new emulator system build

Futurama · 23 Aug 2012 at 12:07

Hi guys,
I would like to build a system purely for playing emulators on.
criteria are:

HDMI out
I dont want to play anything more power hungry than N64 emulator
Small form factor thats quiet
Value

Any reccomendations would be appreciated, is it even worth building a small system or just cheaper to buy a scondhand compact system off ebay?

wazza300 · 23 Aug 2012 at 12:08

a second hand system would be fine imo,cheap dual core or pentium 4 would suit you

Nimdok · 23 Aug 2012 at 12:09

You might not want to keep this thread going

pretty sure it's against the rules.

T345 · 23 Aug 2012 at 12:11

Well there is no talk of the emulation, but the build it OK. All 'old games' run fine on my rubbish laptop. So this will be ok.

YOUR BASKET
1 x ASRock FM1 A75M ITX AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM1) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £64.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £44.99
1 x Lian Li PC-Q07B Mini-ITX Case - Black £44.98
1 x AMD A4-3300 2.50GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3300OJGXBOX) £41.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x OcUK Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £281.41 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Nimdok · 23 Aug 2012 at 12:14

T345 said:
Well there is no talk of the emulation, but the build it OK. All 'old games' run fine on my rubbish laptop. So this will be ok.

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Ah my mistake, thought it was any mention of emulators

Futurama · 23 Aug 2012 at 12:15

Thanks for the advice, I'll look at some second hand ones and compare them against the build you suggested.
I really like the look of that case.

T345 · 23 Aug 2012 at 12:17

it's a very small case too

Futurama · 23 Aug 2012 at 12:19

T345 said:
it's a very small case too

yeah 30cm high 20x20 depth and width, it would be perfect next to the PS3.

ubersonic · 23 Aug 2012 at 13:45

Nimdok said:
You might not want to keep this thread going pretty sure it's against the rules.

Discussion of emulators is as they can be used to commit copyright infringement, but discussion of hardware to run them isn't, otherwise we wouldn't be allowed to discuss any hardware that can possibly be used to build a hackintosh and the forum would be very quiet

Maccy · 23 Aug 2012 at 13:52

Hackintosh discussion isn't allowed on here though.