Melee on PC.

[TheOnlyJeff]

Hello, after the responses I've gotten, I've decided to rather settle down on a PC than a Laptop. I was wondering if this PC will work with Melee. Both for recording sessions and also NetPlay. Also will there will be input lag with the monitor? Thank You for responding.

The PC: http://www.walmart.com/ip/46429968




-TheOnlyJeff

 

[Kadano]

Haswell i3 with 3.7 GHz, should work fine. But tbh you can build something better for 500$ if you go for used parts, including the monitor.

The monitor should be okay. Slower than a console plus CRT setup for sure, but it won't lag horribly.

 

[Ed94]

If you don't mind the spending a few extra hours learning about pc's, I highly recommend you vist /r/buildapc. For that budget, you can get a whole lot more of a pc thats capable of playing current pc games at 1080p. Plus melee would run phenomenal. PcPartPicker has many examples of budget builds that can be done.

It took me 9 hours to build mine, budget was a grand, If I bought a prebuilt, I'd would've had half the power I have now.

Its not as hard as people make it out to be, its just adult legos.

BenQ RL2455HM There is a used option for this montior for 163, its reputable for having low input lag.

Here is a great build from PCPartPicker:
https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/2ZXs...ng-for-your-buck-gaming-pc-very-overclockable

For even tighter budget:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/llevene/saved/c7kYcf

You can also get a crt monitor for melee that can run off a vga. I'm planning to do this soon when I can find a widescreen I like from ebay.

 

[Kadano]

Hmm, I don't really agree on the AMD 860K CPU. The Intel G3258 has much better single-thread performance and is known to be the best value for Dolphin. It's also slightly cheaper and overclocks well even with the stock cooler, and you can OC it even on a cheap H81 or B85 motherboard. I got mine to 4.2 GHz on a 53€ ASRock B85M, and that was just with the preset OC function and stock cooler, without any voltage offset attempts.

 

[HoDANG]

If you end up having to buy a PC that was pre-built by someone, remember to uninstall all the crappy trialware/bloatware applications that come pre-installed on the computer before you start playing around with it. From my experience, all 3 of the HP laptops that my family has owned over the years seem to have had a crap ton of bloatware that I can't seem to remove without messing something up, it really sucks actually. Those seem to be a big issue with buying pre-built, other than the poor Value/$ you're receiving of course. I personally bought my PC from CyberPowerPC.com , it's where you pick all the parts you want and then they build it and ship it to you, kinda like what IBuyPower.com does. I'm not exactly sure if it was worth or not, but it seems to work fine for everything I need it for. I'll probably install a Solid State Drive whenever this Hard Disk Drive decides to die out cuz I want my applications to be speedy and super responsive.

But if you decide to venture into the world of building your own rig, which has the added benefit of knowing exactly what's inside your computer, reducing the cost of repair if you ever need to. I've heard PCPartPicker is a great site for picking parts with their Start a System Build section. And I've heard that TigerDirect and NewEgg are great sites for ordering parts. If you're lazy and you have certain electronics stores around where you live, a lot of them have all the parts needed and they can even build it for you in store if you so wish, I believe Fry's Electronics does this > http://www.frys.com/ac/storeinfo/storelocator . Building a PC might seem hard, but with the amazing website called YouTube you can find so many tutorials of how to build a PC. I'd say the most important part about building your own PC is to RESEARCH. You'll need a lot of free time and patience. You don't wanna end up buying parts that aren't even compatible with each other, or forgetting to use anti static protection, cuz then you'll be screwed.

Anybody with more experience, please, feel free to correct anything I've said if I am wrong.

 

[Ed94]

Hmm, I don't really agree on the AMD 860K CPU. The Intel G3258 has much better single-thread performance and is known to be the best value for Dolphin. It's also slightly cheaper and overclocks well even with the stock cooler, and you can OC it even on a cheap H81 or B85 motherboard. I got mine to 4.2 GHz on a 53€ ASRock B85M, and that was just with the preset OC function and stock cooler, without any voltage offset attempts.

I'd agree, and he'd be on budget pretty much. If you need a keyboard and mouse, those are dirt cheap on ebay and amazon so long as your not picky. You can even get one from 20 bucks straight off the shelf.