The Ultimate Windows XP Retro Gaming PC
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- If you're looking to build just one vintage/retro gaming computer for all your 90's/early 2000s needs, you might want to consider putting together a Windows XP system like this one.
#winxp #windowsxp #windowsxpcomputer #winxppc #windowsxppc #vintagewindowsxp
Hardware specs:
AMD Phenom II X4 945 (3.0 GHz)
AMD Radeon R7 240 (2 GB)
4 GB DDR2 RAM
Sound Blaster Audigy 0570
Chenbro ATX Case
Altec Lansing ACS250/400 speakers
Custom IBM Model M keyboard: • My one-of-a-kind IBM M...
Windows XP Service Pack 3
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Excellent build, sir. Loving the whole corner setup!
Thank you, sir! I'm a big fan of your channel, btw, been watching since about 2010. I think we had very similar experiences growing up...
Hello LGR, my favroite youtuber
HOLY CRAP ITS LGR!!! I am a huge fan, I love 90s computers and the beige aesthetic!
Based LRG
Oh, hello LGR
I love that the entire area where the PC is setup, looks like a mid 90's family room. Up to and including the wood veneered plastic alarm clock. Well done sir...well done!
Thanks! I emulated the setup I had as a kid... weird how nostalgia just hits you in middle age.
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Long Live Windows XP Home Edition SP3 32 Bit in 2020
Saw this on Reddit. Very cozy setup, man! 👍
I appreciate it! A lot more coziness to come...
Awesome setup man, the asethetic you've put together is perfect and I love it. This setup looks lived in, like it's been there since the early 2000s so for the authenticity factor I'd give that a 10/10. Also kudos for the solid wood desk, most people don't think about the funiture for a dedicated retro setup, I admire how you actually thought about that.
The internal hardware is a little too new for my tastes, but I totally get why you went with it, it sorta has the vibe of an old P3 era PC which got an internal upgrade years later. I have an XP system for the exact same purpose, which has a Core 2 Duo E6700, 4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800, 750 GB Seagate SATA HDD, GeForce 8800 GTX GPU, and a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 motherboard, essentially it's an ideal setup for 2006 which is about when I started getting into PCs and was what I drooled over back then.
saw this on Reddit
great job, looks cool
Thank you!
YES, BUT DOES IT RUN CRYS... oh wait.
Yes, but does it run Minecraft, Minesweeper AND Solitaire?!?
Ha! I made sure it did ;)
@@spyruskolliav7717 it can! Most games before 2012 or so work pretty good!
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If it wasn't known, the case is a Chenbro Junior. I had that for my first PC build in 2001 on an Athlon 1400, and for my first water cooling loop (back when it was pretty crazy to do with a lot of improvisation). The case was definitely a tank, but it had the benefit of needing less tools and 120mm intake and exhaust fans were pretty rare to see. I hacked and modified that case to near pieces before retiring it. Nice to see such a clean example in use still.
Very Nice! I did a similar thing, with an Athlon 64x2 and a Geforce 750 ti for games circa 2001-2007. For the earlier stuff (1993-2000) I put together an Athlon 950 with a Voodoo 5 5500.
Good call! Really you need a build for roughly every five years to get maximum compatibility.
David Starbuck, Nice! I'm building an Phenom X4 9750, 8GB of RAM, with a 780ti right now for around that same time period. How does the Athlon 950 handle the older MS-DOS games from the early 90s? I have an AMD Duron 700 mhz I am considering doing the same with for those early 90s to 2000 games.
@@nathan_sweet Your XP rig must be AWESOME!
The Athlon 950 works very well for me, but the oldest game I play is Doom (1993). I'm not sure how it would run games like Commander Keen,etc. That Duron should work very well especially if paired with a 3dfx solution or any Geforce card from the 2 series to the 4 series.
You've inspired me to build in my old Amstrad Pc
Thanks, excellent retro setup
Glad to hear it! And thanks :)
My main Windows XP system has an Athlon 2 dual core processor, 10GB of DDR3 RAM (because I also use 64-bit Ubuntu), GT710 video card, 500GB hard drive, ASUS optical drive, no floppy disk drive.
Are u a billionaire?
