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keilmillerjr:
Read my benchmarks here: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,133583.msg1376327.html#msg1376327

Basically, I just went with a current but cheap i3 and motherboard combo from newegg.com and it ended up being more than enough for mame. I'm happy, and I didn't have to spend a lot to do it.
jonnik:
Yeah i5 ordered 3.4 MHz with the 1150 sockets
Will look further into motherboard tomorrow but will get something recent, even though first time building a PC I know how to do it in theory and feel farely confident.

I feel the biggest issues for me will be software based I feel, I need to research what to use on the front end then how to get all emulators to run and how to configure both joysticks and the track ball to all the games.

The advice on here been helpful though, this was always going to be a long project 6 / 9 months I planned my time is limited due to work anyway so just have about 5/7 hours a week I can work on it at present.

I have a good idea about PC now I think so going to order the bits in and get building then the real headache will begin :)
jonnik:
Ok processor bought Intel Core i5 3570 3.40GHz Socket 1155 6MB L3

Now to the processor
InfantSorrow:
I run everything fine on an core2duo E7400 with 4 gigs ram and a geforce 9600. Old ass pc but it runs everything i give it smoothly even with HLSL.
Mame / Demul / Sega Model 2 emulator games run smooth. The CPU is slightly overclocked to 3ghz though but that doesnt make much of a diff.


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