Retro gaming pc (intel)

[Surestgarlic2]

Hello I'm building a retro intel gaming pc any suggestions?

[Surestgarlic2]

I'm thinking like pentium 4 maybe

[WhitetailAni]

What operating system - Win95, Win98 SE, Win2000, WinXP?

[Surestgarlic2]

Just now, FakeKGB said:

What operating system - Win95, Win98 SE, Win2000, WinXP?

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Xp 

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[Guest]

I'd be more inclined to go Core 2 Duo myself.

[Surestgarlic2]

2 minutes ago, si1enze said:

I'd be more inclined to go Core 2 Duo myself.

My main pc has a core 2 quad though 

[Guest]

Ah ok.  Why not Pentium 3 then?  =D

[WhitetailAni]

1 minute ago, si1enze said:

Ah ok.  Why not Pentium 3 then?  =D

That's better suited for a 98 SE/Win2000 build, not an XP build.

[Surestgarlic2]

1 minute ago, si1enze said:

Ah ok.  Why not Pentium 3 then?  =D

Should I do windows 98 se with pentium 3 and a voodoo 3 or should I do pentium 4 with windows 2000 and a voodoo 5

[Guest]

@FakeKGB I just meant based on what they're currently running for something to feel "retro" to them.

[Surestgarlic2]

I could do pentium 4 on windows 98 with voodoo 5 

1 minute ago, si1enze said:

I just meant based on what they're currently running for something to feel "retro" to them.

 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Surestgarlic2 said:

Should I do windows 98 se with pentium 3 and a voodoo 3 or should I do pentium 4 with windows 2000 and a voodoo 5

Honestly all the options sound fun.  lol.  

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, si1enze said:

@FakeKGB I just meant based on what they're currently running for something to feel "retro" to them.

Ah, ok. XP wouldn't run too great on a 500 MHz P3, though.

1 minute ago, Surestgarlic2 said:

Should I do windows 98 se with pentium 3 and a voodoo 3 or should I do pentium 4 with windows 2000 and a voodoo 5

Windows 2000 is basically 98 SE but with more RAM support. P4's are better suited for XP gaming rigs, plus they're slightly easier to find in working condition.

In this case, I'd go P4 + decent video card + XP 32-bit.

[Surestgarlic2]

1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

Ah, ok. XP wouldn't run too great on a 500 MHz P3, though.

Windows 2000 is basically 98 SE but with more RAM support. P4's are better suited for XP gaming rigs, plus they're slightly easier to find in working condition.

In this case, I'd go P4 + decent video card + XP 32-bit.

Well I would do p4 with 32 xp but my first gaming rig had xp 32 p4 and I can't remember what gpu but I think it was an old nvidia it had 1gb ram and a light scribe from when they first came out

[Guest]

@FakeKGB aye.  98SE for the Pentium III.  Or 2k.

[Guest]

Just now, Surestgarlic2 said:

Well I would do p4 with 32 xp but my first gaming rig had xp 32 p4 and I can't remember what gpu but I think it was an old nvidia it had 1gb ram and a light scribe from when they first came out

What year did you have this setup ?

[Surestgarlic2]

3 minutes ago, si1enze said:

What year did you have this setup ?

2007,  I donated it last week to goodwill I went back the next day to try to get it back but somone had already gotten it I wish I would have kept it that is why I am doing this build I think I'm gonna do a similar spec pc

[Surestgarlic2]

My setup actually had a nvidia geforce gts 8600

[FakeFBI]

29 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

That's better suited for a 98 SE/Win2000 build, not an XP build.

says my million xp rpo copys running 1ghz p3

EDIT: i will literally go to bios for proof problem is that most of them dont have outpput without gpu

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, FakeFBI said:

says my million xp rpo copys running 1ghz p3

1 GHz P3's aren't as common, since P4's could go past that (I think).

[FakeFBI]

1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

1 GHz P3's aren't as common, since P4's could go past that (I think).

i don't think anyone has asked this, what games your running, we don't want to get a cpu adbn then, "poor performance" because p3 cant hit 1ghz

[Surestgarlic2]

1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

1 GHz P3's aren't as common, since P4's could go past that (I think).

P3 is actually easy to findd if you know where to look

[Surestgarlic2]

7 minutes ago, FakeFBI said:

i don't think anyone has asked this, what games your running, we don't want to get a cpu adbn then, "poor performance" because p3 cant hit 1ghzj

Just stuff like max payne 2 and wolfenstein doom crysis y'know that era

Edited April 13, 2021 by Surestgarlic2
I didnt put commas

[FakeFBI]

1 minute ago, Surestgarlic2 said:

Just stuff like max payne 2 and wolfenstein doom crysis y'know that era

my initial d brain does not know what those are but im geussing their pentium 3 era