nwmon Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) Hi guys, I'm new! I ask you for help to choose the components of my new "retro gaming" pc. I would like to be able to exclude with you some components that could be problematic or too dated for example: - SATA socketless motherboards: IDE hard drives are always hard to find and if you find them they have bad sectors - DFI LanParty motherboards: my heart cries, but drivers are nowhere to be found and cost too much I would like to add value to other things instead: - Chipset ?? (Intel preferable to VIA?) - Possibility of SLI \ CrossFire - PCI express or AGP + PCI express support: agp video cards tend to be in short supply in recent years Edited August 10, 2021 by nwmon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew Leeghoofd Posted August 10, 2021 Crew Share Posted August 10, 2021 Just buy a S775 board and quad core CPU, performant and none of the hassles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwmon Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, Leeghoofd said: Just buy a S775 board and quad core CPU, performant and none of the hassles Ok.... do you have any advice regarding the motherboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwmon Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 Which 775 chipset would I recommend to buy? Is there any motherboard that has had problems in the past and is best avoided? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew Leeghoofd Posted August 10, 2021 Crew Share Posted August 10, 2021 well my biggest concern is SLI capable on your request list... many support Crossfire but not SLI. I would stick to P35/45 chipset, pop in a Q6600 , OC it and have some retro fun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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