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Yep, I agree with admin89. Why an old GPU, when there is a newer one?

I'd personally buy i 3570k + 660ti (actually I should say I've just bought ). Or 7870.
Alternatively 6870/560ti are still a good choice

I dont know in EUA but here in BRASIL R$1200,00 ( same as 600$ dolars ) i can buy only i5 3470 + gtx 550 ti + mobo b75 gigabyte and 8gb gskill still remaining Power suply, DVD rw and the Tower...

this is a Nice choice for me in my condition, as i said before, i can play 90/95% of the games in full speed..
Mario kart Double Dash ( 4 players )
Mario kart Wii ( 2 players )
Donkey Kong country returns
Super mario bros wii
Super mario sunshine
Zelda Wind waker, 4 swords and twilight.
Luigis mansion
And much more games...
The problem are some rpgs and mario galaxy..
but still playable

B75 mobo is poor choice for 600USD PC . Give me 600$ , I will build a better pc than yours (Not in Brazil of course)

@Op I prefer a mini PC that has power of the beast . So this is the best PC under 1200USD IMO :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811345017 (Current out of Stock but you can choose different colors
http://www.microcenter.com/product/388577/Core_i5_3570K_34GHz_LGA_1155_Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157294
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167128
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186038
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130827
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016&Tpk=antec%20550w
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608019
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

Overclock to 4.4GHz like a boss (4.2GHz should be child play )
Or Perhaps , you should wait for Haswell and AMD 8000 series if you want more performance

(02-01-2013, 07:16 PM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]But why the Old Fermi 550Ti ? The new Kepler 650 or 650Ti is much better
EVGA 650 only cost around 100 bucks on Newegg

I'm telling the OP that the 550 Ti runs games fine so that he has an idea of the minimum he should be looking at in terms of a GPU (being the weakest GPU mentioned in this thread). It's not like the OP wasn't curious, since it's an option on the poll, so he has a right to know from other users how the 550 Ti performs.

My post didn't direct to you @ Shonumi or anyone else in this thread . I just give my opinion
As you have already known 550TI , 650 , 650Ti are very close in term of performance via Dolphin (I bet you can't tell any difference unless you use AA )
"much better " here is power consumption .

@OP. yes it will cost less than 1200 dollars easly.
ill even use newegg links

i5-3570k http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504 - 229.99

7950 - avg 299.99 / GTX 660 TI. starts at 289.99 but avg is 299 to 309.99

Then lets say 120dollar budget for mobo

those peices together are 659.98 if u used the higher costing parts. that still leaves you nearly half of your money for a Case,Powersupply,HDD,DVD drive, Other pephials and gadgets...

$1200 USD can build a beast PC gaming rig and a even more beastly Emulation rig .

hell with 1200 dollars you could probably squeeze a dual-gpu setup in there but i wouldnt since u wont need that kind of power ;P.

How do you delete polls?

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(02-02-2013, 08:18 AM)Venomx1 Wrote: [ -> ]@OP. yes it will cost less than 1200 dollars easly.
ill even use newegg links

i5-3570k http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504 - 229.99

7950 - avg 299.99 / GTX 660 TI. starts at 289.99 but avg is 299 to 309.99

Then lets say 120dollar budget for mobo

those peices together are 659.98 if u used the higher costing parts. that still leaves you nearly half of your money for a Case,Powersupply,HDD,DVD drive, Other pephials and gadgets...

$1200 USD can build a beast PC gaming rig and a even more beastly Emulation rig .

hell with 1200 dollars you could probably squeeze a dual-gpu setup in there but i wouldnt since u wont need that kind of power ;P.

I think you don't understand. I DON'T need a 7950 or 660 ti, if it's not neccesary to run all games at near-full speed without any AA. What I need to know is if I need the most expensive i5 to run most games at full speed.
I'm not really going to use this PC for PC games, only dolphin, cheesy browser games, and normal-heavy use.
Should I spend money on the CPU (best i5) or the gfx card (660 or 6/7870) or neither, if I won't need the power? I want to save money if it's possible without interfering with my emulation speed. Is 800 dollars enough for an excellent Dolphin machine?

Also there's a lot of disagreement on which motherboard, stuff to use. Does it make a real big difference what I choose?

Remove the SSD I posted in my build then you will have a perfect 800$ PC

Quote:Also there's a lot of disagreement on which motherboard, stuff to use. Does it make a real big difference what I choose?

Big difference ! B75 is poor choice because it does not support overclocking , i5 3570k will be useless on that mobo