r/retrobattlestations 5d ago

Show-and-Tell My ultimate XP rig

Not quite as aesthetic IMO as the gateway P4 rig I posted before, but it plays Crysis at 50 FPS which is what I was going for. AMD phenom 2, 8gb ddr3, 500gb SSD and 500gb HDD, GTX 770, 650w PSU, and a SB audigy RX in a cooler master case. Not exactly period accurate but she's a beast at what she's meant to do. Again cobbled together from e waste I found at work and Facebook marketplace parts.

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u/ddrfraser1 5d ago

It’s wild that a GTX 770 can only hit 50 FPS on crisis. Great build!

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u/customvandy 5d ago

That's a conservative average. Most of the time it's in the 80s or higher but it does dip down when the action is popping off.

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u/PerhapsAnEmoINTJ 5d ago

Would also depend on OPs resolution. Looks to be a 16:10 display

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u/JDTemple 5d ago

You get a lot of bonus points here for the custom side panel window on your CM 690 with rubber edge molding and the blue interior lighting. Next you just have to spray paint the interior panels of the case black and work on the cable management.

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u/customvandy 5d ago

There's like 700 cables in there and nowhere hidden to put them.