Show off your old and retro computer parts

[microwar]

Some of my old stuff.

C64 "The finale cartrigde" in the top left corner.
Everything is stuff i used back in the days except the Game&watch. Found that one at a recycle depot, and it was only missing the batteries.

[WhitetailAni]

8 hours ago, Bitter said:

sudo nano

cmd

notepad

[Psychobobicus]

 

 

My 2011 build: "Messiah VI". Asus M4A79XTD-Evo (a better looking board than my brand new Prime B450M IMO), Athlon II X4 640, 16gb Corsiar Vengeance 1600, MSI GTX 460. I was running this rig until it quit booting Windows 7 last Oct - which, if anyone knows what could cause an infinite reboot sequence every second, I'd be forever grateful! I'd love to fix this bad boy up for old time's sake. Hell, it was running War Thunder at 1080 on high settings getting close to 55 FPS! Note the GPU board sag after 10 years of hanging there. The case it's all in was actually manufactured in 2004. I'd rigged up a modded filter system but fine dust still got into the case over the years and I never got around to cleaning it.

[flibberdipper]

26 minutes ago, Psychobobicus said:

 

 

My 2011 build: "Messiah VI". Asus M4A79XTD-Evo (a better looking board than my brand new Prime B450M IMO), Athlon II X4 640, 16gb Corsiar Vengeance 1600, MSI GTX 460. I was running this rig until it quit booting Windows 7 last Oct - which, if anyone knows what could cause an infinite reboot sequence every second, I'd be forever grateful! I'd love to fix this bad boy up for old time's sake. Hell, it was running War Thunder at 1080 on high settings getting close to 55 FPS! Note the GPU board sag after 10 years of hanging there. The case it's all in was actually manufactured in 2004. I'd rigged up a modded filter system but fine dust still got into the case over the years and I never got around to cleaning it.

I guess I'm biased into liking this since my sidepiece is based around an M4A77TD and an Athlon II X2 260. I reeeeeeeeally want to whack a 1055T and a better RAM setup in this thing, the ol' dually is straight up not having a fun time, and I ended up having to steal the 4GB stick from my XP board so some games would stop shitting pants (reeeeee 2x2 + 1x4 setup).

 

Anywhooser, old Asus boards sure do just have a certain charm to them, and the blue boards had a perfect color.

[Sherlock Holmez]

Not exactly computer part but i am one of the few who still has and uses a Windows Phone

(Model: https://www.gsmarena.com/microsoft_lumia_435-6942.php)

[Musty]

Oh this is an awesome thread xD. 

 

Not sure how old counts for this, but I have a ZX Specturm and Commodore 64 back at home somewhere.

 

Probably relatively common ones on here though!

[primo007]

I was actually able to find an old Osbourne 1 at my grandpa's place. He, of course, never used it even though it was fully maxed out so its in near perfect condition. Im working on fixing it right now but i can try and get some images later

[mikeyw64]

On 4/27/2021 at 9:40 PM, mikeyw64 said:

My old (& dusty) HP XW6000 with dual 3.2 xeons, 4gb of DDR1 ram, a 500gb deskstar and a Sapphire HD4650 1Gb AGP gfx card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yay and she lives again.

Back with Windows XP and running Unreal Tournament at 1280x1024 , all settings at high, as smooth as you like(59/60 FPS)
 

 

[Psychobobicus]

Imma try getting my old rig to boot this weekend. Going to try the SDD first.

[mikeyw64]

8 hours ago, Psychobobicus said:

Imma try getting my old rig to boot this weekend. Going to try the SDD first.

SDD ? How decadent lol

[Helpful Tech Witch]

On 5/7/2021 at 4:41 PM, mikeyw64 said:

Back with Windows XP and running Unreal Tournament at 1280x1024 , all settings at high, as smooth as you like(59/60 FPS)

I have my disks of ut99 goty. I need to install that again. 
 

apparently the online is still up and active.

