My Retro PC Gaming Setup Tour (It's Secretly a Fast, Modern PC)

[@pcsecuritychannel]

I miss the gaming era of the 2000s so much. So much artistic effort was put into games back then.

[@lostintechnology1851]

once a technology gets replaced we get nostalgic for the old

[@wilhufftarkin8543]

@@lostintechnology1851 No, it's not just nostalgia. Games back then were objectively better. Of course there were also tons of crappy games, but the good games were better than today's good games.

[@Mother-of-cain]

⁠@@wilhufftarkin8543 I’m not that old and I still like a lot of modern games but a lot of games now are just inspired by concepts of older games but with better graphics , no one has really made any new original concepts in a long time. Everything is inspired by something and it’s repetitive.

[@hoodlum4511]

No you don't. If your starting a game, the game will be active next year

[@ziongite]

So in essence, you built a nostalgia time bubble, where it makes you feel like you are stepping back into the time when you were a kid.

[@rickstorm4198]

Pretty fitting for somebody with the mind of a child. 🤣

[@JABelms]

@@rickstorm4198 Nah just happens when you get old. Computer parts aren't as exciting as they used to...adding the fact that most builds today are boring shitboxes with no originality

[@kavan1773]

That space looks cozy and I think that’s great. I’ve been getting tired of the cold, minimalist look that so many people have been doing for years now.

[@Nattraks]

Glad I'm not the only one, its souless and you can see it in their eyes

[@rickprime83]

As soon as I saw the side speaker on the gray TV I knew it was a JVC, its the exact TV I purchased at Best Buy in 2004 on my own and still own to play retro gaming.

[@5izzy557]

Man I remember when you couldn't even get rid of a CRT for FREE they were just too bulky and considered obsolete. Now they are highly valued, that lovely zero input delay and perfect screen sync, CRT's are perfect for gaming.

[@Fernando-nj1pg]

Hi i have a question can you put a crt to a modern computer?

[@kiararaine3636]

​@@Fernando-nj1pg Yeah, you just need an appropriate cable, DVI to VGA, HDMI to VGA, DisplayPort to VGA, depending on what outputs your GPU has.

[@ColumbiaBeet]

The whole vibe is very retro 80s cyberpunk. The fact that you're running 2077 on a CRT, and using a VR headset in conjunction with old displays has an aesthetic I luuurrrrv. Rteminds me of reading William Gibsons Sprawl books for the first time.

[@teksyndicate]

Get the mouse, keyboard, controller, and mousepad here: epicpants.com/product-category/hardware/ Windows XP rig build and specs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2KsdmuBodCCfJY

[@ValkyrieYS]

Neat. I hope to see more of this. While the retro console videos space are saturated on youtube, the Retro PC stuff is very underserved and I see you got true passion for it. There is a reson for your morrowind video doing so good numbers, we are hungry for old school pc stuff.

[@Marc_Wolfe]

That random cut to "that's a girthy boy" with the moment of silence just before lol

[@sitordan]

Your retro setup is fantastic. I don't have the room for it, but if I did I'd build one in a heartbeat. Cheers! P.S: 3:04 Morrowind.

[@blackenedmartyr]

Man.... I had that exact Gateway monitor back then. I totally forgot about it til seeing this video. Came with the Gateway desktop my parents got me in highschool. Many hours of Quake and Starcraft were played on that setup. Young me would never have imagined having the setup I have now.

[@Mtnwildlife]

Im not really tech savy, i just have a gaming laptop, but just set up a "vintage" media cabinet, with my amp. Turn table, dvd/vhs, ps2 and gamecube, with my crt above. And now this has me wanting to get my desk looking all retro too. Cool set up man

[@Mbabbb399]

That legit is one of the most cozy looking areas ever.

[@mellowcream69]

this was like an old school tek syndicate video, nice work.

[@effectivecode6696]

Awesome stuff! I loved playing WarCraft, Stronghold, Gothic... on my CRT.

[@wannaflyme]

5:05 looks like my baby AT System. 😂😂😂

[@tahirakinci]

First time I got recommended a Tek Syndicate video since the shit that went down back in the day. I hope you guys get more views. Good luck.

[@TheAffenkotze]

Wonderful and cozy retro corner you got there, mate! I'm replaying DOOM on my 21 inch CRT at the moment and having a blast with it! Cheers from Germany ✌

[@marcusjay8103]

That's a pretty sweet little audio set up you got going on there, especially the small 100w, 2 chanel amp 👌🏼

[@SuperSkandale]

I miss the crt's era. Games and everything else ran so smooth on them. They were less productive for text and browsing but for everything games and movies they were just the best.

