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Title: Is this a good gaming pc for running dolphin games? (taking advantage of b fri)
Post by: shateredsoul on November 26, 2010, 06:34:13 am

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply $95
CORSAIR XMS 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Ultra Stable Desktop Memory Model CMX6GX3M3A1333C8 $85
ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard $100
AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition Deneb 3.5GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor $180

I'm still looking for a good deal on a 2tb 3.5 7200rpm drive (I found a 5900rpm one from seagate for about 60 bucks).  I plan on getting two of these. The cpu you seems adequate without need to overclock (they suggest 3.0ghz at least).

I just need a graphics card (prefer nvidia), case (htpc case), 4tb hard drive storage, and fans now. Any suggestions?

Title: Re: Is this a good gaming pc for running dolphin games? (taking advantage of b fri)
Post by: shateredsoul on November 26, 2010, 06:35:53 am

oh and windows 7 64bit

Title: Re: Is this a good gaming pc for running dolphin games? (taking advantage of b fri)
Post by: newmanfamilyvlogs on November 26, 2010, 09:18:03 am

Going with triple channel ram on a dual channel motherboard is kind of silly.
Spend 10$ more and get 8 in dual:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314)
Ah damn, it sold out.

4gigs is probably enough:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL

Title: Re: Is this a good gaming pc for running dolphin games? (taking advantage of b fri)
Post by: shateredsoul on November 26, 2010, 12:29:15 pm

thanks for pointing that out, i've never built a pc 0_0; thanks for pointing that out