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| newmanfamilyvlogs:
Also it was pointed out in another thread that beyond the i5 you're buying resources that won't be taken advantage of by any emulator right now. Mame won't fully utilize beyond two cores, and I can't think of any other emulator that requires more power than that. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115073 Intel Core i5-2500 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz - $210 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128473 GIGABYTE GA-H67M-D2-B3 LGA 1155 - $100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277 G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) - $46 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152245 SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 HD204UI 2TB - $80 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127436 MSI R4350-MD512H Radeon HD 4350 512MB - $40 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042 Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower - $60 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005 CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W - $90 total price before shipping: $626 Add a beefier videocard if you plan on running any more modern PC games, but that entry-level ATI card should run the new shaders in mame, any N64/Dreamcast/PSX games at a higher resolution. And if you're using a CRT you can use GroovyMame to get native refreshrates. |
| newmanfamilyvlogs:
Just noticed this combo sale also: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.668119 1x HEC 63RABB Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (Model:63RABB) $39.99 1x GIGABYTE GA-H67M-D2-B3 LGA 1155 Intel H67 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX Intel Motherboard (Model:GA-H67M-D2-B3) $99.99 1x hec HP485D 485W ATX12V Power Supply - Power Cord Included (Model:HP485D Retail) $29.99 1x Intel Core i5-2400 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.4GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52400 (Model:BX80623I52400) $189.99 1x G.SKILL NS 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBNS (Model:F3-10666CL9D-4GBNS) $39.99 1x Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive (Model:ST31000524AS) $59.99 Combined Total: $459.94 Combo Discounts: -$69.95 Combo Price: $389.99 1Tb is a lot of space for roms. Pop a second drive in there if you need more storage, and tack on that video card from the last post. |
| Vigo:
--- Quote from: cotmm68030 on June 14, 2011, 06:01:26 am ---Also it was pointed out in another thread that beyond the i5 you're buying resources that won't be taken advantage of by any emulator right now. Mame won't fully utilize beyond two cores, and I can't think of any other emulator that requires more power than that. --- End quote --- Good point! I can only see the quad core being desired if you are running high end pc games, but in that case a good video card is much more important. A i5 with a good video card should be able to handle just about any pc game to date at the highest quality settings. |
| gabe:
I have a hard time calling any PC overkill. Investing in speed now will simply extend the usable life of the computer. That said, I just purchased a dual core AMD for my MAME cab. I was heavily influenced by this entry from the MAME FAQ: --- Quote ---Does MAME benefit from SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) / HT (Hyper-Threading) / dual cores? Recent versions of MAME include a -mt switch which allows some tasks to be threaded off for use by SMP or multicore systems. Thus far the benefits from this are relatively small, because accurate emulation such as MAME strives for cannot easily be broken up into parallel subtasks (it would be like trying to have a baby in one month by impregnating nine women). There are exceptions of course, and MAME will support them via this mechanism in the future. --- End quote --- |
| fallacy:
--- Quote ---I have a hard time calling any PC overkill. Investing in speed now will simply extend the usable life of the computer. That said, I just purchased a dual core AMD for my MAME cab. I was heavily influenced by this entry from the MAME FAQ: --- End quote --- Well it’s overkill if you intend to just have the pc sit in a mame cabinet playing emulator games. |
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