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"it was... interesting"Oh lord. I had the Tsunami, earlier version of that case. It was... interesting. Yeah. We'll go with that.
Find a used P180 or the like.
Yep. From sometime in the early 2000's onward there were the old cathode lights and things like that in them. We had lighting in the cases and windows as well. It just wasn't as sophisticated as it is now.Just about every gaming PC from the mid early 00s has neon lights installed into them.
I have memories of old IDE cables... before buying the DKx790 i was looking for another reactive UV lanparty, but it's not easy and not very cheapCable management wasn't sophisticated back then ether.
@raldo
CCFLs were all the rage and so were UV reactive parts, so much so that some motherboards had UV reactive parts.
Cable management wasn't sophisticated back then ether.
@raldo
CCFLs were all the rage and so were UV reactive parts, so much so that some motherboards had UV reactive parts.
Thank you! very kindAnything DFI lanparty will not be cheap. You could try reaching out to the folks at hwbot, a lot of them have DFI boards someone may be willing to part for cheap, however it would likely be beat to hell and back. DFI boards a re know for being buggy so that may not be the best idea if you want something stable.
EPoX, jetway, ECS, msi and a few others also had UV reactive motherboards.
Foxconn's own motherboards were awful in this regard. Jetway was terrible. ECS, PC-Chips and several others were no prize either. To be fair, GIGABYTE, MSI and ASUS had some ugly stuff too. It just wasn't as egregious as most of the rest.Jetway 939gt4 comes to mind with the clown colors, red PCB and yellow/green slots ick.
We’re we all color blind back then?Speaking of hideous motherboards I found this pic in my Imgur:
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This is the kind of crap I had to look at when I started doing reviews at HardOCP back in the day.
Nope. We just didn't have a choice. It was the early days and most had black, green or orange colored PCB's with white or black slots on them. That was the norm and in the early days of "gaming" builds with cathode lights and windows, some companies thought this stuff would appeal to us. The fact is the vast majority of motherboard makers are in Taiwan and I don't think they understood our market and the gamer aesthetic. I think most were just trying to give themselves brand recognition more than anything. In a way it was a time of experimentation and a lot of it was regrettable on their part.We’re we all color blind back then?
I remember all the green. And ECS had purple. There were some red ones (ASUS), but my mind had somehow blanked most of the insane color schemes. Jesus.Nope. We just didn't have a choice. It was the early days and most had black, green or orange colored PCB's with white or black slots on them. That was the norm and in the early days of "gaming" builds with cathode lights and windows, some companies thought this stuff would appeal to us. The fact is the vast majority of motherboard makers are in Taiwan and I don't think they understood our market and the gamer aesthetic. I think most were just trying to give themselves brand recognition more than anything. In a way it was a time of experimentation and a lot of it was regrettable on their part.
There were all manner of wild color schemes back in the day. As I said, I think it was for branding or it was for the Chinese market which is very different from ours in terms of aesthetic. That being said, I know that "red and black" gamer boards became all the rage over there long after it had diversified more here.I remember all the green. And ECS had purple. There were some red ones (ASUS), but my mind had somehow blanked most of the insane color schemes. Jesus.
I really do appreciate current designs. Black or white and muted colors, RGB sure but you can turn it off…. And I like motherboard shields too- looks cleaner and no hitting the board with a screwdriver.
You could go with a chieftec dragon or one of the many clones of it, that is a classic case from that era.
It is truly the same!Just found the cooler master case that looks like the TT soprano.
Coolermaster Wavemaster.
But I have no clue if its any better.
I don't really mind that to be honest lol. I like it more than the plastic rgb covered junk we have these days anyway. At the time that was released though I was running a black soyo dragon which was one of the few black boards back then.Speaking of hideous motherboards I found this pic in my Imgur:
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This is the kind of crap I had to look at when I started doing reviews at HardOCP back in the day.
Well, there is no accounting for taste. You can shut the RGB lighting off or change the color scheme of RGB to suit your tastes. The subdued colors and monochromatic aesthetic of today is a vast improvement over what I can only describe as a color scheme inspired by the thought of throwing a clown into a wood chipper.I don't really mind that to be honest lol. I like it more than the plastic rgb covered junk we have these days anyway.
I'm not sure why RGB hurts some people's feelings or upsets them or whatever you want to call it. Again, if you turn it off you can have a clean, simple black and steel, black and gray or whatever board. Many of them aren't even clad in much if any plastic. There are also some motherboards that lack RGB lighting. The MSI MEG X570 Unify comes to mindTBH Ill take a clown in a wood chipper over build with lots a flashing RGB lights any day. But I don't really like either TBH.
For you guys, said in friendship, is it better to leave the LanParty and try a different motherboard?
my god ahahha, this is one answer ... sometimes I have the problem you say at stock speeds. I will change motherboardThe DFI LanParty series boards are the last thing I'd ever recommend to anyone. I didn't like them then and I don't like them in hindsight.
I built many systems with those DFI LanParty motherboards and I do not remember them fondly. I personally thought of them as trash, which is an opinion that tends to upset people. DFI's quality was lackluster to the point where you could have five of the exact same model and they would all behave differently. Different boards of the same model didn't even perform the same with identical memory kits. Also, you often had to make adjustments in the BIOS to get the system stable and I'm not talking about overclocking either. This was often necessary at stock speeds. People would excuse this bullshit as it being a "tuner's board". It's nonsense. Even back then there were plenty of motherboards that were just as capable that didn't need tweaking to run at stock speeds and were far more consistent in terms of quality.
I also found some of them that wouldn't benchmark as well as another of the same board in an identical configuration. I wrote an article for HardOCP.com years ago titled: "The Top 5 Worst motherboards of All Time." One of the DFI LanParty boards made that list.
To be fair, many people have good experiences with these motherboards and swore by them back in the day. However, as a reviewer, system builder and repair technician, I've worked with far more individual samples than most people. That's shaped my opinion on those motherboards but some people haven't had the issues I have. Take those experiences for what you will.my god ahahha, this is one answer ... sometimes I have the problem you say at stock speeds. I will change motherboard
honest, thanksTo be fair, many people have good experiences with these motherboards and swore by them back in the day. However, as a reviewer, system builder and repair technician, I've worked with far more individual samples than most people. That's shaped my opinion on those motherboards but some people haven't had the issues I have. Take those experiences for what you will.
Speaking of hideous motherboards I found this pic in my Imgur:
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This is the kind of crap I had to look at when I started doing reviews at HardOCP back in the day.
No, it isn't.Better than rgb seizure party
Better than rgb seizure party