Show off your old and retro computer parts

[HanZie82]

Ok and an LTT-forum exclusive.

After pic as well.

[Valentyn]

1 hour ago, HanZie82 said:

Ok and an LTT-forum exclusive.

After pic as well

No! Not the seal! The poor thing, why did you hurt it so!

[HanZie82]

50 minutes ago, Valentyn said:

No! Not the seal! The poor thing, why did you hurt it so!

If you want the seal you can have it.

[Bitter]

Ok, who's gonna photoshop one of the LTT staff onto that card?

[piercetorres]

I have a old founders edition gt 7800

[DeuteriumTSM]

I have almost an entire 2005-era PC (minus the case) I could show off...

[Marasmic]

On 10/28/2020 at 2:44 PM, Valentyn said:

Gainward Dragon 3000 - Voodoo 2

Dang.. I thought I was going to win the old video card challenge with my RIVA TNT2 Ultra, but you beat me by a year with that Voodoo.

[Valentyn]

1 hour ago, Marasmic said:

Dang.. I thought I was going to win the old video card challenge with my RIVA TNT2 Ultra, but you beat me by a year with that Voodoo.

 

I have one of each series

 

Here's my Voodoo 1 , and Banshee

 

[Fast_N_Curious]

[BrianTheElectrician]

Well, tonight I moved the Micron system into it's refurbished chassis. I cleaned it up and painted it all grey. Moved all the parts in and cable managed it. Still a couple things I need though... the proper I/O Shield although I think I can modify one of the old Compaq ones to work and I need the plastic for in the front that holds the switches and leds for the front panel as that still has the big hole cut in it.

[Crunchy Dragon]

10 minutes ago, BrianTheElectrician said:

Well, tonight I moved the Micron system into it's refurbished chassis. I cleaned it up and painted it all grey. Moved all the parts in and cable managed it. Still a couple things I need though... the proper I/O Shield although I think I can modify one of the old Compaq ones to work and I need the plastic for in the front that holds the switches and leds for the front panel as that still has the big hole cut in it.

-snip-

Your collection of retro tech never ceases to amaze me. I'm in awe every time I watch that episode of Tech Hoarders

 

That's a very nice looking system! It looks to me like the PSU is lacking a bit of support, is that me or just the way the picture looks?

[BrianTheElectrician]

19 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Your collection of retro tech never ceases to amaze me. I'm in awe every time I watch that episode of Tech Hoarders

 

That's a very nice looking system! It looks to me like the PSU is lacking a bit of support, is that me or just the way the picture looks?

Haha, thank you! I wouldn't say it's terribly well supported but it does have 2 lips along that back side of the case to support it along that edge. It is only mounted with two screws though, as that is all that there are holes for in the chassis. It's not as supported as I would like but it's not going anywhere either.

[Dabombinable]

@BrianTheElectrician
 

Spoiler

That 386 and HDD were still being used in 2006. Lithium bios battery packs FTW.

[doomsriker]

[Dabombinable]

1 hour ago, doomsriker said:

-snip-

PSU with the fan upside down always throw me.

[WhitetailAni]

On 10/29/2020 at 2:03 PM, Marasmic said:

Dang.. I thought I was going to win the old video card challenge with my RIVA TNT2 Ultra, but you beat me by a year with that Voodoo.

I might be able to beat you with a Trident video card that either has ISA 16-bit or VLB.

Pictures will be available soon, don't worry... 

[Valentyn]

Hercules Stingray. It's a Voodoo Rush with add-on daughterboard.

[Teun_VV]

I have a desk full of old PC parts. Would love to make a retro build but I honestly do not know where to start lol.

[Dabombinable]

7 hours ago, Valentyn said:

Hercules Stingray. It's a Voodoo Rush with add-on daughterboard.

-snip-

Wasn't the 2D performance a crapshoot? Depending on which 2D chip the card had?

[Valentyn]

14 hours ago, Dabombinable said:

Wasn't the 2D performance a crapshoot? Depending on which 2D chip the card had?

Only on the later ones, with single planar, these were solid,

[DeuteriumTSM]

So I dug out all the remaining bits of my old 2005 Windows XP PC, plus some other stuff. Here we go.

GPU: An ATI Radeon X300 of some kind I believe

 

1gb of RAM, not sure what kind:

Some I/O

 

MORE i/o

 

IDE DVD drive of some sort

 

PSU (unknown wattage)

CPU (Apparently an Intel Pentium 4 630)

 

Mobo (with CPU and RAM installed, probably some Dell OEM thing)

 

Heatsink


A HDD from a different PC (The HDD from the PC the rest of these parts came from is currently serving as storage in my lowend rig)

 

 

A 128mb RAM stick from a different PC

 

Probably the newest thing in this collection, an Assu Xonar DGX sound card from 2013ish

[Eggs-n-Jakey]

Check out this calculator/mouse I found at a thrift shop! It's bluetooth lmao I haven't tested it but the buttons have a really nice click to them lol

[ProjectBox153]

On 11/1/2020 at 3:14 PM, DeuteriumTSM said:

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Ahh, nice BTX Dell parts. Was that a Dimension?

[Bitter]

Got my step mothers PC in the mail today and oofffff it's rough inside. Whatever I do with it I'll need to setup some positive pressure with dust filtration. I'm thinking maybe a Ryzen APU setup, not sure just yet. Whatever it is needs to be durable like super dust tolerant and very very long lived. As far as she's going to ever know I've put it together from spare parts, but nah I'm building her something properly good to last another decade. Same crappy case so it's all gotta be low heat low power low airflow.

[DailyProcrastinator]

22 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

If you're looking for durable parts, I think I may have mentioned this to you before, but Arctic parts are surprisingly good.....

100%

 

I haven't owned a ton of their products but I have owned a few and they totally stand up. Every time I use one of their products I am left asking myself why they don't charge more money hahaha. I've used a few 120mm fans, CPU coolers, and my fav is their 80mm PWM fans!

 

And from what I have seen + read their AIO's are A++ build quality.