diff --git a/Externals/wxWidgets3/build/msw/wx_base.vcxproj b/Externals/wxWidgets3/build/msw/wx_base.vcxproj
index 3b0fc54955..09bb56032c 100644
--- a/Externals/wxWidgets3/build/msw/wx_base.vcxproj
+++ b/Externals/wxWidgets3/build/msw/wx_base.vcxproj
@@ -1286,7 +1286,6 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\Source\VSProps\Base.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\..\Source\VSProps\PrecompiledHeader.props" />
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\Source\VSProps\WXWOverrides.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
diff --git a/Source/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/CMakeLists.txt
index 917c00efef..267ceff2be 100644
--- a/Source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if(ENABLE_PCH)
 	else()
 		set(pch_lib_filename "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libpch.a")
 	endif()
-	set(pch_src_filename "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pch.h")
+	set(pch_src_filename "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/PCH/pch.h")
 
 	if(APPLE)
 		set(type objective-c++-header)
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ if(ENABLE_PCH)
 	endif()
 
 	set_source_files_properties(
-		pch.h PROPERTIES
+		PCH/pch.h PROPERTIES
 		COMPILE_FLAGS "-x ${type}"
 		HEADER_FILE_ONLY 0
 		LANGUAGE CXX)
 
-	add_library(pch STATIC pch.h)
+	add_library(pch STATIC PCH/pch.h)
 
 	add_custom_command(
 		TARGET pch
diff --git a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/AudioCommon.vcxproj b/Source/Core/AudioCommon/AudioCommon.vcxproj
index c1fe0dd5fc..d9030c1ca6 100644
--- a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/AudioCommon.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/AudioCommon/AudioCommon.vcxproj
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\Base.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\PrecompiledHeader.props" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\PCHUse.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="Mixer.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="NullSoundStream.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="OpenALStream.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp">
-      <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="WaveFile.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="XAudio2Stream.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="XAudio2_7Stream.cpp">
@@ -65,7 +62,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="OpenSLESStream.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="PulseAudioStream.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="SoundStream.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="WaveFile.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="XAudio2Stream.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="XAudio2_7Stream.h" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/AudioCommon.vcxproj.filters b/Source/Core/AudioCommon/AudioCommon.vcxproj.filters
index ffb57727a5..d79b692828 100644
--- a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/AudioCommon.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/Source/Core/AudioCommon/AudioCommon.vcxproj.filters
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="XAudio2Stream.cpp">
       <Filter>SoundStreams</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="XAudio2_7Stream.cpp">
       <Filter>SoundStreams</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="XAudio2Stream.h">
       <Filter>SoundStreams</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="XAudio2_7Stream.h">
       <Filter>SoundStreams</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
diff --git a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/stdafx.cpp b/Source/Core/AudioCommon/stdafx.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ec820a662..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/stdafx.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#include "AudioCommon/stdafx.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/stdafx.h b/Source/Core/AudioCommon/stdafx.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7257e555ab..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/stdafx.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#pragma once
-
-// Windows Vista is the lowest version we support
-// BUT We need to use the headers for Win8+ XAudio2, so Win8 version is used here.
-// The XAudio2 code will gracefully fallback to older versions if the new one
-// isn't available at runtime.
