Retro Build?

[Microstudio]

For the fun of it lets put together a Retro WinXP build with the fastest Single CPU/4gb Ram. At their peak what Motherboard / CPU and Ram were the fastest blowing away everything? When it's all done I am going to do some heavy testing to see what it can do and just know there is enough old hardware out there to last 10-15 years easy but it's good to know you can run SAW on Win8 with no problems.

Here is what I bought and what it cost.

MotherBoard will be Intel DQ965GF MicroATX...$38 free shipping... used Ebay

Intel P4 3.6 CPU-661 Fan came with motherboard... 4 of them for $31...free shipping Ebay

Memory will be Patriot 4GB DDR2 800 $46 with shipping...Brand New. Ebay

Own XP Pro

New case $24.95 free shipping Ebay via NewEgg

New 400 Watt PS $14.95 Tiger Direct local store

CD/DVD Player/RW/R had laying around

I had 2 HD's a 80 SATA 7,200 / 160 ATA 7,200 laying around.

Total $154.90

One smokin fast retro build to run SAW/MWS on, it will be interesting to see what it can do.

[Microstudio]

Ok what was the fastest single core Intel CPU...non xeon?

[PhaseShifter]

"Retro build", also known as a "suggested build" for SAW and SAC

[Microstudio]

"Retro build", also known as a "suggested build" for SAW and SAC

No just SawStudio, I want to go back in time and get the most smoking fast single core cpu system with 4gb ram and XP. I will then start making new videos, I think it would be cool and show people that you really don't need so much smoking hardware with SAW.

[Microstudio]

Ok the CPU will be the Intel Cedar Mill 661 3.6GHZ it was the last of the P4's but the die was shrunk to 65nm this cut the heat down a lot and this will be nice with the fan-less build. A lot of 4 of them for $31

MotherBoard will be Intel DQ965GF MicroATX...$38 free shipping...Used
Comes with built in FireWire for my Mackie 1220i

Memory will be Patriot 4GB DDR2 800 $46 with shipping...Brand New

Own XP Pro

Total so far $115

One smokin fast retro build to run SAW/MWS on it will be interesting to see what it can do.

[Dave Labrecque]

Ok the CPU will be the Intel Cedar Mill 661 3.6GHZ it was the last of the P4's but the die was shrunk to 65nm this cut the heat down a lot and this will be nice with the fan-less build. A lot of 4 of them for $31

Geeze, I was about to tell you to get a job or something, but this is starting to look interesting. You may be building a SAW monster for under $500.

[TotalSonic]

I'd say go with an Intel E8700 Core 2 Duo - 3.5 GHz. Might be hard to find - but an E8600 seems to be readily available - 3.3GHz.

Best regards,
Steve Berson

[soundchicken]

E8600 is a solid sac/saw processor

[Microstudio]

I can always put a fast dual CPU in the MB but the whole thing is I wanted to build it around a single core P4 and the Cedar Mill was the best and last of them.

Anyone ever watch this video of Bob showing SAW on his notebook with a 1GB CPU and 512MB of ram?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZTFe9FmEZ0

My system is going to blow that away times infinity....this is just too fun and I am hoping to enlighten people to a truth.....Humans think they need more then they do most of the time

[Microstudio]

Geeze, I was about to tell you to get a job or something, but this is starting to look interesting. You may be building a SAW monster for under $500.

Under $500....most defiantly, the CPU will be free after I sell 2 of them back on ebay! Keep one just in case

Researching fan-less Micro ATX cases today, I want to go 100% fan-less if I can.