Hardware & Technical Computer Build to run Elite Dangerous

No 40Gb is to small, even just for an operating system these days... Minimum I would recommend would be 256GB.

I was thinking of just putting Elite's files on the SSD, Windows would be on a separate drive.
I ended up grabbing 2, it can always be repurposed as half of a raid 1 in the server.
 
Thgought I'd share this with you - just got the premium beta thinking I wouldn't be able to run it on my [now old] rig
AMD Phenom 9650
Nvidia GTX 260
4 GB DDR2 RAM

.....and its working perfectly at full resolution!! I'm still going to be getting a new system very soon but wondering how the present one will hold up when more features of the game become available in a few days (4 sleeps!!!) :smilie:
 
Thgought I'd share this with you - just got the premium beta thinking I wouldn't be able to run it on my [now old] rig
AMD Phenom 9650
Nvidia GTX 260
4 GB DDR2 RAM

.....and its working perfectly at full resolution!! I'm still going to be getting a new system very soon but wondering how the present one will hold up when more features of the game become available in a few days (4 sleeps!!!) :smilie:

Could you give more details concerning "working perfectly" such as graphical settings in general (low, medium, high, max), frame rate (using Fraps) as different people have different definitions of "perfect" - some will say that 30fps is enough others need 60fps. And do you mean 1920x1080 by naming it "full resolution"?
 
My rig is in my signature.

Xfire works great on default settings, currently pushing 200FPS (190+) @ 2048 x 1152 with everything maxxed.

Bring on Friday...
 
Upgraded Gaming for ED

Hi pilots

As I'l be playing prem beta come friday I've just brought these two items for my gaming pc, having already have 24gb DDR3 mems, i7 cpu, I thought I'd replay just a few main items ...

what you think....

1 x PALiT GeForce GTX 760 JETSTREAM 4GB GDDR5
[ PAL-760J4 ] -

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1 x Corsair RM 1000W Series are fully modular, optimized for silence, and deliver gold-rated efficiency
[ CSR-RM1000 ] -

regards Nathan
 
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Hi pilots

As I'l be playing prem beta come friday I've just brought these two items for my gaming pc, having already have 24gb DDR5 mems, i7 cpu, I thought I'd replay just a few main items ...

what you think....

1 x PALiT GeForce GTX 760 JETSTREAM 4GB GDDR5
[ PAL-760J4 ] -

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1 x Corsair RM 1000W Series are fully modular, optimized for silence, and deliver gold-rated efficiency
[ CSR-RM1000 ] -

regards Nathan

wow you have ddr 5 :eek: did you bring it back from the future, can i get me some :D

what cpu is that I7? whats your budget for gpu and psu?
 
Im guessing that OP meant ddr3 ram...

The psu is a great investment but, given what you would be paying for 1000W, and if determined to upgrade the gpu at this time, I would spend the £40 extra and go for a gtx 770 rather than a 760.

May I ask why you are going for so much wattage if only running a single mid-range gpu?
 
atomic7431,

Thanx for that as u so rightly pointed out i meant DDR3 its my gfx old and new that is a 5 LOL... me bad.. and blond

i7 is 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 4770 3.40GHz

and the budget was

GFX £209.00
PSU £139.00
next day delivery £8.38
 
Im guessing that OP meant ddr3 ram...

The psu is a great investment but, given what you would be paying for 1000W, and if determined to upgrade the gpu at this time, I would spend the £40 extra and go for a gtx 770 rather than a 760.

May I ask why you are going for so much wattage if only running a single mid-range gpu?

with every thing else i have running from my pc I needed some thing with a little more power....

And thanx for telling me bout the gfx NOW !!! after I've brought... just going off to see if i can up graded to the 770.

hahaha
 
Im guessing that OP meant ddr3 ram...

The psu is a great investment but, given what you would be paying for 1000W, and if determined to upgrade the gpu at this time, I would spend the £40 extra and go for a gtx 770 rather than a 760.

May I ask why you are going for so much wattage if only running a single mid-range gpu?

Clearly......

What res do you game at?
The 280x is £189.99 with 3 free games and has the same performance?
Also you dont need a 1000watt psu if your not sli or crossfire, a 750/850 would be fine.
 
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the reason I didn't get the 770 is because they didn't have the 770 in the manufactors make.. that I saw..

anyways it's better than the nvidia gtx 460 I have inside it atm....
 
Nvidia seems more stable driver and heat wise (IMO) but AMD do seem to offer more bang per buck. If it were me i would spend slightly less on the PSU and buy an Nvidia 780 if you have the pennies, and if not and its for ED you could wait and save some more :) just my opinion of course.
I currently have a 780TI and an I7 4770K ocd to 4.5ghz and 16gb ram (not really needed), Gigabyte Z87X-OC mobo and an Asus Xonar DGX, this performs very well with ED and other titles, Just saved up and bought what i could at that point.
 
Could you give more details concerning "working perfectly" such as graphical settings in general (low, medium, high, max), frame rate (using Fraps) as different people have different definitions of "perfect" - some will say that 30fps is enough others need 60fps. And do you mean 1920x1080 by naming it "full resolution"?

I have no idea what the frame rate is, though seems smooth - but all graphics settings are on high and its on 1920x1080.
 
Clearly......

What res do you game at?
The 280x is £189.99 with 3 free games and has the same performance?
Also you dont need a 1000watt psu if your not sli or crossfire, a 750/850 would be fine.
Thats what I was thinking. I currently have an 850w gold supporting crossfire hd 7870s, an overclocked i5 3570, 3x hdd, BD, 6 fans (plus a modular fan controller) and still have wattage to spare :p

Mind, that 1000w psu was a good purchase at £130!
 
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