BUILD me a PC worthy of Mordor! I mean Lave!
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For 1400 GBP you could just get any off the shelf high end gaming PC, something with a fast (3GHz+) i5 or i7, 16GB RAM, a GTX 760 or higher*, don't even need a fancy SSD, thought these days they are usually included be default in that price range.
*It also depends on the size of your screens what kind of graphical power you would need, but the setup I outlined would definitely run ED on a single screen with all details at maximum details with ease.
*It also depends on the size of your screens what kind of graphical power you would need, but the setup I outlined would definitely run ED on a single screen with all details at maximum details with ease.
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Prices drop untill they reach a stable point where they don't drop anymore.
The articles in the knick you can consider state of the art at bottom prices.
Example:http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/335374/msi-geforce-gtx-770-gaming.html
Oct13 the price became stable.
I must say there used to be more movement in the market
Prices drop untill they reach a stable point where they don't drop anymore.
The articles in the knick you can consider state of the art at bottom prices.
Example:http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/335374/msi-geforce-gtx-770-gaming.html
Oct13 the price became stable.
I must say there used to be more movement in the market
You might find this site useful. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/
You can use that to plan a PC build.
You can use that to plan a PC build.
Planning on using Asus VG248QE 24in monitors (if I can get good deals). I'll probably start with one and get a pair to go with it, but I have to know the rig can handle their high refresh rate.
For a 3 monitor setup I would focus most of that build cost on your GPU. I don't think I have seen one of my games taxing the CPU to the limit and I am running a 3 Year old I5 2500 3.3 GHz, all I would say is that a decent water cooler on it (which are cheap as a kit) is good insurance.
I am not convinced about SSDs myself, I think the difference between a quick hard drive and one is tight enough not to bother. As said above they seem to be fitted as a matter of course anyway. You probably know but do not let any defrag software anywhere near it, they do not benefit from it and it can cause premature failure.
GPU wise spend as much as you can. I have just put in a GTX 770 which has a factory overclock, boosts itself when needed and has 4Gb of ram on it. It also has a very efficient cooling system which is often overlooked but critical. It is a belting card and my parts guy was all but begging me to go multi monitor because he said with my single 22" monitor it was a waste.
Power supply. I would say you will need a quality 1000 watt supply minimum and again, spend as much as your build allows. Dodgy power equals dodgy PC and greater likelyhood of component failure (especially that expensive graphics card!)
Have fun!
I am not convinced about SSDs myself, I think the difference between a quick hard drive and one is tight enough not to bother. As said above they seem to be fitted as a matter of course anyway. You probably know but do not let any defrag software anywhere near it, they do not benefit from it and it can cause premature failure.
GPU wise spend as much as you can. I have just put in a GTX 770 which has a factory overclock, boosts itself when needed and has 4Gb of ram on it. It also has a very efficient cooling system which is often overlooked but critical. It is a belting card and my parts guy was all but begging me to go multi monitor because he said with my single 22" monitor it was a waste.
Power supply. I would say you will need a quality 1000 watt supply minimum and again, spend as much as your build allows. Dodgy power equals dodgy PC and greater likelyhood of component failure (especially that expensive graphics card!)
Have fun!
Get an ssd, they are quick, thank me later.
You could consider a i5 4690 just as good as an i7 just no hyperthreading. You could splurge on a graph card now but you could also get a r9 290 and wait for the refresh early 2015.
You could consider a i5 4690 just as good as an i7 just no hyperthreading. You could splurge on a graph card now but you could also get a r9 290 and wait for the refresh early 2015.
Just have one monitor and an Oculus Rift?
My new i5 4570 is totally sufficient, better invest the spare bucks in a good Graphics Card, an oculus rift and some nice HOTAS or so.
Yeah I think I'm going to stay away from the Oculus rift. I have visions of putting the rift and headphones on and diving into a long session, only to take it off and discover my house has been robbed of everything, less my desk, chair and computer.
4690 is the refresh of the 4670 and is only 20 Euros more then the 4570 ( just ordered it myself this weekend). I also ordered an r9 290 because the increase in performance of the more expensive cards doesn't outweigh the cost in my opinion.
Better to buy 2 350 euro cards then 1 700 euro card.
This is my Beast. It comes in under your budget, too.
I bow down to our new cyborg potatoe overloards.
I was going to suggest investing in an Oculus rift instead of 3 monitors. The rift will take up less space than the monitors and will cost less and give you the same effect if not more.
Unless you're doing something like video editing I think that a core i5 is plenty powerful enough for the game especially when its also equipped with a good graphics card.
judging by what CPU usage i've seen i5 something or other will be fine, but get the biggest bad ass GPU you can get your hands on..
and 8GB RAM is more than enough for gaming - saying you have more is just bragging rights because lets face it, unless you render massive high res 3D scenes or work with 4GB+ Photoshop files, you'll never need that much RAM!
and 8GB RAM is more than enough for gaming - saying you have more is just bragging rights because lets face it, unless you render massive high res 3D scenes or work with 4GB+ Photoshop files, you'll never need that much RAM!
I only have 8 gigs bit I want tot try tot set up a ramdisk.
Thanks for the info.
I'm nowhere near loaded enough to spend that cash just for a gaming machine. It's also a video editing suite, so I'll be stocking up on ram for Premiere Pro. But it's the ability to drive three screens that I was most concerned about.
Is it better to get two lesser GPUs running in SLI or one monster?
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