(03-30-2015, 12:38 AM)darkberry Wrote: the pentium is haswell I don't even think the FAQ has anything about haswell that is why you don't see the pentium. Here for the dolphin benchmark a stock i7 4790k 4.3ghz turbo scores 6:59 on the dolphin cpu bench while a pentium sitting at 4.7ghz which is easily obtainable if you have an air cooler like the hyper 212 evo scores 7:05. So as you can see the pentium with an oc will demolish pretty much any game you can through out it through the emulator.
Thank you Darkberry, good info. I have updated my parts list. Unfortunately, I have to spend a little more on the motherboard as I already have a mSATA drive on my current system. I don't think I can return it. I don't want to sell it. So I'm going with a MB that has an mSATA slot. How am I looking with regard to video card? Better options out there? Cheaper options? Is the memory going to be OK if I choose to overclock?
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WqtHK8
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($137.75 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($143.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Silverstone GD09B HTPC Case ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($37.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $518.70
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