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Hey,

I've tried to make a cheapish Wii and below emulator box, tell me what you guys think!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£50.88 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (£31.61 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI Z87I AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£47.38 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£48.37 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£41.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB StormX Dual Video Card  (£106.99 @ Novatech)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case  (£61.42 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£68.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £511.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-13 20:04 BST+0100

I'm not 100% sure about the PSU, any suggestions would be fantastic (as well as any other changes to be made). Budget is not much more than what I'm at already.

Will games like Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Smash work on this?

Thanks!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£31.61 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI Z87I AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£47.38 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£22.12 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£41.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card (£79.51 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case (£61.42 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£34.50 @ Aria PC)
Total: £551.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-13 20:32 BST+0100

Alternatively, will this work better than the previous build?

Thanks again

mix n' match. get the 750TI and the 4690k. if you don't want to do that then I would go for the first one.

(05-14-2015, 05:38 AM)NKF98 Wrote: [ -> ]mix n' match. get the 750TI and the 4690k. if you don't want to do that then I would go for the first one.

Budget

you can't afford +$30 on the second build?

(05-14-2015, 05:57 AM)NKF98 Wrote: [ -> ]you can't afford +$30 on the second build?

guess I could, will it make that much of a difference?

Two things - one, that motherboard might need you to put a different CPU in and do a BIOS update before it'll work with a G3258, a 4690K or a 4790K. If you want assurance that you won't need to do that, you need a Z97 board instead.

Also, if you want best performance per pound, you might want to look at whatever AMD sell for the same price as the 750 Ti as it'll outperform it a little.

(05-14-2015, 07:10 AM)AnyOldName3 Wrote: [ -> ]that motherboard might need you to put a different CPU in and do a BIOS update before it'll work with a G3258, a 4690K or a 4790K. If you want assurance that you won't need to do that, you need a Z97 board instead.

The amazon reviews say it'll work with the G3258 and the i5, is this not the case?

If MSI update the bios before shipping to you then it's safe to buy otherwise you will have to do it yourself

(05-14-2015, 07:33 AM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]If MSI update the bios before shipping to you then it's safe to buy otherwise you will have to do it yourself

Do I need any special hardware to flash it? or is it a case of installing it to a usb stick and flashing it that way