[@edmac1090]

Awesome. I’ve been playing a lot of retro stuff as well recently- been playing Jazz Jackrabbit 2 with my wife.

[@computerbytes01]

Look awesome, your room is a clean version of mine. modern PC and retro setup, and I just colour printed my posters lol

[@itsdeonlol]

Awesome retro setup! Thanks for this Logan!

[@andipajeroking]

You have a painting with Another World????? ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@klemziusklm7248]

Omg DVD 8x this was gold back in the days :)

[@Bewefau]

I think mine was Sony x20 expensive as fuck but it was a gift tho so. Loved that drive to could read anything.

[@pipp33]

Lighting was on point for a couple of the desk/CRT shots.

[@juan643960]

Super cool taking it old school my uncle wants to build one for his older game library wish me luck love the content.

[@MobiusCGI]

Buys a CRT, immediately presses the degauss button….yessss

[@finite934]

Speaking of speakers… I bought the original Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 package in the mid 90’s for my Soundblaster AWE32, and they’ve been in storage for 20 years, but I got them out recently (just the fronts and the bass), and they sound fantastic! I’ve got a Denon X3800 and some B&W 685 bookshelf speakers and the Cambridge sounds better!! How is that possible!? I mean, a lot of it is probably room correction stuff that’s not optimal for my room with the Denon/B&W, but still, I’m pretty amazed at the sound from the Cambridge Soundworks speakers.

[@wannaflyme]

03:20 1024 x 768 I believe.

[@fabricio4794]

those old crt s"Astronaut heads"its pure nostalgia....

[@MrBlacksight]

You need to get a voodoo 3 in that machine. For some sweet 3dfx glide gameplay.

[@conyo985]

That CRT monitor is great! I really miss it because most CRT monitors goes to 85 Hz so it's already better than the usual 60Hz LCD monitors.

[@gippula]

DAUMN!!! i remember that big lego robot from my childhood like 25 years ago. Never got it myself...just dreamed of it when i saw it on toy magazines :D

[@willcordell3612]

You’re a cool ass dude. This video felt like hanging out. Subscribed!

[@YouAreMySunshine1]

Looks a great setup of plenty old machines. Hello from South Africa.

[@808v1]

I like the woodiness of you setups area :)

[@teksyndicate]

Local reclaimed wood from abandoned or buildings that are being demolished... Super-cheap and I just glued it to the wall.

[@SuperSkandale]

I had a chieftech tower like that back in the early 2000's. Black big tower. Had it for a long time.

[@leperlord7078]

What a trip down memory lane I am subbed What is that 1st shooter game? From about 2m 30 seconds to 2m 547 seconds Is that another world(Amiga)/Another world ? That is a game that i somehow missed in the day Cheers

[@collinw9381]

im running a gateway evf720 its such a great contrast love this video keep it up

[@KuroDensetsu]

I've got a VX920 19" Diamondtron on my retro gaming setup. These are great monitors! You are super lucky to have the 21" one!

[@brego129]

Love the retro space Logan!

[@SpaceSoups]

I hope that retro computer's running Linex so you can get the classic command line feel.

[@saintsx1958]

You are an awesome dad!

[@thewayback_playback]

Great set up! PS. You sound just like James Woods!

[@robbyjvc]

You can use that crt tv as a monitor, or run retroarch on it to play consoles in their native 224p/240p res. This will work with crt emudriver and a compatible amd card.

[@stupendor1]

It is how I feel on the inside.

[@seriosbrad]

I have the same case, and the cover is also broken the same way lol

[@GYM.cars.work.repeat]

Finally someone who prefers membrane to mechanical

[@Bekon241]

Morrowind artwork this is ez. :) Cheers from Poland!

[@KASE94]

need more videos of the Win XP build logan. Maybe do a stream while you play different games on that 8800 GTX beauty!

[@spacefacegaming]

Your setup looks clean ! Btw I cant imagine how you got your retro stuff as in modern days standard 10/10 out of gaming setup ratings

[@A_random_beaver]

ad skip 2:00

[@giani1649]

how you keep your room so clean of dust? the inside of the pc is perfect

[@pickmen.]

This video made me reconsider the meaning of the word "luxury" ( Also 9:45 )

[@markjones7109]

Brillant setup.

