Is this enough for dolphin?

[Jrlito1]

Ok so I'm building a new pc and it's my first time doing this I want to know if this is good enough to play dolphin with a enjoyable speed here's the specs and I'm also trying to keep the budget as low as possible.


CPU: AMD FX 8320 3.50GHz 8 core
Motherboard:Asus M5A97 LE r2.0 Amd motherboard
GPU:XFX AMD Radeon HD 6670 2GB DDR3 PCI-E 2.1 Graphics card
RAM:Corsair DDR3 8GB 1600MHz Dual Vengeance
Hard drive:WD laptop mainstream 500GB internal Hard drive
Power Supply: Coolmax 600w 140mm smart fan ATX power supply with single PCI-E V-600
Computer case:Raid max Blade Red ATX 298WR ATX mid tower case

Brand new specs
CPU:Intel Pentium Anniversary Edition
Motherboard:MSI Z97 PC Mate Socket LGA 1150 ATX Intel Motherboard
GPU:EVGA Geforce GT 2gb Superclocked video card
RAM:Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9 Desktop Memory Module Kit (Two 2GB Memory Modules)

[elemein]

Your Piledriver-based CPU will chug badly on Dolphin.

What is your budget? I might be able to put something decent out.

[Jrlito1]

(07-10-2014, 07:50 AM)elemein Wrote: Your Piledriver-based CPU will chug badly on Dolphin.

What is your budget? I might be able to put something decent out.

My estimated budget is around 500$ to 550$

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(07-10-2014, 07:50 AM)elemein Wrote: Your Piledriver-based CPU will chug badly on Dolphin.

What is your budget? I might be able to put something decent out.

My estimated budget is around 500$ to 550$

[AnyOldName3]

If possible, an Anniversary Pentium with a Z97 motherboard so you can overclock would be the best CPU for a low budget. It should be able to handle pretty much any game that's currently classed as playable.

[Jrlito1]

(07-10-2014, 08:07 AM)AnyOldName3 Wrote: If possible, an Anniversary Pentium with a Z97 motherboard so you can overclock would be the best CPU for a low budget. It should be able to handle pretty much any game that's currently classed as playable.

Gigabyte Intel LGA1150 GA-Z97X-SLI Motherboard is this a good one and Is this the cpu you were talking about
Intel Pentium G3440 3.3GHz Haswell Processor and is it going to give 30-40 fps If you want I could provide the link to these

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(07-10-2014, 08:07 AM)AnyOldName3 Wrote: If possible, an Anniversary Pentium with a Z97 motherboard so you can overclock would be the best CPU for a low budget. It should be able to handle pretty much any game that's currently classed as playable.

Gigabyte Intel LGA1150 GA-Z97X-SLI Motherboard is this a good one and Is this the cpu you were talking about
Intel Pentium G3440 3.3GHz Haswell Processor and is it going to give 30-40 fps If you want I could provide the link to these

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(07-10-2014, 08:07 AM)AnyOldName3 Wrote: If possible, an Anniversary Pentium with a Z97 motherboard so you can overclock would be the best CPU for a low budget. It should be able to handle pretty much any game that's currently classed as playable.

Gigabyte Intel LGA1150 GA-Z97X-SLI Motherboard is this a good one and Is this the cpu you were talking about
Intel Pentium G3440 3.3GHz Haswell Processor and is it going to give 30-40 fps If you want I could provide the link to these

[admin89]

While FX 8350 is powerful for multi-threaded application , it's poor choice for Emulator such as Dolphin since Dolphin is a dual core application
Why ? AMD Piledriver's single threaded performance a.k.a performance per core is poor
Stock i3 4130 @ 3.4GHz easily outperforms OCed FX-8350 @ 5.0GHz in Dolphin Benchmark
The new Anniversary (Unlocked) Pentium @ G3258 is extremely good at overclocking (4.6GHz on Intel Stock fan , no need aftermarket cooler ) . It has been tested with Dolphin recently :
https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-dolphin-benchmark-g3258
Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz beats i7 4770k @ 4.3GHz in our benchmark so it should be the best bang for buck CPU right now
Pentium G3258 (75$)
Asrock Z97 Pro4(110$)
Sapphire R7 265(150$)
WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm (60$)
Gskill Ripjaws X Series 2x4GB 1600MHz (80$)
Arctic MX-4 (10$)
Silverstone USB3.0 Mid Tower Case (35$)
Seasonic 400W 80 Plus PSU with Japanese Caps (43$)
Total cost : 563$
Btw : Coolmax is a no name power supply , it could fail anytime and kill your desktop components

[mbc07]

Moderator warning: stop bumping threads so fast. Continue doing that and get a ban...

[Jrlito1]

(07-10-2014, 08:48 AM)admin89 Wrote: While FX 8350 is powerful for multi-threaded application , it's poor choice for Emulator such as Dolphin since Dolphin is a dual core application
Why ? AMD Piledriver's single threaded performance a.k.a performance per core is poor
Stock i3 4130 @ 3.4GHz easily outperforms OCed FX-8350 @ 5.0GHz in Dolphin Benchmark
The new Anniversary (Unlocked) Pentium @ G3258 is extremely good at overclocking (4.6GHz on Intel Stock fan , no need aftermarket cooler ) . It has been tested with Dolphin recently :
https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-dolphin-benchmark-g3258
Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz beats i7 4770k @ 4.3GHz in our benchmark so it should be the best bang for buck CPU right now
Pentium G3258 (75$)
Asrock Z97 Pro4(110$)
Sapphire R7 265(150$)
WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm (60$)
Gskill Ripjaws X Series 2x4GB 1600MHz (80$)
Arctic MX-4 (10$)
Silverstone USB3.0 Mid Tower Case (35$)
Seasonic 400W 80 Plus PSU with Japanese Caps (43$)
Total cost : 563$
Btw : Coolmax is a no name power supply , it could fail anytime and kill your desktop components

Thanks! This really helped out and you provided information of why the cpu wont be good once again thanks and this went 13$ more over my budget but It's not really a difference

[admin89]

You could choose a lower wattage PSU : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151085&cm_re=SeaSonic_300w-_-17-151-085-_-Product
Pentium G3258 power consumption is low after all
Edit : Sorry , I forgot about r7 265 power consumption (235W on full load) . So 300W PSU won't be enough , 400W then
R7 265 price has been increased compared to the last time I checked it . You may choose a cheaper HDD to cut down the price
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA55W1R47084

[Xeno Aura]

I have an FX-8350 and it handles every game I've tried at max speed.

But as the others have said, an Intel CPU of the same price (£120ish) will outperform it by a bit, it just won't be good at applications which can use 8 cores, which is mainly just benchmark tests and the latest games like BF4, which probably wouldn't affect you much given your budget.

Not to mention with AMD, you'd want to allocate another $30-$40 for an aftermarket cooler as AMD have no idea how to make a good and quiet fan.

A Corsair CX(M) 430 is a good quality power supply if you can afford it.