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[Dan81]

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That Sony looks nice. Is the Geforce GO on AGP? You could upgrade it to a 6200 or 6600 GT AGP.

Also,what model is that ASUS board?

[Compgeke]

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Alright, got the XW8600 working.

2.83 GHz Xeon E5440. Once I get a second heatsink\fan I'll put a second one in.
24 GB DDR2 FBDIMM
Dual 500 GB HDD in RAID0 on the LSI 1068 controller
Radeon HD4850 512 MB

Interestingly I could theoretically put 5 PCI-e video cards and 14 hard drives into this. It has far overkill expansion for a desktop tower.

[ivtec]

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Probably i'm gonna be get mocked with all my old Computer crap,but i 'm gonna post it anyway,I'm cheap,i have to admit.i only bought the Old Sony Pentium M for my sun long time ago, and the HP DV6,50 bucks, the others were finds or given to me.

#1. My main Desktop and My Media Center; OPS Ubuntu 14.04,
Lenovo ThinkCenter71; Intel (core)tm) I5 2400 CPU 3.10GHZ,
Mem 3.8GB,Socket 1155, Video card ATI 6450, HDD Sata 500.


#2. My Second Media Center;
HP DV-6 1259DX;64 Bit Intel Centrino duo core CPU 2.00 GHZ P7350
6GB Mem,Video Card Intel 4500HD.OPS Win7 Home Premium.


#3.Media Center With RF Analog Converter with RFCoaxial cable for all tvs.
Sony Vaio VGN A195EP; 32bit Intel Centrino Pentium M 1.5GHZ CPU
1GHZ Mem,ATI Radion Video card,60GB HDD,OPS WinXPSP3 and Linux Mint 17.1 Rebeca XFCE.


#5. HP DV-5 1254US; 64Bit Intel centrino duo CPU 2.00 GHZ P7350,
Intel Video Card 4500HD,OPS Win Vista Home Premium SP2.


#6. Dell Dem. 4500 Intel Pentium 4;32bit Socket 478 CPU 2.00 GHZ
2 GB Mem, 1 HDD,WinXP SP3 and other HDD Linux Mint 17.1 Rebeca XFCE.


#7. Emachines T3958;32Bit Intel Pemtium 4 CPU 3.06GHZ,socket 478,
Mem 2GB,OPS Linux Mint 17.1 Rebeca XFCE.


Wify's Old Mac
#8. I Mac G5 PPC 2.00 GHZ 970 1 GB Mem,
OPS; Linux Debian Wheezy 7.1 PPC


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[momaka]

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Probably i'm gonna be get mocked with all my old Computer crap,but i 'm gonna post it anyway

No, not really . This forums isn't your average gaming crowd where if you don't have the latest hardware, your system "SuX0rZ".
I mean, have a look at some of the posts above you (including mine) .

[Compgeke]

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I can support that statement. My hardware goes from 1981 through about 2012, cuts off there. Your i5 2400S is newer than my i7 870 and that's my newest non-server.

[eIiza]

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Long time lurker here, just thinking it's finally time to show my face

5 years old build and still trying to burn down my house,

Xeon x5650@4.1
Intel smackover 2
24g Corsair dominator @ 2133
2x BFG 295's in sli
2x random ass 60g ssd's in raid 0
2tb caviar black
Vista Business (am I the only one who prefers vista over the new microshaft crap?)

I play at 1080p@60 and this build still goes strong in the newest games, it cost me an arm and a leg but I think it was the smartest purchase in my computer history.

Oh and my laptop is a powerbook 1400cs upgraded to 64m of ram and a g3@233mhz.
Bought new in 1997 and still does everything I could ask for.

+countless other vintage/older builds that migrate from complete to many pieces monthly.

