Hello there fine sirs and madames. I'm planning on building a home theater PC for general TV watching and emulation. Since building a machine which is Dolphin-capable means a price increase of about $200, I wanted to check with you guys to get your input about this build before I purchase anything.
I will most likely use RecalBox (64 bit) as the operating system. It is a Linux distro which focuses on emulation, and also includes Kodi / OSMC (incidentally, has anybody tried running Dolphin on RecalBox? Not a hardware question, but I'd be thankful for any insight on that).
My tentative build list is here: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/KRVw6X
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
RAM: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
GPU: Integrated graphics (on CPU) Intel HD Graphics 530
I've read that Dolphin is primarily CPU dependent, and that GPU performance is mostly tied to your display resolution. I will be outputting to a TV at 1920x1080 resolution.
I've also read that the HD 530 benchmarks pretty well. I'd like to get away with using only integrated graphics if that's possible, because I'm trying to build my HTPC as cool and quiet as possible.
What do you guys think? Is this build powerful enough to handle Dolphin?
I will most likely use RecalBox (64 bit) as the operating system. It is a Linux distro which focuses on emulation, and also includes Kodi / OSMC (incidentally, has anybody tried running Dolphin on RecalBox? Not a hardware question, but I'd be thankful for any insight on that).
My tentative build list is here: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/KRVw6X
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
RAM: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
GPU: Integrated graphics (on CPU) Intel HD Graphics 530
I've read that Dolphin is primarily CPU dependent, and that GPU performance is mostly tied to your display resolution. I will be outputting to a TV at 1920x1080 resolution.
I've also read that the HD 530 benchmarks pretty well. I'd like to get away with using only integrated graphics if that's possible, because I'm trying to build my HTPC as cool and quiet as possible.
What do you guys think? Is this build powerful enough to handle Dolphin?
