Some retro battlestations I’ve built recently

Posted by ThatOneComputerNerd@reddit | retrobattlestations | View on Reddit | 50 comments

In order:

Titan

-Asus Sabertooth X99

-Intel Core i7-5960X

-32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengenace LPX DDR4-3200

-Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan Z’s (quad-SLI)

-EVGA 1200 P2 PSU

-Cooler Master ML240

-Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced “NVIDIA” Edition

-Windows 8.1 Pro

Borg

-MSI P6N Diamond

-Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

-4GB (4x1GB) Patriot DDR2-800

-NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

-Corsair CX600 PSU

-Arctic Freezer 7 Pro

-Apevia X-Sniper 2

-Windows 7 Ultimate SP1

Patriot

-Intel DX79TO

-Intel Xeon E5-1650

-32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600

-Dual AMD FirePro W8000’s (2-way CrossFire)

-Corsair RM1000e PSU

-Corsair H100

-Corsair Graphite 600T

-Windows 7 Ultimate SP1

Leviathan

-EVGA Classified SR-2

-Dual Intel Xeon X5680’s (OC’d @4.25GHz)

-24GB (6x4GB) G.Skill TridentZ DDR3-1600

-Dual EVGA GeForce GTX 580’s (2-way SLI)

-EVGA SuperNova 1600 G+

-Dual EVGA CL360’s

-Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra

-Windows 7 Ultimate SP1

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dick_police@reddit

This subreddit is lost.

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ThatOneComputerNerd@reddit (OP)

How so buddy

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ThatOneComputerNerd@reddit (OP)

It’s a genuine question…not sure why I’m getting downvoted, yet no one wants to answer. This is retro battlestations, not vintage battlestations. What do you wanna see here, Windows 98 stuff? What qualifies as “retro”? I thought that builds that are 12-18 years old would be retro at this point, no? How’s an SR-2 not “retro”?

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rickonami@reddit

i still using this case right now... 17 years, and i changed the motherboard and so forth in 2016.

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tracber@reddit

man... windows 7 is retro?

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ThatOneComputerNerd@reddit (OP)

I think it’s actually experiencing a mild resurgence tbh!!!

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twopoopsaday@reddit

I built two retro pc’s recently and put Win 7 on them as well. Microsoft’s best OS next to XP.

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DramaticProtogen@reddit

saw a GTX and thought "Am I old?"

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randylush@reddit

Yes

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randylush@reddit

Yes.

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EveryMeasurement3246@reddit

i wish pc's still had optical disk drives

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crusnik404@reddit

This is really cool! Takes me back. Crazy how much has changed since not relatively long ago.

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Divergent5623@reddit

OMG that SR-2 with the dual EVGA AIOs is incredible.

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pop-d0g@reddit

Yeah. Dual CPU. 12 DDR3 slots. Gosh.

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ThatOneComputerNerd@reddit (OP)

It was super satisfying to build!! A dream build for me

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jf7333@reddit

Nice collection! I used my Nvidia 690II for a Asus Tuff Z790. It originally had a Sabertooth X58.

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ThatOneComputerNerd@reddit (OP)

Heck yeah it’s fun to build in!! This one was very dirty when we got it, had to do quite a lot of cleaning

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jf7333@reddit

Great work!

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randylush@reddit

That’s NICE my man! I like that a lot!

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ThatOneComputerNerd@reddit (OP)

Thanks!!!!!

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LeakPimp@reddit

i had that 600T with the clear acryllic sidepanel from Bill Owen when it came out, i live in denmark and paid like 130$ + import taxes and shipping lol, it was like 300 in total 😅😅

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ThatOneComputerNerd@reddit (OP)

Honestly it’s such a good case

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LeakPimp@reddit

yep, good cable management, lots of storage space and it didnt feel big compared to other cases with same features

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realLudoKresshh@reddit

Awesome and very clean

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ThatOneComputerNerd@reddit (OP)

Thank you!!

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Rrrrockstarrrr@reddit

Im glad im no the only one lol awesome builds bro

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ThatOneComputerNerd@reddit (OP)

Same here lmao thanks!!!

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SeaRun598@reddit

Borg was my first thought, but some builds are absolute monsters. Have fun.

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ThatOneComputerNerd@reddit (OP)

Heck yeah man!!

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AutomaticAffect4333@reddit

Dude, you can't just casually have an evga sr2

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ThatOneComputerNerd@reddit (OP)

🤣🤣🤣 it really is crazy that there’s just an SR-2 system in my life now.

I hear you on that ribbon cable, and it’s already got a replacement on the way in the form of a third GTX 580 and a 3-way bridge…😏 what I REALLY want is three GTX 580 Classified’s, but they’re like $400-$600 each, so…maybe never 😅

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0KlausAdler0@reddit

Definitely a battle station some really good builds absolute monsters clean too.

Borg was my first thought my said my old sempron build looked like a borg computer 😆

Have fun 😊

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ThatOneComputerNerd@reddit (OP)

Thanks!!! It’s been a blast :D wow haven’t heard “Sempron” in a while lol

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0KlausAdler0@reddit

Super welcome thanks for posting 😊

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diogko@reddit

Had the Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced for a long time with a pretty good and close to maxed out build,it was pretty good for its time, had some minor mods made to it, mainly for the wiring loom and had converted it to only use 2.5"drives, had 13 drives in that thing. Glorious case even for today.

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RetroTechBro@reddit

My main PC (5900X, 64GB 3200MHz DDR4, 9070XT) is still in a CM690-II Advanced. They just dont make good cases with 5.25 bays and enough 3.5 bays anymore

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tyttuutface@reddit

I wish they still made cases like these. (Or that the secondhand market wasn't so rough.)

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ThatOneComputerNerd@reddit (OP)

Yeah…gotta find the gems and be willing to do a bit of restoration work and cleaning.

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zcworx@reddit

That nvidia case is so sick I wish I still had mine from back in the day

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ThatOneComputerNerd@reddit (OP)

There’s a lot still floating out there. This (CM 690 II Advanced), the HAF X, and the Stacker 830, all got the NVIDIA treatment

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siliconsandwich@reddit

I like your style, this is the kind of build I’ve been enjoying myself lately. Lots of lovely horrible SLI and Crossfire. Haven’t managed to get my hands on an SR-2 or a Skulltrail board though!

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ThatOneComputerNerd@reddit (OP)

A Skulltrail would be AWESOME!!! And yeah, the SR-2…all I can say is, they say never meet your heroes. And they would be wrong 😊 cause this board met and exceeded every expectation I had. It’s just outstanding in every way, absolutely in love with it! You gotta get your hands on one, just holding it is an experience, biggest consumer motherboard ever made.

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