The Console PC

[Mohenjo]

So the one thing i REALLY like about consoles is the laid back and chill experience you can have by just sitting on a couch and chilling out with a wireless controller. So im going to build one, heres what i have in mind. ( i got hardrives) 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LRYcQ7

 

Anything you would change? I would use this for running just basic games and maybe some high end games on low/med. 

[Mohenjo]

Probably should mention im going to mostly emulate on this machine, Ps2 and gamecube games. 

[DaltonM]

This will produce Xbox 360 quality gaming at a higher resolution with the added frustration of it being an underpowered PC. 

 

Not worth imo. Budget hardware never is. 

[Mohenjo]

1 minute ago, DaltonM said:

This will produce Xbox 360 quality gaming at a higher resolution with the added frustration of it being an underpowered PC. 

 

Not worth imo. Budget hardware never is. 

i am fully aware, maybe i should switch the the Pentium to an 860k? I also dont need much power, just small form factor.

[Burusutazu]

Dolphin benefits from having at least 3 cores, they reccomend intel cpus also so I have no idea how well a 860k would hold up. A lot of the testing reports show a core i3 with a nvidia graphics card like you chose.

[Mohenjo]

well i do use dolphin with my fx 6300... its actually pretty good and imagine that i should be able to run it just fine.

[Burusutazu]

15 minutes ago, Mohenjo said:

well i do use dolphin with my fx 6300... its actually pretty good and imagine that i should be able to run it just fine.

then the 860k would probably be perfect.

I found this spreadsheet on the Dolphin forums. It shows the 750k performing just below perfect speed so it might do well. 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UNPnVo-EN72vAuEgOMTZzMUnslgkL1ic5p-tAL8idYs/edit#gid=0