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Retro gaming pc

Raikom
By Raikom
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Budget (including currency): let's say £400

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Retro games, XP/DOS/Win98 and lower

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

Looking to play a range of games from 2005 all the way to 1990.

 

 

Thank you!

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You could look for beelink gtr 

Or other may work.

 

Here's beelink link take a look

 

It's out of stock right now but seems like good investment.

 

You can watch his chris video i believe is best way for retro pc and can become console for living room.

 

 

I'm jank tinkerer if it works then it works.

Regardless of compatibility 🐧🖖

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Very difficult to give a parts list for something like this because if you want to actually use retro parts you're almost completely dependent on eBay and what you can find secondhand locally. 

Corps aren't your friends. "Bottleneck calculators" are BS. Only suckers buy based on brand. It's your PC, do what makes you happy.  If your build meets your needs, you don't need anyone else to "rate" it for you. And talking about being part of a "master race" is cringe. Watch this space for further truths people need to hear.

 

 

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An FX8350 on AM3 or i5-3470 on LGA1155 is probably as high as you can go for XP but may have issues with some of the win98 stuff.

 

Athlon XP (up to 3000 I think?) were baller win98 CPUs paired with a Voodoo 3 2000 AGP - but finding a compatible mobo and might be a challenge.

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