My new PC Specs and im not upgrading

[Cal,Emuman]

My New specs for my new PC and im not upgrading my PC.
Dunno much of my Specs but here they are:
256 MB DDR SD Ram
1.18 GB Quantum Hard Drive
40/60 GB Hard Drive
Onboard Sound
Matrox G200/G400 Card
Realtek RTL8029 Fast PCI Ethernet NIC
48x CD Drive
1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive

Thats all i know for now.

[Cal,Emuman]

also my pc is not made yet only most of the bits are on it

[Razor Blade]

Well it will be good for basic things.

[Ronyn]

Indeed.

Find out how fast the processor is though.

[Cal,Emuman]

Well it will be good for basic things.


Like What. ;)

[Razor Blade]

I dunno, Emulation, surfing the net, playing a little bit older games. You know. :p

[KillerShots]

Well... the RAM is just about bare minimum for WinXP (yes, I know it will install with 64, but you're going to run into hard drive thrashing like you wouldn't believe at that level). I'd recommend running Win98 just based on the RAM you're using. The 40/60 GB drive(s?)... is that 2 drives or 1 drive that's either 40 or 60 GB?

If you go with WinXP anyways and have XP Pro, I'd recommend you RAID that tiny 1.18GB drive and put important stuff there. If you have 3 hard drives, do a RAID 5 across all 3 (1.18GB * 2 for space). If it's only two, mirror it (1.18GB for space). This way if a drive fails you don't necessarily lose your data.

RealTek NICs tend to fall on their face in high bandwidth situations. I've got 3 of them myself, and I intend to replace 2 of them at soonest opportunity... the 3rd unfortunately is built into my laptop. For a replacement, I'd recommend an Intel EtherExpress B card (or even variants). Then again, this is quite a low priority.

I'm trying to remember... was the Matrox ATI's old workstation board several years ago? If so, you're probably set for any emulation/games you may want to play for a while (at least as far as graphics go). If it's the "Millenium" series, you're going to be sorely lacking.

Well, that's what I think of it... and what I'd do if I wasn't going to upgrade :) (with the exception of the NIC).

[Razor Blade]

Yup, What we are saying is don't expect to play any newer games probably year 2001+ and running applications will suck as well. Like Photoshop or any complex program. Emulation seems like it will do. But not the newer emulations like Dreamcast etc ..

IMO, I'd rather save some money to get some better parts off the getgo. With the new generation cards coming out the last generation cards of both ATI and nVidia will be dropping this summer and probably more throughout the fall.

[Cal,Emuman]

Well... the RAM is just about bare minimum for WinXP (yes, I know it will install with 64, but you're going to run into hard drive thrashing like you wouldn't believe at that level). I'd recommend running Win98 just based on the RAM you're using. The 40/60 GB drive(s?)... is that 2 drives or 1 drive that's either 40 or 60 GB?

If you go with WinXP anyways and have XP Pro, I'd recommend you RAID that tiny 1.18GB drive and put important stuff there.

I am putting the operating system on the 1.18 GB Hard drive and the 40/60 GB thing it is 40 or 60 GB Hard drive. :yawn:

[Razor Blade]

Can I ask you what you are building this PC for? Like what do you want to do with it? :)

[Cal,Emuman]

The Matrox AGP Card i got in my machine is the last AGP i got there. you see where nearly pennyless here and its hard to cope with the power bills and renting Here so we cant get any newer cards ok.

[Cal,Emuman]

Can I ask you what you are building this PC for? Like what do you want to do with it? :)
mainly for emulation. you know to test things out like dolphin on machines and if some roms are viruses they wont go over my network because i will just unplug the network cable. you know that sort of stuff.

[Razor Blade]

Oh alright. Yea I understand about the money part. I had to save for a few years to get my pc.

[l3illyl3ob]

I am putting the operating system on the 1.18 GB Hard drive and the 40/60 GB thing it is 40 or 60 GB Hard drive. :yawn: bad move. Aren't the old quantom drives slow (they ARE old...)? You want the OS on the fastest available hard drive, whatever that might be, which might make your quantom unecessary. 256 is fine for winxp. I ran xp for a good 6-9 months on 256mb ram without any issues and while playing some recent games. This was back in 2001-2002. You don't have to worry about the os. if you want, just get 2k. It's good and requires less power.

[Cal,Emuman]

Not a good idea. win2k doesnt play much games and mine will be good with games with those specs especially emulation. so winxp for me

[Cal,Emuman]

i got this PC and it has winme on it the OS is on this Quantum Lightning 365A with 348 MB space and it works just fine. the PC got 128 megs of ram and a 300 Mhz processor.
so i bet with winxp on a 1.18 Gb Quantum drive it will work fine.

[Cal,Emuman]

Stop shouting next time ok l3illyl3ob

[Razor Blade]

Triple posting is not allowed. The same goes for double posting. You have done thnis on multiple threads so I have to point this out.

Read the RULES! (http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showpost.php?p=751350&postcount=2)

[Kurbster]

i got this PC and it has winme on it the OS is on this Quantum Lightning 365A with 348 MB space and it works just fine. the PC got 128 megs of ram and a 300 Mhz processor.
so i bet with winxp on a 1.18 Gb Quantum drive it will work fine.Minimum specs for Windows XP is at least a 400MHz computer. You have no choice in choosing Windows 2000 if you keep that piece of crap processor

[Bill_gates]

sorry to break this to ya, but those specs sound down right awful
ive seen comps with WAYYY better specs than that for as low as 399$-499$
Don't expect to play dolphin on that thing. If your lucky you might be able to play doom 1 or pong or something :eyespin:

Try www.compusa.com you can get a WAY nicer comp cheap :thumb:

[l3illyl3ob]

and besides, when was i shouting? somebody doesn't appreciate advice.