@@sahibdyal8230 ?? Lol
Are you bill gates?
I have a few Intel Pentium g3258s and Radeon 7850s lying around, with some 2GB sticks of ram. I might do something like this to run my retro games too.
Oh my God, Windows XP is now called a retro computer system
Getting old is weird.
I have to agree with you, Altec lancing where awesome. I remember i had this small sub box for under the desk and 2 speaker small square speakers and it sounded like a big full stereo.
I like it a lot. I love the case. Takes me back. I still have a lot of retro stuff like that. I don't remember any of the cases of that time having cable management in mind. You just had to do the best that you could to tie cables off as best you could.
Edit: Love the speakers by the way.
This is EXACTLY the kind of retro setup I want! I grew up with my older siblings' 90s/80s games and then my own 2000s games so something like this is perfect. Would a gog download of a dos game work on something like this? It's just a scummvm package so I'd assume it would
I wish I had one retro computer
But I hope you have fun with that retro computer
Really cool mate :) Saw your post on reddit, really brings the memories :)
i purchased the same chenbro case for my slot 1 pentium 3 98se build, its a really nice case
Had that same alter lansing 2.1 setup. HOW AWESOME ARE THOSE SPEAKERS
I had that same monitor back then. It worked pretty good and didn't give me any issues.
The surge protector monitor stand is so freaking genius. It would free up the floor so well. Do they make things like that for modern machines?
It runs crysis. This man deserves an award.
The peaceful Windows XP start up sound.
Amazing build and setup.
Hey thanks!
Take a shot every time he says uh or um.
Just kidding dude I know that its nerve wracking to record for youtube. Love the build.
How does it run without RGB? Isn't that a requirement???!
Jokes aside, nice lil corner man, fills me with nostalgia.
I wish Windows 10 had an option to enable classic mode. Shell programs barely work and even if it does it isn't great. :/
Ugh, RGB
I loved the smell of the computer this era.
Cool build overall, but lacking on the sound card side. The speakers are great but the Audigy 0570 is not the real Audigy but a cut down version with an inferior controller and software emulation (for EAX). I recommend Creative X-Fi (PCIe versions should be cheaper).
My PC is from the same year 2010 LGA 1156 intel has a Xeon X3450 cpu 4cores 8 threads very powerful maybe even overkill at the time, even today in 2019 its still useable with a pass-mark score of over 5000, also my old PC has 8gb ddr3 ram and a GTX660 gpu
I still got my win7, intel duo core wolfdale pc with hd7870. I had to update my geforce 6800 because the gpu need to be baked every few months (because of bad soldering). Now you have me motivated to finally re-install xp and find a crt monitor.
Very nice indeed sir
Good selection of big boxes on the shelf too :)
Thanks! The real collection is in the basement (future video), but these are some of my favorites.
@@GamingRetro yeah most of my big boxes are on a shelf in the baby's room. They take up aot of space
My current main pc from 2013.and just dual.core amd lol.
Sweet setup, I actually didn't actually make a good PC during this era until maybe 2008/9. Was in HS by then but I don't remember what graphics card I had and I only know the CPU was an Intel dual core CPU. Played some Halo, CS 1.6, SWBF2, Fiesta Online and Combat Arms for days. Running xFire for cross game voice chat, DLing torrents over night and while at school. Man, the old days indeed. I think my 2010 Mobile Workstation would also be over kill for XP games but it should run just about anything that can run in XP, maybe anyways, with a Quadro 880m.
Love me some Phenom II
Some of those older games look pretty good on early 2000's LCDs
Wow looking cool brother
Cable management is what you make of it. There is a lot of space in the drive cage to place excess.
Built nice Quad-Core gaming pc, installed Windows XP. Nice :)
Ha! Amazing how cheap quad cores are these days.
Looks very beautiful
Thanks!
Awesome, thanks!
the phenom quads are good for running even 2011-2012 titles that xp will support , including dungeon siege III which was an early game that ran best with 4 core systems
i just put together a similar system except its an intel Q9450 and a gtx650ti 1gb lol (overkill) but i got the floppy and an ide dvd drive. i must find a nice case like yours tho! you have a very nice looking case.
