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New emulator box/HTPC machine
« on: June 03, 2012, 05:50:56 pm »
I was toying around with the idea of building a small form-factor emulation machine and HTPC.  By building it, I'm thinking I'll eliminate the PS3 (which I basically only use for blu-rays anymore), my WD Live streamer (which would be moved to the bedroom), and my current mid-tower emulation box, freeing up space and connections.

I need something beefy to play all the emulators (Taito X2, NullDC, PCSX2, etc) I throw at it, and of course be able to stream all my rips from the server. 

Thinking of the following:

Shuttle SH67H3  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856101117
i3-2105 at 3.1Ghz  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115090
8Gb  DDR3 1333 Ram  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231311
LG 12X Blu-ray Player  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136246

Already obtained or taken from current system:

1TB 7200 RPM HDD
NVidia GTX 460 Card
Windows 7 Ultimate
Cyberlink PowerDVD11

Any ideas on better components?  Anybody else build something similar lately?  The i3 I think should be enough to run all the emulaotrs, but I could bump it to an i5 if necessary.

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Re: New emulator box/HTPC machine
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2012, 07:17:25 pm »
I think those parts would suit your needs but I'm really anxious for someone to try an amd fx 4170.
The amd fx series have been a dissapointment but I figure the stock 4.2ghz clock speed of the fx 4170 would just tear through everything in mame.