The Best 4k $89 Budget INSANE Emulation Solution! / HP EliteDesk AMD Ryzen

[@LatitudeSky]

Just got an Elitedesk G3 with a 7th gen i3 for like $40. It's crazy how well it works. Emulation is no problem at all. Found a matching HP monitor for like $10 at Goodwill and now have a whole HP desktop experience.

[@ka7al958]

That's a really good deal but not something common, that being said, even these low tier Ryzen CPUs have much better integrated graphics than the Intel HD/UHD on laptops.

[@lurkerrekrul]

I don't know anything about Batocera, but on my OLD Core-2-Duo system, I've never had an issue running Need for Speed Rivals at higher resolutions in PPSSPP. In fact, I never turn on frame skipping. A couple games needed a couple specific tweaks to the settings, but in general, everything I've tried has run great.

[@jbFromNYC]

I purchased an elitedesk G3 recently, and it's a powerhouse 👍

[@WickedGamerCollector]

I'm surprised how good this works ! 😅

[@codyandfriendsplay12]

I got that one but has a Ryzen 5 Pro in it. Most of the games I have played run so well! Titanfall 2, and others play really well. If you want something in terms of a budget computer for some gaming, this is a good option

[@canadianturtle7240]

can you change controllers?

[@kiDchemical]

18:39 Mortal Cumbat 😮 I’m old enough for MSX but I’ve never seen one here in the USA. Maybe they released them here with English OS but they weren’t popular? 🤷‍♂️ I’ve wanted to get a Yamaha CX5M for years. I’m interested in computers and synthesizers and it’s an interesting piece of early computer music history. It’s an MSX with a built in FM synthesizer and some software.

[@budge1972]

turned mine into a little Bazzite rig for my older steam titles, its freakin awesome

[@gloe9362]

I installed Batocera into an old Netbook that has a quad core Atom. I was very surprised when playing Crazy Taxi with 2x resolution perfectly. It also played Marvel vs Capcom 1 and 2 fine. Haven't tried other games, will try this weekend.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Atom never tried those before. After seeing Dual Core cpu's performa I realize maybe this is the lowest I go for now 😂 regarding specs.

[@gloe9362]

@WickedGamerCollector PS2 is a no go. I was able to play Mario Kart double dash on GameCube. It did run a bit slower than normal but it worked.

[@zockeromi1970]

For the lesser demanding systems a good solution

[@Necronomous]

I bought a RetroStation on harddrive 4tb. Then I bought a 4tb M.2 harddrive and putted everything in there, because it was some hickups from external hdd, but now I don't got any problems at all what so ever. Works like a charm. But it was a pain in the neck getting it from external to M.2. Only took around 14 hours. Hahaha.

[@RetroGamer-cn9or]

I picked up an Elitedesk G4 with Ryzen 5 2400G for $60 plus $10 shipping on eBay the other day (US). Should work well for the vertical bartop arcade I'm building. I looked at a raspberry Pi 5 but thought this was the better way to go for the money.

[@davidbermudez7704]

That’s an awesome multi-emulator system

[@ryecatcher25]

This with coinops is the endgames of budget boxes.

[@ryanbartlett672]

Great timing. Just bought 3 off ebay. Thanks. Going retrobat vs batocera i think.

[@canadianturtle7240]

this is insane. just bought one

[@skideric]

Got one of these with the 65W 2400G.Much better performance than the 2200GE Or 2400GE,Both 35W...

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Yeah, maybe in the future we can check. In the end there are so many ways to play and emulate 😅

[@budgetking2591]

Nope, i had both 2200g and 2400g, they are basicly same speed, 35 watt or 65 watt it doesnt matter much, the memory bandwidh is the bottleneck for both.

[@skideric]

@@budgetking2591 Was NOT talking about them.Said the GE Versions are Lower Wattage & Freq.And yes the 2400G Will Beat the 2200G in some instances,but they are close...

[@Timmiieehh]

@@skideric "Got one of these with the 65W 2400G.Much better performance than the 2200GE Or 2400GE,Both 35W.." Seems like you were talking about them?

[@ravagingwolverine666]

Great recommendation. These have been the best value going for emulation for a while. I got mine just about a year ago. Of course, the 2400GE can be found in Lenovo and Dell machines too. I got the same HP model. Price was about the same too, though it was on sale and I did have to buy the power supply separately. It also only came with one RAM stick. These APUs really want two sticks to take advantage of dual-channel memory. I haven't tested it with emulation, but with PC games having two sticks can make an enormous difference in performance, which is worth knowing. I got my 705 G4 mostly to do PS2, and it does it very well. Plus the two-tone look is pretty snazzy. I have heard people say these things run hot, and there is a 65 watt version which definitely runs hotter. With regard to that, I'll just say that the 65 watt 2400G does come in the larger SFF class machines. While bigger than these tiny one-liter models, they are not huge. They're probably preferable with better cooling and quieter fans overall, so if anyone is looking at these and sees this, definitely look at the SFF models. Prices should be about the same too, based on the last time I looked a couple of months ago.