Case looks HARDCORE packerd bell
Good morning from over here in Jolly Olde England! For my primary retro gaming & emulation, I've put together a couple of builds:
Windows 98se / 2K:
Intel Celeron 400(A) Mendocino Socket 370 CPU (My very first PC's!) with
Startech Socket 7/370 FANP1003LD CPU cooler
Tyan Tomahawk 440 BX (Rev. D) Socket 370 motherboard
512MB (2x256MB) Kingston PC100-222 (@ PC66) SDRAM memory
128MB DDR Palit GeForce 4 MX 440 128-bit AGP 8x (@ 2x) graphics card
3Com 3C905-TX (Rev. B) PCI 10/100 network card
Intel 536EP V.92 PCI modem (My very first PC's!)
Turtle Beach Montego II Aureal Vortex II PCI Windows audio card
Belkin F5U220 (Rev. 3) PCI USB 2.0 card
VIA PCI Firewire 400 card
Yamaha Audician 32 FM OPL3 ISA DOS audio card with
Serdaco DreamBlaster Synth S1 wavetable daughter card
60 & 120GB WD Caviar JB series IDE drives
Lite-On DVD Combo & DVD-ROM IDE optical drives (beige)
Sitecom front panel bay with USB 2.0 ports & card reader (beige)
Mitsumi 1.44MB 3.5" floppy drive (beige)
Generic beige & blue Midi ATX case (My very first PC's!) with
DC-Fix Cherry Woodgrain vinyl wrap &
Cooler Master 80mm (rear) & Startech 60mm (front) ball bearing case fans
Seasonic SS-350ET 80 Plus PSU with
24-pin to 20-pin adapter with -5v rail addon support
Real 8 ohm 0.5 watt PC BIOS cone speaker
Windows XP Pro SP3 32-bit / 8.1 Pro 64-bit:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 Yorkfield Socket 775 CPU with
BeQuiet! Shadow Rock LP 130W TDP CPU cooler
Gigabyte EP35-DS3R (Rev 2.1) Socket 775 motherboard
8GB (4x2GB) G.Skill PC2-8000 5-5-5-15 2T 2.1V DDR2 memory
Maplin 2-port USB 2.0 PCI slot backplate
2GB GDDR5 EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti SC 128-bit PCI Express 3.0 (@ 1.1) graphics card (with backplate)
Gigabyte eSATA PCI slot backplate
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy SB0090 PCI audio card (with MIDI/gameport PCI slot backplate)
Generic PCI slot backplate with serial & parallel ports
128GB (XP) & 256GB (8.1) SanDisk X400 SATA SSDs
1TB & 2TB WD Black SATA HDDs
2 x Lite-On DVD Writer SATA optical drives (black)
Scythe Kaze Master KM01-BK front panel bay VFD display fan controller (black)
Sony 1.44MB 3.5" floppy drive (black)
Cooler Master Elite 370 Midi ATX case (black)
Anidees AI Halo Cosmic Blue Ring LED 120mm (rear) & 140mm (front) case fans
EVGA SuperNova 550 G2 80 Plus Gold PSU
Generic PC BIOS speaker
Whew! Hope you made it this far!
Tying it all together (along with an additional i7-4790K Windows 10 Pro 64-bit build and a Power Mac G4 933 Quicksilver 2002 running Mac OS 9.2.2 & X 10.4.11):
BenQ 24 Inch FHD 1920x1080 @ 60Hz GW2470HL VGA / dual HDMI VA panel monitor
Logitech X-230 2.1 Dual Drive with Ported Subwoofer 40W speaker system
Filco Majestouch 2 FKBN105ML/UKB2 full UK ISO USB/PS2 mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Black switches &
Filco SPKCS105D/UK tall spherical double shot full UK ISO 105 keycap set
SteelSeries Sensei Ten USB optical mouse
Belkin F1DS104Jea SOHO Series 4-Port PS2/USB/VGA KVM Switch with Audio & Cables
Reddish brown woodgrain old office desk
EVST solid wood monitor stand (Reddish brown 1 tier, White Pear)
Ikea FEJKA 20cm plastic green grass pot plant (in a black plastic pot)
Warm leatherette executive office chair (black)
Belkin MasterCube surge protector plugs with
Masterplug 6-way individually switched extension power strips
Yet more cables, switches, peripherals & things spaghetti
Well, I hope you enjoyed finally reaching the end of this very long TH-cam comment! Good day to you Sir! :-)
Sounds perfect! Would love to see some pics or video of these.
