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Over 10 years already since I got a 1GHz Tbird from Compuwiz1...

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Joemonkey said:
I'm not sure what your context is here, but iamwiz82 and compuwiz1 aren't the same people

Also, I joined AT shortly after that conversation took place because I was having issues getting my KT7A-RAID Mobo working properly and found out the CPU fan plugs were switched and it wouldn't boot because it registered no CPU fan hooked up. Good times!
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ahh.. so what happened to compuwiz then?
i havent seen him post in a while
 
I remember when the MSI KT7 Pro 2A came out and how it was theee hot MB and how hard it was to get one. Red Dawn had a whole big thread about it when it came out and he got one. Crazy fast with my Tbird 1.4 Mhz(?), haw, haw, haw. I still have both I think but they are in boxes.
 
Still using my T-bird 1Ghz and KT7A-Raid. It chugs along as my file server, put a couple SATA Raid cards in it a few years ago and now up to 5TB.

I really need to upgrade it one of these days but I just can't pull the plug on it.
 
I got my 1.6GHz Duron over 2.1GHz... I thought it was the fastest thing in the world at the time. It was coupled with a GeForce Ti4200 @ 275MHz on the core and 64MB of DDR. Those were good times... 🙂 Maybe I'll play through Divine Divinty again just for the hell of it.
 
cronos said:
I had mine overclocked to 504 (112 Mhz) stable with only bumping the voltage a bit and a couple of extra case fans 😀

I believe I ended up taking it down a notch to 496 (110 Mhz), which is stable with stock voltage, and gave the computer to my mom. She used it for about 3-4 years until it finally died.
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Nice ....
my 300 wouldn't even post at 504 with my BH6 initially. BH6 had 66, 75, 83, 100, 112, 125, and 133mhz FSB options, and it had a "turbo" option which added 3mhz to FSB.....

So, I ran at 100mhz with turbo and got 464mhz....
After a couple of years, I was able to push it to 504, but it wasn't stable, even with overvolting... so I ran 464 until eventually picking up a "celermine" 533.... sucker ran 896 at stock voltage!
 
I have an intel i486 DX2 66 mhz circa 1989 here from the first machine I ever owned.

I always keep the cpus out of all my old machines for the memories.
 
I still use the first machine I ever built - it was my primary rig when I joined. A K6-2+ at 450mhz on a Soyo board with a Voodoo 3 video card. Still runs really nicely.
 
I had a dual P2-400 in a supermicro P6DBU. One of the P2's was unlocked. Made for some interesting overclocks (one ran at 450 the other at 400). I did get the bus up to 112 for a while but the onboard scsi adapter didn't like it.
 
BurnItDwn said:
Nice ....
my 300 wouldn't even post at 504 with my BH6 initially. BH6 had 66, 75, 83, 100, 112, 125, and 133mhz FSB options, and it had a "turbo" option which added 3mhz to FSB.....

So, I ran at 100mhz with turbo and got 464mhz....
After a couple of years, I was able to push it to 504, but it wasn't stable, even with overvolting...
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Same exact setup as me. I ran that @464Mhz with a #9 128 2D graphics + Diamond Monster3D add-in for years. I forget the soundcard.
 
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AbAbber2k said:
My 0.9Ghz Thunderbird served me well for almost 10 years. Can't believe I waited that long to upgrade.

900mhz TBird -> Core2Duo Quad 3.0Ghz

And ya, my phone is more powerful than my old TBird (well maybe not quite when you figure in the Radeon 9600Pro 256MB)... technology is amazing.
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Compared to the Packard Bell I bought in '96, my Droid has:

10x the CPU speed
8x the memory
16x the storage

I still have bins full of old computer junk (including the above-mentioned Slot-A's). I should either have a garage sale or open a museum.
 
moparacer said:
I have an intel i486 DX2 66 mhz circa 1989 here from the first machine I ever owned.

I always keep the cpus out of all my old machines for the memories.
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I still have my whole machine, and it even works; well it would if I put the HD in anyway. It was my first IBM compatible. A 486DX50. My first computer was an Atari :^)
 
My parents still use my old Thunderbird 1.2ghz. It's actually okay for basic web browsing and word processing. The only thing I really notice is that it's choppy when playing Youtube videos. Also I think it loads Firefox faster than my rig, which I don't see how is possible.
 
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