[@RetroPcCupboard]

Based on your recommendation, I have been looking for the Micro90X for a while. Finally I managed to snag two Micro90x, two Micro80x and a Micro90c (center speaker) from a charity shop. All for £37.

[@RetroPcCupboard]

Just to follow up, these Boston speakers sound awful on their own. Creative T40 is a much fuller sound. Very little low frequency response from the Micro80X and Micro90x. Clearly these are designed to be used with a subwoofer unit. I will have to dig out my subwoofer unit to try them with.

[@sleepyopossum3200]

That's a lovely setup! Makes me wanna use a CRT. No luck on finding any for a reasonable price though, at least in my area.

[@SeesSean]

Regarding your notes for CRT's, i have a 4k 144hz monitor and i keep playing on it and i keep reminiscing about how much better those old tube tv's felt to play on, ty for verification of my thoughts and some basic understanding as to why it felt better!

[@niceguy01]

You should try hook up the pc to a ps4 VR & play that first person shooter game you showed on it you will feel like your in the game

[@SidTheGeek]

The dirt on old case reminds how worthy old tech was! Soundbars these days are not match for these sound blaster speakers

[@techteststutorialsHD]

Great Video Logan!

[@Nocholas]

Your crt monitor says Gateway, but looks exactly like my Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 900u

[@ZeusWeus]

Now this... is cool

[@jamesjohnson9107]

I like the games you’re playing 😎

[@tobagganski343]

Nice man! Keep making these videos. Really enjoy them.

[@kr00m]

Those cables... THOSE CABLES!!111!!

[@middle_pickup]

We're only now starting to get close to the performance of CRT monitors for motion. I'm looking forward to the day when super high refresh rate monitors are the standard, assuming our GPU's can power them. :-/

[@zaphael0]

Playing games in an era when fun matter more than microtransactions Laughing while also feeling depressed hearing that

[@mr.electronx9036]

i love CRTs

[@scholardeville]

logan: "i like this keyboard cus it can handle getting spilled on JUST IN CASE you know guys you know.." just admit it. you've killed more than 500 keyboards with beer. murderer.

[@teksyndicate]

NOT ANYMORE!

[@EvanBlax]

Just a word of warning with that DeLock DP adapter, there are some known issues. Sometimes it'll show black for one frame randomly while it's running (I've only had this happen to me a few times). The other video problem I've encountered is a bit more difficult to explain. Sometimes, randomly, like the black frame issue, the adapter will develop what I can only describe as a "digital vertical hold" issue. The digital raster coming in on the DisplayPort will start slowly rolling "down" by a few lines. The bottom few lines of the previous frame will now be at the top of the current frame and the image will slowly oscillate up and down. Stopping at each extreme for a moment before slowly oscillating back. I think it's important to say this does not effect the monitor at all. The analog luminance and timing is still being sent properly to the monitor. This is happening in the digital space of the adapter before it becomes analog. The monitor still thinks it's getting 1600x1200 at 85Hz or whatever. It's very strange. If you're playing a game you might not even notice it's happening. Whenever it happens to me I use HRC (Hotkey Resolution Changer) to pop into a different resolution or refresh rate then pop back into whatever I was using before. Once you reinitialize the video stream it goes back to normal. The worst part is it happens randomly and semi-frequently. At least in my experience daily-driving a Sunix DPU3000. Sometime multiple times a day, then maybe not again for a week or two. From my own experience this has happened on both the DeLock 87685 and the Sunix DPU3000 as they are the same product. I've never had anything weird like this happen with lower-end adapters. This seems to be something unique to this specific design. Having said all that, the DeLock 87685 really is an awesome adapter. You can do a lot with up to 600MHz pixelclock, especially on a current gen RTX card. I'll often kick my Sony FW900 into 2560x1600 at 72Hz just to swing my e-peen at a LAN party. Or the few times I've used my friend's Mitsubishi 2070sb I've done 2560x1920 at 70Hz - which is only 495Mhz pixelclock, but is reaching the 140kHz scan rate of the monitor. Custom resolutions are a lot of fun on CRTs. Just know your limits and play within them. Happy gaming!

[@teksyndicate]

Cheers & thanks for the info. I may also try the 62967 because I can get it shipped for $35 from Germany... I don't think I'll actually need more than that, but I was having a hard time finding adapters that could handle 1920x1440 without issues. My current one can output but there are a lot of errors. I couldn't find the Sunix in stock anywhere... but, as you said, they are basically the same. Have you tried the Delock 62967? It's slower but should be plenty for me... unless I can ever find my own FW900, lol.

