectors on the card?  Why not just have one 8 since there is no difference in what you're getting from the supply side?  Even if you used two cables, if you have a single rail PSU, you would still be pulling from the same rail.

    I'm hoping I'm missing something no too simple, but it is quite possible I am.
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    tincanalley reacted to Blai5e in Which piece determines CPU temps?   
    That's well and good but it I can't see that this could account for motherboard PCB's of varying thicknesses in all cases. I've had both NZXT & Corsair AIO's (a.k.a. Asetek derivatives) that exhibit loose backplates even though the cooler's bolts were screwed down till they stopped (due to the closed off captive nuts in the backplate). Both benefited from adding one or two nylon washers between the backplate stand-offs and the motherboard exhibiting a 3~5°C drop in temperature after the modification. I read of member on the EVGA forums who had to do this after using a De8uer direct die kit with an EVGA CLC before he had any real contact between the CPU and the cold plate.
     
    If you've got a backplate that you can move/wobble when the bolts are threaded all the way down to the stops, I don't see how this could remotely be classified as achieving the correct force for optimal performance. I found the backplates (left stock) loose on the MSI Z270 Carbon Pro, MSI Z370 Carbon  Pro and the EVGA Z370 Classified K and as such, needed the washers for reasonable tension. For my test bench that uses a Corsair H115i, I shortened the bolts (on a belt sander & cleaned up the threads with the correct size die) so I didn't have to fiddle with washers at all.
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    tincanalley got a reaction from r2724r16 in Which piece determines CPU temps?   
    Okay, I'm currently using a Corsair H115i Pro on my overclocked 9900K (5.1GHz, no AVX offset, 4.9Ghz cache and 1.295V).  My temps idle around 34-36c and have gone as high as 95c during stress tests.  Now I  would like to get the max temp lower, so I've been thinking of building a custom loop.  However, I have some questions as to whether this is necessary as I'm not sure my current cooling is deficient and if it is, what part of it is.  For instance, while I can't keep my max temp down below 90c during stress testing, the coolant temp never goes above 40c.  So if after an hour or so of stress testing, the coolant is only about 5 to 6c above where it started.  This makes me think the capacity of the AIO is enough, but I'm thinking it's the plate on the block that's the issue.  I don't think it is pulling heat away from the processor as fast or efficiently as possible.  So if that's the case, then a custom loop with a better water block would be called for, but not a larger radiator or higher pressure/speed fans.

     
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    tincanalley reacted to Daniel644 in Is EVGA gearing up for the SUPER series?   
    EVGA does stuff like that all the time, they also aren't afraid to firesale old GPU's, they had 980ti's going for $200 at one point around about the time of the scrapyard wars before last scrapyard wars, these 20 series cards are nearly a year old, they are probably just trying to increase sales numbers since no one is buying them.
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    tincanalley reacted to Falkentyne in I'm treading in 5.1GHz territory and stable so far   
    That cinebench R15 score is terribly low for 5.1 ghz.  Not sure about the R20 score.
    I score higher at 5 ghz (2200+) than you do at 5.1 ghz.  Make sure you're not running strange stuff taking up processor time.
    I can score 2215 at 5 ghz and 2245-2258 at 5.1 ghz (depending on how the system feels).
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    tincanalley got a reaction from jerubedo in Multiple 9th Gen Builds at Stock Failing OCCT Linpack   
    I have the same issue with my 9900K and OCCT 5.X.X.  I can do all the other test but linpack and small sets.  Both of those produce a large number of errors.  I have run Prime95 small sets for hours without issue, but there must be something in the latest versions of OCCT that isn't handled the same as the older versions.  I have learned to skip those tests and rely on others and daily use to feel confident my OC is stable.  So far I am at 5.1GHz, no AVX offset and at 1.295V.  I'm going to be pushing for 5.2 soon.
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    tincanalley reacted to Firewrath9 in I'm treading in 5.1GHz territory and stable so far   
    gj, I managed to get to 5.1 on my old 8600k. 1.4v though, at least there is a tiny bit of improvement with CFL-R
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    tincanalley reacted to bluebuffalo831 in I'm treading in 5.1GHz territory and stable so far   
    That's a great overclock if it was me I would try and go as high as I can 
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    tincanalley got a reaction from DezGalbie in My unconventional case   
    Yeah, wood can look amazing when done correctly.  I'm not an expert, but I did measure multiple times, get good quality plywood with real veneer, used matching edge banding and quality stain.  I'm happy with the results.
     
    I had to physically cut the motherboard tray from an old Antec full tower for this project and it's mounted directly to the back.  I see there is a company that makes some test benches that have a replaceable MB tray.  The design of them means they will be about 1.5 or more inches between the back and the bottom of the tray.  That would give plenty of space  for cabling to go under.
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    tincanalley reacted to star_pilot475 in My unconventional case   
    Thank God you have a 2080 coming, as that would be really sad to have a 9900k paired with a 760. This looks great by the way! Maybe tidy up some cable with some zip ties, and then it should look better. 
     