[INCA]

I was using 333megaherz computer for the longest time and it was smooth on WinXp with one thing running and maybe music in the background. But whenever i ran into graphic intensive program i would be using virtual memory. With the 256mb you should be fine for the next year or so. You could pass by with 128mb of ram like i had but your system will freeze alot with that OS. Go with windows 98 or like everyone else recommened Win2k.

[n_w95482]

Minimum specs for Windows XP is at least a 400MHz computer. You have no choice in choosing Windows 2000 if you keep that piece of crap processor
I thought the minimum CPU speed for XP was a 233 MHz Pentium. Heck, Tom's Hardware got XP Professional to run on a 100 MHz Pentium so I don't see why it wouldn't work on his CPU.

[Gamer1]

got it running is one thing... but getting it to work fluidly is another

[n_w95482]

got it running is one thing... but getting it to work fluidly is another
I forgot to mention that :D. But with a 300 MHz CPU, he might be better off using 98 or a modified/stripped down Me.

[Cylinder]

Tell me you realy didn't just type the bit about winME? :P

[n_w95482]

Well I heard (from Raziel I think) that if you strip down Me then it's actually a decent OS :p.

[Cylinder]

So, basicly back to Win98SE? hehe.

[ChrisRay]

You guys realise he was banned, He aint even here to respond now.

[Cylinder]

Hence why my post posed no suggestions toward him, and mere comments about WinME heh.

[Razor Blade]

Well we better start talking about how crappy Win ME is now. :p :lol: Actually to tell you the truth on my laptop, it runs smooth (550 Mhz) It isn't that bad. Never crashes once for me yet in the lifespan of three years for mah laptop. :D

[n_w95482]

You guys realise he was banned, He aint even here to respond now.
He should be back in a few days :p.

[KillerShots]

Really, I don't see why to use ME... if you've got a low end computer and insist on installing Windows on it, go with Win98. If you have a low-end P-200 or less, go with Win95. If you have a 800 MHz or faster (or have more than 384M of RAM), go with WinXP. It's really simple, and ME doesn't seem to have a place in there.

[Cal,Emuman]

Why? SE's Minimum is 32 Megs of Ram and ME's is 128 Megs so That States that ME is Better than 98 SE.

[cooliscool]

Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off!!!!!!!!!! :rotflmao:

[Kane]

Why? SE's Minimum is 32 Megs of Ram and ME's is 128 Megs so That States that ME is Better than 98 SE.Oh good lord! Are you really that dense that you automaticly assume that because it has a higher minimum spec it's better? Were that the case, Enter The Matrix would be one of the finest games ever created, and Screamer would suck great big donkey balls when in fact it's quite the opposite.
ME while it has a couple of nice features over 98SE, is a decidedly inferior OS. It crashes more for starters, and has numerous memory leaks.....

[Cal,Emuman]

Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off!!!!!!!!!! :rotflmao:

And What is that supposed to mean?

[Razor Blade]

Just because something requires more doesn't mean it's better. If anything it means it's worse ;p

[Dante Yagami]

I think u should find a faster processor. :nod:

[Cal,Emuman]

I am i just dont know how fast it is or what kind it is or what it is called

[Cal,Emuman]

Minimum specs for Windows XP is at least a 400MHz computer. You have no choice in choosing Windows 2000 if you keep that piece of crap processor

Well that "Piece of Crap 500Mhz Processor" can Play Dolphin Just fine but Slow and has XP on it. XP is very stable on it so my new PC Should Run XP Just Fine.

[Esturk]

ME while it has a couple of nice features over 98SE, is a decidedly inferior OS. It crashes more for starters, and has numerous memory leaks.....
Don't all of the 9x OS's have the same memory leaks? That's one of the reasons I'll never use a 9x OS ever again. With NT4, 2000, and XP you really don't need 9x. If you want DOS, just do a little dual boot with MSDOS 6.22 or something. :)

[Kane]

Yes, all the 9x OSes have memory leaks, but ME is particularly bad.

[Cal,Emuman]

Im Sorry but this thread is not about ME or SE so back to My PC if you want to talk about ME do it in the Software discussion.
http://www.ngemu.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=17

*sorry if i Bumped this thread i had to get that off my Mind*

[Bill_gates]

How much are you paying for this computer.

[moomoomoo]

Not much, let's hope.

[cooliscool]

I would spend a cent on that piece of crap. :p

[Cal,Emuman]

Actually My Parents are spending what they call a Fortune on this PC Here

[Demigod]

Not a good idea. win2k doesnt play much games and mine will be good with games with those specs especially emulation. so winxp for me
Actually that's not true. Windows 2000 has similar, if not same game support as Windows XP. Remember that Windows XP is mostly just a visual upgrade to the Windows 2K core. It's not even its own version, but just a revision (Win 2K = NT v5.0, XP = NT v5.1). I'm also not sure about the "good with games" bit, as you'll hardly be able to run modern games with that (the Matrox G400 is a terrible gaming card and only really works with older games that support it).

[Bill_gates]

Actually My Parents are spending what they call a Fortune on this PC Here

Impossible. The specs of your comp are amazing low. I mean even a few years ago those specs you speak of were unacceptable. Your parents can't be spending more than 50$ on that comp. if so i feel sad for them :spit:

[Cal,Emuman]

the money is spent on the Parts. In New Zealand here things here r much more expensive
so we have to pay alot for this PC.