[@EvanBlax]

@@teksyndicate The Delock 62967 is pretty good but also won't get you exactly what you want. It's a step above the cheap adapters for sure but it only outputs up to 270MHz pixelclock, so your 1920x1440 would only be at 68Hz rather than the full 80Hz your monitor is capable of. The adapter I would recommend is the Plugable USB-C to "VGA" you can find for $25 on Amazon. That little thing is cheaper and outputs a whopping 350MHz (not that they'll tell you that on the product page). Absolutely perfect for your monitor. I use one for my secondary display, which is an IBM P260, same scan rate/refresh rate as yours. 121+1kHz/160Hz. Same as the FW900 too. (spoilers, the FW900 isn't quite the God monitor that everyone makes it out to be). This is, of course, all dependant on if your graphics card has a USB-C "VR" video Port. My Gigabyte 2070 does which is why I love this little adapter so much. No need for an extra USB power cable, unlike the Sunix/Delock adapter. I just looked it up while writing this comment and have learned that no cards outside of the RTX 20 series have the USB-C video port. A real shame. There goes that recommendation out the window. This is the part where I'm no longer going to be much help. After I was satisfied with the Plugable USB-C adapter I kind of stopped "chasing the dragon" so to speak. I don't know if Plugable made a normal DisplayPort version with the same guts. From the little I could infer from the product pages it didn't seem like they did and I never did enough research on other brands to find out if there were others out there. Now, you can either start chasing the dragon (don't do this) or you can be mostly satisfied with the the adapter you have, try out the Delock 62967, or just wait for the Delock 87685 to come in the mail. When I bought mine from Germany it took at least 4 months to get to Canada. Maybe it was 6 months. I don't remember. I'm sad to say there really aren't many options and I wish I could be more help. Anyway, cheers.

[@TheSanco26]

Pretty sure the codes for Windows got changed. If so, well done sir. I laughed

[@witchii]

Oh man I really need to find myself a crt

[@pizzalord3n]

I'm gonna need a link to that lovely wallpaper, sir.

[@LCK991]

Maximum coziness

[@BRBTechTalk]

9:07 I had one of those Antec cases and I loved it. I had a quick move one time and could only pull my drives and not fit the case in the car so I had to leave it behind ;,-(

[@revious83]

Good Video! I have a Retro Windows 98SE PC! But since i don't have enough Space in my Small Apartment! Its in my basement.

[@julskechap]

You absolutely need a 90s white keyboard that ergonomic spit

[@middle_pickup]

Am I missing out not having an EAX sound blaster card for my older PC games? I never paid attention to sound cards when I was a kid, so I little idea what the sound difference is. Someone should do a video explaining the EAX experience for a windows 10 user playing old games like Deus Ex or others bought from GOG. I could use an explainer on that.

[@420architecMindNDesign]

I love this been wanting to do this for a while

[@MidnightToker24]

I used my first PC's case from 2004 as a sleeper for awhile til my components got too warm.

[@joshmiller7870]

Narrated by Belethor? JK. I dig your retro set up looks good.

[@CyanPHD]

Its so prettyyyyy❤❤❤

[@mxthunder2]

love all things retro PC gaming. especially when played on native period correct hardware. no emulation here!

[@TheGamesZilla492]

Logan ,Update to this video,when enough has changed,DID you get that floppy drive etc,PS hope the Japan trip is going well.

[@mortals94]

Sick setup!

[@snusmumriken232]

What is that 3D FPS with the shotgun center screen, in the ruins, with the waterfalls?

[@xybersurfer]

nice setup. i never saw CRTs with that high of a resolution

[@MarauderShields]

What software were you using with your Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium card to get EAX in Windows 10? I have the same sound card

[@OriginalnaPL]

This is awesome

[@bookshelffury]

X-Fi Titanium Respect.

[@same8825]

This warms my soul. Do you get any green hue when pushing higher resolutions? I know you're waiting on an adapter, can you share that adapter's details with me? I have a Dell P1230 that I'm looking to use at higher resolutions but can't seem to find something that works.

[@patg108]

needs a 98 SE box for what retroarch doesn't cover like dos games and 9x games.

[@Viperbird17]

This is awesome!

[@depracated]

First picture is Morrowind isn't it?

[@tmontel2116]

Love these videos ❤️

[@christofferramachandran2196]

Do you use the soundblaster only in dos emulation and m/b soundcard in windows?

[@matusmikoviny]

crt is just too good

[@skunkop]

What game is that at 13:51? Looks fun!