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Asmodaus · Jan 04, 2011, 12:00 AM // 00:00

Hey all, i just registered on the forums, im excited about GW2 coming out. I am building my new computer this saturday, cant wait, gonna cost me about 1800$, but i wont have to worry about upgrading for at least 4 years or so. These are the specs and components i will have in my new rig

cpu- intel i7 950 quad core 3.06 GHz

mobo- MSI X58A GD56

ram- 12 GIGS OF ddr3 1333mhZ 1.5V

OS- Windows 7 pro 64 bit

graphics card- EVGA Nvidea Geforce GTX 580 PCI epress 2.0x16 1.50 GB GDDR5 SDRAM

psu- Corsair TX 750W

tower- Antec DF 53 case

and a 1TB intenal hdd to add to my 1.5 TB externals.

Curious to know what others have in their computers. And if anyone has any comments or ideas on mine.

Happy gaming all

Asmodaus

End · Jan 04, 2011, 12:18 AM // 00:18

I have some upgrade plans for mine since it's overdo.

I'm currently running a phenom II quad core mildly overclocked cause for some odd reason my water cooling is sucking and not cooling as well as it should.
I will probs switch that out for a cheapo hexa-core amd cpu hopefully without a mobo upgrade.

I currently have 6 gigs of corsair ram with decent timings.
Will probs just stick with this.

dual booting windows 7 64 bit and a flavor of linux that changes every couple weeks

Currently I have 3x 9800GTX+'s but I have some cards on order to replace these once I deal with the weird fricken heat issue.

psu a corsair 650 watt and corsair 1000watt. Yes I do like to have a seperate one for my cooling system thank you.

I have a 1TB hard drive in here. Sitting on the shelf in my closet i have a second 1tb hd and a 64 (?) GB SSD.

One of these days ill get around to it all.

Asmodaus · Jan 04, 2011, 12:23 AM // 00:23

nice, and i think its smart having seperate psu, always good if you can do that, makes less stress on everything when you do that, plus it makes parts last longer, lol

some-_1 · Jan 04, 2011, 12:33 AM // 00:33

My current system is:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3GHz
MoBo: I think it's FoxConn (brought the PC from dell)
RAM: 4GBs
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX 460
PSU: Seasonic 500W
Case: Silver xBlade ATX
with 600GB primary HDD, 148GB backup (I only backup my documents area which isn't that large) and 100GB to store my Virtual Machines.

Although when I finish my apprenticeship in June and start earning some decent money I'll be upgrading to something similar to yours (I too don't want to upgrade for at least 4/5 years after buying this):

CPU: Intel i7 950 (depending on the Sandy Bridge prices I may get one of them instead, although if what I've heard is true about DRM etc then I won't go anywhere near them)
MoBo: Asus Sabertooth X58
RAM: 12GBs Corsair DDR3 Tripple Channel 1333Mhz
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Graphics: x2 EVGA GeForce 570 (using my current 460 as a dedicated PhysX Card)
PSU: Corsair HXUK 1000W (might get a 800 - 900W instead)
Case: Antec 902

I'm toying with the idea of getting an i7 980X-Extreme but I'm not sure if I want to spend the extra £400/£500 on it.

Asmodaus · Jan 04, 2011, 12:48 AM // 00:48

word of advice, id stay away from the asus sabertooth mobo, they have had major probs with them with burning up ddr3 ram because ot bad voltages, and not booting up because of not having the 1.5 volts , and also version 1 and 1.1 were burning out fans, some so badly they melted some, so unless you know that they worked out the bugs, id stay away from it. I was gonna get that board, but when i heard that, i decided to go with the MSI X58A GD56 mobo instead

and as for the sandybridge i7's there still new and are hard to come by

End · Jan 04, 2011, 01:03 AM // 01:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asmodaus

and as for the sandybridge i7's there still new and are hard to come by

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/...39&postcount=1

moriz has thems it would seem

Asmodaus · Jan 04, 2011, 01:23 AM // 01:23

i say you can get you hands on one, get it. I know where ever i go they are sold out. Just like my graphics card, 4th place i went to will get some in on the 19th, so until hten the computer guy is lending me out an gtx 570 until the 580s come in

Elder III · Jan 04, 2011, 05:25 PM // 17:25

Well my personal rig is an i5 750 OCed to 3.6ghz with a HD5850 and 4GB (may up it to 8GB ar some point if prices keep dropping) so I'm confident it will max GW2 out with ease @ 1080p. I recently added a HD 4850 to my wifes computer (AMD 7850 CPU) since I don't think her old HD 4650 was going to cut it for GW2, but I expect it will be sufficient now to max out the game @ 720p; if we ever upgrade her screen to 1080p it could be another story but for now I expect to have a very smooth gameplay for both of us.

Lourens · Jan 05, 2011, 08:59 AM // 08:59

C2D e8400,Sapphire hd4850,Samsung 2232BW what else?

