So I've been having the itch to build a new computer and decided to build my own emulation "console" to have in the living room and take to wherever the party is. Problem is, I've only ever emulated on a i7 7700k and 1070. So I'm not 100 percent sure what the limits of emulation are. I've done some research for this build and wanted to keep it as cheap as possible since it's sole purpose will be to emulate and nothing else.
I came across the Pentium G5400 which from the several videos and reading I've done seems to be a decent budget build cpu for general, non AAA gaming. I'm wanting to put this into an ITX motherboard with 4 gigs of RAM and use my spare Asus HD 7770 1 GB GPU.
Generally, I want to play Super Mario Sunshine, Smash Bros, Wind Waker, and Star Fox at HOPEFULLY 1080p and 30 fps.
So do you think that CPU will be capable of running what I want? Or will there be issues and need to look at an i3 instead? I've seen the G4560 run these games at 30 fps on YouTube, so I want to say if that can do it, the new generation should too! Right?
I came across the Pentium G5400 which from the several videos and reading I've done seems to be a decent budget build cpu for general, non AAA gaming. I'm wanting to put this into an ITX motherboard with 4 gigs of RAM and use my spare Asus HD 7770 1 GB GPU.
Generally, I want to play Super Mario Sunshine, Smash Bros, Wind Waker, and Star Fox at HOPEFULLY 1080p and 30 fps.
So do you think that CPU will be capable of running what I want? Or will there be issues and need to look at an i3 instead? I've seen the G4560 run these games at 30 fps on YouTube, so I want to say if that can do it, the new generation should too! Right?