-#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0602
-
-#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
-#define NOMINMAX            // Don't include windows min/max definitions
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <functional>
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
index 246b5da0e7..aebfc3e7ea 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,4 @@ if((NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin") AND (NOT ANDROID))
 	set(LIBS ${LIBS} rt)
 endif()
 
-enable_precompiled_headers(stdafx.h stdafx.cpp SRCS)
-
 add_dolphin_library(common "${SRCS}" "${LIBS}")
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/Common.vcxproj b/Source/Core/Common/Common.vcxproj
index 106d925365..bd0f21bcc9 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/Common.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/Common.vcxproj
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\Base.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\PrecompiledHeader.props" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\PCHUse.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="PcapFile.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="SDCardUtil.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="SettingsHandler.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="StdConditionVariable.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="StdMakeUnique.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="StdMutex.h" />
@@ -108,9 +107,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="PcapFile.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="SDCardUtil.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="SettingsHandler.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp">
-      <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="StringUtil.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="SymbolDB.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="SysConf.cpp" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/Common.vcxproj.filters b/Source/Core/Common/Common.vcxproj.filters
index 3bb9f14958..3070d1c85b 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/Common.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/Common.vcxproj.filters
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="Logging\LogManager.h">
       <Filter>Logging</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Crypto\ec.h">
       <Filter>Crypto</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="Logging\LogManager.cpp">
       <Filter>Logging</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="XSaveWorkaround.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="GekkoDisassembler.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/stdafx.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/stdafx.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index f75affca28..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/Common/stdafx.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#include "Common/stdafx.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/stdafx.h b/Source/Core/Common/stdafx.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 33024b3aea..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/Common/stdafx.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#pragma once
-
-#if _MSC_FULL_VER < 180030723
-#error Please update your build environment to VS2013 with Update 3 or later!
-#endif
-
-// Windows Vista is the lowest version we support
-#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0600
-
-#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
-#define NOMINMAX            // Don't include windows min/max definitions
-
-#include <tchar.h>
-#include <vector>
-#include <Windows.h>
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
index e4a0d6336c..55669cfb0f 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ set(SRCS	ActionReplay.cpp
 			NetPlayServer.cpp
 			PatchEngine.cpp
 			State.cpp
-			stdafx.cpp
 			VolumeHandler.cpp
 			Boot/Boot_BS2Emu.cpp
 			Boot/Boot.cpp
@@ -242,8 +241,7 @@ endif(LIBUSB_FOUND)
 set(LIBS ${LIBS} ${POLARSSL_LIBRARY})
 
 if(WIN32)
-	set(SRCS ${SRCS} HW/BBA-TAP/TAP_Win32.cpp stdafx.cpp
-		HW/WiimoteReal/IOWin.cpp)
+	set(SRCS ${SRCS} HW/BBA-TAP/TAP_Win32.cpp HW/WiimoteReal/IOWin.cpp)
 elseif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
 	set(SRCS ${SRCS} HW/BBA-TAP/TAP_Apple.cpp HW/WiimoteReal/IOdarwin.mm)
 	set(LIBS ${LIBS}
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Core.vcxproj b/Source/Core/Core/Core.vcxproj
index 064a9b2af3..e775eb741a 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Core.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Core.vcxproj
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\Base.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\PrecompiledHeader.props" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\PCHUse.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -231,9 +231,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="PowerPC\Profiler.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="PowerPC\SignatureDB.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="State.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp">
-      <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="VolumeHandler.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="x64MemTools.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -412,7 +409,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="PowerPC\Profiler.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="PowerPC\SignatureDB.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="State.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="VolumeHandler.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Core.vcxproj.filters b/Source/Core/Core/Core.vcxproj.filters
index 85198fece7..ed0f50b635 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Core.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Core.vcxproj.filters
@@ -676,7 +676,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="PowerPC\Jit64\JitRegCache.cpp">
       <Filter>PowerPC\Jit64</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="PowerPC\JitILCommon\JitILBase_Branch.cpp">
       <Filter>PowerPC\JitILCommon</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -1195,7 +1194,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="PowerPC\Jit64\JitAsm.h">
       <Filter>PowerPC\Jit64</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="PowerPC\JitILCommon\JitILBase.h">
       <Filter>PowerPC\JitILCommon</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/stdafx.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/stdafx.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index b602b39925..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/Core/stdafx.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#include "stdafx.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/stdafx.h b/Source/Core/Core/stdafx.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4aba74d79f..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/Core/stdafx.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#pragma once
-
-// Windows Vista is the lowest version we support
-#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0600
-
-#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
-#define NOMINMAX            // Don't include windows min/max definitions
-
-#include <algorithm>
diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/DiscIO.vcxproj b/Source/Core/DiscIO/DiscIO.vcxproj
index 2da3d00c27..e28d5b784d 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/DiscIO.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/DiscIO/DiscIO.vcxproj
