$69,- Mini PC Emulation On A Budget - Your Retro 2024 Gaming Dream Machine !
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- HP Elite Mini PC Thin client pc's come in many different Intel CPU models.
This T6600 is a crazy overal good solution for gaming on a budget ! 🦾
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I didn't catch what cpu this has?
This was the T6600 Intel i5.
9:33 here is the moment I chit chat about the specs.
@@WickedGamerCollectorthank you i totally missed that somehow
@@WickedGamerCollectormaybe it would be better to show the pc specifications at the beginning of the video, with writings on the screen, like when you do the review of a boxtv, thanks
@@WickedGamerCollector excuse me, i5-6600T ! A T6600 was an old dual core 😅
@@WickedGamerCollector Intel Core2 Duo T6600 or Intel Core i5 6600T ?
Been watching your channel for a long time now and just before christmas got myself a Lenovo m920q (9th gen i5) for $120 on eBay with 8gb ram and 512gb drive. Doubled the ram it came with to 16gb and it's the business, very happy with it :)
This is the best bang for the buck in my opinion. I just installed Batocera on a Dell 7040 thin client and have been having a blast seeing what this little rig can push. There are TONS of these thin clients out there on the cheap.
The best CPU option for these emulation are i5 7th gen and above, and if you have the option of getting either an i7 6th gen vs i5 7th gen, go with the i5 7th gen. Most if not all emulators are still working on only 4 threads or less, and are optimimized mostly on single thread performance, so more thread doesn't mean more performance. The higher the boost clock on a single thread the more performance you get, but more importantly, is the igpu/apu video card, the 7th gen cpus have a generational upgrade in igpu, from the u530 to the u630. u630 is in 7th, 8th, and 9th gen, so you are getting a be boost in graphics performance when you go for 7th gen and above. This is really what is important when you are looking at these mini devices and are looking to do emulation. Unless if you get a Ryzen 5 2xxx, these have better APU than Intel all together.
I arrived on the same opinion some weeks (and PCs) ago. Now I have a HP 800 G4 i5-7500 and the GPU (HD630) works up to Nintendo Switch!!!
@@AlbertoMarchioro I have HP EliteDesk 705 G2 Mini Business Desktop PC, AMD A10 PRO-8700B up to 3.2GHz, 8G DDR3, 500G, WiFi, BT 4.0 it plays Switch, PS3, Xbox 360, 3DS with Retrobat.
@@DamienLeader what ssd/hdd are u using?
So I found a HP EliteDesk 705 G2 Mini | AMD A10-8700B | 8GB DDR3L | 1TB HDD. And a Hp EliteDesk 705 G4 Mini Desktop AMD A12 8GB RAM NO HD
Both the same price would it be better to buy a g4 and get a ssd for it or is it basically the same?
@@dimeandbiggie353 i have 128gb ssd. I have 16 TB external drives 4 x 4tb
This is the route I settled on as well. Have built tons of systems with SBC's over the years, but it's hard to beat a used 1L PC like these with Batocera. I bought mine for $99 off Amazon, dropped in a 2TB SSD, and can emulate pretty much anything I care about. Even supports Dolphin Bar and Sinden light guns out of the box for Wii controllers and light gun games. The system pulls about 20W at idle and 30W when gaming, which is pretty efficient for the performance IMHO.
It started with watching videos on YT about Androidbox and emuelec... then I wanted to buy one... I came across videos from Minipc... and I was fascinated by them. I bought a Dell Optiplex 3060 i5 8500t 32gb ram, added a 1Tb ssd.. Soon I'll be using gaming pads and Batocera... and I'll drift off into my 80s and 90s. It's all because of you!!! You infected me and I thank you very much. Greetings from Poland
Highly recommend you run windows and load "coinops" that way you can run pc games with a nice front end.
These mini-PCs are the best deal going riight now for emulation, NAS, and small servers. They are more powerful than people realize. I purchased about 8 of them (different model), just because the prices were too low to pass up.
heyy, you sound really experienced to me, I was wondering if you could recommend me some of the mini-pc models you have used or known of that could run PSP games ? for instance GOW chain of olympus at 50-60 FPS. I'm looking for something at 100$ or below.
