What kinda hardware should I get for an Emulation box?

[SnowPunk98]

I was thinking K62 450, 128MB RAM, onboard audio, tnt2, PSU, keyboard, mouse, NIC, HDD, CDROM, and floppy. That should be able to handle SNES NES Genesis Neo Geo and whatnot right? also is there anyway I can use my TV as the monitor and speakers?

 

[Migroo]

It should be able to yeah..

For smoother games I'd get a faster CPU like a Celeron or Pentium II. Remember that its not just running one program, but 2 programs (the emulator (how to interpret this strange machine code) and the game!

 

[SnowPunk98]

I dont like intel

 

[Migroo]

Thats cool

Get something comparable then. A Duron would work perfectly.

 

[SnowPunk98]

im not lookin to spend that much the CPU is cheap but the board isnt really

 

[CZroe]

Forthis machine, I suggest you start liking Intel. AMD was worse than ass back then...

 

[Migroo]

You both have good points.

I would tend to agree with CyberZero. I had a K6-2 and I can vouch for what he said...

You'll have to just accept the cost of the board. Perhaps you should just find the cheapest you can / one in the FS/FT forum?

I would say that there is another advantage with going with Intel. Cooling. Less cooling required means less noise. If youre going to hook it up to the TV, then perhaps you'd like a quieter PC?

 

[CZroe]

My "Emulation Box:"

Dual 466Mhz Celeron's at 550Mhz (Wouldn't settle for less than PIII 500Mhz)
GeForce2 GTS-V @ stock GTS speeds (Dirt cheap, standard & fast)
Voodoo2 1000 (UltraHLE!)
SB PCI128 (Dirt cheap 4 speaker card)
512MB PC133 CAS2 (No reason, just cheap)
3x10GB hard drives (2 striped without hardware using XP's software RAID)
Old slow HP 8100i CD-RW (For running PSX emulators. RAID+low usage PC=No buffer under-runs. Get Daemon-Tools too!)
Small 15" monitor + TV OUT (Using a seperate Hollywood+ for MPEG out & TV Tuner for my own reasons)
Network card (Mine has 2 for my own reasons)
4 "Adaptoids" with 4 official N64 pads (EXPENSIVE, but ESSENTIAL for an Emu Box. Hub may be needed. Get one if you only plan to play people online)
Dual boot of course...