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Guru3D Rig of the Month - May 2021
Meet a familiar face here at Guru3D, Bozo is back with another build. This time he took some older components and decided to make a retro build, themed towards Chernobyl and called Chernobuild ... you're looking at 50 to 100 USD on parts, yet it still remains to be a unique build. Ad that proves that an ROTM does not need to be expensive :)
Check out the ROTM here.
Guru3D Rig of the Month - April 2021 - 04/29/2021 01:33 PM
Each month here at Guru3D.com we feature one of you guys, your PC, your DIY project. It is quite honestly amazing how much detail and dedication you put into a PC, and every now and then it really sho...
Guru3D Rig of the Month - March 2021 - 03/31/2021 10:39 AM
Hurray for medical staff, nurses, and supporting staff in these oh-so difficult times. meet Peter, at the age of 50 he is a nurse in Canada. He has a passion for nice-looking PC rigs and brings you .....
Download: Guru3D RTSS Rivatuner Statistics Server 7.3.1 Final - 03/10/2021 03:00 PM
We issue a new build of RTSS (Rivatuner Statistics Server) build 7.3.1 Final. This build contains a few quick fixes as well as addresses some compatibility issues with MS Flightsim 2020, Ghost Recon:...
Download: Guru3D RTSS Rivatuner Statistics Server 7.3.0 Final - 02/28/2021 01:37 PM
We just released a new beta build of RTSS (Rivatuner Statistics Server) build 7.3.0 Final. RTSS is an integral part of tweaking tools like MSI AfterBurner and responsible for the overlay, video record...
Guru3D Rig of the Month - February 2021 - 02/26/2021 11:13 AM
Bill built a system in the original Lian Li O11 with the EK side distro, overall a good build but not quite what he originally envisioned. He refreshed the hardware a bit and then built this time arou...
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#5916955 Posted on: 06/01/2021 07:40 PM
I just love this machine.
Well done.
I just love this machine.
Well done.
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#5916961 Posted on: 06/01/2021 08:06 PM
I really like and appreciate retro builds, but this one, IN MY OPINION, is really one of the worst ever made (it looks REALLY great, but the "heart" of it is really terrible).
Socket A had really bad support, but at least he could have went with Barton (Athlon) 3000+, offering slighly better performance. Windows 2000? Why not XP, since it was widely more accepted and supported.
Using FX 5300 for GPU, one of the most failure GPU-s is just a big no-no, he could have find the ATI RADEON 9800 XT with the same price.
The problem is not that this PC is old (i gave my friend an Athlon X2 6000+ with HD6670, he uses it as main PC, playing BF3 now at 24+ FPS at "ultra"), but that the components are nowhere near honorable or usable. It's like buying in 2040 a Ryzen 1500 with a GT 1030 on Windows 8 for retro build... what's the point of it, when neither of them had been honorable/used/praised/gamechanger. Availability? Hell nah.
just my 2 cents
-The only REAL update would have been Athlon 3200 barton 1st gen, bigger cache, faster link frequency (400 instead of 333), wider OC range... so the one he chosen is ok as it should be as fast as the 3000+ once OC (it's for that nearly no one have bough the 3000+)
-FX 5300 were standard in these days and i can't see a game that don't work with it... ATI or NVidia a question of choise and also high end were really getting hot and so don't last in time.
-Just for fun, because our PC:
-just can't run 16 bits code
-need "remastered" version to have old stuff running fine on them
-cost too much for what we get
I know, there is linux, there is dosbox... but it's like car, you can drive a neo-retro car, but driving a real retro car is a way better experience.
I really like and appreciate retro builds, but this one, IN MY OPINION, is really one of the worst ever made (it looks REALLY great, but the "heart" of it is really terrible).
Socket A had really bad support, but at least he could have went with Barton (Athlon) 3000+, offering slighly better performance. Windows 2000? Why not XP, since it was widely more accepted and supported.
Using FX 5300 for GPU, one of the most failure GPU-s is just a big no-no, he could have find the ATI RADEON 9800 XT with the same price.
The problem is not that this PC is old (i gave my friend an Athlon X2 6000+ with HD6670, he uses it as main PC, playing BF3 now at 24+ FPS at "ultra"), but that the components are nowhere near honorable or usable. It's like buying in 2040 a Ryzen 1500 with a GT 1030 on Windows 8 for retro build... what's the point of it, when neither of them had been honorable/used/praised/gamechanger. Availability? Hell nah.
just my 2 cents
-The only REAL update would have been Athlon 3200 barton 1st gen, bigger cache, faster link frequency (400 instead of 333), wider OC range... so the one he chosen is ok as it should be as fast as the 3000+ once OC (it's for that nearly no one have bough the 3000+)
-FX 5300 were standard in these days and i can't see a game that don't work with it... ATI or NVidia a question of choise and also high end were really getting hot and so don't last in time.
-Just for fun, because our PC:
-just can't run 16 bits code
-need "remastered" version to have old stuff running fine on them
-cost too much for what we get
I know, there is linux, there is dosbox... but it's like car, you can drive a neo-retro car, but driving a real retro car is a way better experience.
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#5916966 Posted on: 06/01/2021 08:30 PM
Awesome rig!
12. Your 3DMark scores
3D What?
13. Do you have any future updates planned?
This one is done.
Awesome rig!
12. Your 3DMark scores
3D What?
13. Do you have any future updates planned?
This one is done.
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#5916978 Posted on: 06/01/2021 09:32 PM
Like the dane I played D2 with back in the days.
Windows 2000 was way better than XP for quite a long time and supported equally. I didn't switch from 2k till XP SP3 was released because XP was so bug ridden and performance hungry comparatively.
Like the dane I played D2 with back in the days.
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Yes! the barton 2500, one of my first forays into overclocking. If I remember correctly it was a great bang for the buck cpu that overclocked nicely. Cool build, how many roentgens you reading off that thing?