@@colgatenhasi8006 PSP, even God of War, is not especially hard to run on x86 systems at this point. For your purposes, I'd look at models with the intel 6500t, 6600t(which is the one in the video), the 7500t. I'd lean toward the 6600t or 7500t as that extra bit of power might come in handy with some PS2 if you do that. The AMD 2400GE is also good and has more GPU power so you'd be able to upscale more. Some say those run hot, but mine seems to run fine. From what I've seen, the 7500t can run PSP God of War at 2x resolution without issue. I see on ebay some models are even being sold with storage for under $60. Keep in mind you may have to buy the power supply separately, which isn't too much. Just search for HP, Dell, and Lenovo with the different CPU models.
thanks to you i built a Dell Optiplex 3040 micro Batocera box. i can play up to xbox, ps2, dreamcast, etc. loving every bit of it. it came with 8GB of RAM. looking to up it to 16. thanks for the ideas
It's amazing that we don't need a super computer to play these classics ☺️
What's the CPU on this?
@@kess0009 intel i5-7500 2.9GHz
@@kdstyles1979Were you able to play PS3 games?
And was there any stutter issues?
@@kdstyles1979 wow such power haha! I have a dell 3020 with i3, replaced with i5 4590t 2Ghz. Lately I've been having fun searching for windows games that works on batocera, however some games that used to run are no longer working, just like NFS shift and Gang Beasts. I'm really wondering what makes thia issue
Thanks I enjoy these random tech reviews
Last year, I got a Dell Optiplex 7050 Micro with an i7 CPU, and after boosting the memory to 32GB and installing Batocera on an internal SSD, I can play games up to the Wii and PS2 butter-smooth! 🕹️🎮👍🏼
i do the same thing on an android dev box. its too easy to play games these days
Thank you all the time for awesome content! ☺️
Wicked you are reading my mind again!
I purchased a hp elite desk G4 mini 8th gen i5 last week and downloaded a 2TB batocera image.
I've just ordered a 2tb nvme m.2 to flash it to and should be up and running for some retro naughtiness by the weekend! 😎
Would you mind sharing the link to the image mate
Yeah I would appreciate the link to the image pal
Thank you in advance for the link!
Share the link or feel the wrath of the PIRACY GODZ
Every time I do it gets deleted ARCADE but I'll try again PUNKS
Geweldig. Mn vorige bedrijf gebruikt dit voor de schermen. Het feit dat ze meer kunnen dan wat ze nu doen.. amazing. Thx voor het maken van deze video. Ik ga sneaky ff langs of ze er nog 1 over hebben 😁
Btw for people who want to use a box for youtube in 4k also, not having av1 decoding might be an issue and thus a reason not to choose the old stuff (or the Pi5)
I was given a Lenovo Thinkcentre last month. Again an i5 with Intel 630 graphics. Got it hooked up to a 52" LG OLED and Yamaha Reciever. It runs most things just great, all for free!
I've done pretty much the same 👍
Looks like I'm going to have to go shopping. I like the idea of an almost console-like form factor running some retro classics
Love your videos
Im un the process of converting my HP 800 G3 into a gaming system. Thanks to all of your videos I know what to do, and what to avoid. Thanks!
I've been picking up these Tiny/Mini/Micro systems for a while now. Couple one of these with a 4 bay USB hard drive enclosure, and you have a cheap NAS. They make great dedicated boxes; now that 8th gen Intel units are showing up on the used market, Windows 11 via RDP works great for those Windows-only programs. Yes, I could use a virtual machine (done that), but it's nice to have a dedicated CPU handling heavy duty stuff like transcoding and recompressing, then have it shut itself off when done to save power. (Wake-on-LAN is great.)
I have the Retroboss mini pc from Retropia. It's amazing triforce emulation, wiimote, sinden gun support, amazing stuff.
I just recently converted my 2009 iMac that was collecting dust to a Batocera machine, it's great just because the quality of the screen.
That’s a super cool idea, good to reuse such nice displays
Did you have trouble running games on an older Mac?
MINI PC IS REALLY A GREAT CHOICE FOR EMULATION GAMINGG
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Hi my friend is the 2Tb game hard drive you replaced the original on with linked somewhere? Great video
Love u Buddy❤ can u do the M6s from morefine? Its very small im worroed ot sooooo small it will over heat to easy and want to know, can it even run ps2, and gamecube?❤
You were very lucky to get one of these for such a cheap price - the ones, I saw, all around 150,00 Euros. But thanks for showing this!