Reokuma · Jan 05, 2011, 10:12 AM // 10:12

My Macbook Pro died the other week so I've been forced to get a new computer (not paying $800 for a new screen) so I'm looking into getting a Toshiba Qosmios. I'm a Mobility Gamer so laptop is the only way to go.

Nice 18.5" 720p Display (I usually use my 48" HDTV when I play GW)
i7 4 core 8 thread 1.73Ghz
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460M
Only 4Gigs of ram, I'll upgrade to 8 Gigs later when its necessary
and a 500Gig hard drive (7200 RPM)

http://us.toshiba.com/computers/lapt...X500/X505-Q894

I'm so psyched about guildwars2 I cant wait to play it.

Jumping Is Uselss · Jan 05, 2011, 02:20 PM // 14:20

Asmodaus, your rig is overkill for GW2, but it is a beast.

What i'll be running for GW2
i5-750 OC to 4.0 ghz
4GB of ram
ATI 5850 OC core to 1 ghz
650w psu
2x 1TB in RAID 0

cebalrai · Jan 12, 2011, 03:11 PM // 15:11

Athlon II X3, unlocked to an X4, 3.0 Ghz overclocked to 3.65 Ghz
4 GB DDR3 1333
Radeon 5770
Seagate Momentus XT hybrid hard drives w/RAID 0

46" Plasma TV display

Best of all.... the rig lives in a mini-ITX case.

Quaker · Jan 12, 2011, 04:59 PM // 16:59

This is just another "brag about my rig" thread. I won't have a complete rig for GW2 until sometime shortly after the GW2 beta.

(Atm, it's an i5-750 with an HD4870, but the video card is likely to change.)

Iron Monkey · Jan 12, 2011, 09:33 PM // 21:33

I'll brag. A little.

AMD Phenom X6 1055T.
Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H.
OCZ Reaper 2x2GB.
HIS HD5850.
Corsair H50.
Corsair HX620.
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB.
Samsung F3 1TB x 2.
Lian Li PC-A71.
Dell 2407 WFP.
Logitech G500.
Logitech Illuminated Keyboard.
Logitech Z10.

It plays Crysis.

Schnellburg · Jan 12, 2011, 10:53 PM // 22:53

As soon as my new GPU's and mobo gets here I'll be set for quite awhile.

55" Insignia HD Led tv
ASUS Rampage III Extreme
4xEvga GTX580's in 4way sli with the heatplates taken off for water cooling.
i7 980 extreme (no oc yet)
6g ddr 1600 ram
2x1200w psu's
g11 keyboard
g9 mouse
Sound blaster arena headset
Logitech 5.1 surround sound set up
2xIntel x25m 120g
2xWD 1tb caviar black for everything else. Raid 0

Should be set for quite awhile as I don't plan on bleeding out money to stay on the cutting edge of technology anymore.

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/8862/computer1.jpg

makosi · Jan 12, 2011, 11:53 PM // 23:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schnellburg

55" Insignia HD Led tv

Does a TV function the same as a PC monitor? Same responsiveness etc? Any delays?

Cheers.

Schnellburg · Jan 13, 2011, 12:01 AM // 00:01

Yeah, no delays except switching between inputs. Just the text is a bit hard to read in the chat box, that is my only qualm about it.

Armageddon · Jan 13, 2011, 05:17 PM // 17:17

AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 965 @ 4100 MHz (20 x 205)
Asus Crosshair III Formula
G Skill F3-12800CL7-2GBRM 683.4 MHz 7-7-7-21 1T
2 x HD 4850
Total Size 2795.3 GB (1729.0 GB free)
Ideazon Fang
Ideazon Merc
CM Storm Sentinel Advance
XFX Pro 750W

using my 'backup' ram atm since I had to rma my corsair

next upgrade will be 2 different ATI cards but atm these can do everything I need

@Schnellburg - awesome rig

I noticed the ferrite cores for your gpu's - do they make much of a difference?

Quaker · Jan 13, 2011, 06:07 PM // 18:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by makosi

Does a TV function the same as a PC monitor? Same responsiveness etc? Any delays?

It may depend upon the age of the TV. Some older models may have a relatively low rez and slow response time. But newer HD models work just fine.
When I play GW on my 47" using my HTPC with a wireless keyboard and mouse, I don't notice any lag or smearing. The only negative is, like above, that at 1920x1080 the text in the chat box is a bit hard to read due to it's small size, my vision, and my seating distance.

Elder III · Jan 13, 2011, 07:31 PM // 19:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quaker

The only negative is, like above, that at 1920x1080 the text in the chat box is a bit hard to read due to it's small size, my vision, and my seating distance.

Yeah, same here, on my 42" @ 1080p I can't read the text from the couch (12' away) and if I move the Lazy Boy close enough to read the text I can't see the whole screen at once... which results in a headache over time. It's nice for FPS games where all I need to do is blow things up with a big gun though.