danwelsh Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Hi guys. I'm planning a cabinet build and will be using hyperspin as my front end but I have a question I hope someone could answer. I have a computer that has 8 gb ddr2 800mhz ram, an amd x2 2.4 ghz cpu, a 500gb hd and just the dedicated graphics card and sound from the mobo.....will this be enough to start off with and which emulators will I be able to run pretty well. also should I get a dedicated video card?.....oh and I'm going to be using a 24 inch LCD monitor......thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapig Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Should be OK for older systems but might struggle with PS2, Dreamcast etc. You also won't be able to fit much on a 500gb hard drive, but that will depend on what you want to emulate. A full Mame set with the CHd's will run you nearly 400gb. The integrated graphics will cause you trouble with playing the Emumovies videos in HyperSpin, there are fixes you can do to flash but a dedicated GPU will be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwelsh Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 okay. thanks.....for now I just want to emulate mame and c64, vic20, and genesis.....and not with full rom sets. I'm actually thinking maybe even just arcade games and no consoles but chances are I'll want more . How good of a gpu should I get when I do like will a r7 260x with 2 gb ddr5 work fine.... and I'll be grabbing a large hd as well......I didn't realize how big rom sets can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapig Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Before throwing cash at it try and get it working first and try the fixes for the integrated graphics and those systems should work on it The systems you mention should be fine and if you skip the Mame chd's the HD will also be fine. The Mame split set is around 50gb Vic 20 is 121mb C64 is 810mb Genesis is 533mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwelsh Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 awesome, thanks a bunch.....I actually couldn't resist a deal today though, I picked up a gigabyte 460oc 1gb ddr5 for 30 dollars.....I mean hey who could resist that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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