Hardware Discussion Thread

[Anti-Ultimate]

I know that. I'm keeping them at 800/1200 DPI anyways.

But it should at least have a Optical sensor and DPI increase/decrease buttons.

EDIT: I just learned about pixel skipping. Maybe keeping it at 800 DPI isn't such a good idea after all.

[admin89]

https://www.amazon.com/1byone-Programmable-4000DPI-Optical-Buttons/dp/B01EF3BFA6/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1478438827&sr=8-6
This one has the highest customer rating on amazon and it's only $15 , 8 Programmable Buttons , 5 colors , 4000DPI
Edit : It doesn't have the head-shot button like that M65 though
Edit 2 : Link for amazon.de
https://www.amazon.de/1byone-Programmierbare-4000DPI-optische-Schwarz/dp/B01EL4ZHVC

[Probwontusethisaccountagain]

I've decided to kind of build a new PC. I've already bought a new case and motherboard (ASRock Z170 PRO4), and plan on getting a new processor (Intel Core i5, most likely a K variant), and RAM (haven't decided whether or not to go with 16GB or just 8, probably will go for 16), but everything else -- video card, hard drive, keyboard, monitor, etc. -- will remain the same. Hopefully, when it's done, it'll bring massive speed improvements to Dolphin and other games.

[zovc]

Hey folks,

Has anyone looked at the GTX 1050 (/Ti)? I tried searching and got pointed to this thread but didn't see any posts looking a few pages back from here.

I'm interested in finding a low power draw GPU (and CPU) that can run Dolphin stably at 100%, can the 1050 (or the Ti) do that at 1080p? Can it make it to 4K?

Being able to build a living room system that draws less than 200W would be awesome.

[Helios]

1050 can run Dolphin at 1080p without issue. Probably not 4k

Get yourself a skylake i3 with a high clock speed or a (now fairly deprecated) G3258 and overclock the hell out of it to roughly 4.2 ghz.

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZkpHRG

187w estimated. Pick your storage and case.

[zovc]

Thanks, that's close to the build I came up with myself. Interestingly, the motherboard I picked (don't remember which) had a max estimated draw of ~35W. Whats up with the 25W difference?


Do the extra 2GB of memory on the Ti matter? I'd probably take it for the peace of mind anyways...

[Helios]

Only if you're playing other PC games on it, but nah not really. Not for a HTPC that's main heavy workload would be emulation.

[admin89]

100MHz doesn't make any difference
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=i3+skylake&N=-1&isNodeId=1
You can get i3 6100 @ 3.7GHz for $30 less
Since these CPUs can't be overclocked, I think you should wait for Kaby Lake . Kaby lake has higher clock speed than skylake
For Example , i3 7300 @ 4.0GHz (51W) right out of the box
the i3 7300T @ 3.4GHz (35W) is also not a bad choice and you could run a fanless system with it

Official Kaby Lake CPU lineup: (Show Spoiler)

[zovc]

(11-08-2016, 05:07 PM)admin89 Wrote: For Example , i3 7300 @ 4.0GHz (51W) right out of the box
the i3 7300T @ 3.4GHz (35W) is also not a bad choice and you could run a fanless system with it

Man, the awesome thing about continuously putting off building this system is that hardware keeps getting better and better. 

[Probwontusethisaccountagain]

So I finally got my new PC working (specs posted on profile), but the weirdest thing is happening. My current, more modern-ish GPU (I believe it was released in 2012) will not work. The PC refuses to boot up at all when it's plugged in, it only runs the fans at a low speed. I am not a tech genius, and have probably messed up with something simple. At the moment, I have to use a weaker GPU. Hopefully the massive increase in processor power will offset the loss of GPU power. I have no idea, though. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