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RCRDaleFan:
in a perfect world im sure there is only one responce to this question, but since this isn't a perfect world any feedback i can get and consider would be a big help... im going to dedicate a pc to my mame, but i want to put the money where it is needed and not on all the bells and whistles i won't use...what would be the ideal pc for a mame as far as specs go...ie memory, hard drive ect. and at what point is it over kill on all them?
thanks in advance everyone
Phil
JustMichael:
Currently CPU speed is the most critical thing. Also get a board that supports DDR ram. 256MB should be more than enough for quite a while. Toss in a hard drive big enough to hold all the roms. Current Mame roms take up about 4 1/2 GB zipped and merged.
u_rebelscum:
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thanks in advance everyone
Phil
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All depends on which games you want to play. This is what I think is needed for most games:
memory: 256megs (128 if pacman/galaga games, maybe 512 for a few upcoming games)
harddrive: 30gigs (more to prep for future games that had their own harddrives) Any smaller and you don't save any money.
cpu: 1.2 gig athlon/p3/p4 (pentium 200 for pacman/galaga, 1600+ athlonXP/2gig p4 for the harder to emulate games which includes some old and some new games)
cdrom, 17"+ monitor, speakers, any sound & video card (unless it's on you MB) that works well on your OS & MB combo.
network card/modem to get the games.
trackball if you like trackball games
spinner for spinner games
pedals for racing games, etc.
For a mame only PC, you don't need firewire, DVD, don't need top of the line video card.
JM2C
RCRDaleFan:
Would it be better to build my own pc?...i never have before but i have the time and the willingness to learn and if anyone has any web pages that you think might be of help with the building , i would appreciate it. maybe it would be gr8 for the experience?
Thanks again all
Phil
BASSOFeeSH:
If you've ever upgraded your PC via PCI cards or new harddrives, you may be ready to build your own.
I'm sure there's plenty of walk-throughs on the net, just search on google.
IMHO, the only hard part is attaching the heatsinks w/o destroying the CPU.(Not really hard, but scary as hell)
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