MSI H81M (Haswell Mobo) with HDMI port ~ 50$
Intel Celeron G1830 @ 2.8GHz (Haswell CPU) ~ 60$
Don't be fooled by the name "celeron" . In Dolphin Benchmark , a Pentium Haswell G3220 @ 3.0GHz is on par with Core i5 3570k @ 3.8GHz . Celeron Haswell has less cache compared to Pentium Haswell . Therefore , it should have the same performance as i5 3570k @ 3.4GHz in Dolphin . Yeah , you can build a somewhat gaming PC (for Emulators only) at this price range
As for the PSU , you should pick sth that could last for long and have excellent warranty :
EVGA 430W
EVGA is well-known brand
Btw , The celeron Haswell has an integrated GPU : Intel HD graphics (Haswell) . Base on notebookcheck benchmark , Intel HD Haswell is on par with Intel HD 3000 (Sandy Bridge) . Therefore , most games can run fine at 1x or 1.5x Internal resolution (480p or higher) . If your wife want to play some PC games in the near future , just pop a GTX 650 or sth similar in
Edit : changed the mobo - VGA version to the one with HDMI port
Intel Celeron G1830 @ 2.8GHz (Haswell CPU) ~ 60$
Don't be fooled by the name "celeron" . In Dolphin Benchmark , a Pentium Haswell G3220 @ 3.0GHz is on par with Core i5 3570k @ 3.8GHz . Celeron Haswell has less cache compared to Pentium Haswell . Therefore , it should have the same performance as i5 3570k @ 3.4GHz in Dolphin . Yeah , you can build a somewhat gaming PC (for Emulators only) at this price range
As for the PSU , you should pick sth that could last for long and have excellent warranty :
EVGA 430W
EVGA is well-known brand
Btw , The celeron Haswell has an integrated GPU : Intel HD graphics (Haswell) . Base on notebookcheck benchmark , Intel HD Haswell is on par with Intel HD 3000 (Sandy Bridge) . Therefore , most games can run fine at 1x or 1.5x Internal resolution (480p or higher) . If your wife want to play some PC games in the near future , just pop a GTX 650 or sth similar in
Quote:only requirements are that the PC must be plenty powerful enough to play 1080p HD footage (have we got to the point in time yet when you'll be hard pushed to find something that won't handle this?), and that it has HDMI out.1st gen Intel HD can play 1080p video just fine , i can verify this . 2nd gen Intel HD 3000 is faster than 1st gen Intel HD
Edit : changed the mobo - VGA version to the one with HDMI port
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