[Dan81]

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My 2 custom-built systems:

ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe
1.5GB RAM
80GB SATA WDC
40GB IDE Maxtor
Radeon HD3450 512MB
"Cybernet" case (at least the warranty sticker says so) with temperature sensors
2x Sony DVD-ROM drives
Windows 7 SP1
Rexpower PX-400 (recapped)
Winfast TV2000XP Deluxe
Athlon XP 2500+ 1.83GHz

Second system:

MSI K7N2 Delta-L w/D-Bracket
1GB RAM
20GB Maxtor 6E020L0 - Windows Vista SP2
Beige InfoData case
Intex IT-20F1BC-A 430W PSU (half a PCB inside,but for this system it's more than enough)
FX5500 256MB
RTL8139D NIC
CMI 8738 PCI soundcard (onboard one doesn't work)
1.44MB floppy drive
Lite-On DVD-ROM
Athlon XP 1900+ 1.2GHz

[tom66]

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New build...

Intel Core i5-4460 (3.2GHz...I think)
Kingston DDR3 16GB 1066MHz - cheapest 16GB set (2x8GB) ~£97
Gigabyte Z97-UD3H mainboard
nVidia GTX650
NEX650G PSU from EVGA, 80 Plus Gold

[Compgeke]

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New desktop as well:

Dell Precision T3500
2.93 GHz Core i7 940
12 GB DDR3
Quadro NVS295 running the 30" 2560x1600 monitor
Radeon R7-240 running the 19" 1440x900 but with a DVI on the 30 so if I want to run some games I can, albeit at 1080p or so
Dual 500 GB in RAID 0 on a Dell PERC 6/i
520W stock PSU - 80+ Silver surprisingly.

[momaka]

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Here's my video card "testing" PC:

Motherboard: AsRock 939Dual-SATA2
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice core overclocked to 2.5 GHz, stock AMD heatsink + fan
RAM: whatever DDR RAM stick I want to test, but currently 2x 512 MB PC3200
HDD: 60 GB Seagate Barracuda ATA IV
PSU: "430W" Thermaltake TR2-430 (XP550NP) built by HEC/Compucase
Video card: low-profile ATI/Dell Radeon HD2400 Pro 256 MB (650 MHz core, 500 MHz memory), unless I am testing something else.
Optical drive: none (removed after installing Windows)
Audio: onboard Realtek ALC 655 (I think)
OS: Windows XP SP2

Reason I use this board as a test system and not an every day computer: that 939Dual-SATA2 motherboard has both AGP and PCI-E 16x slots, so I can test both AGP and PCI-E graphics cards. But more than anything else, this motherboard is a finicky piece of turd (even without the CPU overclock). It used to work great when I found it. Then it started going downhill from there. First, it started to lock up very often with AGP cards, especially Radeon 9700/9800 (lots of reports of that on the web). Some PCI-E video cards tend to make it lock up too, but only in games. Also, the onboard audio died out of the blue. Windows still picks it up as present, but there is no audio output whatsoever. The SATA/SATA2 ports are also "dead" for all practical purposes. They used to work, but the board started crashing more and more with the SATA HDD I had connected to it. At first, I thought it was the drive so I put another and tested the old one in a different PC. The old one worked fine in a different computer and still does to this day. And with the new drive, the AsRock mobo still locked up. Eventually, it got to the point where I couldn't even install Windows. So now I have the SATA ports disabled and system is more or less stable. I'm thinking the Southbridge BGA is going bad. Both the NB and SB run scorching hot. The SB does the audio, AGP, and SATA ports, and a bunch of other stuff.

There's an auction on eBay going on right now for a 939Dual-SATA2 board for $1. I wonder if I should get it and see how that one works. It does need a recapping, though - but that's all good by me.

My 2 custom-built systems:
...

I see you upgraded the CPUs in your systems. By the way, are you sure that Athlon XP 1900+ is running at 1.2 GHz? According to CPU World, it should be running at 1.6 GHz. If not, check your FSP and multiplier. Also, which core do you have? -Palomino or Thoroughbred. If it's the latter, you should be able to overclock it nicely .

Also, that 20GB Maxtor 6E020L0 is probably one of Maxtor's best drives - IMO, at least. I have one and it's still going. It survived through two PSUs with crappy filtering caps.

