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[_aLucidMind_]

Title says it lol. I've got a Dell PC that is roughly 13-15 years old, which I know is practically ancient when it comes to gaming tech-wise. It never really gets used so I'm thinking about overhauling it into a PC gaming rig. I don't care too much about graphics, that's always a bonus for me when a game has great graphics in a game. I want to make it as high-end performance-wise as possible for as cheap as possible, and I'm going to be hooking it up to my TV in the living room (got a wireless laptop and everything lol) as that makes more sense than buying a silly Steam console.

 

Any suggestions? I honestly have never done this before so I don't want to buy a card that is obsolete in a couple years.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

You cannot upgrade it.

 

A Pentium 233 or Pentium II 400 MHz is no use. Most of its parts are either outdated or rusted.

 

You should buy every single part of your new PC. Even Keyboard and Mouse can't be used (different ports).

[Lunch Box1912]

Start with a large trash barrel, place pc in barrel. Walk to store and purchase a new pc. For what your going to spend to bring that dinosaur up to date you could buy a new pc. PC's if you shop around you will find there are relatively affordalbe ones out there that you can beef up afterwards. Just make sure your getting a good processor.

[Degenerate Rakia Time]

Start with a large trash barrel, place pc in barrel. Walk to store and purchase a new pc. For what your going to spend to bring that dinosaur up to date you could buy a new pc. PC's if you shop around you will find there are relatively affordalbe ones out there that you can beef up afterwards. Just make sure your getting a good processor.

but upgrading is more fun i've got parts that are between 12 years and 1 month old

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

You may want awesome speakers first. You can plug it to your PC or anything.

 

At least you need a 2.1:

 

http://www.logitech....tereo-subwoofer

For example:

 

For surround (Dolby):

http://www.logitech..../surround-sound

 

Mine is still da best though after so many years:

http://www.productre...tech-x-230.html

 

It just has 32W RMS, and it's so good!

[_aLucidMind_]

Alright, any suggestions on what PC and parts to buy then? This is an entirely new endeavor for me and I tend to pinch my pennies quite a bit lol.

 

I've actually got a surround sound system set up; I've hooked up PCs to my TV and had it work perfectly, plus I've got wireless gaming headsets already and prefer using those to my surround sound.

[Lunch Box1912]

but upgrading is more fun i've got parts that are between 12 years and 1 month old

Blah forget that noise I'm to lazy for that, I just buy top of the line every couple of years.

[Metalfros]

Blow your pc up, grab 500-1000€/$ and build a new one.

[Lunch Box1912]

Alright, any suggestions on what PC and parts to buy then? This is an entirely new endeavor for me and I tend to pinch my pennies quite a bit lol.
 
I've actually got a surround sound system set up; I've hooked up PCs to my TV and had it work perfectly, plus I've got wireless gaming headsets already and prefer using those to my surround sound.

Stay far away from Hewlett-Packard’s they are crap.

Look around ... Dell or Asus I would recomend.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

Alright then. Fast and brief then...

 

Graphic Card: GTX 970 or AMD Radeon 290(x)

CPU: Core i7 (anything faster than 3.5GHz with enough cache)

Memory: A 8GB or 2x8 (16GB). Preferrably the speed should be 2000MHz or above. 1600MHZ is fine.

HDD: 4TB Western Digital (Red). Green ones are trash.

SSD: 128 or 256GB for Drive C:

Motherboard: Really don't know. My knowledge is outdated.

The rest is up to your taste.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

Stay far away from Hewlett-Packard’s they are crap.

Look around ... Dell or Asus I would recomend.

 

Considering the best laptops I've seen and tested are HP, Sony and Lenovo...

[Lunch Box1912]

Considering the best laptops I've seen and tested are HP, Sony and Lenovo...

We are talking pc's though. HP pc's I know from experience unfortunately; that they suck.

