Computer to run Elite Dangerous....

Barking_Mad

Barking_Mad
An Asus H-97 Plus. I know nothing, but im told its good for the price and Asus generally make good boards.

My brother said he had too many problems (ie too many to 'annoy' him) with AMD drivers, so insisted on an nVidia card. It was a big help knowing someone in the games industry to say what's what. Id compared so many gfx cards and cpu's my eyes were broken. :p

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Serrel said:
Yeah I would agree with the i3 and a good GPU. I have a i5 4690k @4.4 and as said, it only uses a very small amount of CPU. The games doesn't even tax my 770gtx but it is a OC'ed version. I run all on ultra and even force super sampling and other candy via NV control panel. A 770 can be bought for small money these days.

This is mine http://www.amazon.co.uk/Palit-GeForce-Jetstream-Graphics-Express/dp/B00D3ZYDLQ
and the vanilla version is much cheaper http://www.amazon.co.uk/GeForce-DirectCU-Graphics-Express-Display/dp/B00D3F7CFK

if you are going for a i3 and its one of the newer models like the 4360 then there's only £50 or so between that and the quad core i5 4690k which is a awesome processor with a lot of OC potential. Got mine to 4.4 on air and stable as can be.

Don't skimp on the Motherboard also as that's like the heart of the machine. I have the Asus Z97 which is a awesome motherboard.

Edit: Just seen the above post. Gratz and welcome to the club. Looks like a nice machine. Great choice with Intel and Nvidia by the way. Which Mobo did you go for?
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Troa Barton

Troa Barton
One thing that hasn't been talked about is what are you planning to do with the computer other than play Elite?
if you are wanting to get into making YouTube videos or streaming at some point for the money I would recommend an AMD 6 or 8 core preferably. This is coming from an Intel fanboy mind you. The i5 and i3 will have better single application performance but those cheap FX processors can't be beat for the money when it comes to muti tasking.
if you're on a budget, build it yourself or take the parts that you're not comfortable installing to a computer shop.
you want to put the majority of your money into a graphics card which will be the biggest limiting factor for future games.
Personally I wouldn't touch an AMD graphics card with a ten foot pole but that's my preference and I only buy Nvidia graphics cards. They last longer, perform better, run quieter, run much cooler and have shadowplay.
for reference I run an i7 with a GTX 780ti both are overclocked which is overkill for this game.
store bought pc's are proprietary overpriced crap, always buy custom built or build it yourself.

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Barking_Mad said:
Well I eventually sorted one out and my brother ordered the parts and put it together for me.

i5-4590
Gigabyte Ge Force GTX 960 (overclocked)
8gb RAM
Oh and a copy of Elite from Steam (fortunate timing!)

Then my brother said "Ah you don't owe me anything, it's a present" WHOOP!

Rockstar pay him well :)
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Just saw this after posting congrats! That's a pretty nice setup.
 
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