HP has been making some Slick SFF or SSFF cases lately, Not sure why, the ProDesk like this Look like the Grill of an O.G. Xbox,
the EliteDesk with the Silver/Chrome looking faceplate, just simplistic to look at as an easy Gaming Set-Top Box
these are at the heart of a few of my arcade machines. cant pass them up for the price to power
If I hadn't already gotten emulation going on my Xbox Series X I'd definitely consider giving this a go
what about switch and 3ds emulation? I think if this could hande lite ps3 games I could definitly see switch gaming possible.
The link doesn’t show this box?
It shows a bunch of different clear ones and a few black ones that are tall and boxy looking but not this specific unit which I think I actually look the best ..
Either way great video! Hopefully I can find this?!
I use the older elitedesk version of this you covered before, but this seems to be the same thing with a slightly less underpowered cpu (the elitedesk has an i5 660ou).
The elitedesk can still handle some more basic xbox games tho, Phantom Crash runs fine on it. PS2 and Gamecube runs everything fine on it. Oh, and despite rumours, I know someone who has windows 11 on their elitedesk. so Windows 11 should run fine on the prodesk too
Also, strongly disagree about not using the on board speaker. It's quite decent for what it is, just stick it on the shelf under the TV and enjoy your retro games
EDIT: It seems the T series i5 is the basic non-overclockable chip, the U series is i7. So the prodesk is just a renamed elitedesk that was previously reviewed a year or 2 ago
Still a decent machine tho, go get one (of any name). OH, but be careful, only get one with a 90W charger. Friend of mine got one on Amazon with a 65W charger, and he had lots of power issues. he asked what I use, and got a 90W charger like I have
That's cool, i wonder what the video system would handle for pc games.
I have a few of these mini PC's of various brands and they are perfect solutions for something like this. I consider them the SBC killers. Unless you absolutely need an SBC for a niche purpose, these are the way to go. They also work well as low power consumption game servers. Do not underestimate these. Also, make sure you get a known brand like Dell, HP or Lenovo. Arm mini PC's are not on the same level. And the prices are destroying SBC's right now.
These machines are almost flawless.
Only drawback is that you cant use a graphics card which is kind of sad but you really cant complain for that price.
Does it have a wireless M.2 a/e key slot? If it does, you can add an external GPU with an adapter. Youd have to then use a USB wifi module. EDIT...it already has NVMe compatible M.2...so you most def can run an external GPU.
Yes you can ive seen them external
@@AaronHenduYeah thats fair, although they seem a bit on the expensive side which kind of defeats the purpose of gaming machine on a budget
The problem with used products like this is that prices might differ greatly (especially youtubers seem to get them a lot cheaper than their followers ;) ) So it's less fun comparing them to each other, because the option for a fair price might not be available for many people. Do you know that sometimes that their little intel N100 boxes (DDR5 versions seems to handle even PS2 2x upscale and Xbox classic emulation!) that are cheaper than the windows 11 pro license installed on them? I think that one might more sense because it has hardware Av1 decoding so you can play 4k60 CZcams on it. With al the cheap alternatives new and second hand the reign of the Raspberry Pi seems to be definitely over anyway.
Don't don't don't 😂
I just purchased the GMKtech K2 with the 7735HS LOL.
That's a great purchase!
7xxx amd are great 👌
Ill take a prebuilt exlease pc from the big three before some chinese crap.
@@Southized
But whether rebuilt or not it's from China, I've never understood that.
@@collectibles4u hp lenovo and dell can be trusted. Chinese pcs come preinstalled with firmware and who knows what else they can put on the drives.
Got recently few hp elitedesks 600 G3 for 50€ a pop, everything up to PS2 (still need to check xbox clasic) works flawlesly on them and for price I paid it is great, for higher end systems I realy dont care as I only want it to cover 4:3 aspect ratio consoles, going to 21" crt. All of them came with Intel g4600, 8gb ram, 512gb nvme and 1tb ssd. Companyes are diching them as they are forced to upgrade to pcs that are win 11 compatibile. So highly recomend those over cheap game boxes. Yes game boxes are in some way easier to setup but versatility of mini pc in performance is unmatched for same or less price, even better if you find ones that are based on AMD as those have even better gpus then HD630.
You can always upgrade the cpu. I had the same and upgraded the cpu to an i7-6700T. Definitely a performance upgrade but worth it
what game controller are you using? thanks.
Excuse me, but where do we buy this box?
I don't see any link for this!
Now can u add roms and isos to the system? And also upgrade hard deive ans ram??
