Reply 20 of 46, by Srandista
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I would say, that Socket 939 is as big overkill for DOS gaming as LGA 775... And for Socket 939, I don't know about Win 98 compatibility, so I won't help you with this.
Regarding mentioned Conroe board, well, let's say, that you should prepare yourself for same situation as with V4 4500. That board it's quite rare, and when it appears, it's usually going for eye-watering price. When I was building my PC, it was the first board, which I wanted to use as foundation for that PC. I ended up loosing in bidding war to a guy, who at the end paid 121€ for that board. 121€! I paid less for my brand new Z270 board used in my current main rig... At the end I went with 4CoreDual, for which I paid 20€, and I'm happy with that decision.
I don't want to scare you, just be prepared, that even tho some of these parts are old, in some circles they are still very valuable to a point, that normal people are not willing to pay its asking prices.
Socket 775 - ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA, Pentium E6500K, 4GB RAM, Radeon 9800XT, ESS Solo-1, Win 98/XP
Socket A - Chaintech CT-7AIA, AMD Athlon XP 2400+, 1GB RAM, Radeon 9600XT, ESS ES1869F, Win 98