need recommendations for a computer to run dolphin

[smb123w64gb]

Hi i was wondering if a could see recommendations for a computer to run wii and gamecube games on?

• What gpu
• What motherboard
• What cpu
• Amount of ram
• Amount of harddrive space

This whould be grate to know
And i will build from scrach.
Thanks.

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Looking at available budget comes before looking at available components.

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[Gareth1977]

It really requires a mid to high end computer to run Dolphin smoothly, if thats your only purpose, you might as well just buy a wii.
I have a AMD Phenom II quad core, 4GB ram and a nvidia GTX260 graphics card and i get full speed in dolphin generally.

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Originally Posted by smb123w64gb

it's my Birth day and i have 30 $
on amozon i found a Mb Am3 ddr2 ,and x4 anthom 3.0 ghz

[smb123w64gb]

so what I'm doing is buying parts throughout the years and building as I go like my birthday i get 200 $ then I'll buy a motherboard and CPU then Christmas comes and i get 300 $ and get 300 $ i buy Gpu and power supply and maybe 2 Gb or more of ram thats how i'm going.

+I have a case for a computer and 400 w power supply and 30 Gb hard drive thats ide
another thing is ill overclock to if i need to get more powerI
The games i have are new super mario bros wii, super smash bros brawl.

I do Have a Wii which has a annoying buzz noise from the DVD drive and got the very first us Wii version.

Hope that would help

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[jonc2006]

Originally Posted by smb123w64gb

so what I'm doing is buying parts throughout the years and building as I go like my birthday i get 200 $ then I'll buy a motherboard and CPU then Christmas comes and i get 300 $ and get 300 $ i buy Gpu and power supply and maybe 2 Gb or more of ram thats how i'm going.

+I have a case for a computer and 400 w power supply and 30 Gb hard drive thats ide
another thing is ill overclock to if i need to get more powerI
The games i have are new super mario bros wii, super smash bros brawl.

I do Have a Wii which has a annoying buzz noise from the DVD drive and got the very first us Wii version.

Hope that would help

if i were you i would save up the money and purchase all the needed parts at the same time rather than spanning it out over the couse of several months or whatever.

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[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Originally Posted by jonc2006

if i were you i would save up the money and purchase all the needed parts at the same time rather than spanning it out over the couse of several months or whatever.

This actually sounds like good advice so just save your birthday money till you also have your christmas money.

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[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Yeah that does help however PC components are constantly changing so it's best to ask only once you have the money, not in advance cuz by the time you buy our suggestions might be out of date and you may miss out on a much better deal.

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[Gareth1977]

You might need another power supply. 400 Watt is going to limit your choices when it comes to gpu. If you're going to be installing Dolphin with several isos you will quickly use up the 30gb too.

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Originally Posted by smb123w64gb

it's my Birth day and i have 30 $
on amozon i found a Mb Am3 ddr2 ,and x4 anthom 3.0 ghz

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

not to mention it's probably a cheap 400W meaning it's max rated and thus closed to 300W but he already seems open to getting a new PSU so that's not problem.

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[smb123w64gb]

Well i did find a prosesor that costs 75 $
It's a
AMD Phenom 9850 2.5GHz from Newegg.com
Now i need a motherboard recommendation

good and is a nvidia geforce 210 a good gpu
i found it on amozon for around 50 $

Amozon i found
600W Coolmax 140MM Atx Psu Single Pcie Connector V-600
$40.16

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[Kaizen]

Originally Posted by smb123w64gb

Well i did find a prosesor that costs 75 $
It's a
AMD Phenom 9850 2.5GHz from Newegg.com
Now i need a motherboard recommendation

good and is a nvidia geforce 210 a good gpu
i found it on amozon for around 50 $

Amozon i found
600W Coolmax 140MM Atx Psu Single Pcie Connector V-600
$40.16

Avoid the 9850. It's a phenom 1.

In fact, we are in a transitional phase where 2 new generations of processors are being released at the end of the year.

The downside is that these processors are on new cpu sockets for both intel and amd.

If you buy a computer now, you're going to be locking yourself out of upgrading. Buying end of the line equipment that will cost you a LOT more money in the long term.

Wait til christmas.

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[Gareth1977]

The geforce 210 is not a bad choice considering your power supply, not the fastest card in the world (equivalent to a gt9400 iirc) but should be ok for Dolphin, which is mostly about the cpu anyway.

2.5GHz is a little slow for Dolphin so if you can overclock it a little, sounds like a good deal for the price.

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Originally Posted by smb123w64gb

it's my Birth day and i have 30 $
on amozon i found a Mb Am3 ddr2 ,and x4 anthom 3.0 ghz

[smb123w64gb]

Some thing else is i do have a motherboard that i can put a AMD Athlon™ II X2 but only supports up to 2 gb of ram but it's a good motherboard

well if i tell all my family i just want monny i might get in the range of 300-500 $

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[Kaizen]

Save up and do it right kid.

It's a senseless waste to fork out for an athlon x2, they kinda suck hard.
Not good enough for dolphin either in anything but the lowest requirement games.
You still wouldn't be able to play even those as you have no gpu and no power supply that wouldn't explode at the thought of one either.

Save up, get a whole new pc for Christmas or spring. Take a job

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[smb123w64gb]

ok my birthday is november 1st
and crisrtmas is very close

but i want a compuer that i can upgrad thu out the years saveing monny to

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[Kaizen]

Originally Posted by smb123w64gb

but i want a compuer that i can upgrad thu out the years saveing monny to

Then you have no choice but waiting; 1156 is dying, am3 is dead.
Thing is, you'll have to wait til both are out to see what's the best way to go, intel or amd
Either could be best realistically and the platforms need to be disclosed so you can choose the best motherboard chipset.

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[smb123w64gb]

dos anyone now any gameing pc website like ibuypower web page

i do like intel prosesors better thay have more power
and mabey geforse 400 cards prise tag go down by cristmas

is this a good pc it coast 499$

Intel Core i3-530 CPU
FREE Intel 4GB Bunnyman Drive
4GB DDR3/1600MHz Memory
ATI HD 5450 512MB Video
Asus P7H55 Mainboard
500GB SATA II 7200 RPM HD
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[Kaizen]

Originally Posted by smb123w64gb

dos anyone now any gameing pc website like ibuypower web page

i do like intel prosesors better thay have more power
and mabey geforse 400 cards prise tag go down by cristmas

Building a computer is as easy as building with lego.
Buying a premade performance computer will add a good thousand dollars to the cost.
About 5 hours of google, 2 hours choosing parts and 1 hour of building. Is that free time worth saving $1,000 (at least) to you?

Intel have more power, for now. When AMD's bulldozer comes, it will probably be amd holding equal performance for lower cost.
Sandy bridge improves upon nehalem derivatives by about 10-15% per clock increase from preliminary tests.

Bulldozer is estimated to have 40-50% single threaded ipc improvements which would pit them well above nehalem's performance and at least equal to intel's sandy bridge but it's still the unknown for now.

By Christmas, the Geforce 4 series will be cheaper as ATI start releasing the 6000 series in October. Get a cut price 5770 or GTX 460 around then. Both are plenty fast and (relatively) cheap

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[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Originally Posted by Kaizen

Building a computer is as easy as building with lego.

Except you don't have to worry about shorting your lego blocks and parts and blowing them to kingdom come with personally generated static.

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Originally Posted by SCHUMI_4EVER

Except you don't have to worry about shorting your lego blocks and parts and blowing them to kingdom come with personally generated static.

ive gotten 8948956 warnings both from people and the manuals of products ive bought but ive yet to damage any of my electronics with static

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