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\Base.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\PrecompiledHeader.props" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\PCHUse.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="Filesystem.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="FileSystemGCWii.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="NANDContentLoader.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp">
-      <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="VolumeCommon.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="VolumeCreator.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="VolumeDirectory.cpp" />
@@ -76,7 +73,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="Filesystem.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="FileSystemGCWii.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="NANDContentLoader.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Volume.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="VolumeCreator.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="VolumeDirectory.h" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/DiscIO.vcxproj.filters b/Source/Core/DiscIO/DiscIO.vcxproj.filters
index e558de08a5..a0294112df 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/DiscIO.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/Source/Core/DiscIO/DiscIO.vcxproj.filters
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="VolumeWiiCrypted.cpp">
       <Filter>Volume</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="DiscScrubber.h">
@@ -156,7 +155,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="VolumeWiiCrypted.h">
       <Filter>Volume</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Text Include="CMakeLists.txt" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/stdafx.cpp b/Source/Core/DiscIO/stdafx.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ab4b84b8f..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/stdafx.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#include "DiscIO/stdafx.h"
-
-// TODO: reference any additional headers you need in STDAFX.H
-// and not in this file
diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/stdafx.h b/Source/Core/DiscIO/stdafx.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 89cd55b4d8..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/stdafx.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#pragma once
-
-// Windows Vista is the lowest version we support
-#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0600
-
-#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
-#define NOMINMAX            // Don't include windows min/max definitions
-
-// TODO: reference additional headers your program requires here
-
-#include <algorithm>
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/CMakeLists.txt
index 302a27df28..41c42658fc 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,9 +98,7 @@ set(SRCS ${SRCS} GLInterface/GLInterface.cpp)
 
 set(NOGUI_SRCS MainNoGUI.cpp)
 
-if(WIN32)
-	set(SRCS ${SRCS} stdafx.cpp)
-elseif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
+if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
 	# Link against OS X system frameworks.
 	list(APPEND LIBS
 		${APPKIT_LIBRARY}
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/DolphinWX.vcxproj b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/DolphinWX.vcxproj
index e62e2f2e43..d3aa431313 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/DolphinWX.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/DolphinWX.vcxproj
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\Base.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\PrecompiledHeader.props" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\PCHUse.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="NetWindow.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="PatchAddEdit.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="SoftwareVideoConfigDialog.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp">
-      <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="TASInputDlg.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="VideoConfigDiag.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="WiimoteConfigDiag.cpp" />
@@ -141,7 +138,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="NetWindow.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="PatchAddEdit.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="SoftwareVideoConfigDialog.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="TASInputDlg.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="VideoConfigDiag.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="WiimoteConfigDiag.h" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/DolphinWX.vcxproj.filters b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/DolphinWX.vcxproj.filters
index b9910845a8..908f41c1b4 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/DolphinWX.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/DolphinWX.vcxproj.filters
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="WiimoteConfigDiag.cpp">
       <Filter>GUI</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="SoftwareVideoConfigDialog.cpp">
       <Filter>GUI\Video</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -277,7 +276,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="WiimoteConfigDiag.h">
       <Filter>GUI</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="GLInterface\GLInterface.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="SoftwareVideoConfigDialog.h">
       <Filter>GUI\Video</Filter>
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/stdafx.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/stdafx.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index accdd5e97c..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/stdafx.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#include "DolphinWX/stdafx.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/stdafx.h b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/stdafx.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ef9e5a486..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/stdafx.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#pragma once
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-
-// Windows Vista is the lowest version we support
-#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0600
-
-#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
-#define NOMINMAX            // Don't include windows min/max definitions
-#include <wx/wx.h>          // wxWidgets
-
-#if defined _M_X86_64
-
-#pragma comment(linker,"/manifestdependency:\"type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='amd64' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
-
-#else
-
-#pragma comment(linker,"/manifestdependency:\"type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
-
-#endif
-
-#endif
diff --git a/Source/Core/InputCommon/InputCommon.vcxproj b/Source/Core/InputCommon/InputCommon.vcxproj
index 85d5bff6db..b1b490c1d7 100644
--- a/Source/Core/InputCommon/InputCommon.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/InputCommon/InputCommon.vcxproj
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\Base.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\PrecompiledHeader.props" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\PCHUse.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="ControllerInterface\ForceFeedback\ForceFeedbackDevice.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="ControllerInterface\XInput\XInput.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="InputConfig.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp">
-      <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
-    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="ControllerEmu.h" />
