Show off your old and retro computer parts

[Bitter]

17 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

This arrived in the mail today! Guess it’s retro week for me?

GeForce 6800 256mb DDR.

Niiiiice! Hopefully you got a good overclocker! Some heatsinks on the ram really helps and don't forget the VRM need some love too. Sadly you're limited by slot power.

[da na]

36 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Niiiiice! Hopefully you got a good overclocker! Some heatsinks on the ram really helps and don't forget the VRM need some love too. Sadly you're limited by slot power.

Over the weekend I was going to buy some dry ice from the local grocery (they sell it for like $10/lb) to mess around with freezing the balls off of an Intel Atom that runs at mid 70s with no heat sink, while I’ve still got some I might as well try subzero cooling that card… Ive been wanting to mess around with LN2 for ages and if this is the closest I’ll get, might as well take the chance!

[da na]

Slight problem with the 6800.

If I take the cooler off I can’t get it back on - it uses those plastic snaps.

[adarw]

2 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

6800

whats a 6800?

[da na]

8 minutes ago, adarw said:

whats a 6800?

GeForce 6800. Read my last 2 posts

[Bitter]

Just get some bolts and springs and plastic washers. You can do it.

[Vlud]

On 12/20/2013 at 3:52 AM, piplupgao said:

So I have a Pentium II laying around

I just have an Intel core i5 from 2012

In an HP laptop

[da na]

Got this one up and running! 2x1gb OCZ Platinum DDR2, athlon 64 3200+, GeForce 6800, Sound Blaster Live!. I’ll reinstall xp and cable manage later but glad it works.

(picture is from before I installed gpu drivers so that’s why the screen is a bit squished. Turns out with drivers I can get it up to 1920x1080.) Also tested that sound blaster with some good headphones. Sounds great in games and with WAV/MP3 but as it lacks midi hardware, it uses the software synth which doesn’t sound great (but should be fine as long as you’re not playing any dos games).

[Freakwise]

4 hours ago, Mel0nMan said:

-snip-

Is that a shroud/air guide for the cooler?

Edited September 15, 2021 by Freakwise

[da na]

5 minutes ago, Freakwise said:

Is that a cooler shroud in the first pic?

Yes. The case has almost no front airflow and no front fan - it’s blocked by the hdd and its mess of ribbon cables. The main intake is on the side panel, there’s a massive vent on it - a circular one the size of the hole in that shroud and a smaller rectangular one allowing ventilation of pci(e) cards. Gpus like the GeForce 6800 that have the fan in the middle of the card run at around 60c max under heavy load because they can intake and exhaust through that side panel, and the cpu has its own duct and the hot air from that gets blown out the rear exhaust - config works very well and is relatively quiet.

[da na]

14 hours ago, spiceagent11 said:

Wow... really wish I had been able to go. 

How much was the HD 4870 x2? 

He said $25 IIRC

[adarw]

how much would you pay for a working macintosh m0001?

[da na]

5 hours ago, adarw said:

how much would you pay for a working macintosh m0001?

I wouldn't buy one personally but they go for $900-1500+

[adarw]

6 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

I wouldn't buy one personally but they go for $900-1500+

really? im seeing me go for like $200 on ebay....

[da na]

Just now, adarw said:

really? im seeing me go for like $200 on ebay....

A good condition one with the original accessories is much more 'spensive.

There are some things you really, really don't want to buy from a seller that doesn't seem to know what they have. Things with CRTs, things with old chips, things with lots of mechanical parts, and things which are easily damaged in shipping. Unfortunately those all apply to those early Macs. 

[BondiBlue]

5 hours ago, adarw said:

how much would you pay for a working macintosh m0001?

That completely depends on condition, seller, included accessories, etc. An original 128K is definitely somewhat valuable, but I wouldn't suggest buying one unless you really know what you're doing when it comes to these old Macs. Not trying to discourage you from buying one or anything, but they can be a bit of a challenge to get running and keep them running. 

 

16 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

A good condition one with the original accessories is much more 'spensive.

There are some things you really, really don't want to buy from a seller that doesn't seem to know what they have. Things with CRTs, things with old chips, things with lots of mechanical parts, and things which are easily damaged in shipping. Unfortunately those all apply to those early Macs. 

Ehh, sometimes it's worth that risk. I've picked up countless vintage and retro machines from people who don't know what the heck they're looking at apart from "vintage computer". Shipping is definitely a PITA, so I try to stay local whenever possible. 

