Planning to make a legacy Windows 7 Build... any recommendations?
Posted: 02 Sep 2025, 08:09
I'm thinking of making a full Windows 7 Build with parts from 2009-2012. Any recommendations? 
-x64 capable Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Extreme,1st gen i7/i9, midrange Xeon or AM3/AM3+ FX CPU
-A compatible motherboard supporting SATA, Floppy Disk Drives, and PCI/PCIe
-Gigabyte GTX 650 1GB OC or other GTX/Radeon R9 Card
-a good CRT Monitor from the 2000's (the games i play look btter and are optimized for CRTs
)
-1TB HDD/500GB SSD
-RS232/LPT PCI card
-USB/Firewire hub card(s)
-any card reader that supports SDXC and/or MS Pro Duo
-Blu-Ray Drive (any working one will prob do
)
-external (LPT/USB) Zip Drive, maybe an internal one if i have space
-Windows 7 Enterprise x64 (i use it on my thinkpad, its as feature rich but lighter than Ultimate )
Before you go to reply "what about the case" i dont fucking know, ill use whichever i find. i need 4 5'25 inch drive bays and 2-4 3'5 inch ones
-x64 capable Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Extreme,1st gen i7/i9, midrange Xeon or AM3/AM3+ FX CPU
-A compatible motherboard supporting SATA, Floppy Disk Drives, and PCI/PCIe
-Gigabyte GTX 650 1GB OC or other GTX/Radeon R9 Card
-a good CRT Monitor from the 2000's (the games i play look btter and are optimized for CRTs
) -1TB HDD/500GB SSD
-RS232/LPT PCI card
-USB/Firewire hub card(s)
-any card reader that supports SDXC and/or MS Pro Duo
-Blu-Ray Drive (any working one will prob do
)-external (LPT/USB) Zip Drive, maybe an internal one if i have space
-Windows 7 Enterprise x64 (i use it on my thinkpad, its as feature rich but lighter than Ultimate
)Before you go to reply "what about the case" i dont fucking know, ill use whichever i find. i need 4 5'25 inch drive bays and 2-4 3'5 inch ones