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Special charm with old hardware 2016-10-18 17:26:38 Post No. 57131188
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I have a $2,000 setup for games which I don't use that often anymore. I find myself setting limits and building computers for low prices like $50 or $100 just for the hell of it using junk parts. There is a special charm that old hardware has that I don't get from new hardware... something about overclocking a shitty GT 620 or a GTS 450 to their limits, forcing them to play modern games despite their age..
Anyways, here's a picture of my most recent build. I spent about $53 dollars on it. I took an old Compaq case and found an Intel dual-core, 4GB DDR2, and power supply combo on eBay. Got the GT 620 for like $10, and had a decent little computer.
Will post benchmarks as well.
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Crysis at 720p, ultra textures on GT 620.
CPU is an Intel E8400
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COD4 with a mix of high and low settings.
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Autist Craft at 1080p, normal render distance, smooth lighting, fancy graphics. Ran pretty nice considering this junker was $50.
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Viscera Cleanup Detail, pretty much all low settings, but still impressive. Was actually playable, surprised me.
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Old Diablo clone.. no surprise it played this but I fucking love this game.
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Shitty Heaven score. For $50 though it did okay.
Have you guys built computers for this price before? It's pretty fun going on a scavenger hunt for parts. I'd be interested in seeing your results.
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Obviously 2D games work well with pretty much any computer from the last 10 years, but still this one was fun to test.
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I wish I hadn't spent so much money and time trying to cram as much power into a £900 PC, it is a bit soul killing
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>>57131188
It's probably your rose tinted glasses. I understand you though, I get the same feels very often.
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> There is a special charm
It's called autism
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>>57131188
Same here but with bicycles instead
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>>57131188
same here frend. I can upgrade to a real gaymen PC but my small Dell Inspiron is 2 adorable and suits my needs just fine. I just can't abandon her just yet.
I got the pc from a local work office that was closing for free. I replaced the stock psu, put an ssd, and a 650ti I bought ages ago.
Benchmarks:
>Rocket League
stable 130 fps in all maps. 90 fps in Aqua Dome
>csgo
stable 170 ~ 200 fps in dm valve server. higher in MM. I play in 4:3 stretched btw
First thing I did was a fresh Windows 7 install, and installed Speedfan to ramp up the cpu fan.
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>>57131318
Fate was my shit. First game I got for my Pentium 4 3.0GHz + ATI x600 PC in 2005
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OP you are the winner
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Can you benchmark agar.io w/ one of these (they have FPS meters built in) http://sniikz.com/extensions.html, preferably HSLO v2. I wonder...
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