[Valentyn]

Two absolute rare beauties I found recently. 3dfx powered Arcade board, for Golden Tee. Also a sealed new, Japanese only V3 3000 minibox. It's so small compared to the normal US, and EU retail boxes!

[Valentyn]

4 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

Is there a Voodoo 5 6000 inside of that box? If so, that's amazing (even just having the box is amazing)! On a somewhat related note, people have created this really nice-looking black version of a V5 6000.

Yes, I own a V5 6000.

 

I also know Anthony that's making the new V5 6000 clones.

 

Last time I took a photo of my baby to prove it as mine.

 

 

[Valentyn]

1 minute ago, Schnoz said:

Wow, that's actually super cool! If I had one, I'd totally replace the fans with some 40mm Noctuas lol.

 

Blasphemy!

 

The I have two cards with modded HSF's, the 5500 PCI, and a 5800 Prototype.

 

[da na]

7 minutes ago, Valentyn said:

 

Blasphemy!

 

The I have two cards with modded HSF's, the 5500 PCI, and a 5800 Prototype.

 

-snip-

Gotta love some old 3DFX. How'd you get a 5800 prototype...?

[Valentyn]

37 minutes ago, wat3rmelon_man2 said:

Gotta love some old 3DFX. How'd you get a 5800 prototype...?

I'm a pal of a collector that specializes in only getting 3dfx prototypes. Bought one from him.

He has several rampage prototypes also, even a working one.

[Mark Kaine]

Nothing special, i guess.

 

 

Any suggestions for a case for this though? should be "retro" but still have "good" airflow (i actually wanted to build in my old HP case, but its not going to fit as its matx) complete noob with this stuff , but i really want a good Vista or XP build with original hardware (i also have some athlon or phenom cpu, and somehow tons of RAM)

 

 

Btw, whats up with those scratches?  when i got it, it was still mounted so i suppose it "works"...

(difficult to make a proper pic)

[Mark Kaine]

24 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

I think some of the older Cooler Master HAF cases would suit a retro system like the one you're planning to build. Sometimes, the IHS can get scratched when using a hard tool to remove crusty dried thermal paste--I know from experience that even some plastic tools are capable of damaging the surface finish. It shouldn't affect thermal performance, though.

I looked this up, they do look like they could have good airflow and are made around that time, but they're expensive, like 200 and up, is that normal, or just scam lol?  i did find one for 60 though , in what looks to be in good condition.

 

And i see, i figured something like that, so shouldn't be an issue, in my experience though IPA (+ demakeup pads or qtips) gets rid of the driest of thermal pastes, i cleaned the old cooler that came with this CPU that way for example, anyway thanks for the answer / suggestion ! 

 

 

[Mark Kaine]

8 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

Isopropyl alcohol is good for aftermarket thermal pastes. However, based on my experience, OEM thermal paste is significantly harder to remove sometimes--I repaste a lot of laptops and desktops, and sometimes the paste has hardened into a concrete-like substance that has to be slowly chipped off.

Ahaha, ok I dont have much experience with this, but i can imagine... when i removed my 2006(?) Athlon 64 the "paste" (original OEM) was the opposite though , it was like white water, or "milk" and basically non existent, it was quite bizarre lol.

[flibberdipper]

1 hour ago, Mark Kaine said:

Ahaha, ok I dont have much experience with this, but i can imagine... when i removed my 2006(?) Athlon 64 the "paste" (original OEM) was the opposite though , it was like white water, or "milk" and basically non existent, it was quite bizarre lol.

mmmmmmmmmmmm cheap thermal paste with the same thermal properties as robot man juice milk

[Mark Kaine]

5 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

mmmmmmmmmmmm cheap thermal paste with the same thermal properties as robot man juice milk

It was like you could almost put it in your coffee!

[da na]

2 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

Ohhh so that's where synthetic coffee creamer comes from.

I'll never be able to forget that.

[Mark Kaine]

8 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

Ohhh so that's where synthetic coffee creamer comes from.

I wouldnt be surprised!

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[12TR2008Gaming]

I have a 2009 hhd

lol