[Kilrah]

There are basically 2 ways to get vintage stuff:

- Buy a tested, complete unit from someone who knows what it is and pay the premium for it

- Buy a random mislabeled auction where the seller has no idea what it is, puts in the wrong category or doesn't even know/gets the model name wrong and hope you get lucky and it works / you can repair it, since it'll go for peanuts it's not too much of a loss if not and a great bargain if yes. 

[Rynath]

Greetings.  What kind of price would you put on a "pre Dell" Alienware Dragon case as seen here, in space black:  

[Bitter]

I think those were just slightly customized Chieftec Dragon cases, at least by outward appearances, so I would expect the price to be similar to those?

[da na]

1 hour ago, Bitter said:

I think those were just slightly customized Chieftec Dragon cases, at least by outward appearances, so I would expect the price to be similar to those?

Wow, an Alienware case with AIRFLOW? 

But seriously, yes - the early Alienware systems were made with mostly store bought parts that were slightly modified, so the old cases and ETC aren't too special. 

[Rynath]

Thanks for the input.  I've been using this case for over 22 years.  I threw a whole lot of Noctua inside it to keep the airflow going and she still does the trick.  I always liked the side fan which blows right onto the GPU : )

[Bitter]

1 hour ago, Rynath said:

Thanks for the input.  I've been using this case for over 22 years.  I threw a whole lot of Noctua inside it to keep the airflow going and she still does the trick.  I always liked the side fan which blows right onto the GPU : )

I've got the same case but from Koolance with built in water cooling and a side window, no side fan. Also similarly aged. Do you have 2 rear 80mm or single rear 80mm? There's two sizes/types of that case that look similar otherwise.

[Rynath]

13 minutes ago, Bitter said:

I've got the same case but from Koolance with built in water cooling and a side window, no side fan. Also similarly aged. Do you have 2 rear 80mm or single rear 80mm? There's two sizes/types of that case that look similar otherwise.

Yes, there are (5) 80mm in total.  2 in front, 2 in back and 1 on the side door.   Another reason I've been using it for so long is the large size.  The thing is comically heavy at this point.  lol

[Bitter]

1 hour ago, Rynath said:

Yes, there are (5) 80mm in total.  2 in front, 2 in back and 1 on the side door.   Another reason I've been using it for so long is the large size.  The thing is comically heavy at this point.  lol

Absolutely, that steel is thicccc and heavy. I haven't used mine in a while, @FakeKGB
has the former contents from the 2nd build in it, and now it houses a 1st gen i7 Xeon X3470 system that I never use because it's ludicrously inefficient and slow. I should do something with it...

I ended up reversing the airflow in the case, used the rear 80's as intake with a sheet metal air deflector to blow air across the motherboard to keep it cool because water block blows no air. Top is exhaust through the radiator with 3x80 and I don't recall any front fans but I could be mistaken or took it out.

 

My other giant case is a CM Stacker 810 (I think). Also massive but thankfully only a steel chassis and aluminum panels. Not as heavy but still heavy. It makes a full ATX board look like an ITX board in a mid tower. 5x120 and one 80mm in that thing, it's probably getting old enough to call retro soon, dating from 2007 I think?

I need to tidy up that build and convert from MBR to GPT so I can see if my 2700X and Vega56 can do re-bar or not. /ot

[Rynath]

23 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Absolutely, that steel is thicccc and heavy. I haven't used mine in a while, @FakeKGB
has the former contents from the 2nd build in it, and now it houses a 1st gen i7 Xeon X3470 system that I never use because it's ludicrously inefficient and slow. I should do something with it...

I ended up reversing the airflow in the case, used the rear 80's as intake with a sheet metal air deflector to blow air across the motherboard to keep it cool because water block blows no air. Top is exhaust through the radiator with 3x80 and I don't recall any front fans but I could be mistaken or took it out.

 

My other giant case is a CM Stacker 810 (I think). Also massive but thankfully only a steel chassis and aluminum panels. Not as heavy but still heavy. It makes a full ATX board look like an ITX board in a mid tower. 5x120 and one 80mm in that thing, it's probably getting old enough to call retro soon, dating from 2007 I think?

I need to tidy up that build and convert from MBR to GPT so I can see if my 2700X and Vega56 can do re-bar or not. /ot

It's funny listening to you talk about the weight.  I feel like I could throw this thing out the window and the chassis would dent the Earth with no damage.  I've upgraded this thing 5 times over the years but I've always kept it air cooled.  Noctua really did save the flow in this case, those little redux fans can put out.  The biggest challenge is keeping the video card cooled but that side fan really does make all the difference.  If I remove that one fan, forget about it.  i7 9700 8 core w/ chromax black cooler, 16gb low pro corsair, Z370 MSI, a few Crucial MX500 SSDs, RTX 2060  It is not breaking any records but she's not a slouch either.