@@ -61,7 +58,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="ControllerInterface\XInput\XInput.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="GCPadStatus.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="InputConfig.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Text Include="CMakeLists.txt" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/InputCommon/InputCommon.vcxproj.filters b/Source/Core/InputCommon/InputCommon.vcxproj.filters
index e249ed3f79..0d509ca30c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/InputCommon/InputCommon.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/Source/Core/InputCommon/InputCommon.vcxproj.filters
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="ControllerInterface\ExpressionParser.cpp">
       <Filter>ControllerInterface</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="ControllerInterface\ForceFeedback\ForceFeedbackDevice.cpp">
       <Filter>ControllerInterface\ForceFeedback</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="ControllerInterface\ExpressionParser.h">
       <Filter>ControllerInterface</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="ControllerInterface\ForceFeedback\ForceFeedbackDevice.h">
       <Filter>ControllerInterface\ForceFeedback</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
diff --git a/Source/Core/InputCommon/stdafx.cpp b/Source/Core/InputCommon/stdafx.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index d2ad768558..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/InputCommon/stdafx.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#include "InputCommon/stdafx.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/InputCommon/stdafx.h b/Source/Core/InputCommon/stdafx.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ae6b686cd..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/InputCommon/stdafx.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#pragma once
-
-// Windows Vista is the lowest version we support
-// BUT We need to use the headers for Win8+ XInput, so Win8 version is used here.
-// The XInput code will gracefully fallback to older versions if the new one
-// isn't available at runtime.
-#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0602
-
-#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
-#define NOMINMAX            // Don't include windows min/max definitions
-
-#include <algorithm>
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/D3D.vcxproj b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/D3D.vcxproj
index 77081ec00a..807018a67a 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/D3D.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/D3D.vcxproj
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="..\..\..\VSProps\Base.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\VSProps\PrecompiledHeader.props" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\..\VSProps\PCHUse.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="PointGeometryShader.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="PSTextureEncoder.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Render.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp">
-      <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="Television.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="TextureCache.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="VertexManager.cpp" />
@@ -75,7 +72,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="PointGeometryShader.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="PSTextureEncoder.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Render.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Television.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="TextureCache.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="TextureEncoder.h" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/D3D.vcxproj.filters b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/D3D.vcxproj.filters
index 21404df5a8..3682937f5d 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/D3D.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/D3D.vcxproj.filters
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
       <Filter>Render</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="D3DBase.h">
@@ -130,6 +129,5 @@
     <ClInclude Include="Globals.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="main.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="VideoBackend.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/stdafx.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/stdafx.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 195c34a7fe..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/stdafx.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#include "VideoBackends/D3D/stdafx.h"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/stdafx.h b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/stdafx.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d22e3c8dc..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/stdafx.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#pragma once
-
-// Windows Vista is the lowest version we support
-#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0600
-
-#define NOMINMAX            // Don't include windows min/max definitions
-
-#include <tchar.h>
-#include <windows.h>
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGL.vcxproj b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGL.vcxproj
index 5790a2844b..293213cb47 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGL.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGL.vcxproj
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="..\..\..\VSProps\Base.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\VSProps\PrecompiledHeader.props" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\..\VSProps\PCHUse.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="RasterFont.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Render.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="SamplerCache.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp">
-      <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="StreamBuffer.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="TextureCache.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="TextureConverter.cpp" />
@@ -91,7 +88,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="RasterFont.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Render.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="SamplerCache.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="StreamBuffer.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="TextureCache.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="TextureConverter.h" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGL.vcxproj.filters b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGL.vcxproj.filters
index 7d962fa9e0..ad9ec897d5 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGL.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGL.vcxproj.filters
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="SamplerCache.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="GLExtensions\GLExtensions.cpp">
       <Filter>GLExtensions</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -98,7 +97,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="main.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="SamplerCache.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="VideoBackend.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="GLExtensions\ARB_blend_func_extended.h">
