If you could build a retro rig, what would the specs be?

[TheSLSAMG]

So, I guess I'll kick it off. I would (and may) do the following:

 

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

ASUS Maximus II Gene (will probably go with an Intel DP45SG though for price reasons)

8GB DDR3 1066

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

OCZ Vertex 2 115GB

1TB WD Blue

Seasonic S12II

Alienware Roswell/ASUS Vento case
Windows XP/7 Dual Boot

 

I know it's not that old, but some modern use would ensue.

[whatthe_fuzz]

990X & 3970X

 

With THIS motherboard

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4419/computex-2011-danshui-bay-concept-motherboard

 

Dual GTX 480's

 

72GB of DDR3 RAM

 

1000W PSU

[Air tree]

Anything with a voodoo graphics card

[TheSLSAMG]

I consider my temporary 3570k/7870 rig as ghetto

 

Help..... I think I have spending issues with computer parts

but but but... not ghetto. retro

[TheSLSAMG]

anything with a voodoo graphics card

Hell yeah, I was thinking of a second older rig with SLI Voodoo II and a Pentium 4 200MHz.

[Imabigmac]

3.2GHz PowerPC 

Nvidia G70 

256MB of DRAM 

60GB HDD  

Some Japanese motherboard 

Blu-Ray player

Universal psu

[Giggitygoebbels]

By introducing a severe bottleneck:

Xeon E7-8890v2 X 8

8 Socket LGA2011 Mobo

1TB DDR3

Running OS off of a Slow Flash Drive

[Mentalguy]

here

[Lord Pantaloons]

I like this

[pummetje]

bought a second retro rig today

 

Asus P5E 

Intel Q6600

Kingston HyperX 4gb 800 mhz

Gigabyte Geforce 9800GX2

coolermaster real power m620

500gb hdd

fully acrylic gigabyte case

 

all of these things are like brand new

 

gonna build it tomorrow 

[gastew15]

I want to slap my old Pentium 2 Cartridge Processor into a computer again.. (It came out of the first computer I ever got to use.)

[Mooshi]

I would really have to have some sort of a purpose to even consider getting outdated hardware.