@@GamingRetro Well, here's a photo album I put together of the Intel Celeron 400(A) build:
facebook.com/outtheredude/media_set?set=a.2677340015657151&type=3
Wow, I read one sentence from your statement then I went to have a poo
Changed the mouse to a new/old stock Logitech Click! M-BT85 Optical mouse, the same as the first ever mouse I originally purchased back in the early '00s, which I find is also more comfortable to use than the SteelSeries with my Truckasaurus hands, without those pesky too-easy-to-click-accidentally side buttons.
(Also, the SteelSeries didn't like my Belkin KVM at all).
My main pc has a Asus GeForce GT610, 2gb, also passively cooled. Stays nice and cool.
Xp was the best I think. What’s your favorite window operating system from the past
Those specs are way overkill for the xp era haha. My previous pc was a PhenomII x6 and I have my current ryzen for only 3 years.
Is it just me or did the video freeze?
Still miss Norton Commander.
Phenom? XP? Dude, when this got retro, time is too fast.
I hear ya, but xp actually has pretty good compatibility with most win 9x games, so this allows a good 15-20 years of compatibility.
nice build .
I'm looking for a small old cheap portable computer for writing and taking notes for school what would you suggest for $200 or down? Preferably vintage
Very nice build. That case sure is "different" never seen one that opens up like that; with the handles. Cable management? ya you are very limited on what you can do; BUT you can make it look a little bit better with some plastic zip ties. At the very least; get them zipped together and pulled away from any fans. It wouldn't take much to rearrange them and tuck them up a bit. Most of that cable (the bulk of it) I think you could ball it up; zip-tie and tuck under that space under the CD-rom. Would look a little better.
I turned my old phenom ii x4 975 into my winXP 32-bit machine also! It also has a xi-fi fatality for EAX and I started with a hd 4890 for the graphics card but i ended up selling it on ebay for £20 and getting a hd 7950 for £80 instead and then I could make sure I could really crank up all the graphics to MAX.
Nice! You definitely have a bit more graphics power than I do, but it hasn't been much of an issue yet, and I do like the cool quiet of a fanless gpu.
@@GamingRetro thanks it works well.
This pc is better than real pc 😭
Intel Core 2 Duo e6550 2.33ghz
2gb ram ddr2
64mb vram intergrated chipset
Hey, great stuff! Just looking to build my own retro PC and am wondering what kind of system I wanna be running. I was told the Win98 is great for old(ish) DOS games and early 2000s? Why did you decide to go with WinXP instead?
Where did you buy that speakers
Nice, but "Ultimate?" I have an XP setup I would test that theory against. 😁 I have a 98SE build in the works. I'm going to use KVM to run them to a 17" Emachines CRT. I respect anyone doing Retro, but your cabling is triggering my OCD. 😁
Awesome
You need a turbo button
It's true!
i want one but certain things would be modernize keyboard mouse and monitor everything else would be vintage
As far as i know you can run ms dos games on xp right?
8800/9800gt would be great option but hd hd4850dd5 are greater to test
it's not ultimate. The best GPU for XP is Quadro M6000, the best CPU is 2011v3 + DDR4 RAM.
You should try playing Zeus, Master of Olympus, and its expansion, Poseidon.
I have... good stuff!
But! Does it run Duke Nukem 3D and Doom in dos mode, speaking about compatability, how about midi? ;-) Need to say, nice setup 👍.
