Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

Hi All!

I am buying a new rig but want your input before pulling the trigger. The main goal is to play any and all GC and Wii games with no lag. I plan on playing games at 3x IR with no AA and assume LLE just in case! Thoughts?

Case: [color=#222222]Cooler Master HAF X - High Air Flow Full Tower [/color]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811119225

Mobo: [color=#222222]ASRock Z97 Extreme4 LGA 1150 Intel Z97[/color]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813157503

GPU: [color=#222222]EVGA 04G-P4-3975-KR GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit [/color]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814487088

PSU: [color=#222222]EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 220-G2-0850-XR 850W [/color]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6817438018

CPU: [color=#222222]Intel Core i5-4690K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 3.5GHz LGA 1150 - OC'ed to 4.5GHz[/color]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819117372

RAM: [color=#222222]G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600[/color]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820231536

Cooler: [color=#222222]CORSAIR Hydro Series H105[/color]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6835181060

Total budget is around $1400 USD

GTX 970? That's a tad exotic for running Dolphin, but you are probably playing other games as well, so.

Your build will play anything Dolphin at excellent framerate.

Thanks! You are correct, but what do you mean by exotic?

This machine will also be used for emulating PS2, PSP, DS and PS3 games (in the future).

I don't know Asrock brand but Asus is well known in the industry and can get your CPU to 5+GHz . Also, I'd recommend air cooler because it's safer and easier to clean with almost zero maintenance.

Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6835608041
New $70

Mobo: ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO LGA 1150 Intel Z87
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...-_-Product

Refurbished $118
New $155

Also, in the long run I'd go with 16GB of RAM to future proof your system. In this case, faster speed rating and higher capacity more is better!

(03-21-2015, 09:43 AM)tuanming Wrote: [ -> ]I don't know Asrock brand

But you know Jack, do you? (LOL)

It's an ASUS spin-off that produces cheap, but still high-quality (best bang for the buck) motherboards and PC accessories.
ASUS + "Rock-solid" = AsRock

By exotic I mean that Dolphin runs just fine on less.

WARNING -- http://rpcs3.net/ hosts the ONLY PS3 emulator available. Don't expect to be running anything for at least a year...

(03-21-2015, 12:42 PM)NKF98 Wrote: [ -> ]WARNING -- http://rpcs3.net/ hosts the ONLY PS3 emulator available. Don't expect to be running anything for at least a year...

I know but I am planning for the future

Could possibly go with the GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (not MX) for a bit (~$5) more, moves you up an entire tier

(03-21-2015, 12:42 PM)NKF98 Wrote: [ -> ]By exotic I mean that Dolphin runs just fine on less.

WARNING -- http://rpcs3.net/ hosts the ONLY PS3 emulator available. Don't expect to be running anything for at least a year...

Your forgetting Citra, the first and only 3DS emulator in dev. Again give it about 2 years or so for this one which I'm sure that Devil's Canyon can handle it.

I just bought most of the parts. I will buy the others in a few weeks so hopefully in a month I will have one bad mofo. Updating my sig