Front End and best version of MAME to use

[jonnik]

almost finished building my PC and starting to think about the front end and what version of MAME to use as well as other emulators.

I will be using a windopws 7 opperating system and am using the i5 4670k processor with a decent graphics card would some versions of MAME work better than others with that set up ?

And what front end is best in tyour opinions

[jonnik]

To expand on that a little a front end that supports other emulators for snes ect would be ideal

[EMDB]

About any front-end supports any emulator. Just try some. With that system I would just use the latest MAME, preferable 64 bits...

[lamprey]

The Front End is subjective. So, I'd try them out and see what you think.

By best version of MAME I'll assume you really mean version and not flavor (i.e. MAME vs MESS vs etc..). Honestly, I'm not sure of the best. The devs have done tons of work refactoring the code base and adding new games. If it were me, I'd go with the latest version with two exceptions: 1) if the game is broken (it might be fixed with an update, so check on that). 2) for 3D games (i.e. Gauntlet Dark Legacy), I'd use an older version of MAME as the older version (0145 or 0159, damn I need to get this straight in my head) are faster for those games than the latest versions. Given your hardware you can still probably run those games with the latest version of MAME at full speed anyway, but the older version still seem to be smoother.

[jonnik]

Thanks guys I will have a play with them all see which one am most comfortable with

[Generic Eric]

Front Ends are like Ice Cream.  They all taste good.

:seriously:
You won't be able to make an informed decision until you have tried more than one.