       <Filter>GLExtensions</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/stdafx.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/stdafx.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index a4735a1513..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/stdafx.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#include "VideoBackends/OGL/stdafx.h"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/stdafx.h b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/stdafx.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d22e3c8dc..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/stdafx.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#pragma once
-
-// Windows Vista is the lowest version we support
-#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0600
-
-#define NOMINMAX            // Don't include windows min/max definitions
-
-#include <tchar.h>
-#include <windows.h>
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/Software.vcxproj b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/Software.vcxproj
index 39732cd845..eb36055da7 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/Software.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/Software.vcxproj
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="..\..\..\VSProps\Base.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\VSProps\PrecompiledHeader.props" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\..\VSProps\PCHUse.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="RasterFont.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Rasterizer.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="SetupUnit.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp">
-      <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="SWCommandProcessor.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="SWmain.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="SWRenderer.cpp" />
@@ -74,7 +71,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="RasterFont.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Rasterizer.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="SetupUnit.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="SWCommandProcessor.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="SWRenderer.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="SWStatistics.h" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/stdafx.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/stdafx.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index dff656a86a..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/stdafx.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#include "VideoBackends/Software/stdafx.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/stdafx.h b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/stdafx.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ebfc6a7b1..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/stdafx.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#pragma once
-
-// Windows Vista is the lowest version we support
-#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0600
-
-#define NOMINMAX            // Don't include windows min/max definitions
-
-#include <tchar.h>
-#include <windows.h>
-
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj
index a7e8d7d23b..715c2c2521 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\Base.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\PrecompiledHeader.props" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\VSProps\PCHUse.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="PixelShaderManager.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="RenderBase.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Statistics.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp">
-      <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="TextureCacheBase.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="TextureConversionShader.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="VertexLoader.cpp" />
@@ -108,7 +105,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="RenderBase.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="ShaderGenCommon.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Statistics.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="TextureCacheBase.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="TextureConversionShader.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="TextureDecoder.h" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj.filters b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj.filters
index cf8611b719..2f4e10ca10 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj.filters
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="VertexLoaderManager.cpp">
       <Filter>Vertex Loading</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="stdafx.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="TextureDecoder_x64.cpp">
       <Filter>Decoding</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -261,7 +260,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="VertexLoaderManager.h">
       <Filter>Vertex Loading</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Text Include="CMakeLists.txt" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/stdafx.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/stdafx.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 29b70f0fe3..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/stdafx.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#include "VideoCommon/stdafx.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/stdafx.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/stdafx.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 735aea396a..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/stdafx.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#pragma once
-
-#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x501
-#ifndef _WIN32_IE
-#define _WIN32_IE 0x0500    // Default value is 0x0400
-#endif
-
-#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
-#define NOMINMAX            // Don't include windows min/max definitions
-
-#include <algorithm>
diff --git a/Source/DSPTool/DSPTool.vcxproj b/Source/DSPTool/DSPTool.vcxproj
index 9228e97694..a8cb4b32ba 100644
--- a/Source/DSPTool/DSPTool.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/DSPTool/DSPTool.vcxproj
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="..\VSProps\Base.props" />
+    <Import Project="..\VSProps\PCHUse.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
diff --git a/Source/PCH/pch.cpp b/Source/PCH/pch.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17305716aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/PCH/pch.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "pch.h"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/pch.h b/Source/PCH/pch.h
similarity index 51%
rename from Source/pch.h
rename to Source/PCH/pch.h
index a8d687d9c6..46b464a45e 100644
--- a/Source/pch.h
+++ b/Source/PCH/pch.h
@@ -15,14 +15,16 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <deque>
 #include <errno.h>
-#ifndef ANDROID
+#if !defined ANDROID && !defined _WIN32
 #include <execinfo.h>
 #endif
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <float.h>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <functional>
+#ifndef _WIN32
 #include <getopt.h>
+#endif
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <limits.h>
@@ -35,7 +37,9 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <numeric>
+#ifndef _WIN32
 #include <pthread.h>
+#endif
 #include <queue>
 #include <set>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -49,11 +53,36 @@
 #include <thread>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <type_traits>
+#ifndef _WIN32
 #include <unistd.h>
+#endif
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <unordered_set>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+
+#if _MSC_FULL_VER < 180030723
+#error Please update your build environment to VS2013 with Update 3 or later!
