richba5tard Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 We're all hardware geeks who can't stop ourselves from buying the latest and greatest, but only a few of your acquisitions really do pay of. What hardware / electronics you bought was not only every penny worth, but did you use for a long time too? 1) 9500 non pro biosmodded (4 to 8 pipelines), extra cooling, and voltage modding made this puppy to run at 9800Pro speeds. The voltage modding eventually got the best of him, but it didn't stop it from running at these speeds for 2 years. 2) XP1700+ thoroughbred Has been running from the day I got it (approx 3 years ago) at 10*200mhz without onle single lockup, and it's still running now. The best example that overclocking can be money saving and doesn't need to be timeconsuming. 3) coolermaster alloy keyboard If you like typing on laptops you'll love this keyboard. With the flat key design, typing is both relaxing as absolutly noiseless. I have had this keyboard for 3 years and used it daily, while it still looks brand new. Hall of Shame: 1) Epox 8rda+: 4 of them died due to overheating, bad bioses, ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ware1320 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 XFX 6600GT - has gone 625/1255 with the old Zalman. Runs 575/1150 all day long. It was cheap and has never let me down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saucy Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 1) Nvidia 6800GTO- Got it free from dell.com w/ monitor purchase. Runs at 6800Ultra speeds without voltmods. 2) Logitech Z5500- Got it free from Dell.com w/ purchase of $30 printer. One hell of a lot of bass. 3)Air vent- I put my computer on top of this, and it lowered my temps! A lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richba5tard Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 A logitech Z5500 free with a 30$ printer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzki Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Had to think long and hard what to put here...I hate all my hw. Except the FM-121 fan from SilverStone (I guess as I have 14 of them): http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-fm121.htm 110 cfm max, relatively cheap, comes with a fan control panel (useless for me) and a fan grill (useful for me...). My small farm is going to make a BIG noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richba5tard Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 17dBa at 800rpm is quite good. Normally you shouldn't hear the fan, only the sound of air moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzki Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 2400rpm and 40dBA apiece here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saucy Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 A logitech Z5500 free with a 30$ printer? Yup, bensbargains.net routinely exploits glitches within dell.com to get outrageous deals. This was one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenboy Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 best thing i ever got and still have is a mountainmods ufo pc case, its big and looks good and has the room to move around inside, and has fittings for 12 fans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massman Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Best buy? (moddified) First setup of course! 2600+ XP-M DFI Lanparty 2*256 BH-5 FX5700 (bought for 20€, mems overclock super) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richba5tard Posted November 24, 2006 Author Share Posted November 24, 2006 I love my macbook since I recieved it 7 months ago. Never switching to a PC again, unless for gaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwwww Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 My 9800se. 256bit bus, unlocked perfectly to 8 pipelines. Core got mutiliated by mounting a waterblock on it's naked core. After that it artifacted all the time but somehow (back on air cooling) managed 20MHz higher on the core. Did 470/400 on air iirc. Still highest 9800se on 3dmark03 - non FM approved 'cause was using Omega's to unlock the extra 4 pies. My Mushkin Level 2 3500's. Best 512MB bh5s I've ever owned. Did 289MHz with them. My Dothan 740. When I finally decide to drift away from the dothan (as in ct-479 dothan), I buy a laptop with a dothan in, and just to test I try the chip, and she does 3GHz on an unmodded adaptor! Around 400MHz more than the average dothan I had prior. My Celeron 300A - 'nuff said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hak Foo Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 My K6-233. While most K6-233s were poor overclockers, mine spent the first few months of its life at 2.9vcore (3.2 was stock) and was daily driven at 3.0x83 = 250 (+/-) for quite a while. I eventually got it as high as 292 (3.5x83) by use of a Socket A heatsink, but by then, it was long ago abandoned. My ECS K7S5A. Yeah, poor overclocker (took a Duron 1.6 that was capable of AT LEAST 1980 only to 1800), but it had a strong user community and its low price made it possible to go for an Athlon 1.2C instead of the 1.0B I was planning. My no-name second-hand 486 board. First one I ever OCd on (DX-33 to 40, DX2-66 to 80), fun jumper settings (one turned down the clock to like 2MHz), and a 486-80 with VLB video and a quarter-meg cache can do surprisingly well when compared to a P100 with no L2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon_82 Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 The best purchase has been my old Creative Labs 3D Blaster 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee 16MB AGP. It lasted working OCed about a 10% (don't remember the right speeds) from 01/99 to 09/03 and with tweaked drivers it still had a nice performance by the moment of it's retirement (welll, at 800x600 on my 15" screen wich was the highest trully useable resolution). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew Turrican Posted March 3, 2007 Crew Share Posted March 3, 2007 my best buy was my geforce 4 ti4200 in 2002. it oc'ed like hell. 310/650 without mods 335/730 with voltmods cooled with air. (socket-A 60mm AL-heatsink attachet to the card ) well, maybe with watercooling more were possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sadhiq Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 My X1900GT from Sapphire ! After buying three of them, I finally got a really nice one, it ran 776/882 ! I still miss it since I sold it some months ago (still in the top 4 of every bench for this hw ) and my 8800isn't as nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THRASHER2 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 The DEAL MASTER Bought these Crazy Deals at the Local Compusa a few weeks Ago :lol:;) The BAWLS cost more then my Sempron HAHAHAHAHA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massman Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Impressive ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THRASHER2 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Impressive ... Heres another one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massman Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Man, I want a CompUSA next to my door !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witte Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 I agree, Th-B based 1700+ from AMD was really the best buy ever for its money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richba5tard Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 Running on a good old XP1800+ Thoroughbred 'B' right now. This puppy has been running at 35% OC since day one... and has never crashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netgamer416 Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Sad enough i would have to say my Favorite was 1. No name Geforce FX 6600LE "as stating on boot" O/C like mad,.... stock core-300, Mem-600 O/Ced core-425,Mem-820 2. Intel Celeron D 320 s478. This was my first processor and i O/Ced it on stock intel cooling and a POC PCchips board to 2.8Ghz and it ran smooth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boble76 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Palit GF 8800GTX about 3 weeks ago, after that I've bought Celeron D 352 & ASUS Commando from my team mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richba5tard Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 Why the 8800GTX boble76? You can hardly argument it's the best value for your money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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