The FX5200 thread got me thinking about rebuilding my old Athlon XP machine for which I have all the parts left. ( mobo/ Sempron 2500 which clocks to an Athlon XP 2600 ). FX 5200 and 2gb of ram . But I don't have a power supply.
My current plex server ( SD resolution stuff ) is an Optiplex 755 with 4gb of ram and it has a Geforce 8400 GS 512mb thrown in it. It's a Core 2 Duo 2.6 ghz.. I'm going to be putting the Plex on a laptop that's slightly faster ( no battery, and I5 processor )
Will the Optiplex serve well for a vintage/ retro gamer? I know it should have enough power to run Doom 3 better than the FX 5200, and it even can do Bioshock although that's best left to my modern system.. I plan on putting XP 32 bit on it which is supported by Dell for that model. I want to play pretty much all the old games right now I can't. Doom 3, Quake/ Quake II, Monster Truck Madness II and a few others. Any reason I shouldn't go for this?
My current plex server ( SD resolution stuff ) is an Optiplex 755 with 4gb of ram and it has a Geforce 8400 GS 512mb thrown in it. It's a Core 2 Duo 2.6 ghz.. I'm going to be putting the Plex on a laptop that's slightly faster ( no battery, and I5 processor )
Will the Optiplex serve well for a vintage/ retro gamer? I know it should have enough power to run Doom 3 better than the FX 5200, and it even can do Bioshock although that's best left to my modern system.. I plan on putting XP 32 bit on it which is supported by Dell for that model. I want to play pretty much all the old games right now I can't. Doom 3, Quake/ Quake II, Monster Truck Madness II and a few others. Any reason I shouldn't go for this?