Emulator for modding

[s810car]

This question mostly @ the modding teams but anyone who can mod beyond "search getX" modification should have a good opinion.

Trying to decide which emulator to put on my computer, last computer i had tested like every emulator i could find and ended up with too many starting at launch, processes i had to lock/kill to keep my speed up, and folders EVERYWHERE and had to figure out which was which to be able to remove them or manually file manage. Now i got my new comp and want to try to keep its filesystem clean, at least a month or so anyways

Looking for the best emulator, specifically for testing games, cooked ROMs, and most compatible with a debugger thru ida, etc (most likely gdb but if there's an emulator /debugger combo that makes gdb less ideal im open to suggestion). My specs are Intel i7 4.0 Ghz 16gb ram 2gb video(not sure if that one really matters but w/e) and i "might" set up an unbuntu dual boot, currently just win 10. so with those specs and requirements that's what i want an emulator for.

opinions, preferences please let me know thanks!

 

[BTG]

Emulators depend on pref. Using memu but that's only for testing. Some prefer other emulators. Very free can be hooked to debug, test and you'll find your preference. I still use phone, portable and can be done anywhere you like

No such thing as clean folders in Windows. It's a mess and you've signed up to it when you install it lmao

 

[s810car]

Emulators depend on pref. Using memu but that's only for testing. Some prefer other emulators. Very free can be hooked to debug, test and you'll find your preference. I still use phone, portable and can be done anywhere you like

No such thing as clean folders in Windows. It's a mess and you've signed up to it when you install it lmao

"clean-er" folders obv lol I'm aware of windows WONDERFUL filesystem (worse in Windows 10 imo and the wonderful folks at Dell had my SSD boot drive be C:\ so trying to work with more data folders going onto D:\ instead to reduce writes, sigh) so trying to reduce the inevitable. Memu is def on my shortlist, along with Nox (bluestacks was a mess, definitely avoiding that). Thanks for the input

 

[pancakeatomuch]

Android SDK has builtin emulator, development kit standard should be enough used for debugging purpose. Or just bake a custom rom from android-x86 project, thats what i'm doing anyway.

 

[s810car]

Android SDK has builtin emulator, development kit standard should be enough used for debugging purpose. Or just bake a custom rom from android-x86 project, thats what i'm doing anyway.

thought about using Android Studio, didn't have much luck with it before with ida, however i know a lot more than i did when i tried before so maybe
thought about cooking the rom too, only issues i have there is windows (although i hear win 10 has bash capability so maybe ok), and i would want to do both x86 and ARMv7/8 if i do that, and only done modifications to roms before so that'll be new territory for me (i planned on learning that anyways, but not sure if i really want my first attempts to be a rom i use for production testing).
like the ideas though, have to think about that, thanks