Emulation build assistance

01-17-2012, 12:23 PM #1

Hi Guys,
sorry if this is the incorrect forum, please move if required. I am looking at building an emulation/Gaming PC for my lounge room. Will hook up via HDMI to an Onkyo TX-609 amplifier and then to a Samsung 55" LED TV.

Currently i have:
1x i3 - 2100 CPU
1x ASUS P8H67-I Mini ITX Motherboard
1x 60GB SSD
4GB DDR3 Ram

I need to choose a case, a graphics card and a storage hard drive. I will be playing multiplayer pc games such as nba2k12 etc as well as emulating wii/gamecube/snes/n64/dreamcast/PS1/PS2 games.

I am hoping someone has been down this road before or at least attempted some of this and can assist.

What i would like to end up with is a PC that uses wii-motes and classic pro controllers for wii games, the gamecube controllers for GC/n64/snes games and PS3 controller(s) for Ps1/Ps2 games.

Any info that can be provided would be appreciated.

**NaturalViolence** · (This post was last modified: 01-20-2012, 12:16 PM by NaturalViolence.)

You might want to get a quad core sandy bridge if you plan on using pcsx2 for ps2 emulation.
Take a look at my video card thread before you make a decision on the graphics card: http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/showthread.php?tid=18414
I'm guessing you want a media center style case for your mini ITX motherboard?

Are you trying to build a small system? A quiet system? A low power system? All of the above? None of the above?