[@gloe9362]

Checkout Toasty Bros channel. They installed a dedicated GPU in a Dell mini G4.

[@11quinlin]

Do you have to install the games yourselves

[@markenetube]

I have tried retrobat on a pc , but had a lot of problems scraping images. I may try buying a ready made HD.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Setup of HDD's can take up a lot of time indeed.

[@GlitchyGokuBlack]

I played Pokemon Red version, Pokemon Silver version,Super Mario Land 1,2 & 3

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Ow YES ! Amazing games 🦾

[@mjdf122]

Wicked emulation time

[@cblade007]

So is it plug and play?

[@GlerpidyGlarson]

It's funny I like to use Marvel versus Capcom 2 as a benchmark for emulation. If you can competently have a perfect match in Marvel 2 it's worth its money if it's less than $200

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Amazing game and crazy rendering on this cheap thing 😲

[@GlerpidyGlarson]

@WickedGamerCollector yeah we're starting to finally get to the next level

[@frankynakamoto2308]

Is there a similar mini pc that is a little bit more powerful

[@DroidLocks6971]

.... I really enjoyed this video . . . .

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Thanks for watching ! 🙌

[@killiankiid]

What is the full name for this device?

[@bjrnulstrup5420]

Thanks for the video can i use the batocera drive on my Nvidia shield pro or do i have to have a pc thanks

[@k76bk15]

Where did you get it at $89? The g4 2200GE varient generally sells around $120 or in modern standard $119.

[@Southized]

I see them on ebay around 80 all the time just have to check auctions before they sell

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Deep dive into Ebay and put a search result in so you get a message. I bought the mini pc from a local store .. don't know it's interesting for US viewers. www.haaimacomputers.nl/a-83346974/welkom/705m-gaming-vega-8-ryzen-3-pro-8gb-ddr4-256gb-nvme-w11p/#description

[@gloe9362]

Also look for the Lenovo Thinkcentre versions.

[@Kevin-vh6nn]

try to look for 5600g... the small price upgrade is worth it... these are great price but more for kids or retro

[@bembelknecht]

I have a spare barebones of that sold as defective for about €7, 50 (450 peso) ; just had to do minor repairs and it works, hoping to get the BIOS hacked with new microcode to get a 4700g working...

[@Curt-iy7ck]

Thos thing comes with all the games on it?

[@Egnepkram]

Trying to get a question answered which plug and play console is better x pro ll or the time machine ?

[@Southized]

Why batocera 29? These old version are holding back performance it could be even better

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Batocera 29 was an old setup great for the oldschool stuff. Later on I switched to a newer version regarding better emulators 👍 Modern Emulation & Upscaling - 27:29

[@Kopi83r]

Epic 👍

[@leinandras1353]

Hey Wicked, you could try hooking up a gtx 1650 via m.2 to test some more upscaling with the more modern systems

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Let me see I have some other cool mini pc's with GPU upgrade options. Buying now some GTX cards low profile to see to build something.

[@gloe9362]

​@@WickedGamerCollectorToasty Bros added a dedicated GPU into one of these. Check out their channel

[@ben-tendo]

I had one of these, they can be very temperamental with some TV models when it comes to sound. That's the main downfall.

[@krzysztofjablonski1247]

Wicked, I have a question for you. If you have a Mini Pc i5 8500t 32Gb ram, is it worth looking for something with Ryzen 2200/2400GE or Ryzen5 3400GE? Should I give up and stop looking for loopholes 😉

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Good question ! I have this same kinds of specs in the storage wanted to get into it later on. At this point the i5 8e gen are great however AMD does have a strong GPU on board. But ... will the 8e gen GPU be better then that AMD Ryzen thing Vega GPU ? Mmmm.. good one. Benchmark website say intel is better. cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-8500T-vs-AMD-Ryzen-3-2200G/m532888vsm441832 No extra information what GPU is better 😲

[@neotronicmind8337]

Lepiej 65W Ryzen 5 2400G, a nie 35W GE. Do tego 16GB RAM w dwóch modułach po 8GB i śmiga jak szalony. Wiem, bo mam 😊

[@ryecatcher25]

I have a 7600t which is close to 8500t performance. The bog difference is a 8500t can run win11. But anyway i also have a mini pc 3400ge. The 3400ge is significantly better than the 7600t. But if you already have a 8500t, then i wouldnt pay more than 80 bucks for a 3200ge or 3400ge.

[@bembelknecht]

​@@WickedGamerCollector don't use userbenchmark as a source, they have some sort of hatred against AMD; the 8th gen integrated graphics will in no way beat a Ryzen Vega 8; having said that, the 8500t should be good enough to emulate up to PS2; if by any chance OP has a Lenovo tiny with PCIe slot inside, an RX550 4GB or RX6400 would be an upgrade; else selling/flipping it for a newer Ryzen office PC might be an option too.

