First post, by Intel486dx33
I am disappointed with the YouTube Retro computer community for building computers
That will not last. Built with cheap and sometimes proprietary components.
And expecting people to game on them.
A Retro gaming computer should be made with good quality non-proprietary components that will last.
Americans are larger than smaller europeans. Americans need a strong tough computer that can withstand a pounding
Of the switches, buttons, keyboard keys and can take a kick or two.
So I would like to know what basics components are built tough to take a beating and still work ?
Here are some:
Motherboards:
Gigabyte, Asus.
Intel Bx440
Intel 370
Hard drives:
Seagate
Hitachi
HGST
IBM
WD
CRT Displays:
Sony
HP
Viewsonic
Keyboards:
IBM
HP
DELL
Mitsumi
Keytronic
Computer Cases:
InWIN v500
Enlighten
Aopen
Cooler Master Wave ( Thick Aluminum )
Fata1ity ( Thick Black Aluminum )
5.25 CDROM drive:
Sony
Plextor
Panasonic
Yamaha
Teac
Floppy drives:
Mitsumi
Sony
Teac
RAM:
Infineon
Micron
Texas Instruments
Samsung
Sound cards:
Sound Blaster
Terratec
Yamaha
Crystal
DreamBlaster X2 GS
Turtle Beach
Speakers:
Roland desktop speakers
Klipsch pro media 2,1
And so using these Standard IBM Open PC Architecture components you can build a good quality computer that should be able to endure
Some serious game play and not break so easily.
As you can see these cases can take a beating and still work.
They are big and roomy and easy to work with. Easy to add and remove components from.
Standard IBM open architecture components.