+#endif
+
+// This numeral indicates the "minimum system required" to run the resulting
+// program. Dolphin targets Vista+, so it should be 0x0600. However in practice,
+// _WIN32_WINNT just removes up-level API declarations from headers. This is a
+// problem for XAudio2 and XInput, where dolphin expects to compile against the
+// Win8+ versions of their headers. So while we really need Vista+ level of
+// support, we declare Win8+ here globally. If this becomes a problem, the
+// higher declaration can be contained to just the XAudio2/XInput related code.
+#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0602
+
+// Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+// Don't include windows min/max definitions. They would conflict with the STL.
+#define NOMINMAX
+#include <Windows.h>
+
+#endif
+
 #include "Common/Common.h"
 #include "Common/Thread.h"
diff --git a/Source/PCH/pch.vcxproj b/Source/PCH/pch.vcxproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8959e7f180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/PCH/pch.vcxproj
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <ProjectGuid>{76563A7F-1011-4EAD-B667-7BB18D09568E}</ProjectGuid>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
+    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
+    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
+    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="..\VSProps\Base.props" />
+    <Import Project="..\VSProps\PCHCreate.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClInclude Include="pch.h" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="pch.cpp" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
+  </ImportGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/VSProps/Base.props b/Source/VSProps/Base.props
index 042cd7d6d0..52592e4533 100644
--- a/Source/VSProps/Base.props
+++ b/Source/VSProps/Base.props
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
       <AdditionalOptions>/Zo /volatile:iso /D PSAPI_VERSION=1 /D _M_X86=1 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">/D _ARCH_64=1 /D _M_X86_64=1 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
       <!--
       This is for GetVersionEx being marked as depreciated - which is idiotic and there's
       not much else we can do since many externals use it. The bad part is that there doesn't
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4996</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <OpenMPSupport>true</OpenMPSupport>
     </ClCompile>
-    <!--ClCompile Base:StaticLibrary-->
-    <ClCompile Condition="'$(ConfigurationType)'=='StaticLibrary'">
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-    </ClCompile>
     <!--ClCompile Debug-->
     <ClCompile Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
diff --git a/Source/VSProps/PCHCommon.props b/Source/VSProps/PCHCommon.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2247264b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/VSProps/PCHCommon.props
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <!--
+        Creator and ALL users of PCH must have exact same compiler settings!
+        In dolphin we accomplish this by sharing settings between targets with
+        Base.props.
+        -->
+      <PrecompiledHeaderFile>pch.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
+      <!--
+        This file will be included by other projects, so we have to manually set
+        the output path.
+        -->
+      <PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>$(BuildRootDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\pch\pch.pch</PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/VSProps/PCHCreate.props b/Source/VSProps/PCHCreate.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..451a8f71a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/VSProps/PCHCreate.props
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="PCHCommon.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <!--
+    Hacks preventing PCH creators from spending time generating .lib files.
+    It is just an optimization to save some time since only .obj outputs are
+    really needed by PCH users.
+    -->
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <Lib>
+      <!--
+        Clear the output path so projects referencing this one don't try to drag
+        in a nonexistant .lib file.
