PS2 Emulator Pc

[SaudAlsadoan]

Budget: As cheap as possible.

Country: Saudi Arabia (I can afford world wide shipping from amazon or Newegg)

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Ps2 games emulating.

 

I am a mac user (M1) i didn't like emulating on it. it's so hard and complicated. i am mainly a PS5 gamer so I will only use the Pc for ps2 games.

I want help on building a gaming pc that is cheap with a very small build even if it costs a little more money to make it small (Im not broke I just don't like gaming on pc so i won't spend much on it).

I'm thinking About Ryzen 5700G, I have watched some benchmarks on YouTube, it doesn't game will on 4K with modern games (I'm thinking about enhancing ps2 games with 4k and some mods). I don't know what is better for me APU or CPU/GPU. any suggestion is welcomed.

 

thank you in advance.

[TetraSky]

If all you want to play is PS2 games, the APU will be more than enough. Even if you enhance it to have better graphics to 4k-ish. It's the single core performance of the CPU that matters most with emulators and the GPU is second.

[SaudAlsadoan]

6 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

If all you want to play is PS2 games, the APU will be more than enough. Even if you enhance it to have better graphics to 4k-ish. It's the single core performance of the CPU that matters most with emulators and the GPU is second.

that was so helpful.

what motherboard should i pick? i need one that is compatible out of the box without a bios update, and has an M.2 option.

[SorryBella]

34 minutes ago, SaudAlsadoan said:

I want help on building a gaming pc that is cheap with a very small build

You dont need A LOT of performance, around 4 cores with a good igpu shall do. But yes, PCSX2 really do benefit from a GPU.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS MAX WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($45.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Team T-Force Cardea Zero Z330 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($92.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P200A Performance Mini ITX Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $587.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-08-13 23:37 EDT-0400

[SaudAlsadoan]

7 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

You dont need A LOT of performance, around 4 cores with a good igpu shall do. But yes, PCSX2 really do benefit from a GPU.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS MAX WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($45.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Team T-Force Cardea Zero Z330 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($92.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P200A Performance Mini ITX Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $587.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-08-13 23:37 EDT-0400

i loved it. thanks

but if I'm going with an APU shouldn't i buy the best one? i think I would be more comfortable with something better than 3200G

and what motherboard goes with the 5700G without bios update?

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Maybe wait for the 5300g

Or just go for a 5600g

 

You will also want some fast ram like ballistix 3600mhz cl16, though you can just overclock 3200mhz ram anyways

 

And definitely overclock the igpu to further improve performance

[SaudAlsadoan]

5 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Maybe wait for the 5300g

Or just go for a 5600g

 

You will also want some fast ram like ballistix 3600mhz cl16, though you can just overclock 3200mhz ram anyways

 

And definitely overclock the igpu to further improve performance

i know nothing about overclocking unfortunately. thats why i would go with the best APU possible.