I've done some research and have a few last questions to ask. My apologies if some questions are very similar to the original questions in this thread. I've tried to formulate them more properly to get the answers I seek.
With the system I want to play games such as Baten Kaitos(: Origins) and LoZ: Wind Waker. It is also essential that the system runs both Smash games on normal speed without drops. The system should be tailored to accustom this.
The trend seems that the CPU is the most important component and requires most attention. I've my eyes on the i3-4130/4150 (significant difference here?) for two reasons: dual core performance and stability. I don't fancy OC an Pentium processor that much as the system will be a HTPC and thus will not have an optimal cooling solution, yet the system has to be (fairly) silent. If, however, these two points are no issues for certain OC I'd be happy to be told. Furthermore, as the system in it's nature will run minimal background processes (windows system processes) I don't see the value in getting more that two cores for the cpu.
A second point I'd like to be informed about is the GPU. I've selected the MSI 750 ti as a silent and stable video card. The HTPC will not just be used for emulation, but will also be used to run a vast amount of steam (indie) games. It seems to me that the video card should be sufficient for dolphin, but are there other cards in it's range that outperform it. And are there brands that surpass the MSI 750 ti with their 750 (ti) model?
Thank you for your time,
All the best
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With the system I want to play games such as Baten Kaitos(: Origins) and LoZ: Wind Waker. It is also essential that the system runs both Smash games on normal speed without drops. The system should be tailored to accustom this.
The trend seems that the CPU is the most important component and requires most attention. I've my eyes on the i3-4130/4150 (significant difference here?) for two reasons: dual core performance and stability. I don't fancy OC an Pentium processor that much as the system will be a HTPC and thus will not have an optimal cooling solution, yet the system has to be (fairly) silent. If, however, these two points are no issues for certain OC I'd be happy to be told. Furthermore, as the system in it's nature will run minimal background processes (windows system processes) I don't see the value in getting more that two cores for the cpu.
A second point I'd like to be informed about is the GPU. I've selected the MSI 750 ti as a silent and stable video card. The HTPC will not just be used for emulation, but will also be used to run a vast amount of steam (indie) games. It seems to me that the video card should be sufficient for dolphin, but are there other cards in it's range that outperform it. And are there brands that surpass the MSI 750 ti with their 750 (ti) model?
Thank you for your time,
All the best
Ties