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bearzilla333:

I had to chyme in on this. Building a computer is a very fun thing to do! The sense of accomplishment and picking the parts/pieces tailored to what you want, or for budget purposes. There are many helpful sites out there that can help you, Google is your friend  :lol.

Here are a few places to help ya start, I think they are decent reads for a first timer:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/274745-31-step-step-guide-building

http://lifehacker.com/5151369/the-first+timers-guide-to-building-a-computer-from-scratch

I notice you live in Indiana I too reside there, in Fort Wayne. Good luck with your new computer  :cheers:

BillinIndiana:

Thanks for the links

happyfunball:

building a computer is a lot easier than it used to be back in the day. the last computer i bought I didn't build myself was in 1990. the best part is you can control what you put in it and usually do it cheaper unless you buy one of those best buy 300 buck units.

i built a new mame pc about 1.5 years ago using an AMD I got from microcenter that came with a free motherboard and it works fine for everything I've thrown at it so far. i think I spent 300 bucks total. however I don't think I've tried to run a game newer than 95.

if you get confused by all the numbers and labels, and its easy to do, you can ask a lot of people here. any intel i3 and up will work just fine. just find a motherboard that supports the chip and then what ram it supports, and as long as those all match, the rest isn't an issue. any mid-range nvidia card will be fine.
the trickiest part I always have is connecting all the lights and switches from the case to the motherboard. all the other plugs have been color coded and keyed for easy install, but for some reason all those have never been standardized the same way. i still get confused which way pin 1 goes and its always a crapshoot for me to get it right the first time.

wesbrown18:

I will also add that if you buy a desktop PC you are buying parts that you don't need in an arcade cabinet.  Like the case itself, or a DVD drive.

You can build a nice AMD based machine for a cabinet for about $150-200 total in parts once you bear the above things in mind.

Ginsu Victim:

Short and simple:
There's a version of MAME for any computer you buy. If it can't handle the latest build, just get an older one.

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