The Post Your Old/Retro Builds Thread

[w1retap]

How much was this? I assume you got it on ebay?

eBay, $125

 

[Haswellbeast]

Do you all think that in short time, Sandy bridge may show up here? It is older that Phenom and Nehalem were when this thread started, the only thing I see is that for most tasks, sandy bridge is still relevant.

 

[Red Falcon]

Do you all think that in short time, Sandy bridge may show up here? It is older that Phenom and Nehalem were when this thread started, the only thing I see is that for most tasks, sandy bridge is still relevant.

Yes, next year it Sandy Bridge will officially be classified as retro, crazy as that sounds.
You are right in that it is still very usable for modern tasks.

I think as time goes on we are going to see less of a skew with the usability factor for modern tasks, as even Nehalem from 2008 or 2009 can still be equipped with 12GB+ RAM, SATA SSDs, and PCIe 2.0 transfer rates.
Go back to 2008, though, and something from 1993 like a Pentium 1 system certainly could not perform any contemporary task from that time period.

 

[Haswellbeast]

Yes, next year it Sandy Bridge will officially be classified as retro, crazy as that sounds.
You are right in that it is still very usable for modern tasks.

I think as time goes on we are going to see less of a skew with the usability factor for modern tasks, as even Nehalem from 2008 or 2009 can still be equipped with 12GB+ RAM, SATA SSDs, and PCIe 2.0 transfer rates.
Go back to 2008, though, and something from 1993 like a Pentium 1 system certainly could not perform any contemporary task from that time period.

Oh yeah, I recently acquired a nehalem and yeah, it's almost too usable, besides being forced into MBR and windows 11 freezes upon install.

 

[Mr. Bluntman]

Now that I have 16:9 panels I figured it's time to put this Radeon HD 4850 512MB I've had for years through its paces...

I would have paired it with a P35/45 motherboard and a Q9650 instead of this G31/Q6700 combo but my DP35DP got ruined by cat piss (and I'm not spending $150-200 for a replacement!). Pretty sure I left my Q9650 and other LGA775 CPUs back in the Southwest, but I just have to persuade my friend to get off his ass and mail them out to me....

God I miss single slot GPUs with sane power draw...

Can anyone recommend me a DVI-D dual link male to Displayport female adapter (for 1440p60)? The DVI > HDMI dongle I have only does up to 1080p...

Also if you have a i965P, P35/X38, P45/X48 full ATX motherboard you'd be willing to part with on the cheap please do PM me... I would like to have both a Presler and Yorkfield compatible motherboards on hand for a couple projects.

 

[Red Falcon]

Now that I have 16:9 panels I figured it's time to put this Radeon HD 4850 512MB I've had for years through its paces...

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I would have paired it with a P35/45 motherboard and a Q9650 instead of this G31/Q6700 combo but my DP35DP got ruined by cat piss (and I'm not spending $150-200 for a replacement!). Pretty sure I left my Q9650 and other LGA775 CPUs back in the Southwest, but I just have to persuade my friend to get off his ass and mail them out to me....

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Nice build, that was the first GPU to hit the 1 TFLOP FP32 mark.

 

[Haswellbeast]

Oh yeah, I recently acquired a nehalem and yeah, it's almost too usable, besides being forced into MBR and windows 11 freezes upon install.

I mean, nehalem isn't impressive (after trying to use it a bit more), it is definitely slower feeling than sandy bridge, but that doesn't change that it can still do tons of tasks today, but it definitely shows its age, unlike sandy bridge (in my honest opinion).

 

[KonaKona040]

Yes, next year it Sandy Bridge will officially be classified as retro, crazy as that sounds.
You are right in that it is still very usable for modern tasks.

Retro is a state of mind, unlocked multiplier and locked bus overclocking doesn't feel retro to me. It will undoubtedly be 15 years old either way.

I really need to amass a small collection of 775 CPUs to play with. They might be too slow to run anything new but they'll always be fun to tweak.

 

[Haswellbeast]

Retro is a state of mind, unlocked multiplier and locked bus overclocking doesn't feel retro to me. It will undoubtedly be 15 years old either way.

I really need to amass a small collection of 775 CPUs to play with. They might be too slow to run anything new but they'll always be fun to tweak.

I've never tweaked LGA 775, although, id imagine with some people getting 2x overclocks, bus speeds get pretty high!

 

[KonaKona040]

I've never tweaked LGA 775, although, id imagine with some people getting 2x overclocks, bus speeds get pretty high!

The great ones did 100% but practically all of the cheaper chips would do 50%+. Intel had tons of headroom on them and the boards usually had FSB headroom too. Good times.