Building a Emulator Pc

[Eclipsefang]

Hey guys I need some help! I have no experience in building a budget cheap pc but I wanted to build one for emulating Wii and playstation 1 games. I would hook this up in my livingroom it does not have to be a powerfull system just something to play mario cart..  crash... ext. if any of you have suggestions I would like to stay under 300 if at all possible I have a wireless keyboard and mouse as well as hdmi cables to hook it to my tv. for dolfin which is the emulator I use it requires 

• 64-bit CPUs and Operating Systems are required.
• Windows XP is no longer supported. Windows Vista is no longer officially supported.
• Direct3D10/OpenGL3 Required. This means AMD Radeon 4xxx, NVIDIA GeForce 8xxx, or Intel HD 2xxx minimum! Anything older than that will most likely not work or will have significant glitches.

 

[Kimmaz]

for $300 you could buy a used ps1 with 10+ games and a wii with a few games depending on how many games you get with the system and how many you have to buy seperatly.

[Eclipsefang]

Just now, Kimmaz said:

for $300 you could buy a used ps1 with 10+ games and a wii with a few games depending on how many games you get with the system and how many you have to buy seperatly.

I understand that but I would like to browse the web sometimes as well as have one system for all those games and maybe games like castle crashers.

 

[LHJKO]

wanted something newer you get this and an old gpu

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Tactical 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($48.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($41.77 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Raidmax - Vortex ATX Mid Tower Case  ($15.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $291.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-23 11:33 EST-0500

 

 

or something like https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-390-Desktop-Computer-i5-3-10GHz-8GB-Windows-10-HDMI-PC/172932355372?hash=item284392552c:g:ercAAOSwJQdXBGLf and toss a 750ti in or something 

[Zodiark1593]

3 hours ago, Vernw3 said:

wanted something newer you get this and an old gpu

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Tactical 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($48.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($41.77 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Raidmax - Vortex ATX Mid Tower Case  ($15.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $291.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-23 11:33 EST-0500

 

 

or something like https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-390-Desktop-Computer-i5-3-10GHz-8GB-Windows-10-HDMI-PC/172932355372?hash=item284392552c:g:ercAAOSwJQdXBGLf and toss a 750ti in or something 

While the Ryzen would be more versatile, I would recommend a cpu with a higher clock speed. Single thread performance is very important to emulation, so something in the range of 4 GHz or faster would be suitable.