JamesDean

Lmao I thought about a virtual machine, but I need a project and an XP build would be perfect. Something under $500 and has a genuine place and purpose in the house. I wanna use XP SP 3, and I would like to avoid IDE if I can, but I can deal with it if I have to. As for cooling, I'll use the stock fans, since I'm using stock clocks on whatever I buy. The storage, case, and PSU will all be modern (or modern-ish, I suppose the mobo won't have support for USB 3.0) If the fans have too much coil whine or something then I'll slap a box fan over it and put some headphones in. I may or may not buy a DAC as well since I know that audio wasn't the best on mobos back then. I understand that 32 bit Windows only supports 4 GB of RAM, but is that really gonna bottleneck anything? I just wanna play games like Midnight Club, Diablo, Freelancer, etc. without a crash and/or blue screen. 64 bit was a pretty big headache, and the whole idea here is that this is sort of a therapeutic build, with little to no hassle. This is staying unconnected from my router btw, I don't really wanna take the chance of the security being breached. At the end of the day, I just want a solid answer on what my CPU and GPU should be, and whatever would have the newest driver support at an affordable price.

Lmao I was thinking something like that, and I'll only take parts that have first party driver support. I wanna have fun, not a headache. Wasn't Athlon the way to go back then? I don't really remember, but I thought I saw something where Athlons had higher IPCs than Core 2 Duos.

Yeah, it most situations it should run lower, especially in a situation where a turbo clock would usually apply

So I recently discovered about 50 programs/movies/games for Windows XP. Absolutely overjoyed, I fired up compatibility mode, only to find that random bugs a frequent across multiple applications (Saved data being lost, no audio, missing textures, extreme artifacting, and hard crashes, just to name a few). I've decided that I have my heart set on a retro build, and I began looking around. Austin Evans put up a video that was pretty good, but the prices on the parts are a little much, and the hardware seemed overkill (especially the CPU, an 8-core AMD 9590 OC'd to 5 Ghz) Is there a more modest build that I could do? I'm perfectly content with a 32 bit version of the OS and I don't need a ton of storage either. I just want 100% driver support and as few bugs as possible.

I recently got a used PC being used as a "server" at my work, and I have since converted it to a gaming PC by throwing in a 240 gig cs1311 SSD from Crucial, an XFX RX 470, and a new keyboard and mouse. Since, I've started using it though, I have been encountering a very unique seeming problem: it will not write very much information before throwing out a write error and refusing to work. It's a surveillance drive from Seagate, a st31000525sv to be exact. Can anyone enlighten me on this? I'm completely stumped.

Amen! I'm buying the Armor OC, and that's that

Lol right... I've never seen any deals before now. Is it mostly Canadian deals?

Lmao that's a thing?!

That's what I was thinking, since I can very easily just boost it by 70 mghz (?) and compensate that way.

Also, I reccomend getting a better graphicds solution, big time. Try at least a 1070 to go with that beast of a 6700k or go down a tad to a 6600k or even a 6500 on an H170 motherboard.

Here, try this: Deepcool DUKASE V2 ATX Mid Tower Case

Have you tried going to PC Part Picker and sorting the cases by cheapest after you put in the rest of your build?

I got a little scratch for Christmas and looking at 2 GPUs for myself right now. Here they are in the link below. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?CompareItemList=48|14-137-050^14-137-050%2C14-131-699^14-131-699%2C14-131-696^14-131-696 Which one should I buy? Both met PSU requirements and size requirements. I just can't decide which one though. My GPU is 8 years old as of now so I am due for an upgrade, big time.

I've put some thought into that too, but I use my headphones a lot and want the ability to switch between the 2 at ease. That's why I'm looking for a combo unit.

So Christmas is around the corner and deals are popping up everywhere. I want to get some new speakers, but I need(or want) an amp. However, I still find headphones useful. Are there any good DAC/amp combo units out there? I've looked around, but I want something trustworthy for under $100.