dbinott Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 (edited) Looking for advice for the smallest machine possible to fit into my 2 player stick below. I have seen some decent and small ones, but $700-800 is way too much. Would like to keep it under $400. Will be an all platform machine, except for maybe N64, just heard it's a beast. Likely won't need to do the more recent CHD stuff. Any recommendations? Edited March 10, 2018 by dbinott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 sayings its an all platform machine except n64 and no chd stuff is pretty vague and I really don't know what systems you are trying to emulate so hardware suggestions would be pretty difficult to give Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbinott Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 ok, sorry, my bad. list such as. 3do atari800 atari2600 atari5200 atari7800 atarilynx atarist atarijaguar atarijaguarcd atarixe colecovision c64 - commodore 64 intellivision msx neogeo n3ds - nintendo 3DS n64 - nintendo 64 nds - nintendo DS nes - nintendo entertainment system gb - game boy gba - game boy advance gbc - game boy color gc - gamecube wii pc sega32x segacd dreamcast gamegear genesis - sega genesis mastersystem - sega master system megadrive - sega megadrive saturn - sega saturn psx ps2 psp - playstation portable snes - super nintendo entertainment system pcengine - turbografx-16/pcengine wonderswan wonderswancolor zxspectrum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Check out @ETAPRIMEs Youtube channel, he does lots of videos on different hardware and shows some performance tests. Maybe you will find something on his channel that suits your needs and budget. https://www.youtube.com/user/Mretaprime/videos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 some of those systems on there are much more performance heavy then N64 and if you are looking for a solution that is small and can run all of those it will probably require that it have a built in GPU so it isn't going to be cheap I think you are going to be hard pressed finding what you want at a good price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbinott Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 which ones are higher than n64? If I have to leave them out to get something that fits inside the box, I will make concessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 PS2 Dreamcast Saturn 3DS possible Wii and Gamecube basically if you want cheap your going to have to use integrated Intel graphics and those systems are going to struggle on it. Even for PS1 you probably will have to use ePSXe instead of the Mednafen PS core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 I guess it really comes down to what are you willing to spend and how small does it really have to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 https://www.amazon.com/VM65N-G063Z-VivoMini-i5-7200U-GeForce-Graphics/dp/B06WV7N9FX/ref=pd_sbs_147_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B06WV7N9FX&pd_rd_r=6DZ597VMQDAC42KTHVP4&pd_rd_w=2aCCG&pd_rd_wg=JGwqr&psc=1&refRID=6DZ597VMQDAC42KTHVP4 But I have no clue if this is more than your willing to spend or what type or performance you will get with a mobile gpu either but I love Asus products Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbinott Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 Thanks. Guess I am going to have to reprioritize. I love the Intel NUC Skull/Hades but damn. $$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 well I just saw a video of the Ryzen 2220G in action and I'm very impressed now it isn't as small as one of these mini computers but its a small board and its a good price. Like I said I don't know how small you need if you have room to mount a mini itx and a PSU ETAPrime built one for I think 340 dollars he said in his video you should definitely check that out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbinott Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 I did have an atom board in there at one point, about same size as an itx. $340 huh? that's like $3400 up here in canadaland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Actually its about 450$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbinott Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 No way I can fit a PSU in there tho. I had some small thing that I used to use on my Car PC. Pico PSU I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra God Azgorath Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Have you considered a raspberry pi 3? I know its not powerful enough to run anything beyond ps1 and probably not what you looking for but it's as small as a deck of cards. and its like less than $50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbinott Posted April 3, 2018 Author Share Posted April 3, 2018 ya, I have 3 or 4 of them. Doesn't run LB or BB obviously tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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