After reading these threads for months the one thing repeated is Haswell CPU. If you can wait until early June you can pick up a cheap over clockable Pentium anniversary chip that will work with discounted 8 series motherboards (new 9 series are coming out soon). However, many next gen games will require 4 cores. Dolphin = dual core, high single threads, low gpu. Next gen games = quad core, lower single threads, strong gpu. They don't match well. You can't have dolphin emulation, next gen gaming and cheap hardware.
You could get a used i5 haswell on eBay from those who are upgrading to the haswell refresh. You may save some money on the CPU and again be able to buy a discounted 8 series mother board.
You could get a used i5 haswell on eBay from those who are upgrading to the haswell refresh. You may save some money on the CPU and again be able to buy a discounted 8 series mother board.