So I've ordered a Recroommasters 32" cab and emulator plus controller (due to arrive early March) - I have got most of Launchbox, MAME & ROMS working on a external HD to my liking. I'd eventually like to add Daphne and maybe some older retro consoles like ColecoVision, Vectrex, SNES, Genesis etc. (nothing new as I already have an xbox one x, ps4 and switch on the big tv).
I've been using a really old (like 10 years old) gaming PC from back in the day when I built my own gaming pc's and had the time for that stuff (heck I don't even remember the specs it's that old). Anyway - it seems to run everything ok other than scrolling through the games on LB is slow (could be because of the external HD though).
I plan to upgrade to BigBox soon - but think I may be looking at a new PC build. I was hoping to get some recs from the experts on the cheapest way to get a good PC built to run this without a bunch of slowdowns and hiccups when scrolling to all these old arcade games. I've been looking at Intel i5 systems but really would rather not drop close to a grand on a pc for this build. Not sure how the newer AMD cpus are for BigBox/MAME stuff but it seems some of the premade "gaming" ones are really inexpensive if they're AMD vs. Intel.
Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.
Bill
