First post, by senrew
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- Oldbie
From reading through the board, it seems like there is some kind of concensus as to what parts work best for what uses. Of course there is some wiggle room for personal preference.
I was wondering if maybe we could put together a guide for what parts/specs should go together for certain specific uses, at least as a base recommendation. ie: Early/Late Sierra games, early DOS compatibility, all arounders for flight sims, maxxed out early 3D DOS games, Early windows games, etc... Basically making a guide for the most popular categories that people build rigs for, and putting together a list of recommended hardware.
I know this is really nothing more than min/max'ing hardware, but at least for new comers to the hobby, I think it would cut out some of the guess work and intimidation to the huge world of old hardware.
I, myself, am old enough to remember playing in this era, but I know of some youngins who just get turned off by the idea of jumpers and command lines but love hardware and at least the concept that old games can be fun. It'd be nice to be able to point them to a list and say "Start here, this will do you well until you figure out what you like".
So, is such a list doable?