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[Wizard]

Yes it's a perspex sheet mounted on a wooden frame

[RHM]

Computer on the back door? 

[Wizard]

Yes, mine is a i7-7700K with SSD and dedicated gfx card. It made sense mounting on the back door for accessibilty etc

[RHM]

Yeah, I probably would have put it where the reels went or psu, but that does make more sense. Utilising space.

 

Will this be any cop then? https://www.ebay.co....ffff3dd58|iid:1

[Wizard]

no

[RHM]

lol, any suggestions? I'm on a budget (the wife and I have a joint account, she won't miss £30) 

[frig]

lol, any suggestions? I'm on a budget (the wife and I have a joint account, she won't miss £30) 

Yea...Lock pics, Balaclava, and find out where Reg lives!

[Wizard]

I have not tried all combinations of CPUs and gfx cards so can't make any suggestions. But really you should be using a quad core CPU 3Ghz minimum to cover all bases

My 30" monitor has a resolution of 2560 x 1600 so needs a powerful CPU to drive it

Edited by Wizard, 05 November 2019 - 11:48 AM.

[RHM]

Quad Core it is then, time to get bargain hunting! I presume a good graphics card too.

[Wizard]

I don't think the graphics card makes much difference these days, you could probably get away with using the on board graphics like Reg showed in his latest video.

I couldn't as the Dell Monitor uses dual DVI only which isn't supported by the onboard gfx.

[RHM]

Got ya, thanks for the input. 

[RHM]

How about this for a monitor... https://www.ebay.co....UsAAOSwhY1dut9c

 

You Tube review... https://www.youtube....h?v=D-QE5y5Wnts

 

And this for a PC? https://www.ebay.co....10/223733890009

 

Spent about two hours searching for cheap and cheerful that will do the job lol

[Wizard]

Monitor is ok but PC is pants

[RHM]

Quad Core CPU with over 3Ghz!?

[Wizard]

Early AMD rubbish, stick to Intel CPU

 

Buying a cheap underpowered machine will end in tears

Edited by Wizard, 05 November 2019 - 01:25 PM.

[RHM]

Something like an i3 2nd gen?

[RHM]

https://www.ebay.co....NgAAOSwZ15dsaIx

[Wizard]

Please do your own research as this will go on forever otherwise. And could end up with "But you said it would be ok" etc

[RHM]

haha, i'm not that devious lol.

[RHM]

Bought an, Quad Core i5 2400 @ 3.1GHz 4GB so that should do the trick. £50.00 2nd hand with free p&p. All's that will be installed on it is Windows updates and the Emulator.

 

My plan will be to get the coin mech and payouts working prior to sourcing a machine, then source a cabinet (anyone got one they don't want?) and buttons etc.

 

Hopefully it will be straight forward! Yeah right lol