[RJARRRPCGP]

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My 2 custom-built systems:

ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe
1.5GB RAM
80GB SATA WDC
40GB IDE Maxtor
Radeon HD3450 512MB
"Cybernet" case (at least the warranty sticker says so) with temperature sensors
2x Sony DVD-ROM drives
Windows 7 SP1
Rexpower PX-400 (recapped)
Winfast TV2000XP Deluxe
Athlon XP 2500+ 1.83GHz

Second system:

MSI K7N2 Delta-L w/D-Bracket
1GB RAM
20GB Maxtor 6E020L0 - Windows Vista SP2
Beige InfoData case
Intex IT-20F1BC-A 430W PSU (half a PCB inside,but for this system it's more than enough)
FX5500 256MB
RTL8139D NIC
CMI 8738 PCI soundcard (onboard one doesn't work)
1.44MB floppy drive
Lite-On DVD-ROM
Athlon XP 1900+ 1.2GHz

Your Maxtor HDD models, anything that begins with "6E" (Ex. 6E040L0) are prone to failing.

They're not good like the ones that begin with "6Y" (Ex. 6Y060P0) and the regular width.
(4Dxxxxx are reliable, too)

[eccerr0r]

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I have a few of the Maxtor 6Y series (aka Diamondmax 9 7200RPM AFAIK) and they have been pretty good except for one of them that I had to RMA due to a large number of bad sectors. These (two 120G (one was the refurb replacement for the bad one) and one 60G) seem to work pretty well. The 120G units were in a RAID5 and had over 7 years power on hours and retired because the RAID was too small...

The 60G unit didn't see much use actually, it was a root disk for a workstation that I retired because the RAID box badly needed an upgrade... Oh well.

[Dan81]

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Your Maxtor HDD models, anything that begins with "6E" (Ex. 6E040L0) are prone to failing.

They're not good like the ones that begin with "6Y" (Ex. 6Y060P0) and the regular width.
(4Dxxxxx are reliable, too)

Well,the 40GB I use as a backup is a 6Y040P0 that came out of a Clevo L295U LCD PC.

As for the 6E040L0,I've got it for cheap so can't complain. However,the 6E020L0 is brand new,so there shouldn't be any problem with it.

momaka - for the CPU it's the same as my old 1700+,Throughbred-B. In fact, I didn't have any Palomino at all.

[Pentium4]

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This thread rocks, glad I'm not the only one using old-ish equipment I'll start with the ones that run 24/7

Gaming machine:
ASRock P67 Extreme4
Core i5 2500k
16GB @ 1600MHz
x2 HIS IceQ Radeon HD 7950
Intel 530 series 240GB SSD
Seagate Constellation ES 2TB
Thortech Thunderbolt 650W

Main HTPC (This one gets the most use, hooked up to 39" TV, also this computer has been running for 8,250 hours straight on one power cycle):
Recapped Intel DQ35JO
Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz
6GB DDR2 @ 800MHz
Western Digital WD3200AAKS
Recapped MSI Radeon HD 4350 512mb
Recapped ePOWER EP-350XP-24

File Server (Dell Optiplex GX620):
Polymodded 945 motherboard
Pentium 4 Cedar Mill 3.2GHz (65W TDP version)
3.5GB DDR2 @ 667MHz
Adaptec 1430SA with two Seagate Barracuda 2TB in RAID 1
Recapped Winsis KY-550ATX (A really nice Sun Pro)

ClearOS router/firewall:
Intel D815EEA
Pentium 3 933MHz Coppermine
384MB PC133
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 40GB (Pushing 82,000 POH!)
Recapped Award ADW-30002 (Rebranded Hipro)

Front room HTPC (Which my roommate is on constantly lol):
Recapped Intel D955XBK
Pentium D Extreme 955 3.46GHz with Thermaltake SpinQ heatsink
6GB DDR2 @ 667MHz
Radeon HD 6570 1GB
Intel 330 Series 80GB SSD (It streams data from my server)
Recapped Great Wall GW-4000
^Believe it or not, this thing is dead silent, and plays 1080P seamlessly onto my 50" TV

I'll try and get some pics up later!

