bought an older XP computer cause I wanted an older machine to just own, I like the look of the old computer cases and wanted something that could run some old programs and cd-roms, didn't feel like emulating on my main pc.anyway my problem is I'm struggling to make out some of these parts, and also what to do in regards of if I need to add anything else to it. I'm gonna have to post like 5 comments under this with all the screenshots......
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>>107669048i keep getting muted for a while cause i need to post interesting comments under this....
>>107669048I'm unsure if the thing that says nvidia is a graphics card or a ram stick, i think its some ram
>448 MB of RAMthis is making me irrationally angry at that odd 64 MB DIMM
>>107669048last picture, I'm gonna need to get a VGA to HDMI converter to connect this to my monitors, I also am not sure if my mouse and keyboard would even connect to this
>>107669074yeah that was annoying me, I might upgrade the ram.... I'll have to find old ram that hasnt deteriorated tho
>>107669071>I'm unsure if the thing that says nvidia is a graphics cardAre you retarded? Google nVidia TNT2.
>>107669048>that could run some old programs and cd-romsWin10 and 11 are retrocompatible and can still read cd-roms.>commentsIt's not reddit.
>>107669207jeez dude sorry, It only showed the fucking back of the card on the ebay listing so for all I knew he just put the fucking sticker on there.>>107669245still nicer to run them on their official software, also sorry
>>107669085Bad time to upgrade, ram is overpriced now.
>>107669399are you useless? why are you here, go post on reddit, im sure you would get some major upvotes for this keignough
>>107669611>durrrrr we are better then reddit, dont use that shitty retard site, we are so much smarter and better proceeds to shit on someone who had a genuine question and didn't know something
https://www.manuallib.com/download/170722D6017AC72BC7AB7948EE545461.pdf Here's the manual for your motherboard, consult here to find out what your system is compatible with. Some highlights:-Your system has 3 slots for SDRAM (pre-DDR), and maxes out at 3GB (so, 3x 1GB sticks).-You have an AGP 4x slot for video cards. Faster ones would fit in the slot, but be throttled by the bandwidth, so you'd be wasting your money. This looks very much look a office PC with no ventilation, so get one with a blower cooler if you want anything more than light gaming.-Speaking of cooling, definitely put an exhaust fan on the rear of the case where the holes above the USB ports are. I'd also consider cutting into the case and mounting a another fan, if you're comfortable with that.-Your mouse and keyboard will probably work with this system, unless its a newer device which doesn't have a Windows XP driver.-You have 4 PCI slots, the 4th one shared with a CNR slot. Because your mouse & keyboard will take up the 2 USB ports on the back, I'd suggest getting a 4-port USB expansion card to slot into one of those PCI slots. The motherboard has an internal USB header, which you could use to connect a front-panel USB hub, even one which also has a headphone jack and / or SD card slots.-You could also get an ethernet card because this apparently doesn't have one, but I'd very much suggest not taking a Windows XP machine online nowadays, so I'd suggest using USB for transferring files over instead of bothering with LAN.-You'd have to get a specific cable, but that second socket on the back of the power supply is for you to plug in your monitor's power cable, so you wouldn't need to plug 2 power cables into your wall / surge protector.-If you're going full-retro, you do have a connector for a floppy drive. But, unless you have floppy disks, it'd be pretty pointless. It was normal in the early 2000s to have 2 CD-drives at once, so consider that as well, but set your jumpers correctly.
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