Bad, bad changes. Very uncomfortable, I can't find now what I want. Are we retro forum, or not? Actually yes and no. VOGONS stands for "ver old games on new systems". The retro threads came much later. And while they are certainly welcome, it's not the main goal of the forum. Mental shortcut. I …

Bad, bad changes. Very uncomfortable, I can't find now what I want. Are we retro forum, or not?

I built new retro PC instead P4, which I gave yesterday to my brother. Core 2 Duo E7400, 2 GB DDR2/667, Radeon HD 4850, Chieftec GPS-450AA-101A (good brand is important for me!), Windows XP Good or not idea? Should I take back P4 3.06HT/GF6600? Of course, for playing NFS MW/U2, CoD2, GTA:SA etc...

I brought old LG T710BH from my dad's house. My very first monitor ever, it can support 1152x864@75Hz. Adequate to retro P4 3.0 HT/GF6600.

You have no choice... So install standardly, 98 on C, XP on D and pray to all apps works fine 😁

Or install on second HDD (don't forget unplug first HDD to installation), imo better option. Otherwise you got Win98 on partition C, WinXP on D, i think you don't want it :) Why not, if I may ask? First one - few applications requires OS installed on first partition (i mean C), second one - …

Or install on second HDD (don't forget unplug first HDD to installation), imo better option. Otherwise you got Win98 on partition C, WinXP on D, i think you don't want it 😀

SirNickity wrote: No ATX-12V connector? Hidden under IDE cables.

My retro 99' rig. Celeron 533A@600 2x256 MB SDRAM/133 PC-Chips M726MRT GeForce2 MX Filename dag5PoB.png File size 140.33 KiB Views 1351 views

oeuvre wrote: Idle? 84C 84°F yes, 84°C is very overheat. 😎 My 3.06 Northwood warms up to 55°C max with stock (alu) cooler. (I mean 100% stress)

775 STILL ALIVE Simple, but useful. Recycled parts of desk, cheap build. This PC costs me ~140 Eur (600 PLN), with brand new CPU cooler and GPU. Details of PC are here: https://imgur.com/a/aTwmFRc Nice build, but if you dont want to have problems with your neck position the monitor in front of you …

Recently I bought box with 50pcs w/o any problems. Of course, in Poland. And yes, we can still buy players (brand new in store) with CD here.

775 STILL ALIVE Simple, but useful. Recycled parts of desk, cheap build. This PC costs me ~140 Eur (600 PLN), with brand new CPU cooler and GPU. Details of PC are here: https://imgur.com/a/aTwmFRc