Hardware & Technical Elite Dangerous PC Build Opinions

Rickythewolf

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Hi all, I'm slowly gathering together the parts to build a desktop gaming PC and have been hung up on whether or not the core component are any good, especially the processor. Anyone have any experience using this processor, I'd of course be overclocking it.

2G Radeon R7 260X Sapphire
ASUS H97M-E Motherboard
Intel G3258
8G kit Kingston Fury DDR3 1600mhz RAM
 

Kazacy

Kazacy
Also in my humble opinion, for an actual pc without 16G RAM and 240G SSD, don't bother. RAM memory is pretty cheap and can boost the general performance of the pc significantly. Same for SSD.
 

xDreadnoughtx

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Yup, 2 cores.....but look at this.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nv14RDmEHY

I reckon you'd be fine, but personally would look to improve the CPU.

I'd also go for an SSD drive.

Atb

Edit: I predict this thread will attract the usual crowd telling you that you really should invest in much higher spec than needed. Buy what you need, not what others with deep pockets say you need. Set a budget. Then people will be able to advise you within those limits.
 
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VR Morgan Grimes

VR Morgan Grimes
Kazacy said:
Also in my humble opinion, for an actual pc without 16G RAM and 240G SSD, don't bother. RAM memory is pretty cheap and can boost the general performance of the pc significantly. Same for SSD.
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8GB Ram is plenty for Elite and the majority of stuff, SSD is very much a significant upgrade over mechanical drives though.
 

Cody

Cody
Seems a sensible plan, and 8GB RAM is plenty - especially as I presume you're on a tight budget?
 

INSTG8R

INSTG8R
The G3528 is supposed to be a great overclocker but the board you have chosen is not going to be any good for overclocking. You would need a Z97(possibly Z87) to do any kind of overclocking.
 

imashination

imashination
ED uses around 700 megs when running with full detail settings, 8gb will be more than enough. It also only ever uses one core at a time during general play, why ED claim it needs 4 gigs and 4 cores is a bit of a mystery. Perhaps a second thread makes some occasional use for computer AI, sound processing or such, but my 8 core system never exceeded 9% use for ED after an hour of play.
 
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Muss

Muss
Rickythewolf said:
Hi all, I'm slowly gathering together the parts to build a desktop gaming PC and have been hung up on whether or not the core component are any good, especially the processor. Anyone have any experience using this processor, I'd of course be overclocking it.

2G Radeon R7 260X Sapphire
ASUS H97M-E Motherboard
Intel G3258
8G kit Kingston Fury DDR3 1600mhz RAM
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QX6800 @ 3GHZ
8GB DDR2 800
Asus P5E Deluxe Motherboard
GTX680 2GB
Get 60 to 120 FPS
Intense res combat around 30FPS
get a few stutters going into and out of sc like everyone

All old tech but works very well

EDIT
got it all on ebay
QX6800 100AUD
GTX680 200AUD
ASUS P5E 75AUD
8 GB of RAM about 80AUD
 
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Cody

Cody
Rickythewolf said:
Very tight
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Aye, I know the feeling - it took me nine months to gather my components (with some help from friends and family).

The comment about the mobo is probably correct - if you can stretch to a Z87-A (£80-90) you'd do better.
Or is it a case size thing?
 
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Rickythewolf

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Cody said:
Aye, I know the feeling - it took me nine months to gather my components (with some help from friends and family).

The comment about the mobo is probably correct - if you can stretch to a Z87-A (£80-90) you'd do better.
Or is it a case size thing?
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No both have already been bought, its a full sized case
 

who?

who?
We need a EDChipyard.com, where you can configure your PC build and the site will tell you what your framerate will be!
 
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