    That’s a good idea too. 
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    tincanalley reacted to DezGalbie in My unconventional case   
    I love wood as a furnishing and building material. I'm always interested in seeing it incorporated into case designs. There should be more wooden (or at least partially wooden) PC cases out there!
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    tincanalley reacted to Noah0302 in I can't get to 5GHz....Stuck at 4.9 on my 9900K   
    Sure, I did the same!
    Had it @4.9 for the first half year before delidding
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    tincanalley reacted to Falkentyne in I can't get to 5GHz....Stuck at 4.9 on my 9900K   
    The PSU was still a good purchase.  I wish I had known you were using an AVX offset however.  Crashing in non AVX apps with an offset is NOT an Asus bios bug but a known issue that happens regardless of ODM.  In order NOT to crash, you have to basically be fully AVX stable (like prime95 29.8 build 3 small FFT stable).
    This is a guardband tolerance issue.  Sometimes reducing cache ratio can help.
    https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?106375-MCE-explanations-and-others&highlight=explanations
     
     
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    tincanalley reacted to dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd in I can't get to 5GHz....Stuck at 4.9 on my 9900K   
    If you really want to hit 5GHz you can always go on Ebay and buy an i5-2500K.  ?
     
    Joking aside, the PSU may indeed be unable to deliver clean enough power to keep the CPU stable at those speeds. 
    The Focus Plus 850 gold is a good PSU indeed.  If that doesn't solve it, you simply may not have won the silicon lottery.
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    tincanalley reacted to Falkentyne in Help Moving forward on 9900K overclock   
    LOL !  Linpack with 90% memory?  Good luck dude.  You're not going to pass that without direct die cooling.
    I actually figured you tried 5.0.1 so I tried it myself at 5 ghz, 1.275v, Loadline calibration=Turbo (LLC6 on Asus).
    After like 20 seconds, my fans ramped up fast and I looked at the amps draw...
     
    187 amps!!!!!  I instantly stopped the test because I knew it would either crash or I would reach 100C as small FFT Prime95 AVX is not even close to stable at that amps load!
     
    my minimum stable load voltage with loadline calibration *DISABLED* (requires using auto voltage, with Vcore Loadline Calibration set to "standard", so the "AC Loadline" willi boost the input voltage to 1.52v then drop it at 1.6 mOhms) at 5 ghz with small FFT AVX/Linpack, is 1.240v, at 185 amps measured with on-die sense voltage (VR VOUT on gigabyte; your maximus XI extreme can read this as Super I/O Vcore accurately).  But my VR VOUT was 1.199v (!!!) at 187 amps measured from the VRM...meaning it was about to crash! (I did this test at 1.270v LLC Turbo using LinX 9.0.1, and it crashed earlier).
     
    The reason why loadline calibration has to be set to "standard" (maximum or "Intel defaults" vdroop enabled) is because this improves transient response at heavy amps draw, thus allowing you the minimum possible vcore required to be stable at that load/clocks, because the voltage won't "transient drop" below that VR VOUT.  Tighter LLC (less vdroop) will cause your vcore to drop below what's shown on sensors, sometimes as much as 50-100mv below, causing a crash.
     
    Keep in mind that max supported amps for CPU not to start slowly degrading is 193 amps, and 1.230v true load voltage at those amps (meaning if your load voltage is higher, the amps has to be lower. If the load voltage is lower, its unclear whether >193 amps will still be safe).  Since your HWInfo on your MXI showed 1.203v thats about the same as mine.  
     
    If you can keep the temps under 100C, try +15mv higher voltage, but I doubt you can do that without direct die.  Linpack at 90% memory pushes things harder than Prime95 small FFT with AVX! (I think it's similar to small FFT with FMA3 enabled, using 29.8 build 3).
     
    I actually did this test on a post edit just right now:
     
    Auto voltage, IA AC Loadline=1.6 mOhms, IA DC Loadline=1.6 mOhms, Loadline Calibration=Standard (1.6 mOhms--this matches the DC Loadline value so CPU VID= VR VOUT--the DC loadline value however is not important here on auto voltages, only the AC loadline and LLC is).
    5 ghz core, 4.7 ghz cache.
     
    I stopped this run when temps reached 99C and amps draw was at the limit of the safe 9900K specification (On all auto voltages and default loadline calibration (1.6 mOhms), max amps must not exceed 193 at 100c).  It didn't crash (since I was not hurting transients with LLC) but it would have at those temps :/)
     
    Idle (before running), Max load (VR VOUT, max amps) and max temps.
     
     
     



     
    *edit* because why not...here's some prime95 small FFT avx tests too (I tested 1.230v VR VOUT by changing AC Loadline to 0.90 mOhms and enabling SVID Offset=Enabled, to reduce the idle voltage to 1.332v from 1.404v, but 1.230v VR VOUT was not stable...1.238v is the absolute minimum to pass 24k-64K range):
     
     


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