I really would recommend spending an extra two bucks and getting this power supply instead as it is a newer design with a 5 year warranty (the EVGA you chose has a 3 year warranty) that should be considerably higher quality (wattage isn't everything!) especially since the Corsair CX is commonly suggested as a baseline recommendation on JonnyGURU (which is
the go-to place for power supply info):
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Anyway, you might want to consider swapping the GPU for the following model which is somewhat cheaper (particularly before rebate) and is only 1.5% slower at most:
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 1.40GHz 2GB Video Card ($119.99 + $10 rebate @ Newegg)
Alternatively there's a non-factory overclocked model that'd be about 5% slower at most but is only a bit cheaper than the above MSI 1050:
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 1.35GHz 2GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($115.00 @ B&H)
The following RAM is the exact same 2x4GB DDR4-2133 CL15 speed for cheaper if you buy from Newegg (which has free shipping):
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 CL15 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Alternatively there's a 2x4GB DDR4-2400 CL16 kit that's not quite as cheap but is still cheaper than the RAM you picked:
Memory: Team - Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 CL16 Memory ($88.99 @ Newegg)
Right now the only 3xx series motherboards available for the coffee lake (with 8xxx model numbers) Intel CPUs are the z370 - which are relatively expensive (they allow overclocking, SLI, and all those things you can't really do with an i8100 anyway). I don't know when the lower-end 3xx series motherboards will be released - it may be soon? Or you could look into getting a previous generation skylake or kabylake CPU (that have model numbers 6xxx and 7xxx respectively) and a 2xx series motherboard. Note - at the same clocks, all three CPU architectures are pretty much the same speed.
Again note: You have to get a 3xx series motherboard for any coffee lake CPUs (that start with 8xxx), as they won't work with previous generation motherboards socket 1151 motherboards. It's like Intel have designed this thing to trip people up.
You could (for example) get a kaby lake i5-7500 instead and a lower-end b250 board - it should be slightly faster with a 3.8 ghz turbo (compared to 3.6 on the 8100) -
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KrDr3F - or save some cash and get a g4600 - it's also 3.6, but only dual core compared to the 8100's quad, and it too is a "kaby lake" part (Intel seems to find consistent naming within a generation hard) -
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Mb2qD8 - though dolphin only really uses two cores, some more modern games are starting to use 4 or more, but a geforce 1050 will likely be the bottleneck before that anyway for most things.
Or you could go for an AMD Ryzen builds - they tend to be a little slower at the same clocks as the Intel equivalent, but (for example) a 1300x is a quad core with a little higher frequency (that doesn't /quite/ make up the difference in dolphin compared to the g4600) for a price closer to the g4600 -
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/g9CB8K
woops, messed up a bit on posting, apologies
Amazing, such insightful information restores my faith in humanity, I'm super cereal. Thanks Nintendo Maniac! So, with the CPU you recommended do you think dolphin will function at normal speed rates or rather the speed the actual console runs at. A 1.5% decrease in speed may be minuscule, however I am going for a build that will run the most demanding gamecube/wii Games out there. Appreciate the response.
(11-30-2017, 08:54 AM)NightsLight Wrote: [ -> ]A 1.5% decrease in speed may be minuscule, however I am going for a build that will run the most demanding gamecube/wii Games out there. Appreciate the response.
Dolphin cares about CPU performance
way more than GPU performance, and that 1.5% performance decrease is the absolute maximum worst-case scenario.
I also just noticed that the power supply I suggested only has a single 8-pin PCIe connector (the EVGA PSU you originally selected has two 8-pin PCIe connectors). I don't think this will be an issue considering that you're going to be using a GPU that doesn't even need external power, but just keep in mind if you think you'll end up going all-out in the future and buying a GPU like a 1080Ti that needs an 8-pin + 6-pin or similar (however, such a high-end GPU would be expensive enough that even the cost of buying a new PSU would be a drop in the bucket comparatively to the cost of the GPU itself).
Again, this forum continues to destroy my build with an ever better one! Thank you so much Johnny
Further and further I become more confused. But that's the way it goes. lol More to ponder. Hypothetically though lets say overclocking is a no go for a scrub like me? Any further alternative routes one may be able to traverse with this build? Thank in advance
To be honest, the cheapest B250 motherboard + i5-7500 is only cheaper by like $5 to $10... I personally would stick with the higher-end motherboard since I've had a bad history of motherboards dying on me, and the newer platform gives you much better longevity (5 years from now, a cheap used 8700k will destroy a 7700k).
(11-30-2017, 09:29 AM)Nintendo Maniac 64 Wrote: [ -> ]To be honest, the cheapest B250 motherboard + i5-7500 is only cheaper by like $5 to $10... I personally would stick with the higher-end motherboard since I've had a bad history of motherboards dying on me, and the newer platform gives you much better longevity (5 years from now, a cheap used 8700k will destroy a 7700k).
Yeah, that's a pretty solid upgrade path. A decent AMD AM4 build will likely have a similar upgrade path too, especially as I believe AMD have announced the next generation ryzen will still use the same socket (and hopefully, not like Intel with socket 1151 for coffee lake being the "same named socket" but incompatible).
But beware - just because it has a more expensive chipset, doesn't mean the rest of the board is higher quality. While this is /often/ the case, if only because the higher price point makes it less important to save every penny, I have no doubt many of the 'best' b250 board's components will be better than the worst z270. And it's rarely the chipset itself will fail, more often it's power circuitry or some other part.
Always look for third party reviews.
(11-30-2017, 12:26 PM)JonnyH Wrote: [ -> ]But beware - just because it has a more expensive chipset, doesn't mean the rest of the board is higher quality. While this is /often/ the case, if only because the higher price point makes it less important to save every penny, I have no doubt many of the 'best' b250 board's components will be better than the worst z270. And it's rarely the chipset itself will fail, more often it's power circuitry or some other part.
Of course, but remember - I said the
cheapest b250 motherboard.