phreakwars Wrote:I won't be needing to change out the case or power supply or DVD writer of course
I wouldn't be so sure about the PSU if it's that old. What model does it have?
And does the DVD burner support SATA? Probably not. Most modern motherboards don't have IDE ports anymore.
$90 will get you a samsung 840 evo 120GB SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147247
$100 will get you the MSI G43 Z87 motherboard that admin was talking about: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130706
$85 will get you 8GB (2 x 4GB) of DDR3 1600 MHz ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
$70 will get you the Pentium G3220 CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116950
That's $345. Leaving you $150 for the graphics card.
The AMD R7 260X is a good option for that price: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125486
Your other option is to keep the current graphics card and use the extra money on a better cpu. This will yield better performance and will enable you to play more games but will force you to use a lower resolution (the equivalent of 720p instead of 1080p + AA) and some games will run fullspeed either way. Just with better image quality on the system with the better GPU. If you did this the best cpu you could afford would be the i5 4570. The best possible cpu for dolphin right now is the i5 4670K, which would put you $20 over budget. When paired with a good $35 cooler and overclocked to 4.2GHz it would be the perfect machine for dolphin. But that would put you $55 over budget. Pair that with an R7 260X and you would have the best of both worlds. But that would put you $205 over budget. I leave the choice up to you.
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