The Ultimate Sim PC - Your Recommendations

> I currently have a Dell Latitude CP 233Mhz notebook. It is > obviously not the best driving simulation platform. I am > considering taking an old 386 box and upgrading to an optimal, > exclusive-use driving simulation machine (GP2 and CPR). About the only thing you'll be able to re-use is the keyboard, mouse and the case (and the monitor if modern enough), and the case is probably not optimally designed to cool a modern CPU and harddrive, so you're probably throwing money (and hassle) away by trying to re-use the case. A mouse is $10-$50 and keyboard $12+, so you're not saving that much money... IMO, donate the old machine to some charitable organization and start from scratch. ---Jim

Try this link.. Let us know if you decide to build this pc.. http://www.gamecenter.com/Hardware/Roundup/Extreme/ss10.html

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> I currently have a Dell Latitude CP 233Mhz notebook. It is obviously not > the best driving simulation platform. I am considering taking an old 386 > box and upgrading to an optimal, exclusive-use driving simulation machine > (GP2 and CPR). I would like you to give me your recommendations on the > hardware components I should purchase in building this new machine. I want > it to work great, but I also want to spend no more than I have to. > These are the issues I'll need to resolve: > Motherboard > CPU type > CPU speed > RAM (amount and type) > HD > CD > Graphics card > Sound > Game port Controller > Anything else I haven't listed > Thanks! > -- > Glenn Holland > (remove "ns" in address when replying)

-- Dave Otterness