[Pentium4]

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I'm posting this from what my Packard Bell Legend 115 Supreme has been turned into:

Original case
Seasonic S12II Bronze 520W power supply (with lots of rewiring to turn it into an AT-style unit)
Original (PB600) motherboard
Integrated video (Cirrus Logic CL-GD5430)
Original CPU (Pentium 100MHz, overclocked to 120 MHz)
Stock Cooler from an AMD FX-8350
136 MB RAM (8 MB soldered to motherboard + 4x32MB sticks)
3Com 3C905-TX Fast Ethernet PCI NIC
Promise Ultra66 Dual Channel IDE Controller (only one channel in use)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB IDE Hard Drive
Das Keyboard (with key markings, MX blue switches) with a USB-PS/2 adapter
Compaq-branded PS/2 ball mouse
Sansui HDLCD185W 18.5" 720p LCD TV used as a monitor

Gotta see pics of this thing!!!

[RJARRRPCGP]

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Well,the 40GB I use as a backup is a 6Y040P0 that came out of a Clevo L295U LCD PC.

You should be good. "6Y" series is virtually bulletproof!

[momaka]

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anything that begins with "6E" (Ex. 6E040L0) are prone to failing.

I think you are right, my mistake. Seems like the 6E040L0 (and perhaps other 6E----) are from the DiamondMax Plus 8 line... i.e. the "slim" Maxtors - these are the worst IMO. They run hot and they like to get bad sectors. Also very sensitive to 12v ripple. I have a dead 40 GB with a P/N "02649". Had a disastrous amount of bad sectors. When I tried to low-level format it, it died.

As for the 6E040L0,I've got it for cheap so can't complain.

I got quite a few drives like that as well, so I'm in the same boat as you there.
If you only use it as a backup and keep it turned OFF or disconnected from the computer when not used, then it should be fine. Avoid running it when it is hot in your room.

Front room HTPC (Which my roommate is on constantly lol):
Recapped Intel D955XBK
Pentium D Extreme 955 3.46GHz with Thermaltake SpinQ heatsink
6GB DDR2 @ 667MHz
Radeon HD 6570 1GB
Intel 330 Series 80GB SSD (It streams data from my server)
Recapped Great Wall GW-4000
^Believe it or not, this thing is dead silent, and plays 1080P seamlessly onto my 50" TV

Is that the overclocked Pentium D/Extreme you were telling me about before?
I'm surprised you were able to successfully incorporate this in an HTPC. 130 TDP is no joke! You know your PSU is built well when you put a processor like that and the PSU still stays quiet.
Also goes to show you that people can appreciate these "old" CPUs just fine if the PC is set up right (like in this case).

ClearOS router/firewall:
Intel D815EEA
Pentium 3 933MHz Coppermine
384MB PC133
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 40GB (Pushing 82,000 POH!)
Recapped Award ADW-30002 (Rebranded Hipro)

Ha! And I thought I was the only one with an ancient Pentium 3 system still in use.
Back at home, I have a HP Pavilion 8756c as my "main" work computer. That said, I was thinking about it this week and I might have to retire it soon, unfortunately. Reason being the i815 chipset, which has a 512MB RAM limit. But what's worse is that I can't even hit that without disabling ACPI in BIOS (weird ASUS/HP bug?). So because of this, I am stuck with 384 MB of RAM. And using that computer for any internet browsing is nearly impossible now. Paying bills online, surfing Badcaps.net, and *limited* eBay is as much as I can do.

I'll post its specs and a picture later (as a tribute, I suppose?).

[RJARRRPCGP]

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I think you are right, my mistake. Seems like the 6E040L0 (and perhaps other 6E----) are from the DiamondMax Plus 8 line... i.e. the "slim" Maxtors - these are the worst IMO.

Yes, those are the slim Maxtors and both I had failed my tests, even though the 40 GB one I had may have still been usable.

