This platform is genuinely looking back in time.
This platform is genuinely looking back in time.
Was wondering if it's true, (and if that's responsible) for what is going on with LGA775 machines in the PC market. Just watched latest PhilsComputerLab video where he is saying that LGA775 is becoming "next big thing for retro PC community". So I searched my local used PC market and yeah, Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad machines that were available widely just a year ago are now hard to find. Are the Core 2 Duo/Quad machines really getting scarce in other places? Though in Ebay Core 2 Quad CPU-s are not very pricy yet, their more decent motherboards are?
I have a vintage setup running a Core 2 Quad Q9400. It came from my mom after she upgraded her motherboard to a Core i3 4130. If someone offered to buy it, I’d be happy to pass it along. It’s more of a nostalgic piece for me—just sitting quietly until I can bring it to a recycling center. Most LGA 775 boards only support PCI and PCIe connections, no LSA or AGP. There’s a printer port, which might work with old joysticks, but the required Windows versions probably won’t fit. While retro hardware is great for older games, it’s rarely needed for modern titles from the late 2000s. Most of those can still run on today’s systems. LGA 775 sits in a gray area—enough old enough to play some classics, but too outdated for anything new. In another decade or so, people might need that kind of gear just to run older games like Half Life or Crysis, but right now it’s fine with Windows 11 and most setups.
I still have a Core2 Quad Q6600 running at 3.0GHz in my HTPC. It handles 1080p videos and web browsing smoothly. I also own a Q9550 @ 3.4GHz elsewhere, though it isn’t currently used. It’s sufficiently fast for most tasks on a secondary machine, but I have several more powerful systems available.