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Generic Eric:
I think the first hurdle is picking the platform.
Now that you have done that, budget for a decent MOBO. Everything else can be upgraded after time. Start with 4GB of ram then upgrade later. Computer slower than you'd like? Swap out for SSD or new cpu.
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: Haze on December 26, 2013, 06:58:52 am ---
--- Quote from: steinar-t on December 25, 2013, 01:49:15 pm ---Do i really need a computer that powerful? This setup woud be $1118.
https://www.komplett.no/k/shoplist.aspx?mode=receive&si=1327465&su=B7EA2D3A-F43C-4E90-AE05-DF95A8C56E5B
The one i posted beafore was like $400 :cry:
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I don't think you need to go that far, no.
The CPU chosen (a 3.3ghz i3) is a good choice for MAME, and will handle the majority of things fine. It's a dual core, but very few drivers need a quad core (mostly higher end 3d ones that struggle anyway) Single core performance with an i3 @ 3.3ghz is up there with the best of them at the moment, for 99% of MAME that's the most important factor. In terms of raw CPU speed it's a *massive* improvement on your P4. Things like Namco System 22 (Propcycle etc.) could benefit from an i5 instead due to the extra cores. If you're going with this chipset and an i3 then you might want to consider a little extra for the 3250 which is a 3.5ghz part.
You're likely going to want to run Windows 7 64-bit on that, so I'd agree 4gb of RAM is a bit low, although you'd get away with it, I have a machine with 4gb and often forget it has less RAM than my main system.
Video card is going to be important if you want to use HLSL or other emulators like Demul that depend heavily on it. That could easily blow a hole in your budget. I would NOT recommend integrated Intel video chipset solutions etc. for MAME, people have had all sorts of issues with terrible drivers, although I think modern ones might be a bit better.
It looks to be a decent 'budget spec' MAME machine, and shows you can pick up good hardware for 99% of what a current version emulates without blowing the bank, if you do want to run Demul and the like you might want to consider something better tho.
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Do you want to offer him a money back guarantee on that boast? ::)
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