What would be a low cost build? (that would be capable of playing Planetside 2 on medium and getting at least 30 frames per second)
HD 7870 / GTX 650 ti / GTX 660 i3 / fx-4170 / fx-6300 / A8 quad / A10 quad 6Gb / 8Gb ram, DDR 3 1333/1600mhz Its easier if you provide budget and we suggest optimal build from that. You can probably get away cheaper than with the things I suggested as well.
660ti+i5 4430/4440 8gb RAM 550 watt powrsupply cheap case just import your old DVD and hard drive from your current desktop. If you can find used working parts they save a lot of money. I personally recommend nvintel and nvidia over and if you can BTW.
600$ for modern online games may not be sufficient. In any case, an intel + nvidia combo will yield the best performance for Planetside, so I can recommend checking out their products and go from there.
Update: I think I will try to build this (minus the copy of Windows 8) - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Syad What are your thought on this build?
With a budget that low, you are likely to buy something that's already underpowered for the applications you want to run, and already obsolete, so you should get something which is upgradeable. I just posted this in the other cheap build thread. You can't really get a good PC for that price, with a GPU, that will play PS2 well. $2000 plus PC's barely run this game because it's so broken. Get it without the GPU, then get a real GPU when you can afford to. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129024&ignorebbr=1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116945 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128672&ignorebbr=1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136270 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148672 x2 That's $620 total, for the PC itself, without peripherals or a GPU. The integrated graphics will run PS2 on medium settings, and you can easily add a new GPU later, since you will have a GOOD 500W PSU. That particular one is either a rebranded Seasonic or Delta, and they make some of the best PSU's available. When you can afford to get a GPU, I'd get this. It was recently $150 after rebates. 1.9TFLOPS, and runs PS2 on ultra just fine(along with most games at 1920x1080): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125443 If you want to buy a GPU now and go just over $600, get a 650Ti at the lowest. Monitor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005240&ignorebbr=1
Awful there's no reason to spend money on a SSD it doesn't yield performance improvements you're betting off shoving that money towards a K processor or a 770
Hi, how about this intel build 780USD, i5-4430 + GTX660, 2x4 Gb ram, 120Gb SSD (save 30$ if u drop SSD and go for regular 7200rpm HDD): http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2G5f1 Or this AMD build 696USD, FX-6300, R9 270X, 2x4 Gb ram, 120 Gb SSD http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2G5lV I believe the AMD build will perform better in most scenarios you encounter especially any graphic intense games as the R9 270X is 10-15% faster than a GTX 660. Planetside 2 has been "optimized" to better utilize multi-core and I think the FX-6300 will give you at least an equal result if not better than the i5-4430. The only exception will likely be any application that rely heavily on single core performance. I would however expect 40-60 fps depending on the fight out of that AMD build in Planetside 2 at 1920x1080 and high settings except for shadows. You could also go even cheaper with an A8-5600k build, but i don't think it is worth the 10$ price reduction and you are probably better of with an i3 build then. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2G5qh All of these builds will get you far, but I think the FX-6300 + R9 270X will get you the furthest if you take the almost 100USD price difference for a i5-4430 build, the best ofcourse is if you are willing to spit in enough money to get a i5 4670K and add a decent GPU like a R9 270X / GTX 660Ti / R9 280X / GTX 760 Edit: I forgot that if all you desire is 30fps, you might be able to pull it of with just an APU build so the candidates are; A8 - 5600K A8 - 7600K A10 - 5800K A10 - 6800K A10 - 7850K The 7 series might not be available yet, but if you wait for it you can probably get away with 120-180 usd for CPU depending on which one you choose and then you can save the 200USD for the GPU.
Lots of suggestions and opinions about what is good right now. How long is it until the new intel chips come out. I believe they are called broadwell. Anyone know? If its reasonably soon, maybe think about them as a option. The reason is simple, the graphics chip in the CPU. It will be improved since the HD4600 in the haswell chips but the question is by how much. If you get one, use the onboard graphics to play. If good enough for whatever resolution you want to play with whatever settings then just use it, saving you money. If not then think about a dedicated GPU. Graphics cards are released more often than new processors so may not have to wait long for one good enough at a reasonable price.
get an i5 3570k or 4670k instead. for the case: size always matters (better cooling). the gtx 760 is a good choice atm - but somehow i never heard about "galaxy"?? the ssd is nice, not necessary. (and it doesn't need to have more than 120 GB.) you can also save some bucks by getting a cheaper optical drive and RAM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadwell_(microarchitecture) Broadwell isn't worth waiting for, unless you're going to wait for Broadwell EP for DDR4. Those will be the replacement for LGA2011. The next architecture after that is Skylake, which I'll probably wait for, since I have a Sandy Bridge i5 now. Haswell just came out, and it's a decent upgrade, but it doesn't overclock or boost as well as Ivy Bridge because the VRM is on chip, and Sandy Bridge overclocked best of all, because of lower power density and solder between the CPU and the heat spreader. Also, don't bother with a cheap SSD. I personally won't use one unless its SLC with a good controller.
