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IntruderAlert:
I forgot to mention that this stuff is going inside my cab and I have no plans for using it for anything except MAME
The memory and power supply have gotten good reviews on newegg even though they are cheap
but I realize that reliability is important and I appreciate you guys pointing that out

I should also mention that both of the motherboards I am looking at are refurbished which is why they are so cheap
DaveJ-UK:
IMO it's not worth spending that much.

I'd just grab a used mobo/cpu/ram bundle off eBay for a fraction of the price you'll be paying for that lot, especially if you already have a couple of the bits you need.

Boot sales and markets are also a good place to pick up used systems. I bought an Athlon 2000+ system (cpu/mobo/gfx card/40gb hdd/cd-rw/floppy/case/psu) for
Bloinkxp:
What kind of games are you trying to play?  That can help a lot of us "guide" you.

With that said.  Get the AMD64.  Its "speed now", will be a big help with keeping things cool! Find a good Antec Case/PSU combo.  Believe me it is easier to hack your case in to the mame cab.  Simple things like the drive bay chassis and CPU tray are total time savers, plus I have never gotten a bad Antec PSU.

Later,
d
DaveJ-UK:
Athlon 64's start at about $100... that's way too much to spend on a cpu for a mame system, regardless of the speed step bulls**t they pimp with it.
IntruderAlert:
after reading topics like this one:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,14155.0.html

..i came to the conclusion that I would need at least 2ghz to run the latest games

that's why I'm looking at the P4 and Athlon 64 cpus greater than 2ghz
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