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There is 1 that runs a couple commercial games, slowly and with plenty of issues. It also hasn't been updated in a good year, seeing only 1 release. Even if it was faster in it's own right, and had better compatibility, you could forget about running it. I know your PC, you wouldn't have a chance running it in it's current state.

And this folks, is why I own a $15 8GB MP3 player........

I don't want to biatch, but it was GPs bots causing problems all the time that kept me from going back. Being on EFNet certainly didn't help in it's own right. We don't have to use the same network as most emulator channels, you CAN link someone to another network, and just because you're on EFNet doesn't mean you're on the same "server".

PC-6400 DDR2? I could use em, but I'm not in the US. If I pay shipping?

I've setup a Wiki for ESR for game compatibility and general info. ESR if you aren't aware, is a homebrew created for launching backups without the need for swapping discs, and is generally used with Free MCBoot. The thread at PSX-Scene was a good idea, but it's messy by it's very nature of being a thread in a forum. Anyone can read the wiki, but to contribute you will need to register. If you register, and intend on posting your results with games, please look at the example (Links on main page and found in nav bar) and enter your result in the same way. ESR Wiki

Why not take a proper internal drive and stick it in an enclosure? These external drives are built so damn cheap, they fully intend for them to break down after awhile so you'll go and buy another one. An internal drive in an enclosure will last forever, well.....you know what I mean.

$22 + shipping for something you can make with $2 worth of parts and 5 minutes of your time is hardly what Id call worth it. Anyone half competent with a soldering iron (You don't even need one actually if you can get the right kind of electrical connectors) can wire an NES pad up to a parallel cable. PLUS that adapter you listed, is $22 for NES ONLY. What about all the other controllers you can hook up the way I suggested, by simply making a box with the parallel cable wired to 2 or more db9 serial ports inside. This stuff is dead simple, and by buying adapters for all those controllers you're looking at over $100 versus MAYBE $10 if you built a multi box. I'm building my own soon, and I'll throw a thread up here with pics so you can see just how simple it really is. @svt_lightning - Yes that is EXACTLY what you would need.

Certain drives only, and I'm pretty sure yours isn't one that is capable. You're better off just ----- what you need, even if you already own it. At least that way, if it's a scene release, you know if it's correct (More-so if there are comments about it working or not)

Timings are really irrelevant unless you're overclocking crazed. Voltage MUST follow DDR2 spec, so don't even worry about that. You should get PC6400, but know that you can't also run 4200 with it. If you do, all the modules will run at 4200 speeds. Replace all with 6400 or get 4200 if you must keep your existing RAM. And stay the hell away from ANY RAM that uses HIGH DENSITY modules (You'll find these on Ebay mainly), they don't work in 99% of motherboards.

Yep, PC6400 is as high as you can go.

GTFO! That's MY summer house!

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mcp61 is a graphics chipset. The actual motherboard model number would be helpful, though it looks like you have an NForce 430 based board. I can't tell you for sure until you get me the actual model number of your motherboard, or at least the main chipset, which would be NForce based. If it is NForce 430, you cannot use ddr2 higher than PC6400.

That's CPU info, need motherboard info.

Can't tell you for sure, need to know your motherboard model. Telling us the RAM you already have does nothing. I would seriously bet on a board that is running pc4200, not supporting pc8500

If you have a larger selection of 650w, that's fine. It depends on the manufacturer, 700w was just a base to work from.

It's a PCI card, goes inside the computer in a PCI slot. 700w is playing it safe, you don't want to barely meet the requirements. You could get away with 600 safely, but if in the future you wind up with 4 hard drives.......... You calculated 430 with just the motherboard, CPU, RAM and 1 hard drive and video card. Those specs are for standard average load.........500w isn't going to cut it with an optical drive, case fans and any other expansion cards.

Well if you buy the Trio for Cube/Dreamcast controllers, you can just test the PS2 wireless.........if it doesn't work, use a wired pad. As for the others, I don't understand what you posted (Slow down? lol). Do you mean you don't have a parallel port? I don't have one on my new PC either, but you can pick up a Parallel port PCI card on Newegg for less than $10 and tada you have one. If you're comfortable wiring them up and soldering, you REALLY should do it yourself. It's satisfying doing it yourself, and a whole lot cheaper.

I felt the same about RA3 at first too. But once I found the "Classic" controls option, it was on. I absolutely cannot stand the ass backwards control setup, it sucks ass in Starcraft and it sucks in all the recent C&C games. Another thing I like, is they didn't stick us with the useless crap that C&C3 has with unit "groups". I want control and positioning over an individual soldier FFS!

Well that Trio will cover those 3, the others you can easily build yourself. Except the N64 one of course, that requires a bit more work. Save yourself some money, put a parallel port in a box of some sort, wire up 1 or 2 serial port connectors to it and put some serial port plugs on your controllers, matching the wires up for each controller to where they should be on the box. It really is fairly simple. Inside your box: Parallel port pins Serial port Pins 1 3 2 4 3 6 4 etc etc 5 6 7 8 etc Then you just match the connector wiring on your controller to where it's supposed to be on the box, so that you don't have to rewire anything inside the box to accommodate different wiring for different controllers.

You can't build one for the Wavebird like I said, and the wireless PS2 controller may or may not work, but you can wire up all the others. The Dreamcast is actually one you will need to buy an adaptor for, as the serial interface works custom with the maple bus in the Dreamcast. You could make your own, but you'd need to program a PIC to capture input and convert the output to USB protocol for instance. Too much work when you can buy a cheap adapter like this, which may support that wireless PS2 controller too. You can make one for NES, SNES, Genesis easily with a chopped parallel cable and a few diodes. An N64 adapter however, requires a little more work - http://arcadecontrols.com/Mirrors/emulatronia/n64pad/ SNES - http://www.tolaris.com/snes-to-parallel/ NES - follow the SNES procedure above, but apply the NES pinout here instead. Genesis - http://ppjoy.bossstation.dnsalias.org/Docs...irectPadPro.htm

Feel comfortable with a soldering iron, wire stripper and hot glue?

Are you interested in making your own adapter? You can make one for all but the Wavebird and Dreamcast provided you have a parallel port. If you are, I'll point you in the right direction. P.S. The wavebird won't work with any adapters on the market, the receiver requires power it cannot get from a USB port or otherwise. Theres another issue regarding signal conversion, but we won't get into that technical aspect........just know you CANNOT use your Wavebird on the PC.

You running a 64bit OS? If not, don't even bother putting 4GB of RAM in, especially if you're running a PCI-Express video card. A PCI-E video card on it's own, will reserve 256MB of address space. There's 256MB shaved out of your 4GB right off the top not even considering every other piece of hardware. Go 3GB and save your money if you're only running a 32bit OS. As for HDMI. HDMI IS DVI......with audio on the same cable. Video-wise, there is ZERO difference. Just buy a cheap DVI-HDMI cable.

I use CoolerMaster PSUs in both my PCs, they're reliable and stable.