Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

Mini ITX PSUs are about 6x3x1.5. Mini ITX Mobos are 6.75x6.75.

There's probably enough room. That dude in the video I posted managed to do it.

If you think it will work good luck with it. I hope you post a video of the finished product.

(05-10-2011, 06:23 AM)laoshanlong Wrote: [ -> ]Maverick, those newer Core chips are rather expensive, and I'd prefer to get by with what I can.

Hmm, well the i7 2600K maybe was a little bit pricy, but the i5 2500K was for 224$ on NewEgg is well spent money.
But maybe a 6 core AMD would be in better price range from 159$ and up.
Anyway what price range did you have in mind?

Somewhere between 400 and 500 USD max. If I go any higher, I'll end up just building myself a new tower and forgoing my NES project.

Then a AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache for 159$ is in a good price range.
It's not that pricy and I would imagine it's quite decent if you OC it a little.

I can see stepping up to X3 or X4, but X6 is a little much, don't you think? It's not like Dolphin is triple or quadruple-threaded. The X2 with an unlocked multiplier and higher stock clock would probably be faster.

(05-11-2011, 01:43 AM)laoshanlong Wrote: [ -> ]I can see stepping up to X3 or X4, but X6 is a little much, don't you think? It's not like Dolphin is triple or quadruple-threaded. The X2 with an unlocked multiplier and higher stock clock would probably be faster.

I'd go with a tri-core because Dolphin can use 3 cores.

1main core
1vga core
optional
1 lle core

personally, I would go with intel, if your will to cough up the extra cash, for even a i3, it will do significanlly better then a phenom X2 clock for clock. This gab will widen even more if you use optimized builds that make sue of SSE3 SSE4 etc . they run cooler. I feel if your trying to cram this into an NES cooling is going to really pervent any substainal overclock. If you still want to overclock, then i would consider the phenom more seriously, otherwise i3 all the way

here the lowest i3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115078

and micro atx mobo by intel as well
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121512

Hmm after some thoughts this afternoon maybe you should wait to see what the Bulldozer would land on for prices.

The X6 might be a little overkill but it's newer then the X3 or X4.
Though I found a AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache for 139$ at NewEgg that might be a little more interesting.

Either way it's up to you what to choose, we can just point you to possible solutions.