Question PC Emulation Hardware Help

[Shoot3rmcgavin]

I'm looking into doing a build that is primary or only use will be for retro gaming. I will only be going up to Dreamcast, Sega Saturn, and Arcade at the max. I have an old PC I thought I can use and assume I can use that.

Specs

Intel i5 4590 3.30 GHZ CPU HD Graphics 4600
16 GB RAM
Nvidia GTX 1070
MSI H97 PC Mate


I was thinking to do just do a new build with a AMD Ryzen 5 3400G as a CPU and go from there. Any recommendations?

 

[hotaru.hino]

That's more than plenty to emulate anything from the Dreamcast/PS2/GameCube/Xbox era and before.

 

[nofanneeded]

I'm looking into doing a build that is primary or only use will be for retro gaming. I will only be going up to Dreamcast, Sega Saturn, and Arcade at the max. I have an old PC I thought I can use and assume I can use that.

Specs

Intel i5 4590 3.30 GHZ CPU HD Graphics 4600
16 GB RAM
Nvidia GTX 1070
MSI H97 PC Mate


I was thinking to do just do a new build with a AMD Ryzen 5 3400G as a CPU and go from there. Any recommendations?

stay with intel and nvidia for emulation .

 

[4745454b]

I'm confused. You have the old PC, why not use that? I'd pay attention to what the emulators say you need for system specs.

FYI everyone, a mod is in this thread. No linking/mentioning bad sites.

 

[Shoot3rmcgavin]

I'm confused. You have the old PC, why not use that? I'd pay attention to what the emulators say you need for system specs.

FYI everyone, a mod is in this thread. No linking/mentioning bad sites.

Well that was the plan I was thinking of just swapping out the parts and replacing them while making the new build. Keep old pc upgrade it and the old parts build PC for retro gaming,

I actually have another question will I be able to run this on a 65 inch tv? If not what would I need to do?

 

[TerryLaze]

Well that was the plan I was thinking of just swapping out the parts and replacing them while making the new build.

It's not really a big upgrade going to the 3400G

I actually have another question will I be able to run this on a 65 inch tv? If not what would I need to do?

Sure you can but be sure to play from quite a bit away...the pixels are going to be huge on that one.

 

[ellagrey]

Pretty Good. This discussion is really helpful for me because I also faced a problem.
Thanks for sharing. I was thinking of just swapping out the parts and replacing them while making the new build.

 

[Shoot3rmcgavin]

Ok I'm about to begin the build thinking of using a diff card. I want to keep the gtx 1070 for my current everyday PC. Looking at a 1050 ti 4gb or 1030 2gb. Looking into adding TecknoParrot to play some House of the Dead 4 and Outrun 2 etc. Would it matter what gpu or could get away with the HD Graphics 4600 cpu?