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[Buhbuhku]

http://www.cyberpowe...om/saved/1EMPQ8

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Quad-Core 3.60 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011

MOTHERBOARD: * (SLI/CrossFireX Support) MSI X79A-GD45(8D) Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ Winki 3, OC Genie II, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 3 Gen3 PCIe X16 & 4 PCIe X1

MEMORY: 32GB (4GBx8) DDR3/2133MHz Quad Channel Memory Corsair Vengeance

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 4GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card

HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

HDD2: 240 GB Intel 520 Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s - 550 MB/s Read & 520 MB/s Write

POWERSUPPLY: 850 Watts - Corsair CMPSU-850TXV2 80 Plus Power Supply

FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Single Standard 120MM Fan)

[baels]

Sure, better chance than any, but you're going overkill for not a lot of gain.

32GB of ram.. no. Save yourself $260 and at least drop to 16gb.. Unless you like to churn out drawings in autocad whilst you photoshop, listen to music, have 15 browsers open and playing Guild Wars 2, I hardly seeing you exceed even 8gb of ram.

i7-3820? Why? You could spend more or less $1000 less and achieve barely any worse performance.

[Buhbuhku]

I do plan on running a lot of programs at once. I hate closing and reopening, if i can leave them on and not hinder my fps performance.
I will be much happier.

[Eon Lilu]

You don't need all that. Alot of it is overkill.

Im using i5-3570k, GTX 670 2gb, 240gb ssd, 1tb hdd, 8gb ram, 750w psu, ASUS P8Z77-V motherboard, SPIRE GEMINI REV.3-THERMAX twin fan cpu cooler, decent cooling case with 5 fitted fans. Nothing is overclocked, if you plan on overclocking ( it is not needed for any games ) then you will need liquid cooling.

Has really good temps and runs gw2 on everything maxed/ultra, supersampling, 1920x1080, 60fps nps using a 24" HD monitor.

I always have low temps and it barely uses any resources up when playing GW2.

Tbh even what im using is overkill for gw2. You can easily save yourself hundreds on dollars there...

Edited by Eon Lilu, 25 November 2012 - 06:20 PM.

[Zerk2012]

Buhbuhku, on 25 November 2012 - 01:43 AM, said:

http://www.cyberpowe...om/saved/1EMPQ8

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Quad-Core 3.60 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011

MOTHERBOARD: * (SLI/CrossFireX Support) MSI X79A-GD45(8D) Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ Winki 3, OC Genie II, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 3 Gen3 PCIe X16 & 4 PCIe X1

MEMORY: 32GB (4GBx8) DDR3/2133MHz Quad Channel Memory Corsair Vengeance

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 4GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card

HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

HDD2: 240 GB Intel 520 Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s - 550 MB/s Read & 520 MB/s Write

POWERSUPPLY: 850 Watts - Corsair CMPSU-850TXV2 80 Plus Power Supply

FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Single Standard 120MM Fan)

This is pleanty of overkill  with all the extras and saves $500
http://www.cyberpowe...ega_Special_II/
In the upper left corner it will say Load my Configuration and put in this # 1EMRQA

• *BASE_PRICE: [+929]
  
• BLUETOOTH: None
  
• CARE1: Professional Wiring for All WIRING Inside The System Chassis - Minimize Cable Exposure, Maximize Airflow in Your System [+19]
  
• CAS: Rosewill Blackhawk Mid Tower Gaming Case w/ Front USB 3.0, HD Dock & Side Window [+42]
  
• CASUPGRADE: Flexible LED Interior Light Strip [+19] (Blue Color [+0])
  
• CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)
  
• CD2: None
  
• COOLANT: Standard Coolant
  
• CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3770K 3.50 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 (All Venom OC Certified)
  
• CS_FAN: Default case fans
  
• ENGRAVING: None
  
• ENGRAVING_MSG:
  
• FA_HDD: None
  
• FAN: Asetek 550LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Advanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) [+18] (Dual Standard 120MM Fans (Push-Pull) [+9])
  
• FLASHMEDIA: None [-3]
  
• FREEBIE_MB: None
  
• FREEBIE_VC: FREE AMD Tahiti Bundle Game Coupon [+0]
  
• FREEBIE_VC2: None
  
• GLASSES: None
  
• HDD: 256 GB OCZ Agility 4 SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 420MB/s Read & 410MB/s Write [+47] (Single Drive)
  
• HDD2: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [+85] (Single Drive)
  
• IEEE_CARD: None
  
• IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
  
• KEYBOARD: AZZA Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard
  
• MB_SRT: None
  
• MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory [+66] (Corsair Vengeance [Free upgrade from 1600MHz Major Brand])
  
• MONITOR: None
  
• MONITOR2: None
  
• MONITOR3: None
  
• MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX] GIGABYTE Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ IRST, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 2x Gen3 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1 & 2 PCI (Pro OC Certified)
  
• MOUSE: AZZA Optical 1600dpi Gaming Mouse with Weight Adjustable Cartridge
  
• NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
  
• OS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional [+135] (64-bit Edition)
  
• OVERCLOCK: Extreme OC (Extreme Overclock 20% or more) [+49]
  
