Posted by Nick Chambers on 25, 2001 at 2:49 AM:
In Reply to: What would be the best parts to buy to make a complete mame computer? posted by CthulhuLuke on 25, 2001 at 2:02 AM:
: Well the computer I'm on now is just great for running all my favorite MAME games and Kawaks games, but it's my parents unfortutanately, and I need to buy my own to put into my mame cabinet. For the time being I'm going to use my brothers computer while he's in japan, but he's getting back March 14th, so my time to buy a computer needs to be around the next 3 monthes. I've been researching a bit on what all to buy, but I would like to hear what other people have to say on the matter.
: Alright, I'm definitely going to want an ATI video card as I've heard only good about their S-VIdeo quality, because I am going to put a TV with S-video in into the cabinet. I would like to know also what would be a good cheap processor, (NOT CELERON, I have a celeron 333mhz, and me sa no like). I'm most likely going to go with a 40gb hard drive, but I'm going to make sure its rpm is good, because my current hard drive sux in terms of rpm. I am going to put a CD burner, and probalby a cheap CD-ROM in there, the cd burner is most lik