Good spec pc

[Mavric68]

Hi all what is a good spec small pc to put in my coffee table build please but i want it to be able run newer games as well , also can anyone post a link for good quality decals for my top that i can take to a friend to get them put on vinyl please cheers in advance to both questions .

[paigeoliver]

You can pretty much use anything.

See this video for reference.

[Haze]

You can pretty much use anything.

See this video for reference.

please stop pushing this BS, even then, it's an old version of MAME with bugs that have since been fixed (the sound emulation in the MK games back then was very wrong and much more prone to crackling etc. due to a stupid code bug, even if it doesn't seem obvious at first)  furthermore the poster specifically says he wants to run newer games, so your advice that a '2002 PC' is suitable is complete BS.

[paigeoliver]

To be more exact, just about any PC can do the job on a level where you will have a great and fun machine. The newer games thing has very little meaning, because almost everything past the mid 90s wants specialty analog controls that you simply are not going to have. I don't actually expect anyone to go out and source a 15 year old PC. There is no need, people are throwing out 5 year old systems today that can run modern Mame versions like a boss.

Haze is very correct in saying that newer mame versions have lots more bugs fixed. It is great that this is still being done. When the PC in my mame cabinet gives out then I will upgrade my mame version to match the new PC, until then, the old software is still doing just fine.

[gdonovan]

There is no need, people are throwing out 5 year old systems today that can run modern Mame versions like a boss.

The two mame machines I have run PC's I got for free and both run MAME.148, one runs 180 for an odd game or two.

I did a cpu upgrade to one that cost $8 shipped.

One machine is 2.8 ghz dual core, the other a 3.0 ghz quad core.

[smass]

I am running .148 on a 7 year old Dell with a Athlone x2 at 2.8ghz with 4gb ram and integrated amd graphics.  I did install an SSD and this speeds things up for sure.  Runs everything just fine for me.  So Paige is right in the spirit of his post - folks give away systems like mine.   With the SSD my computer boots from a no power state into maximus in less than 10 seconds. 

[Mavric68]

To be more exact, just about any PC can do the job on a level where you will have a great and fun machine. The newer games thing has very little meaning, because almost everything past the mid 90s wants specialty analog controls that you simply are not going to have. I don't actually expect anyone to go out and source a 15 year old PC. There is no need, people are throwing out 5 year old systems today that can run modern Mame versions like a boss.

Haze is very correct in saying that newer mame versions have lots more bugs fixed. It is great that this is still being done. When the PC in my mame cabinet gives out then I will upgrade my mame version to match the new PC, until then, the old software is still doing just fine.

Hi mate would this setup run mame and newer games with an updated graphics card ?
Processor:  Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10GHz
RAM:  4GB
Hard Drive:  500GB
Optical Drive:  DVD-ROM
Graphics:  On-Board

COA:  Windows 7 Pro

[Mavric68]

To be more exact, just about any PC can do the job on a level where you will have a great and fun machine. The newer games thing has very little meaning, because almost everything past the mid 90s wants specialty analog controls that you simply are not going to have. I don't actually expect anyone to go out and source a 15 year old PC. There is no need, people are throwing out 5 year old systems today that can run modern Mame versions like a boss.

Haze is very correct in saying that newer mame versions have lots more bugs fixed. It is great that this is still being done. When the PC in my mame cabinet gives out then I will upgrade my mame version to match the new PC, until then, the old software is still doing just fine.

Hi mate would this setup run mame and newer games with an updated graphics card ?
Processor:  Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10GHz
RAM:  4GB
Hard Drive:  500GB
Optical Drive:  DVD-ROM
Graphics:  On-Board

COA:  Windows 7 Pro

With possibly a gtx 750 or 750 tx ?

[DolansCadillac]

Hi mate would this setup run mame and newer games with an updated graphics card ?

An i5 will play any modern arcade-y game without any problem, just don't skimp on the GPU. I have one in my setup paired with a GTX 670, and it plays Mortal Kombat XL at 1080/60 full detail, which is probably the most demanding game I'm running anyway. If you wanted something that would play the latest games well, I'd look at a 960 (or the AMD equivalent). A 750 would be a bit weak these days.

[Mavric68]

Cheers mate 😊👍