u/mentallyblind3

Super feeling nostalgic lately, my first PC was an AM2+ build with an Athlon 9550, so I decided to come back and fully max out a proper AM3 system for fun.

​The board is a Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3, which sits in that awesome transitional period with native IDE and Floppy headers right next to SATA ports.

​Quick specs:

Phenom II X4 965 BE @ 3.6 GHz

16GB DDR3 (mixed HyperX/ValueRAM @ 1600MHz CL11)

Quadro K2000D (workstation GTX 650 Ti basically)

Vi550 SSD + HDD

​Since Deneb lacks SSE4.2/AVX instructions, I focused on maxing raw throughput. Instead of just pushing CPU clock, I cranked the CPU-NB from 2000 to 2400 MHz (+0.100V offset to 1.20V) and bumped DRAM voltage to 1.60V for 4-slot stability. The boost in memory latency and system snappiness is great.

​Testing Win 10 and Linux Mint now on ssd, but my first OS back in the day was late-stage XP. Plan is to eventually (when i see what it can do nowdays) , hook up those old IDE drives, and set up a proper XP/Win 7 dual boot (surprisingly they are in good health).

​Anyone else still messing with this era?

​​Hey guys,

​First time Apple user here! Windows 11 is annoying and Win 10 support is ending, so I bought a super cheap 2014 Mac Mini to test the waters.

So naturally i dual-booted Windows 10 (alongside Monterey) on it and want to use it for lighter stuff without turning it into a literal toaster.

​For anyone who’s used one of these: What games will actually work fine? Did anyone try league of legends? (just curious)

Anyways, ​hit me with your favorite older RPGs, RTS, ARPGs, or indie gems that won't melt the CPU

Forgot to mention that it has SSD inside.

I love overclocking on a stock cooler with chinese power supply

Very noisy, but cool looking gpu from mac pro 3.1

I upgraded it to gtx 1050 2gb since im running windows and it works fine.