Hey guys
I'm sorry if this has already been asked in the past but I search and couldn't find anything. I'm looking to build my first gaming PC soon. It's gonna be used for emulation, newer games on steam, music production, and video editing once it is finished. First I want to get a basic build just for the emulation though since I can only spend about $1,000 at a time. I've tried emulation before on my old laptop that was bought in 2005, it didn't go too well as you could imagine. Here's a list of the systems I wish to emulate
NES
SNES
N64
GameCube
Gameboy/Gameboy Advance
DS/2DS/3DS
PS1
PS2
PSP
Xbox(Original)
Dreamcast
I don't know much about emulation so I was hoping to get some insight as to which emulator would be best for each console, and recommended specs to run them smoothly while staying under my initial $1,000 budget. My main concern for the specs is Dolphin, due to the fact I've heard that it's incredibly hard to run most of it's games smoothly. I have every console but they broke over time and now it's so hard to get certain consoles or certain accessories, and a lot of older games are becoming pretty valuable so i just feel like emulation is my best option instead of fixing the stuff I have and trying to clean the discs I ruined as a child. I want to build my first PC anyway so I just figured I'd start it as an emulation build and go from there. All I need to know is what specs I'll need to run smooth emulation of virtually any game from any console. So recommendations on CPU,GPU, & RAM are what I'm going to assume I need. Feel free to include your own specs and benchmarks so I have an idea of how it could end up. I just want to avoid dropping much below the original console's fps if at all. When I tried emulation I was trying to emulate Crash Bandicoot from the PS1 and I was at 1-2 fps constantly due to the age of the laptop I was on. I want to be able to smoothly emulate any game I choose to play.
Thank you to anyone who helps me
~Jeremy
I'm sorry if this has already been asked in the past but I search and couldn't find anything. I'm looking to build my first gaming PC soon. It's gonna be used for emulation, newer games on steam, music production, and video editing once it is finished. First I want to get a basic build just for the emulation though since I can only spend about $1,000 at a time. I've tried emulation before on my old laptop that was bought in 2005, it didn't go too well as you could imagine. Here's a list of the systems I wish to emulate
NES
SNES
N64
GameCube
Gameboy/Gameboy Advance
DS/2DS/3DS
PS1
PS2
PSP
Xbox(Original)
Dreamcast
I don't know much about emulation so I was hoping to get some insight as to which emulator would be best for each console, and recommended specs to run them smoothly while staying under my initial $1,000 budget. My main concern for the specs is Dolphin, due to the fact I've heard that it's incredibly hard to run most of it's games smoothly. I have every console but they broke over time and now it's so hard to get certain consoles or certain accessories, and a lot of older games are becoming pretty valuable so i just feel like emulation is my best option instead of fixing the stuff I have and trying to clean the discs I ruined as a child. I want to build my first PC anyway so I just figured I'd start it as an emulation build and go from there. All I need to know is what specs I'll need to run smooth emulation of virtually any game from any console. So recommendations on CPU,GPU, & RAM are what I'm going to assume I need. Feel free to include your own specs and benchmarks so I have an idea of how it could end up. I just want to avoid dropping much below the original console's fps if at all. When I tried emulation I was trying to emulate Crash Bandicoot from the PS1 and I was at 1-2 fps constantly due to the age of the laptop I was on. I want to be able to smoothly emulate any game I choose to play.
Thank you to anyone who helps me
~Jeremy