I showed my brother a few games running in Dolphin on my iMac, at 1080p and 1440p. He was very impressed, and now he wants me to build him a Dolphin box as cheaply as possible that can do 1080p on his television.
I'm trying to decide between two approaches given his requirements:
A. Pentium G4560 ($65) plus least expensive GTX 1050 graphics card (+$100, $165 total for CPU + GPU)
B. Pentium G4620 ($93) without graphics card (use built-in Intel HD 630, $93 total).
Anybody tried either of these options? It may be unrealistic to expect 3X IR (1080p) on the HD 630, but I don't know. That's the main question.
Other considerations are the case, motherboard and power supply. I showed him pictures of the Fractal Design Node 202 I'm building my Dolphin rig in, but he'd prefer something less expensive. (He'd prefer something small too, but not if it brings the cost up more than a few dollars.)
I know, conflicting priorities. Unfortunately those are the parameters.
Any advice appreciated.
Ted
I'm trying to decide between two approaches given his requirements:
A. Pentium G4560 ($65) plus least expensive GTX 1050 graphics card (+$100, $165 total for CPU + GPU)
B. Pentium G4620 ($93) without graphics card (use built-in Intel HD 630, $93 total).
Anybody tried either of these options? It may be unrealistic to expect 3X IR (1080p) on the HD 630, but I don't know. That's the main question.
Other considerations are the case, motherboard and power supply. I showed him pictures of the Fractal Design Node 202 I'm building my Dolphin rig in, but he'd prefer something less expensive. (He'd prefer something small too, but not if it brings the cost up more than a few dollars.)
I know, conflicting priorities. Unfortunately those are the parameters.
Any advice appreciated.
Ted