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PC I'm about to built - "Does it run?"
01-14-2013, 03:31 AM
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Spades
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So I'm about to built a new PC I want to use for watching movies and emulation.
The PC gaming part is totally not important to me, since I got a dedicated Desktop for that. I did a lot of research in the last few days to see, which CPU/GPU combination is affordable and good enough to work with dolphin (of course I want to emulate other systems as well, but I think dolphin is the most ressource intense thing I want to run).
Here is HOW I want to run things on dolphin:

max. 1920x1080 (because it will be on an HD-TV, so there is no reason to scale it even further)
I also read that Xenoblade is a rather ressource heavy game on dolphin. And since I really want see this on on dolphin, I might as well take it as some sort of benchmark for my hardware.

So here is my list of stuff I want to order:

i5-3570K (out of the box 4x3.4GHz, but I already read that I can/should OC it to 4.X)
MSI Z77A-G43 (so I can actually OC the CPU)
Sapphire Radeon HD 7750
8GB Corsair 1600MHz CL9 (tried to find any information to see how hard dolphin is on the RAM but I didn't find anything)

Additionally I still have to find a BluRay-Drive as well as a hard drive (and a SSD drive for the OS itself).

Here are the things I wonder about:
What can I expect from this system?
Will things run smoothly? (Smoothly for me is 24-25fps, since I really don't need more (filmbuff here))
If the GPU is not strong enough, which GPU should I choose, so I don't spend MUCH much more and without having a GPU overkill.
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01-14-2013, 03:43 AM
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It will work just fine (I'm gonna build with this processor too Big Grin )
[color=#ff0000][color=#006600]i5 3570K @ 4.5GHz/GTX 660 Ti/RAM 4GB/Win7 x64[/color][/color]
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01-14-2013, 09:46 AM
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Stay away from AMD 7750
Buy Nvidia GTX 650 instead
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130827
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125445
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01-14-2013, 09:59 AM
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Oh wow...
That could have gone wrong Big Grin

Would you recommend the Ti version over the regular one?
It is 40-50 bucks more, but according to anandtech the performance boost I get for it (even though it is a boost) is rather small-ish for regular gaming.
Though I already know that regular gaming isn't a good benchmark when it comes to dolphin.
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01-14-2013, 10:19 AM
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A better card is better, but the difference isn't always worth the cost. If you can afford the better one, especially if you change your mind about PC gaming, then you should get the better one. If you want to get the best bang for buck then you may be better off with the cheaper one.
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01-14-2013, 10:19 PM
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(01-14-2013, 09:59 AM)Spades Wrote: Would you recommend the Ti version over the regular one?

Get 660 ti Big Grin
[color=#ff0000][color=#006600]i5 3570K @ 4.5GHz/GTX 660 Ti/RAM 4GB/Win7 x64[/color][/color]
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01-15-2013, 01:19 AM
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I think that's a bit much vader :p
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01-15-2013, 01:51 AM
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(01-15-2013, 01:19 AM)ExtremeDude2 Wrote: I think that's a bit much vader :p

Much? Expensive?
Well I've just got one for a "reasonable" price but I had to go very far to get it Tongue
[color=#ff0000][color=#006600]i5 3570K @ 4.5GHz/GTX 660 Ti/RAM 4GB/Win7 x64[/color][/color]
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01-15-2013, 03:41 AM (This post was last modified: 01-15-2013, 03:41 AM by ExtremeDude2.)
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I figure he doesn't want to go all out :p, at this rate we might as well tell him to get a 680 XD
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01-15-2013, 03:50 AM
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I don't think we will. The GTX 670 is much better value for money, especially when overclocked.
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