First post, by Baoran
I built today a Windows XP pc from any random parts I had lying around. Originally mostly thinking of playing my old original games that install starforce malware when installed from disk. I was just playing Silent Hunter 3 for couple of hours.
CPU: Core 2 Duo E8500 with Noctua cooler.
Motherboard: Asus Striker II Extreme
Ram: 2x2GB Corsair xms3 at 9-9-9-24 and 1600Mhz
PSU: Antec Truepower Quattro 850W
GPU: Nvidia GTX 780ti Founders edition
Sound card: Sound Blaster X-FI platinum Fatal1ty Edition
Case: Thermaltake Armor+
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST
Hard drive: Maxtor 7 Maxline III V300
3.5" Floppy drive.
This is too new pc to be considered to be retro, but perhaps in 15-20 years...
Building this was inspired the thread in the forums about possible uses for windows XP PC, so I am hoping to find more uses for it.
Still need to clean the pc today and get rid of all the dust.
Also I am hoping to improve the PC in coming years that it won't be just random parts, but at least at the moment it is a fully working PC.