+        -->
+      <OutputFile />
+    </Lib>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <!--This prevents the _Lib target from being executed-->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <BuildLibTargets>$(BuildLibTargets);ClearLibCompiled</BuildLibTargets>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Target Name="ClearLibCompiled">
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <LibCompiled>false</LibCompiled>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+  </Target>
+  <!--End .lib hacks-->
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/VSProps/PCHUse.props b/Source/VSProps/PCHUse.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b803a9593f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/VSProps/PCHUse.props
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="PCHCommon.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <ForcedIncludeFiles>pch.h</ForcedIncludeFiles>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(SolutionDir)PCH/pch.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{76563A7F-1011-4EAD-B667-7BB18D09568E}</Project>
+      <Private>false</Private>
+      <LinkLibraryDependencies>true</LinkLibraryDependencies>
+      <UseLibraryDependencyInputs>true</UseLibraryDependencyInputs>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/VSProps/PrecompiledHeader.props b/Source/VSProps/PrecompiledHeader.props
deleted file mode 100644
index 857a8ca682..0000000000
--- a/Source/VSProps/PrecompiledHeader.props
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" />
-  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
-  <PropertyGroup />
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!--Use stdafx.h and auto-include it as the first include in every file-->
-      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <ForcedIncludeFiles>stdafx.h</ForcedIncludeFiles>
-    </ClCompile>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemGroup />
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/VSProps/WXWOverrides.props b/Source/VSProps/WXWOverrides.props
index 02163eee5d..213827577f 100644
--- a/Source/VSProps/WXWOverrides.props
+++ b/Source/VSProps/WXWOverrides.props
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <ForcedIncludeFiles></ForcedIncludeFiles>
+      <!--Created in the vcxproj-->
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
       <PrecompiledHeaderFile>wx/wxprec.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
       <ExceptionHandling>Async</ExceptionHandling>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4267;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>__WXMSW__;WXBUILDING;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\;..\..\include;..\..\..\zlib;..\..\..\libpng</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <AdditionalOptions>"/manifestdependency:type='Win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\" %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
+    </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup />
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/dolphin-emu.sln b/Source/dolphin-emu.sln
index 29bfb59fc9..8eef6fcced 100644
--- a/Source/dolphin-emu.sln
+++ b/Source/dolphin-emu.sln
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "Software", "Core\VideoBacke
 EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Video Backends", "Video Backends", "{AAD1BCD6-9804-44A5-A5FC-4782EA00E9D4}"
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "pch", "PCH\pch.vcxproj", "{76563A7F-1011-4EAD-B667-7BB18D09568E}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|x64 = Debug|x64
@@ -165,6 +167,10 @@ Global
 		{A4C423AA-F57C-46C7-A172-D1A777017D29}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
 		{A4C423AA-F57C-46C7-A172-D1A777017D29}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
 		{A4C423AA-F57C-46C7-A172-D1A777017D29}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{76563A7F-1011-4EAD-B667-7BB18D09568E}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{76563A7F-1011-4EAD-B667-7BB18D09568E}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{76563A7F-1011-4EAD-B667-7BB18D09568E}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{76563A7F-1011-4EAD-B667-7BB18D09568E}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
@@ -192,5 +198,6 @@ Global
 		{EC1A314C-5588-4506-9C1E-2E58E5817F75} = {AAD1BCD6-9804-44A5-A5FC-4782EA00E9D4}
 		{A4C423AA-F57C-46C7-A172-D1A777017D29} = {AAD1BCD6-9804-44A5-A5FC-4782EA00E9D4}
 		{AAD1BCD6-9804-44A5-A5FC-4782EA00E9D4} = {15670B2E-CED6-4ED5-94CE-A00B1B2B5BA6}
+		{76563A7F-1011-4EAD-B667-7BB18D09568E} = {15670B2E-CED6-4ED5-94CE-A00B1B2B5BA6}
 	EndGlobalSection
 EndGlobal