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| rapomstage3:
This is locally for sale at 800.00. Unit is running windows XP and has a duel core AMD cpu with 2gigs of ram. 23" HD Monitor. Custom 2.1 sound system. 320 gig hd. cab is clean. its running an older mame32 but i already have mala and all the latest everything i can transfer. lights work sound and subs work. the pc is connected to monitor via hdmi. Im not super crazy about the button layout but its not a bad start. I do want a trackball. and it has some custom board instead of the ipac which i think ill change. I was gonna offer him 600.00 and go from there. What do the experts think? |
| rapomstage3:
seriously. should i hold out? build instead? buy it? just drop an opinion it will be appreciated. |
| Hoopz:
How important is buy and play to you v. saving a few bucks? How important is having a trackball v. that layout? How quickly do you need a cabinet v. getting a good deal? You shouldn't pay anything for a PC to play Mame. Any P4 and above is going to run almost everything without issues. You can easily find a P4 or higher for nothing or next to nothing on Craigslist, Freecycle, Goodwill etc. You can pick up a 25" or 27" crt television pretty cheaply or for free too. Depending on what controls you want (trackball, encoder, joys and buttons for two people, you are looking at $125 to $150 (ballpark). Find a empty cab and offer to haul it away or pay $25. If you're frugal and take your time, $300 should get you what you want (again ballpark). If you want to build, do you own tools? How much time do you have to work on it? Again, it comes down to convenience, cheapness, desire to play now v. build. $800 is high. $600 is better but more than I would spend. What's the most important thing right now for you? |
| syph007:
No way that's worth 800. 23 inch monitor in my opinion is tiny. Im putting a 22 inch in my bartop. PC is old, and i remember AMD was not a recommend cpu for MAME, but this could be old info I'm remembering. I wouldn't want it for any price, but if you like the cab shape, im sure you can make it look better. If you dont love the cab, i dont see any point in buying it at all, as making the cab part isnt hard. If it was me Id scrap the whole control panel, so no value in that all all since Id buy U360s. Id want a bigger monitor, so thats gone. Whats left is the cab body and coin door.. thats worth a couple hundred. |
| rapomstage3:
Thank you |
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