markinsand

that makes sense

you've been very kind and helpful thank you so much. if i build one, best place to purchase hardware items? ahhhh you're hardcore with the shaders...

thanks for the info... I'll try for an i5 with 16Gb to play it safe.... any suggestions on a brand? Building one is probably not an option for me. What does shaders mean? ha

thoughts on this system? https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B071DM6TWM/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I1KR55343E55LP&colid=4UZHSZ3PRPN&psc=1

I was just about to edit my post with more info... Thanks for the welcome... I look forward to getting up and running... im an old man (41) trying to keep up with all this technology that I used to be able to keep up with...but due to work, kids, coaching my kids etc... on and on... time is short to say the least... I purchased an Xtension arcade console (love it) and am using an AMD powered Win 10 PC and its HORRIBLE, its a used computer from an office environment so I have no idea what the user has running on it etc... slow to load just a POS.... I have Big Box and that is super slow as well ... I have all the NES and Genesis roms... and MAME... however MAME arcade games won't launch for me within LaunchBox... (another story)... So... long answer short i'm looking to run this PC as a MAME emulator to play arcade games... From what I gather Intel is the way to go... as for a budget ... pretty sure my wife will not be happy if I spend more than $400-500 on a PC...

this link is dead... I am looking to get a new computer to run my system... any suggestions would be appreciated.