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    EmulationStation inside Retropie on Raspberry Pi B+ does not work with more than 20.000 roms

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      barretta @CaelThunderwing
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      @CaelThunderwing I've installed all on a 4TB external Usb disk

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        CaelThunderwing @barretta
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        @barretta well SD or USB it doesnt matter to Emulationstation it's Still having to parse every rom into a list and the act of doing that past WAY so manywill slow things to a crawl to the point it will lock up, you CAN however speed it up a tiny bit by saving only what you will use to SD over USB as the Pi's SD read/write is faster than its USB2.0 access times even w/ a Pi3 (USB vs MicroSD)

        The only differences using a newer Pi than you are now in the same setup, will be its Not going to lockup w/ that many roms due to running out of Ram. (that and you'll be able to do alot more than the Pi1/0 can) (the differences between 2 and 3, Dualcore ARM CPU vs Quadcore, 1ghz vs 1.2, the 3 has builtin Wifi & Bluetooth and power consumption (2A vs 2.5A[because of the added internal wifi n bluetooth] ) Both models have 1GB Ram vs the B/B+ only 512MB[256 if your talking the first run of the B's) and Cost. the Pi2 is 35$, the Pi3 is 45$

        if your fine using an USB Wifi and bluetooth adapters for wireless connectivity then if your going to get a newer model go the Pi2 but if you want the lil extra Ommph the 3 packs + the built in connectivity then the extra 10$ wont Hurt

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          barretta @CaelThunderwing
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          @CaelThunderwing really thank you rof all the informations.

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            CaelThunderwing @barretta
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            @barretta no Prob :3

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