[@LatitudeSky]

​@@ryecatcher25 The 7th gen can also run Win 11 just fine with Rufus or the similar methods.

[@budiisnadi]

at that price the only one available in my country are the one with AMD A8. The ones with Ryzen are much more expensive.

[@brandonbagaskara4119]

precies dit zoek ik ook!

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Ik heb hem bij Haaima computer's besteld. Kortom als mede NL perfect 🦾

[@bearde_mut9731]

Haaima only ships within Germany..... There are more countries in EU than Germany. Might want to change that in video description as it is technically false advertising. Also what is the deal with German tech retailers stiff necking the rest of EU? Is other Europeans money not good enough for them?

[@TeamPandory]

Zalman!!! 👨

[@WickedGamerCollector]

That is a Retro Brand !

[@kdstyles1979]

can you do a video with xbox and xbox 360 emulation on this system please

[@ClaudeKenny-bo4ct]

i have a ryzen 5 5600G and 32gb ram. with xbox emulation Fable gets ~25 fps. For good frames you need a gpu.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

So this is not going to be a cheap mini pc solution 😲

[@kdstyles1979]

​@@WickedGamerCollector No worries. Wasn't sure how good it would be on the 705. Not tryna break the bank for PS3 and Xbox 360

[@MaximusJohal]

Movie street fighetr game was good just looked clunky due to low frames, they needed more frames per character

[@sharpsteel6272]

the brand of the external drive in italian means pretty much "I'm coming"...

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Wait.... whut ! 🤣

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

im nearing 45 years old and as much as the handhelds intrique me (didnt have them as a kid ) i learned those small screens and small units just arent for me ive got big man hands and nering 45 Y.O. my eyes arent as good as they used to be i need the larger screen and controls offered by emulation otherwise i cant enjoy handhelds

[@WickedGamerCollector]

We do have many big screen handhelds now a days. 🙌

[@chucknorris-ec1pt]

Dose it have sega cd

[@NikoReid]

i bought an 500gb kinhank drive from amazon but it says its not compatible with amd chips. so how u get it to boot?

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Make sure it is the right kind of series of AMD you do have some really old chips out there. Normally Ryzen is no problem. However if you have a new AMD Ryzen 7xxx or 8xxx series machine they are using system 33 or some kind. What you get is that it would boot do of not understanding what is for pc. Sometimes .. connect to an old pc and update the drive to the latest version and then plug it into your new AMD ryzen machine. Ow ... don't forget secure boot needs to be disabled. That can also make a lot of problems. Only in dual boot you need to enable it again when using Windows.

[@AnANas00-x3p]

I have a PC, I just need a image with all the rooms.

[@intelin123]

does it come with games

[@WickedGamerCollector]

It's about a pc emulation solution with batocera. Watch video 3:14 I explain solutions.

[@intelin123]

@WickedGamerCollector ok. I see that. Thanks

[@geekgo4]

Is it possible to play 3DS and Wii on this?

[@davidbermudez7704]

If it has the specs

[@gloe9362]

Definitely possible. I play Wii games like New Super Mario Brothers, X-Men Legends 1 and 2 in the Dolphin emulator. I'm playing these on an old HP laptop that has a 5th Gen i5. Plays fine for me. Also installed RetroPie and play PS2 games fine so far

[@WickedGamerCollector]

3DS not sure ... wii it's possible. Same emulator like the game cube.

[@henrytuttle]

i play them and the even the switch and some xbox 360, ps3, and aaa pc (low settings) on my 2400ge no problems. But the gpu in the 2200ge is significantly slower.

[@gatti493]

Hi great video , can you tell me is the Odyssey 2 on this console please ?

[@WickedGamerCollector]

I did not see it. Check with supported consoles & batocera online.

[@tinusmus6258]

Ik ben momenteel bezig een I5 gen 8 aan het ombouwen tot een laptop in steampunk stijl. Neem gerust contact op als u intresse heeft

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Goedendag Tinus, Dat klinkt best wel tof en zeker leuk voor content. Ik kan U niet contacteren dus U zal dit even moeten doen via de email zie informatie channel.

[@oliwek70]

01:25 90volts! That will be dangerous to use on 220V 🤕

[@WickedGamerCollector]

No no 19.5v power supply the oldschool HP solution. So far I know I can even use this on old laptops with same voltage 😅

[@oliwek70]

Sure. 90 watts should .be plenty for that

[@ashishgup]

It's bizarre that your emulation videos have no frame rate counters.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Most emulators does... only it's small - right corner.

[@ashishgup]

I see that you don't have it for PlayStation games, especially for systems it really matters like ps2 and ps3. It'd be useful to add otherwise it's hard to tell if the system is good for those high end systems or not just by the video alone.

[@Metoo24]

He he he he he

[@WickedGamerCollector]

👹

[@mahendrasinghbora8559]

Ps3 all game play