• POWERSUPPLY: 750 Watts - Corsair CMPSU-750TXV2 80 Plus Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready [+47]
  
• RUSH: No Rush Service, Estimate Ship date by 12/10/2012
  
• SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
  
• SOFT1: Free Microsoft® Office® 2010 STARTER EDITION (Reduced-Functionality versions of Word and Excel that include advertising) [+0]
  
• SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
  
• SPEAKERS: None
  
• TABLET: None
  
• TEMP: Aerocool Touch 2000 Dual Bay Touch Screen Fan Control [+39]
  
• TUNING: None
  
• TVRC: None
  
• USB: None
  
• USBFLASH: None
  
• USBHD: None
  
• USBX: None
  
• VIDEO: AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+280] (HIS IceQ Edition [+19])
  
• VIDEO2: None
  
• VIDEO3: None
  
• WNC: None
  
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Edited by Zerk2012, 25 November 2012 - 03:29 PM.

[Zerk2012]

This is $1000 cheaper and still pleanty.
http://www.cyberpowe...ga_Special_III/
Configuration#: 1EMRR7

[dawdler]

I have a first gen cheapass Core i5 (750) on 4gb ram with a GTX670. I run GW2 on max settings.

As others have said, that's some serious overkill.

Now if you ask "Can this play GW2 super-smooth at 200fps+ in WvW at 1080p res" then you need to slap another $1K onto it. And yet another $1K if you actually want a monitor or two good enough to warrant such a setup.

Edited by dawdler, 26 November 2012 - 04:30 PM.

[tijo]

dawdler, on 26 November 2012 - 04:29 PM, said:

Now if you ask "Can this play GW2 super-smooth at 200fps+ in WvW at 1080p res" then you need to slap another $1K onto it. And yet another $1K if you actually want a monitor or two good enough to warrant such a setup.

WvW will slow down to a crawl no matter what righ you have in intense zergs. Okay, not necessarily to a crawl, but i have yet to see a rig pass the ~30fps mark in huge WvW zergs.

[konawolv]

tijo, on 26 November 2012 - 06:32 PM, said:

WvW will slow down to a crawl no matter what righ you have in intense zergs. Okay, not necessarily to a crawl, but i have yet to see a rig pass the ~30fps mark in huge WvW zergs.

I am in the process of upgrading my pc atm. Right now I have: fx 8350, radeon 6850, 8 gb ram, asrock 970, 630w psu. I play on high (or else I get a gpu bottleneck) and the lowest I have ever dipped was to 19 fps in wvwvw during the Halloween festival... This is with everything at stock. Now, once Christmas rolls around and I get my mobo and ram, and slap in my new gpu (waiting till Christmas to put it all together, I have already purchased my gpu), I suspect those number will increase even when playing on ultra. My new set up will be: fx 8350, radeon 7950, 16 gb ram, asrock fatal1ty professional, 630w psu. With a slight oc to the fx 8350, maybe up to 4.4 ghz, I should never dip below 23-25 on ultra with a higher res.... amd ftw

[Lord Sojar]

tijo, on 26 November 2012 - 06:32 PM, said:

WvW will slow down to a crawl no matter what righ you have in intense zergs. Okay, not necessarily to a crawl, but i have yet to see a rig pass the ~30fps mark in huge WvW zergs.

It's possible, but, lol, GL affording the setup to do it.   Also, you have to use all sorts of workarounds to make it so that the crap client decides it's ok to use hardware effectively.   Once you offload GW2 across 20+ cores, things smooth out, lol

[Killyox]

Actually he will still have ~15-20 FPS in big wvwvw zerg fights with his GPU running at 10% load only

konawolv, on 27 November 2012 - 12:00 AM, said:

I am in the process of upgrading my pc atm. Right now I have: fx 8350, radeon 6850, 8 gb ram, asrock 970, 630w psu. I play on high (or else I get a gpu bottleneck) and the lowest I have ever dipped was to 19 fps in wvwvw during the Halloween festival... This is with everything at stock. Now, once Christmas rolls around and I get my mobo and ram, and slap in my new gpu (waiting till Christmas to put it all together, I have already purchased my gpu), I suspect those number will increase even when playing on ultra. My new set up will be: fx 8350, radeon 7950, 16 gb ram, asrock fatal1ty professional, 630w psu. With a slight oc to the fx 8350, maybe up to 4.4 ghz, I should never dip below 23-25 on ultra with a higher res.... amd ftw

i find it hard to believe or you weren't in huge zerg ever

dawdler, on 26 November 2012 - 04:29 PM, said:

I have a first gen cheapass Core i5 (750) on 4gb ram with a GTX670. I run GW2 on max settings.

As others have said, that's some serious overkill.

Now if you ask "Can this play GW2 super-smooth at 200fps+ in WvW at 1080p res" then you need to slap another $1K onto it. And yet another $1K if you actually want a monitor or two good enough to warrant such a setup.

I got a little better setup and i don't see it as overkill until GW2 actually makes a right use of it. Reflections don't use GPU at all yet eat away ~10 FPS for watever reason.