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Re: $6,000 Gaming PC that can play every game in MAME at full speed
03/07/17 07:02 PM
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> Before dropping $309 on an i7, consider a Pentium G3258 for $73...
> http://www.outletpc.com/ao2466-intel-pentium-g3258.html
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> Compare both CPUs overclocked to 4.5GHz...
> http://mameui.info/Bench.htm
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> You can easily overclock the G3258 to 4.0GHz or 4.2GHz (the same as the i7-6700K
> turbo speed)
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> You can run it on an $87 motherboard...
> http://www.outletpc.com/kv9369-asrock-z97-anniversary-motherboard.html
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> The CPU + MB you picked = $463
> The CPU + MB I picked = $160
> Savings = $303
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> The i7 is probably more future-proof, especially if MAME becomes even more
> multi-threaded (the G3258 is dual core) but it's up to you to decide if it's worth
> $300 more.
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> If you're overclocking inside of a closed cabinet, you may need to get an aftermarket
> CPU cooler (for overclocking either CPU). The stock coolers may not cut it. This
> seems like a good choice...
> https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099
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> Also, I always recommend using a case (even a really cheap case) because the case
> exhaust/intake fans are an important part of the cooling. Air has to move through the
> case to cool the motherboard chipset heatsinks and it also helps move hot air away
> from the CPU and GPU coolers. Without the case airflow, the hot air just hangs around
> the hot spots.
however, something you should consider is that the top end games in MAME benefit greatly from 4 cores instead of 2.
benchmarks aren't everything, so while the 2 core chip might run a lot of things almost as fast as the much more expensive 4 core i7 it will fail miserably on many of the cases that might be targets.
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