I've been looking through a lot of the threads lately and it seems that people are posting about problems they're having with running pcsx2 on a TRASH computer. To prevent these useless new threads from popping up I suggest there be a sticky be made of recommended system hardware requirements. I'll list some basic ones here, an admin who knows more about the emulator can add to this if he wants...

1. DUAL CORE (preferably core 2 duo, regular dual cores suck) processor. IF YOU HAVE A SINGLE CORE PROCESSOR, ESPECIALLY PENTIUM 4 DON'T EVEN TRY TO RUN THIS.

2. A DirectX 9.0c or higher graphics card, with AT LEAST 256 mb of memory for 3D games. Recommended on my end would be Nvidia 7600/ATI 1800 or HIGHER. For 2D games, graphics aren't as necessary and would not be needed as much. If you don't know the difference between a 2D game and a 3D game, 2D games are like the early final fantasies, and 3D is like Kingdom Hearts.

3. RAM doesn't really matter all that much! You may hear people bragging about it on their PC and they're right, it matters for A COMPUTER. If you don't try to run things in the background of PCSX2, you only need around
1 GB!!!

These are the components of the computer that matter the MOST in running PCSX2. IF YOU DO NOT MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS, PLEASE DO NOT ***** WHEN YOUR GAME DOES NOT WORK! Chances are, it won't work because you need an UPGRADE or a NEW PC. If you don't wanna do that, THEN GO BUY A GOD DAMN PS2 THEY'RE ONLY $100, CHEAPER THAN ANY DECENT PC UPGRADE OUT THERE!!!!!!!!

BTW Please sticky this if you deem the things i listed to be true.
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CUSTOM BUILT
2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo Intel Processor
2 GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX w/ 768 MB DDR3 RAM
5.1 Logitech Surround Sound
Built-in Temperature Monitor on Tower
3 120 CM Fans (1 intake, 2 outake)
700W SLI Approved Power Supply

PC config
1 GB RAM
core 2 duo 2.8 GHz
nVidia Geforce 7600GT 256 MB
160 GB HD