Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

It is not a "thermaltake" PSU. Thermaltake does not make PSUs. Thermaltake has another company make them a PSU, then slaps "Thermaltake" on it. Any PSU that is not 80+ bronze or a good 80+ white is scary.

So what did you end up going with? The AMD solution with GPU, or the Intel and wait on a GPU?

(05-01-2014, 03:04 AM)KHg8m3r Wrote: [ -> ]So what did you end up going with? The AMD solution with GPU, or the Intel and wait on a GPU?

I'm NOT waiting for a GPU, because that is retarded.

Just to clarify, as I said earlier, if you were READING, I won this in a competition.
I cannot "wait for a GPU", it's NOW OR NOTHING. How many times do I have to say that?!

And I don't think I should post anything about what I'm choosing, because on this forum everything I say is wrong and I should pay $400 more for absolutely nothing just because everyone else did. One thing I have heard of though is a Kaveri, and although I don't quite know what it is yet, actually, I don't know what I'm talking about so I won't say anything without being corrected by some asshole.

You said that you won it in a competition or something, but basically did you win like a coupon or something to buy a $600 computer?

We just want people to have the best experience in Dolphin, because at one point or another, we've had to use Dolphin on slow computers and we don't like it.

I still have to use dolphin on a slow computer. It's not fun.

Then again, I'm overclock-crazy, and I only have my light games ripped, so it actually feels to me like I'm using it on a fast computer, but whatever.

(05-02-2014, 12:00 AM)KHg8m3r Wrote: [ -> ]You said that you won it in a competition or something, but basically did you win like a coupon or something to buy a $600 computer?

We just want people to have the best experience in Dolphin, because at one point or another, we've had to use Dolphin on slow computers and we don't like it.

Yeah, pretty much. I won a competition for a free custom built gaming PC of my choice, up to a value of $600.

And as we've said, such a thing doesn't exist. You can get a decent multimedia computer for that much, but not a gaming computer.

Let's make it simple for the OP. A $600 worth of hardware will run or perform at $600 worth of speed/performance/level so don't expect it to run like a $1000-2000+ "gaming" pc.

For a $600 budget, it would be difficult to play games like Watchdogs while having the CPU power to emulate. This build is in your price range, but it only has 4GB of RAM, and the GPU is only a GTX 750 (might not run modern games well). The CPU is still a Haswell. You can't beat them for gaming, and especially for emulation. This will run most games smoothly on Dolphin, but might not run graphic-intensive modern games as well.

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Con8

You can drop the optical drive, unless you will absolutely need it. Nowadays everything is on USB flash drives, and yo can even use them to boot an operating system. If you skip out on the wifi card, you could go for a cheaper mobo as well. With 4GB of RAM, no optical drive, no wifi card, and a $45 mobo, you could get a better GPU on the spot. This will allow more modern games to run smoothly compared to the first build.

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Co6T

I don't know of your financial situation as to why you can't upgrade later on, but it is honestly the best decision. The integrated Intel HD Graphics 4600 are enough for Dolphin, and they are decent in most other areas. You can try it to see if they run modern games and your desired resolutions, and you can upgrade to a dedicated GPU later on if you would need to. Assembly is not too difficult (just plug it in and screw it in place). This will allow you to have more optimization options, such as a higher clocked CPU, a case of your choice and more storage/memory/expansions.

One final note: check if your $600 coupon thing is able to use price matched prices from Memory Express. Their policy of taking 25% of the difference off of the matched price can help save quite a bit and will allow you to use better components. Also, check if the coupon thing includes taxes or not.

That's actually not a bad pair of builds, considering the price constraint.