Talk me out of this decision - or into it!

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

I wanna buy an i7 mini PC with 512GB HDD and 8GB RAM to emulate games on (N64, Dreamcast, Gamecube, PSP, etc.), HDMI out, bluetooth for an Xbox One controller. About £250. Naturally I'd buy refurb or new with returns accepted. Could be fiddly, but would work out cheaper than buying each console and the resolution out would be up to 4K.

Should I take the plunge?

 

[TippyThomas]

I wanna buy an i7 mini PC with 512GB HDD and 8GB RAM to emulate games on (N64, Dreamcast, Gamecube, PSP, etc.), HDMI out, bluetooth for an Xbox One controller. About £250. Naturally I'd buy refurb or new with returns accepted. Could be fiddly, but would work out cheaper than buying each console and the resolution out would be up to 4K.

Should I take the plunge?

Why not look into a Raspberry PI which would be much cheaper and could do all the emulating with RetroPi OS? I have a Raspberry PI 4 that I use for this and it's been outstanding. Not sure what you're trying to emulate but that machine seems like overkill to me.

 

[kdonnel]

If you have the disposable income, it sounds like retro gaming is your hobby, have at it and have fun.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Why not look into a Raspberry PI which would be much cheaper and could do all the emulating with RetroPi OS? I have a Raspberry PI 4 that I use for this and it's been outstanding. Not sure what you're trying to emulate but that machine seems like overkill to me.

Now that's not a bad idea

 

[TippyThomas]

Now that's not a bad idea

Not sure if it's available where you are but the CanaKit, Raspberry Pi 5 kit with 8gb of ram is about $159 here on Amazon in the US. Maybe there is something similar for the UK address?

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Not sure if it's available where you are but the CanaKit, Raspberry Pi 5 kit with 8gb of ram is about $159 here on Amazon in the US. Maybe there is something similar for the UK address?

I know where to get it from direct, they have some cool stuff. It just never crossed my mind!

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Tippy, you are my saviour! The Raspberry Pi 5 looks ample for what I need, costs minimal, looks good AND ReDream, the only emulator I'm really interested in, is optimised for the OS! I would never have thought of buying one if you hadn't suggested it!

 

[bsmcneil]

Do it, do it, do it. Do Tippy's idea, do it, do it. Report back when you've played your first game on your new system! Do it, do it. sorry