Hey all. I am spec'ing out a gaming/work rig with the goal of Twilight Princess running at ~30fps in 2x IR, even at Hyrule Field. It's the only game I am interested in emulating. If anyone could provide some feedback & answer a few questions, I'd really appreciate it!
I have two potential models I put together on PC Part Picker, and meet my needs for storage. This expensive one would be overclocked:
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core
Cooler: Zalman CNPS9500 AT Ball Bearing
Motherboard: ASRock Z77M Micro ATX LGA1155
Memory: Samsung 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
Storage: Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" SSD
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB
Case Inwin MANA136 WHITE ATX Mid Tower w/300W Power Supply
The less expensive, and non-overclocked, set up:
CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core
Cooler: None
Motherboard: ECS B75H2-M3(1.0) Micro ATX LGA1155
Memory: Samsung 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
Storage: Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" SSD
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB
Case: Apex DM-318 HTPC w/275W Power Supply
So here's a few questions I have:
(i) Would a 300w PSU be enough to overclock the expensive rig to 4.0 GHz? The base-line total is 269W. I am a beginner at overclocking, could someone recommend a good resource?
(ii) The cheaper rig wouldn't be able to do LLE Audio b/c that requires its own core, right? Does anyone have experience playing Twilight Princess w/ High level audio? Is it acceptable?
Thanks very much. I've learned a lot by reading in this forum & hope to learn more here.
PC Part Picker links
Expensive build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rbMS
Cheaper build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qMk2
I have two potential models I put together on PC Part Picker, and meet my needs for storage. This expensive one would be overclocked:
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core
Cooler: Zalman CNPS9500 AT Ball Bearing
Motherboard: ASRock Z77M Micro ATX LGA1155
Memory: Samsung 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
Storage: Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" SSD
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB
Case Inwin MANA136 WHITE ATX Mid Tower w/300W Power Supply
The less expensive, and non-overclocked, set up:
CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core
Cooler: None
Motherboard: ECS B75H2-M3(1.0) Micro ATX LGA1155
Memory: Samsung 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
Storage: Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" SSD
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB
Case: Apex DM-318 HTPC w/275W Power Supply
So here's a few questions I have:
(i) Would a 300w PSU be enough to overclock the expensive rig to 4.0 GHz? The base-line total is 269W. I am a beginner at overclocking, could someone recommend a good resource?
(ii) The cheaper rig wouldn't be able to do LLE Audio b/c that requires its own core, right? Does anyone have experience playing Twilight Princess w/ High level audio? Is it acceptable?
Thanks very much. I've learned a lot by reading in this forum & hope to learn more here.
PC Part Picker links
Expensive build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rbMS
Cheaper build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qMk2