Build a 98 PC

Dirtysanchez

Dirtysanchez

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Im building a windows 98 pc for a mate so he can run his old games eg. the might and magic series etc. and also office 97...

I dont know what parts to use can anyone suggest some....
I reckon a intel pentium 2 will be fine mabye a P3 but thats pushing it, so does anyone have any suggestion for the rest of the components and where can I buy a intel pentium 2 or 3 I LIVE IN THE UK so no american sites...lol

cheers
 
No shop I know of sells P2 or P3 anymore, so you would have to look on a popular auction site.
 
Wh not just got a cheapo Sempron or Celeron and install 98's on it, hardware compatbilitiy shouldnt be an issue with the processor and just find an old GFX AGP/PCI card on an auction, something like Geforce2 GTS or Geforce 4 series would be just fine and probably cheaper than going specifically for P3 or P2
 
Might and magic series works on XP...

And we can't tell you any shops that might sell old stuff, against the rules. Not even link to auction sites which would be your best bet.

Give us a budget and I'll see what sort of thing I can find. Will it need KB/Mouse & screen?
 
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400? lol you can get a p4 easely for that
a p2 shoudl be no more as 50 quid
here in the nl we have 1 popular ad site ( cant tell link i think) with tons and tons of adverts includign a lot of old mobo's cpus, an old p3 mobo is for 10 € and a p3 800 mhz for 5 €, etc...

For 400 quid you can build a p4 or athlon 64 with no probs.]


Heres a p4 spec (video onboard, just use win98 Se so it detects it as a p4, and you can play any dos game w/o any probs)
MB-163-AS Asus P5VD2-MX Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-163-AS)
£37.99 £37.99
CP-058-IN Intel Pentium 4 541 "LGA775 Prescott" 3.2GHz (800FSB) with HT Technology - Retail (CP-058-IN)
£57.99 £57.99
MY-004-GL GeIL 512MB (2x256MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE5123200BHDC) (MY-004-GL)
£34.99 £34.99
HD-086-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820A ATA-100 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-086-SE)
£42.95 £42.95
CD-019-AS Asus DRW-1608P3S 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - Retail (CD-019-AS)
£23.95 £23.95
CA-005-AS Asus TA-212 Series Midi Tower (Silver) - 360W PSU (CA-005-AS)
£31.95 £31.95
Subtotal £229.82
VAT £40.22
Total £270.04


Just 270 quid as u see, so 130 left for a nice tft mon, nice keyboard and a ncie mouse
Add a 6600gt or whataver to it (if u want) and u can play any game (even most modern) you want on low gfx.
 
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£400 for a windows 98 computer... things have got cheaper ;)

I suppose dual boot is a possibility, but most games will work on XP in 95 compatibility mode.

CA-052-AN Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN)
£43.99 £43.99
HD-020-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2514N 250GB ATA-133 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-020-SA)
£41.95 £41.95
MB-006-AK Asrock ALiveNF4G-DVI (Socket AM2) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-006-AK)
£39.99 £39.99
CD-045-LG LG GSA-H10NBAL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-043-LG)
£18.95 £18.95
CP-162-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1.80GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-162-AM)
£52.95 £52.95
KB-072-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail (KB-072-LG)
£17.99 £17.99
MO-006-HY Hyundai ImageQuest Q770S 17'' Perfectly Flat CRT Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-006-HY)
£66.99 £66.99
MY-081-CR Crucial 1GB (2x512MB) DDR2 PC2-4200C4 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT6464AA53E) (MY-081-CR)
£64.99 £64.99
Subtotal £347.80
VAT £60.87
Total £408.67
 
yeah ok i have no idea of the budget but i want a 98 pc not a xp or a 95....
I need to run office and other dos programs so can someone plz give me some specs for a decent 98 pc..

I dont care what the price is, so yea
 
Raikiri said:
£400 for a windows 98 computer... things have got cheaper ;)

I suppose dual boot is a possibility, but most games will work on XP in 95 compatibility mode.

CA-052-AN Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN)
£43.99 £43.99
HD-020-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2514N 250GB ATA-133 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-020-SA)
£41.95 £41.95
MB-006-AK Asrock ALiveNF4G-DVI (Socket AM2) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-006-AK)
£39.99 £39.99
CD-045-LG LG GSA-H10NBAL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-043-LG)
£18.95 £18.95
CP-162-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1.80GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-162-AM)
£52.95 £52.95
KB-072-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail (KB-072-LG)
£17.99 £17.99
MO-006-HY Hyundai ImageQuest Q770S 17'' Perfectly Flat CRT Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-006-HY)
£66.99 £66.99
MY-081-CR Crucial 1GB (2x512MB) DDR2 PC2-4200C4 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT6464AA53E) (MY-081-CR)
£64.99 £64.99
Subtotal £347.80
VAT £60.87
Total £408.67
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Dont know if windows 98SE supports athlons 64....
 
Raikiri said:
Like I said the games will work on XP
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Soem games dont, a lot of dos games are having trouble with winxp even if you have a fat32 drive, for example my destruction derby 2 even with comp. modes just doesnt work ok ( graphics problems ) on winxp, true you can sue a program liek dosbox, but perhaps he wants a pc that can support any game w/o any extra apps?

While win98 still runs all dos games without any problem.
 
hmm ok, then I support raikiri's spec, sicne it appears 98 works ok with a64's (just never had win98 anymore on athlon 64, and renembered had trouble with p4 at 1st too, so was unsure about a64 support....), better to go amd above p4.
 
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