Somebody sounds sick
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Seems nice :)) it look cool to play nice gen console lolol retro console took so much Space
Gmktec g3 better or same power?
Any idea if it will run NFL Blitz on Mame? Enjoy the channel. Thx
Mainboard is HF but not HP? Thanks!
Tekken tag is a good benchmark for ps2 but incredibly hit and miss but great little PCs 👍
still we could play tekken 1 mame 😶
Hi! I have a new current gen Alienware that I only use for old games like Age of Empires. Can I use it as retro console too or should I get a separate device for retro gaming only?
Batocera is actually capable of running some Windows games, new and old. Some games are as simple as renaming the folder with a .pc extension and adding a custom autorun.cmd file with the appropriate line of text pointing to the main exe.
You can always install Bato on a USB drive as well to keep your main PC OS and boot into Bato any time anywhere.
what mini pc model do you suggest to look for to have a very smooth up to ps3 xbox switch emulation?
I would get something really powerful.
Video coming over a couple of days.
AMD Ryzen 7xxx series.
More power ... better it is.
What CPU does this have in it? You never actually mentioned the specific model aside from its an i5. What model of i5? How much RAM? You didn't mention these, which is unhelpful. The most I garnered from your video is that is had a 250gb SSD and dual channel RAM (capacity not mentioned, but after magnifying the image its 2x4GB).
Can you link these up to a tv
i would play devil may cry like that all day and night. you hav some high standard
devil may cry ... did finish part 1.
Reall y enjoyed myself with that.
Not taking any anti static precautions, even if it was done on an anti-static mat.
I really wanna turn my current HP EliteBook desktop g1 sff into a retro console with batocera but I don't wanna lose the capability of PC games I know batocera has a windows section but it's not very well explained,plz wicked gamer with your next video plz show or test PC games on batocera or send me a link on how to do it if you already made a video regarding windows games on batocera
I've gotten several running on mine. Most games it's as simple as renaming the game folder with a .pc extension (ex: Stardew Valley.pc) and creating an autorun.cmd file (using Notepad - or the text editor in Batocera file browser) in the game folder, which includes a line of text pointing to the game's main exe.
Games that require additional runtimes (DirectX, Visual C, etc) can be a little tricky though. You have to download and install the runtimes via linux terminal (which is basically command prompt or powershell in Windows), run the game to install it and ensure the game is working, then delete or rename the folder where the runtime installers were downloaded so Wine doesn't install them every time you play the game.
Seems as though Windows support has gotten better over the past few updates. But that may be due in part to the inclusion of Wine updates.
@@terrapinflyer273 damn thank you do much bro , I actually have gotten some PC games to run on batocera and some has worse performance on batocera compared to windows and I recently saw a video by techdweed where he had a 12 TB HDD that has like PS4 and ps5 games which was basically PC games running and I think it was called playnite I'm looking more into it every day but again thank you for taking the time to write to me
After I made a Batocera box, I never went back to my retro consoles.
ps classic is good plays up to psp and performance is pretty good with the latest version . Only usb power needed and its super small
Im keen to convert my Thinkpad to Batocera
E bay I got a pc on luck and I didn't look at what it was grafix I don't know I just needed it when got miyoo mini plus's to swop games out but omg it's widows 11 with hd screen grat plays cop cam game all I have played I want a hared drive like this but got one spera I need sume one or me to mack in to one or added pc memory lots of usbs 😊my oculus dev kit 1 is grat as well that was 25£ yes look it up good condition cam from a company
Does anyone know how silent hill 2 runs?
Does it have tekken 6 retribution?
Were did you get the controller from if u don't mind me asking
Xbox 360 used market place.
Other solutions ali-express.
Your link don't work : "Budget Game Box Solution"
Can you add more games to it
Have you tried out the Super console x 5 pro
It's here not try'd it .. not excited at all 🤣
I'm kinda done with android I want mini pc with batocera stuff. 🤨
@@WickedGamerCollector well I ordered one 3 days ago so it'll be a couple weeks before I get it I was hoping to see your review before then
Is there any way to get this prebuilt and plug and play?
At this point .. buy the mini HP pc.
Slap a HDD on this and your done.
Depends on the games you want to play - as you say "basic" games, yes it's ok
Lol....i play modern "boomer shooters" on 7th gen 7500t.
Nice vid! But please dial back your talking speed a little dude.
will it take 1tb SD cards and flash drives?
you can go for the NVME ?
