Vintage score !

Alaric · Aug 28, 2015

I had to give a neighbor some bad news about his dad's truck and he gave me this

It came with a Phenom X3 8750. He said it was a working rig when he took it out , never been OCed. Now I have to figure out what to do with it !

Yamitoko · Aug 28, 2015

That's awesome, what was the bad news on the truck?

Alaric · Aug 28, 2015

Compression was 60-70 lbs. on every cylinder except the one that read zero.

Yamitoko · Aug 28, 2015

Alaric said:
Compression was 60-70 lbs. on every cylinder except the one that read zero.

Ouch, what was the mileage on the motor?

knoober · Aug 28, 2015

With that form factor it screams htpc... You know, a garage stereo Lucky find. I'm not sure if that cpu will unlock, but you might have a quad core on your hands

Alaric · Aug 28, 2015

170,000 ish. It's an older Mazda B3000 (Ford Ranger) with a V6. Well , a V5 now.

Yamitoko · Aug 28, 2015

Alaric said:
170,000 ish. It's an older Mazda B3000 (Ford Ranger) with a V6. Well , a V5 now.

Haha, not too huge of a loss then but it's still not something that you want to have happen. Oh well haha, back to tech talk.

Alaric · Aug 28, 2015

I don't know if this board will unlock it , but I do have an old M4A785-M that has the core unlocker. I got 3000+ MHz out of an X4 Phenom on it , so it clocks the old guys OK. I'm not familiar with the GeForce chipset on this one.

Alaric · Aug 28, 2015

I like the idea of a music server now that I have had a chance to swish it around. I have an old dell card reader I can mod for a USB header. A half decent sound card and a big ol' HDD might be a worthwhile investment. I have a TV tuner card in my main rig I could use.....

knoober · Aug 28, 2015

If you're an audiophile a sound card is nice. I've found that my ears can't really tell the difference. It's got an on board optical out you could pipe right into a receiver..... Small case + big hdd = boom done

Alaric · Aug 28, 2015

Unfortunately a good outboard DAC isn't in my current budget. Although there is some nice , reasonably priced Schiiit here http://schiit.com/ I know some people who swear by their gear.

pcgamer4life · Aug 28, 2015

Nice score! But I'd hardly call like 8 year old hardware vintage.

knoober · Aug 28, 2015

Alaric said:
Unfortunately a good outboard DAC isn't in my current budget. Although there is some nice , reasonably priced Schiiit here http://schiit.com/ I know some people who swear by their gear.

I do not know why any of that hardware is necessary, but I can honestly say that I now want a DAC

I just use the home stereo. I want good sound but I've never been able to afford audio junkie status

pcgamer4life said:
Nice score! But I'd hardly call like 8 year old hardware vintage.

Yeah 8 year old hardware is more like a fossil!

Alaric · Aug 28, 2015

Yeah 8 year old hardware is more like a fossil!

Right ? LOL

My integrated amp doesn't have an onboard DAC , so digital out of the PC won't do me any good without it. The chip on the board is "meh" otherwise. My speakers are merciless , and unforgiving , of bad source material. As is my disc player. It was just a few years ago I spent $2k+ on a turntable , phono amp , and cables , cuz it whomped the Schiit out of digital noise. It has only been in the last couple years I have considered digital for non-critical listening. I shall forever be a devotee of vinyl and vacuum tubes for the good stuff. But if I can hear my favorite tunes (that I don't have on vinyl) easily and conveniently , I'm old enough to go the lazy route. LOL

knoober · Aug 29, 2015

Does vinyl not convert well? Seems you might be able to plug in your turn table and get your vinyl on there as well. I'm not sure if it is reasonable to convert vinyl though, because of the quality issues

Alaric · Aug 29, 2015

To me vinyl loses something in the A>D>A conversion process. Some claim to have had great results but that was with gear well out of my budget.

knoober · Aug 29, 2015

Conversion software/hardware that can do the job correctly is a mint for sure. I think if the first A-D conversion were done to a lossless format you might save some quality. That vinyl sounds different with every passing day anyway right? Humidity and all that

But theres a whole boatload of my .02

Alaric · Aug 29, 2015

It would have to be lossless. I don't have any music files that aren't. Most are FLAC , with the earlier stuff being WAV lossless.

NiHaoMike · Aug 29, 2015

How good are you with DIY electronics? You might want to consider a DIY DAC and get top quality at a low price.
https://github.com/NiHaoMike/OpenDAC-HD

Alaric · Aug 30, 2015

I'm a fan of the Cirrus Logic chips (CS 4397 is nice). Although the end product sound quality is very dependent on the back end analog output stage. I've considered a DIY solution. It would take a lot of research to find a synergistic pairing between DAC and op amps. I don't have the personal experience to know which parts work together and which ones really sing.

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