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Amd 6 core VS i5 (Yea I know Mame only uses 2 cores)
tommyinajar:
I saw this deal and it looked pretty good-
Is there going to be any benefit in getting an i5 and mobo that would cost almost the same price as the AMD bundle? I want to run Hyperspin, all the pins, and try some CHD's.
http://slickdeals.net/f/3901866-AMD-6-Core-2-7GHz-Barebones-PC-284-99-After-Rebates
redbeard30:
If you have a microcenter near, they have a 4 core amd 960black edition 3.0ghz w/ gigabyte board for 109.00. My buddy got this w/ 8gigs ram for 153 total. Quite a bit cheaper than an i5, but i5 is a bit speedier. Should work well for mame, plus being a black edition, easily overclocked.
JoeB:
general question: If someone is going to put a dedicated PC inside a real arcade machine, does it make sense to overclock it? Doesn't overclocking generate more heat? And unlike a PC that sits on top of your PC, isn't the inside of an arcade machine create a lot less air flow and higher chances for hardware failure due to heat?
Bramlet:
Yeah, for me I would want a low power computer. Whatever board generates the least amount of heat and uses the least amount of power while still playing everything I want to play flawlessly. So say I want to play mame and some old school emulators. What setup should I be looking at? And if we wanted to add new school emulators?
tommyinajar:
No micro center around here....yet (plans in the works) I might be able to get parts here from one my buddy lives near one but back on topic.
I have only noticed some success on the more difficult CHDs to be run, "working" on an i5 and up and was curious if the AMD deal above would have close to equal results. Also the running the newest VP stuff.