Oh not bad for gamecube
Can it run burnout 3 ?
Where can you buy this one? Your link brings up a totally different system
These are used systems.
Try local market place maybe ?
@@WickedGamerCollectorAh ok thanks, I did wonder! Makes sense now
were can we order from."? not a fan of aliexpress
Looks great. Can it play xbox 360?
No
This one cant. But lenovos 2nd gen Ryzen 5 GE 2400 pro can.
@@returnofmerenguespersempre6664 Eta prime tested it once long time ago and it wasn't good which is to be expected. I searched and I cant find any vid with a 2400G running xbox 360 emulation good enough
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Wicked for decades now we’ve been ahead of the game I have my setup and it runs all generations of consoles and all their games I have all from generation 1 to now with the exception of ps5 Xbox x/s emulation my set up is the best I literally have it all physically and emulation wise from 1980-Now
@mjdf122 what kind of setup do you have?
Lo mas barato que podes comprar en argentina es un tv box con android a 144 dolares minimo "costo pais" ( los compatriotas estafan y roban)
Just checked local prices, its $300 at least. I wonder where I can get it for $69.
Ebay auction. There are some elitedesk 800 bidding at less than 100. I think you want a gen 8 i5. These can upgrade to i9 with a new power supply.
would it do switch?
Naah... we need more juice for that 🦾
What about Switch Emulation? Can it even run it Playable?
Nope...
How much ram do need
The best is dual channel to begin with.
I think 16gb would be more than enough.
You can try 8gb.
Beside that get a fast CPU 😎
Are you sure T6600? That's a laptop? Are you sure it's not a HP ProDesk G6 Mini? Or something like that?
I'm pretty sure it is a ProDesk 600 G2
There is nothing better than repurposing old, unloved ex-office PC'S into awesome retro gaming beasts! This is the joy of the hobby imho, not buying crappy, virus infected Chinese rubbish.
This is fine for retro emulation. However if you REALLY want some power grab a RYZEN model! They are way better.
Ryzen is the way to go for full emulation power 🦾
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So what are the specs?
Yeah no mention of CPU, or have I missed it?
Goes over it around 9:30
it doesnt match even the minimum requirements for pcsx2, let alone the recommended ones
Wicked "takinconsideration" Gamer 😜
I take shot everytime you say this.
I have an alcohol problem now 😂
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I love these tiny/mini/micro computers. I have about 5 for various uses. But one of the things I'd particularly like to see is someone running HoloISO on one of the Ryzen based minis ( e.g. HP EliteDesk 705 G5 Mini). I feel it's a missed opportunity.
Aca en argentina tendrias que pagar 7 veces mas dinero por algo asi... costaria alrededor de 450 dolares a precio de estafa total... "no fue magia"
Dude i had my headphones on high volume, when u said in the demonic voice _Lets put it back together, Yes?!?!_..... 😳 🫢
EDIT: forgot to mention i was on the city bus, and it was moderately filled..yea i Yelped/gasped/ ahh heck, i screamed 😅😆
Ter info, een Thin Cliënt is wat anders dan een mini PC/desktop.
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Yeah that was quick ! 😄
I don't get the point because you didn't even watch the video before commenting. Do you win a cookie? I must be getting old as I don't get the point 😅
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i find batocera is best
Yeah, 😁
If that mini PC had the i7 6700T, it would probably do much better in N64, and SOME PS2 games. Definitely not PS3.
Using an i7 6700T
N64 no problem at all.
It can do most ps2.
A ton at 2x as well.
It can so some ps3,but nothing 3D graphic heavy ofcourse.
But defo dont buy if ps3 is your priority.
do not buy this dual core...there are computers with 4 cores for roughly the same. You will NOT be able to run xbox games with a dual core, they don't even run on quad core with hyperthreading very well. I have a ryzen 5 2400g with an rx 560 and it doesn't even run halo 2 or fable well enough to play it
SSD2TB SSD4TB SSD8TB SSD16TB MINI NANO ITX PC COM 32GB RAM DDR5 GPU AMD RYZEN R9 OR INTEL I9?
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intel UHD ew
yeah 😅
This is a used PC. It may break in like a month.
Really appreciate this my G! I've been looking for something to throw all my emulators on to play besides my main PC, but not spending too much! 🤘🏾🫡
So far the best deal I have found.
Ofcourse it is a used mini pc.. that makes a HUGE difference in price 😁