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Am I crazy?
Ridgefire:
I got my Mame upright all done and is running great. But I miss the build. :dunno Now that its done I just don't know what to do. Granted there are still a few minor programing tweaks I am making. But the assembly is done, all the buttons are in, the trackball is in, joysticks are done. There just isn't anything left to build. So what I am considering is building a new computer to run it all. I used an old desktop I had laying round. But what I'm considering is ordering a motherboard and all the goodies and build from scratch. After all that is what I enjoyed about doing the cabinet.
But here is the dilemma:
1: I have never built a computer. I've read tons of info and I know I could do it...I think
2: I'm not up to speed on what is better..ie Intel or AMD
3: Some of the jargon...Dual core quad core stuff like that. But that really isn't too big of a concern. I am a fast learner and I've been reading like crazy
So because I will be building this for my cab, case or no case?
newmanfamilyvlogs:
Case vs no-case can depend a lot on the actual interior of your cab, if you have the space for it.
A case makes it easy to pull the whole machine out for maintenance, also there are less challenges trying to make sure everything is mounted securely.
Ridgefire:
Lots of room in the back of the cab. I was kind of looking at doing a uncased just for the added work of coming up with a mounting system :dunno Yeah I know
Oh yeah ignore the dusty cab and the sloppy wires hanging. It has since been fixed
Ridgefire:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 08, 2012, 10:55:52 am ---Don't worry, you're in good company around here. Plenty of people that never actually play anything. Even more that don't have any games or plan on owning any, too.
--- End quote ---
So I'm not crazy for wanting to tear it all apart and build a new one. Fix some of the errors of past builds
shmokes:
I could built my cab much much better if I did it again. I learned so much the first time, not just about arcade cabinets, but about woodworking in general. The first one took/has taken so long, though, that starting over would cause a lot of marital instability in my house. ;D
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