New Laptop. will this be good enough to use dolphin 5.0

[mstreurman]

taking $1000 *as that was the price of that last laptop* as a budget I would build:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hJMZ3F
if you don't need any other peripherals like a screen, mouse, keyboard, controller and speakers

If you do need those:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YDw6Z8

Both will do everything you ever wanted from it, plus, if you do get into PC gaming/Video&Photo editing/3d modeling/streaming it is also a very solid machine. It is needless to say that the "basic" computer stuff like browsing/youtube, word processing, spreadsheets. e-mail can be done on even a potato...

[Mahdhi1235]

(05-30-2017, 12:43 PM)TKSilver Wrote: So the basics of building a system is to first have a clear picture of what you plan to do with the system.  This can be general (ie I want to game and use emulators) or specific (I really want to play Mass Effect Andromeda at X settings and Play X game on Dolphin).  The more specific you are the easier it is to find out what is exactly needed to get what you want.  The next step is to temper your expectations with the reality of your budget.  (So you want to play Witcher 3 at the highest settings, 4k, with hair works at 200 FPS --- and you have $200.... not going to happen)  This is the step where you figure out which parts will get you as close to your goal as your budget will allow.  The last step is to check with people who have more experience then yourself.  Asking for advice is never a bad idea and there are many tech forums that can help make sure that all your parts are compatible.

As far as which is better an i5 or a Pentium.... well the i5 will have better overall performance over the Pentium in most cases, but it generally has a 3x or 4x price difference.  So it depends on what you need.  An i5 will generally be more then enough for most gamers and most emulators currently in a playable state.  (Who knows what RPCS3 will eventually need).  

For emulation single core performance is still king and faster speed and newer processors will generally be what you need.  GPU performance and extra cores might help performance or just allow for more enhancements to be turned on.  For native PC gaming high single core performance used to be the most important thing, but newer games are getting better at utilizing more cores on a CPU and some games require a quad core to even run.  But for native PC games the kind still over all is the GPU performance.

Which is better? Intel pentium g4560 geforce gtx 1060 3.5ghz or

Intel core i3 6100 geforce gtx 1050ti 3.7 ghz

[GreenT]

(05-30-2017, 09:50 PM)Mahdhi1235 Wrote: Which is better? Intel pentium g4560 geforce gtx 1060 3.5ghz or

Intel core i3 6100 geforce gtx 1050ti 3.7 ghz

For Dolphin there would be very little difference. The GTX 1060 can run more games at 4K with AA enabled.

[Mahdhi1235]

(05-30-2017, 10:30 PM)GreenT Wrote: For Dolphin there would be very little difference. The GTX 1060 can run more games at 4K with AA enabled.

Is this build ok for now? For 480p with max fps

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/bdLkNN

Is this ok to play all/most games at 480p at max settings with max fps?

I will be getting a graphics card later

[Helios]

Yup!

You can probably play a good deal of games at 720p on Skylake Intel GPUs even.

[Mahdhi1235]

(08-25-2017, 05:03 AM)Helios Wrote: Yup!

You can probably play a good deal of games at 720p on Skylake Intel GPUs even.

I dont have a great monitor
Will i be able to playbganes that look HD on a monitor thats resolution isnt for HD?

[JosJuice]

(08-25-2017, 05:12 AM)Mahdhi1235 Wrote: I dont have a great monitor
Will i be able to playbganes that look HD on a monitor thats resolution isnt for HD?

If the monitor doesn't have an HD resolution, the games will not look HD. Essentially all modern monitors have a higher resolution than what a real GameCube/Wii uses, though.

[Mahdhi1235]

(08-25-2017, 05:16 AM)JosJuice Wrote: If the monitor doesn't have an HD resolution, the games will not look HD. Essentially all modern monitors have a higher resolution than what a real GameCube/Wii uses, though.

Not really modern...
Its about 10 years old

How about this?
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/bdLkNN
Can i use this build to play on other emulators and steam ect?

[JosJuice]

(08-25-2017, 05:22 AM)Mahdhi1235 Wrote: Not really modern...
Its about 10 years old

That should be modern enough The monitors I remember using back in 2007 could do 1024x768 at the very least, which is roughly 720p (if you're using a 4:3 aspect ratio).

Sure, you won't be getting 1080p, but it'll still look a lot better than with a real GameCube/Wii.

[Mahdhi1235]

(08-25-2017, 05:28 AM)JosJuice Wrote: That should be modern enough The monitors I remember using back in 2007 could do 1024x768 at the very least, which is roughly 720p (if you're using a 4:3 aspect ratio).

Sure, you won't be getting 1080p, but it'll still look a lot better than with a real GameCube/Wii.

How about the build that i sent?
Can u check that out?