Never had any problems with my Dells or Asus's.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

I like how these two graphic cards are so different in many categories, but at the end their performance is almost the same(!):

http://www.hwcompare...radeon-r9-290x/

 

Is this website any good?

http://www.digitalst...ng-desktops.asp

It looks like a money-eater.

[Fidite Nemini]

Alright, any suggestions on what PC and parts to buy then? This is an entirely new endeavor for me and I tend to pinch my pennies quite a bit lol.

 

What budget?

 

Oh, and before you get any funny ideas, no Alienware!

[Voxr]

Alright then. Fast and brief then...

 

Graphic Card: GTX 970 or AMD Radeon 290(x)

CPU: Core i7 (anything faster than 3.5GHz with enough cache)

Memory: A 8GB or 2x8 (16GB). Preferrably the speed should be 2000MHz or above. 1600MHZ is fine.

HDD: 4TB Western Digital (Red). Green ones are trash.

SSD: 128 or 256GB for Drive C:

Motherboard: Really don't know. My knowledge is outdated.

The rest is up to your taste.

 Don't go with one dimm of RAM. 

 

For 50 bucks more I'd suggest they just go with a Black. IMO for that size of HDD you better get the best performance you can.

[bmwcrazy]

A Pentium 233 or Pentium II 400 MHz is no use. Most of its parts are either outdated or rusted

I don't think it's THAT old. 15 years ago, we already had the 1ghz Athlon and Pentium 3.

But yeah, other than ripping everything out and reusing only the computer case, I have no idea how to turn it into a gaming PC that can handle modern games like GTA V. If anyone knows how to do it, make a Youtube video because I'd like to know as well.

Personally, I'd just leave it as it is with Windows 98 SE or whatever it has, and use it for old Windows 95/98 and DOS games. Depending on what kind of motherboard it has, you might be able to get an AGP 2x/4x video card for it (like Voodoo 4/5 AGP, Geforce 4 Ti, Radeon 9800 Pro etc). You can still find 95/98/ME drivers for older 3Dfx, nVidia, and ATi products.

If it doesn't have an AGP slot, your options are more limited. The best PCI video cards that still work with Windows 98 SE are probably the Voodoo 4/5 PCI but they are extremely rare. I would just get a Voodoo 3 2000/3000 PCI card since it's pretty much fool-proof (don't have to deal with the possibility of encountering AGP compatibility issues) and a lot of older games used 3Dfx's Glide API anyway.

[Commander Rpg]

I think this topic is hardly to be intended seriously. It wasn't made with that purpose, the seriousness, I think the opener is just laughing his ass hard at every serious or sarcastic response.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

I think this topic is hardly to be intended seriously. It wasn't made with that purpose, the seriousness, I think the opener is just laughing his ass hard at every serious or sarcastic response.

 

I don't find anything laughable here.

 

He could have made a Vs, political or social thread for the lolz.

[bmwcrazy]

I think this topic is hardly to be intended seriously. It wasn't made with that purpose, the seriousness, I think the opener is just laughing his ass hard at every serious or sarcastic response.

At least it still gave us some good thought.

I've been toying with the idea of building a dedicated Windows 98 SE box for nostalgia's sake, but some old PC parts now are worth a fortune. I kind of regretted of ebaying and tossing away my old parts.

If OP really had a working 15-year old computer with Windows 98 installed, he really should treasure it and that's not sarcasm. There is only so much emulators like DOSbox can do.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

-whipe it.
-install gentoo.
-learn c programming

 

But can he create a game that looks like 90s games even after 5 years of programming?

[Voxr]

-whip it.
 

FIFY

[Torgette]

Buy a Voodoo 3000 and a SCSI drive, then buy a viewsonic monitor those things have the best colors!

[bmwcrazy]

Buy a Voodoo 3000 and a SCSI drive, then buy a viewsonic monitor those things have the best colors!

Voodoo 3s actually don't support 32-bit color rendering.

Go with a newer video card like Geforce or Radeon if you want the "best colors."