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yotsuya:

--- Quote from: bigster on October 03, 2013, 10:02:57 pm ---I just posted a cheap core 2 duo small motherboard and cpu in the For Sale section if you are interested.  It runs project 64, psx, dreamcast.  I only upgraded it because i had a 1tb hdd and a sata dvd player, then bought a ssd for booting which needed an extra sata port.  anyway it is a small footprint motherboard.

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This is a good deal. If I needed one, I'd pick it up myself.

MagicMan:

--- Quote from: lilshawn on October 03, 2013, 08:46:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: MagicMan on October 03, 2013, 05:17:28 pm --- looking at as a minimum

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this is your issue. look to the future and save yourself some money in the long run. you want the bare minimum, but then want to be able to do more and more things.

seriously, do yourself a favor. buy a decent computer for a couple of hunskies and you won't be paying for another computer in 6 months cause the requirements went up on your emus. i've seen this time, time and again.

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Never said I am only buying the minimum. I simply wanted to know what my starting point should be, thanks.

BadMouth:
3Ghz or go home.

Need to get 3.4+ if you want to get into the processor hogs like Blitz & Gauntlet Legends.
For Nvidia cards, x60 or better (460, 560, 660, etc) for the 3D emulators like Demul and Supermodel.

I was thinking about the $250 budget PC in my stand-up cab last night.  Originally I thought I'd want to build a faster PC when the cab was done, but there aren't any games that I want to play that it can't.  It might not play the new PC fighters with all the graphics settings maxed out, but it plays them at 1280x720 with everything on medium and it looks damn good to me.  It plays Blitz & Gauntlet Legends.  It chokes on the NAOMI shmups in Demul, but will play them on Makaron emulator.  The specs are 3.4Ghz Athlon X3 (cheap $40 budget mobo unlocked the 4th core somehow), Nvidia 9800GT, 4GB RAM.

I've never tried a PS2 emulator.  I've heard the 2D stuff isn't as demanding, but I know there is no way this would be enough for 3D PS2 emulation.
My driving cab has the same processor and video card and I've played Gamecube driving games on it using Dolphin emulator.
Some ran perfect, others had slowdown.  I imagine the non-driving games are about the same.

I would use newer generation stuff if building today, but you could probably still put together a $300 system that runs all this stuff if you hold out for good deals. 

michelevit:
There are a plethura of used desktops on Craigslist that work. Everyone is updating from desktops to laptops/tablets.
I'm still running a dual core with 2 gigs of ram and it runs everything I throw at it.


You probably just need a new power supply in that dead computer of yours. That's typically the failing link of desktops.

MagicMan:

--- Quote from: michelevit on October 04, 2013, 10:40:53 am ---There are a plethura of used desktops on Craigslist that work. Everyone is updating from desktops to laptops/tablets.
I'm still running a dual core with 2 gigs of ram and it runs everything I throw at it.


You probably just need a new power supply in that dead computer of yours. That's typically the failing link of desktops.

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Probably, but it can't run all the games I want to play anyway so I have an excuse to upgrade.  :laugh2:

I was hoping to buy something complete vs building another.

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