Hello, I have just been given a stack of old Windows XP games such as TES Oblivion, GTA San Andreas and Rome Total War and am looking to buy a cheap pc off ebay to play them. I have seen a couple of refurbished systems that look like what I might need:
Dell Optiplex SFF - Core 2 Quad Q6660 - 4GB RAM - 1TB HDD - 2GB GT710 - Windows XP
or
Dell Optiplex SFF - Dual Core 3GHZ - 4GB RAM - 1TB HDD - 2GB GT730 - Windows XP
I am a bit confused though because I asked the seller of the Core 2 Quad pc if he could fit a GT 730 instead and he said yes but the other seller told me that a similar pc he had doesn't have the power for that card, which is why he is selling it with the Dual Core pc instead. If the Core 2 Quad doesn't work with the GT 730 which would be the better pc as listed? Also would either systems be able to play later XP games such as TES Skyrim, GTA IV and Shogun Total War 2? Sorry if I sound a complete noob but I have only ever had games consoles in the past so don't really know much about PCs.
ottima soluzione
I loved this video! Anyway what are your thoughts about the following components for an ultimate XP build:
Intel i7-3770K,
GTX 780 Ti
remainder of the configuration would be whatever works best with these two components but also remains compatible with Windows XP.
Okay I know this would be a super overkill for an XP build, but I was also thinking maybe I could make WinXP/Win7 dual boot machine. Also, I too would like to use my old, Pentium III (don't know exact model of it) era PC case where I could fit all these in. I am aware that these old cases don't really have best air circulation going through them so I'd like to know what temperatures did your CPU/GPU hit while gaming? Thanks!
Could you please post the model number of the Chenbro case? Would love to pick one up
Hello, I want to run Microprose "Red Storm Rising". I have an EP45-UD3P for the task. Is Red Storm Rising compatible with XP-32 bit?
xD I'm using almost the same exact speakers on my big mac grade PC
I'd like to buy some speakers like that, but I don't know if they work well, does it sound good?
This pc is mine! You fool!
I need this AMD logo sticker
Do you happen to have a link on where you bought the case ?
I have Windows XP is it good for Retro gaming? 2GB RAM 3.00GHz
But can you livestream these games from this computer?
Any tips for getting diablo 2 to run on xp? I have SP3 but the game can't boot. I get kernal32.dll error everytime.
why is your task bar not fit to the screen?
Auto hide mode
People are kind of annoying with the whole newer cable management thing. You would have to have a ton of cables and a complete disaster for it to matter for airflow anyway, so if your case doesn't have a window where you're showing off the insides then who cares if the cables are all perfectly tucked away?
20:34 Ahhw! 🤤
Who MOBO is?
WHAT MOTHERBOARD ARE YOU USING?
speaker?
Argh Audio is clipping :(
I've had to start a Blog to slowly put all my Retro XP Builds like this on! www.retropcbuilder.com
But can it run cry-...oh
Dude, when I saw the cables I threw up in my mouth a little bit
31:00 jaja you got afraid and decided to turn off the game!! I understand it, sometimes I do the same!!
Thank god for modern monitors, I forgot how awful the screen flickering used to be.
It can be hard on the eyes but many older games look best on them!
Honestly, that case interior design is the worst I have ever seen, and that machine cannot be considered DOS compatible without Opl sound. also a lot of Win98 games will fail to boot, and no native glide. The title is correct though, it is just a Windows XP machine, but with an incorrect time period case. And I would add, a powerful single core processor is better for winxp, than a quad core with lower clocks. And that Audigy is not even a real Audigy with the Emu10k1. It is known to slow down games and sound worst because it makes everything on software.
Moin, moin, wer Bock auf PC Zubehör, oder gleich einen ganzen, top ausgestatten Pc hat, ist bei folgendem Link genau richtig. Übrigens, in den nächsten ein- bis zwei Tagen kommen noch viele Sachen zusätzlich unter den Hammer, da ich mein Lager komplett auflöse.
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I know kids that have weaker main systems than your retro gaming rig 😂😂
Well everything is so dang expensive right now...
@@GamingRetro 😂😂
man that rtx 3080 ti i bought yesterday,
it's SO RETRO guys...
25 years makes something an antique. learn your retro.
aka somewhere inbetween 10-25 years ago.
so again, that's not retro.
Its not retro
my q9650 the intel competitor to your cpu, ran the new doom, in over 100fps on a gtx 1050 ti and 8gb ram.
try running the new bethesda doom on your "retro box", and record in 1080p 60fps like i did. :P ahahahahahaha
Lol wtf is this thing