Woohoo my "server" is back up and running

[SWScorch]

The motherboard on my "server" computer died about a year ago and since then when I come back home from college I needed to use my old K6 233. I call it a server because I have some FTP software running on it, but really it's just the computer I use when my main rig is not available.

I just got a new motherboard, a vintage Asus A7V. No stinkin' 133, 266 or 333! Just A7V. Plugged in the old Athlon 1Gig, a few sticks of ram, and up she booted. Ahh, 'tis a beautiful thing. A wee bit faster than my 233. The only downside is the video card I had been using is now dead so I'm stuck with an old PCI something-or-other.

The best part is, I'm running the CPU with only a heatsink, no fan, and she's running at 43 C right now. The secret? A shroud running from the only fan in the system, a 92mm Panaflo over the heatsink. This chip will run 1.4GHz no problem too. This is a sweet computer. I used this machine for a long time and she still serves me well.

 

[Evadman]

1000 mhz is "just faster" than your 233 k6? WTF are you on?

<--- Still runs 2 K6-2 500 systems, and has 2 300's and a 266 somewhere

 

[Maetryx]

My DOS gaming machine is a Pentium Pro 200... it's an old Micron workstation class tower/desktop machine.

 

[dsfunk]

Originally posted by: Maetryx
My DOS gaming machine is a Pentium Pro 200... it's an old Micron workstation class tower/desktop machine.

I think I have a TI-85 around here somewhere

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: dsfunk
I think I have a TI-85 around here somewhere

I still play asteroids on mine!

<--- busts out his Commodore 64

 

[dsfunk]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: dsfunk
I think I have a TI-85 around here somewhere

I still play asteroids on mine!

<--- busts out his Commodore 64

busts out his apple IIGS

 

[Colt45]

my server blew up a little while ago. *shrug*

 

[Ryan]

yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaqHHHHHH!

 

[SWScorch]

Originally posted by: Evadman
1000 mhz is "just faster" than your 233 k6? WTF are you on?

<--- Still runs 2 K6-2 500 systems, and has 2 300's and a 266 somewhere

Yeah, it's a bit faster. Not much though.
Of course it's friggen faster you bloody fool!!!!

I actually had quite a few K6 systems back in the day. I had a K6-2 350 for a while; she was a great computer. Built her just so I could play Descent3. I was happy to get 30fps in 640x480; now I get 1000fps at 1280x960