I first had a 6E030L0 that randomly stutters and software programs randomly, but rarely, give bad sector reports.
But its SMART seemed to never acknowledge bad sectors. It randomly showed bad sectors and randomly showed nothing wrong.
And I thought that I found a bad sector that it failed to map out.
Possibly corrupted firmware, possibly a firmware bug.

Then I ran SpinRite for the heck of it in May of 2006, IIRC and when I did, it went to a quiet click of death!
It was game over!

---

The 6E040L0 randomly lagged when retrieving the bootloader I sometimes notice the OS taking longer to boot than usual!

[Pentium4]

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Is that the overclocked Pentium D/Extreme you were telling me about before?
I'm surprised you were able to successfully incorporate this in an HTPC. 130 TDP is no joke! You know your PSU is built well when you put a processor like that and the PSU still stays quiet.
Also goes to show you that people can appreciate these "old" CPUs just fine if the PC is set up right (like in this case).

Actually, no. That's my Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.73GHz I was talking about in Th3_uN1Qu3's thread. This is the Pentium D one that I have I'm probably the only person on earth that took a liking to NetBurst CPU's (My username is Pentium4 for crying out loud ) But there's a small story to it....Pentium 4's are what got me into computers. I had a really old Celeron 533 system with 128mb RAM and Windows 98 SE for the longest time. My parents ended up getting me a Pentium 4 3.00GHz with 1GB RAM and Windows XP Media Center edition. It was the best upgrade ever!! From then on, I wanted to learn how computers work, and from there I ended up going to school for it, and then ended up getting into electronics. So, the Pentium 4 forever holds a special place in my heart Anyways...


I actually ran it at 4GHz for a while (Since it has the unlocked multiplier with that 955 board!!!) but it ran even hotter, and it played 1080p fine at stock. Did you see the cooler? A friend of mine was kind enough to give it to me for free. The thing still goes for $100 on newegg!

The thing is massive....and it still runs warm. I hooked it up to a 3rd party fan controller and set it at a fixed slow speed, because if it's one thing I can't stand, it's the sound of fans revving up and down as the CPU load changes. It plays full 1080p and the load stays around 33% I was really surprised....My old Pentium 4 3.6GHz could not maintain 1080p for long periods of time sitting @ 100% usage, even when offloading to the GPU. It must be the extra core, or maybe even the FSB increase that makes things so much easier for it? They were both running the same speed RAM in dual channel mode.

The PSU fan revs up with load on the CPU, but it's still very quiet. With the room dead silent, you can only hear the PSU fan from 3 feet away. It probably helps that I keep my apartment at 15C

Ha! And I thought I was the only one with an ancient Pentium 3 system still in use.
Back at home, I have a HP Pavilion 8756c as my "main" work computer. That said, I was thinking about it this week and I might have to retire it soon, unfortunately. Reason being the i815 chipset, which has a 512MB RAM limit. But what's worse is that I can't even hit that without disabling ACPI in BIOS (weird ASUS/HP bug?). So because of this, I am stuck with 384 MB of RAM. And using that computer for any internet browsing is nearly impossible now. Paying bills online, surfing Badcaps.net, and *limited* eBay is as much as I can do.

I love P3's too. They're much more efficient per clock cycle than NetBurst, and run cool. Interesting that you couldn't get it to run correctly with 512MB. Mine also, for some reason would only run 512MB @ 100MHz, but runs 384MB @ 133MHz, so I decided to go with the higher bandwidth.

What OS are you running on that old P3? What clock speed is it? What kind of PSU?

I'll post its specs and a picture later (as a tribute, I suppose?).

Let's be honest. You never upload pictures

Here's a pic of my P3, at least from the front. Love that old Workstation case, it's very robust. Manufactured: 12/17/98

[eccerr0r]

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I sort of retired a P3 recently. It gets stuck in the closet for now. Currently it's specced:

P3-Tualatin 1.2GHz @ 1364MHz
Tyan Trinity, Via Apollo Pro 133
1.25 GB RAM PC133
Adaptec SCSI U2W host adaptor
36GB SCSI HDD
Conner 4mm DDS2 tape drive
ATI Radeon 9250SE
some sound card