Inspired by @Papusan's post HERE
I was thinking it would be cool to see some old-school setups (desktop or laptops).
I'll start with my first watercooling setup (circa 2005):
CPU: AMD Opteron 165 (first dual core cpu and an amazing jump in performance from single core setups that I had in the past)
Motherboard: DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra-D (at least I think)
GPU: ATI Radeon X800 PRO AGP
Case: Antec SLK3000-B
CPU block: mcw6002-64
GPU block: dangerden acetal maze4gpu
Pump: D5
Radiator: BIP2 xflow
Fans: 2 sanyo denki fans (they move some serious air)
Misc: 7/16s tubing
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Wish I had more pictures of it (and better quality too). Also going to see if I have pictures of my first laptop (Clevo with a P4 northwood cpu, but I can't recall the rest of the specs).
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custom90gt Doc Mod Super Moderator
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custom90gt Doc Mod Super Moderator
Hah tough crowd here.
Here was my next setup a year after the one above:
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600
Motherboard: Asus P5W DH Delux
GPU: XFX 8800 GTS
Case: Gigabyte 3d aurora
CPU block: Swiftech of some type
Pump: swiftech mcp355 with an acetyl top
Radiator: BIP2 xflow
Fans: 2 sanyo denki fans (they move some serious air)
Misc: 7/16s tubing
This was the first system I really got into overclocking ram. I believe the above was running Mushkin Blackline. Really sad I didn't save any screenshots from the benches and stuff. I also had a WD Raptor or two in that system.
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I have been scouring my photo library to find images of my old gear. But that was before the advent of digital cameras really! ha ha.
I do have a TT Xaser III that I have for sale but it's not moving since shipping is a metric crapload, so I think I will build my son a gaming system out of it once prices reduce to normal.custom90gt likes this.
Post your old-school setup
Discussion in 'Desktop Hardware' started by custom90gt, Aug 28, 2021.