New Computer Advice

[beezy]

Yes the higher FPS number, the better.

[Ronthorn Oakenarm]

I don't really have the skill nor the desire to build it myself, I would much rather pay someone to put it together for me. I totally don't mind paying someone, I have plenty of money so money not really the issue. Time/hassle > Cash (to me anyways)

Have me build for you and ship to you lol would save you a ton

[Stormmaster]

Just wanted to say thanks again to everyone for the advice. My new computer is done and I will have it this week. I went ahead and had Spartin build it for me (thanks Spart!).

Of course main priority is EQ so Spartin installed EQ and tested it for me and the new rig does run EQ! So my furry footed self should be running around on the new comp soon.

I won't pretend to know what most of this stuff even means but below is what my new computer has in it...

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKAA00 Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case w/ Cooler Master RSA00-80GAD3-US 1000W Power Supply

SDD Operating System Hard Drive: OCZ Petrol PTL1-25SAT3-128G 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Storage Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARX 1TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Gaming Motherboard with 3-Way SLI/CrossFireX Support and UEFI BIOS

Video Card: EVGA SuperClocked 012-P3-1573-AR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support

RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit

DVD/Blue-ray Drive: LG Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 10X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA 12X Super Multi Blue with 3D Playback & M-DISC Support WH12LS39 LightScribe Support

[Aothonya]

/drool.

[Spaatzman]

I second Aoth response. Thats a incredible machine.

[beezy]

Spartin went with AMD \sigh, thought he knew better!

Looks like a good machine, only thing I would have changed is AMD.

[Ronthorn Oakenarm]

Depends man there are things amd beats intel on


http://www.digitalversus.com/cpu/face-o ... table.html

And AMD is less then half the price. I personally like intel but for a game like EQ and many other games you would not be able to tell, unless you like to be the kid with the most expensive thing on the block.

[Stormmaster]

Spartin went with AMD \sigh, thought he knew better!

Looks like a good machine, only thing I would have changed is AMD.

Actually Beezy you can blame me on that one not Spartin. He had to cut a LOT of corners and I am sure could have built a space ship if he needed to but I do not have unlimited funds and in a few areas if it was deemed it wouldn't make a vastly noticeable difference we went with the less expensive option. And I'm pretty sure that AMD processor was less expensive then the equivalent other one. What he built and what he could have built were quite a bit different, this was the more budget friendly version.

AMD or not I'm pretty happy. It should run EQ for me. Considering what I would have paid for a similar set up from a store or prebuilt order this was WAY cheaper than anything I could have got. I can't believe how much stores or even companies online mark up computers. Definitely seemed better to have one put together.

[beezy]

Oh definitely, I was trying to bash your new pc lol. I put an AMD in my moms PC and I didnt like it at all. Thankfully she doesnt do much stuff like I do with mine, I just didnt like the performance of the AMD cpu over my intel one.

[Ronthorn Oakenarm]

here is what i am currently upgraded with storm so very close to yours

Windows 7 Ultimate to 64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Upgraded USB 3.0 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811129021

Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG-620 620W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817371048

ASUS Sabertooth 990FX AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131736

Hitachi 0S03230 Deskstar 3TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 5400, 32MB, SATA-6G http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822145493

XIGMATEK Aegir SD128264 Mega Killer Double HDT 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler Dual Fan LGA 2011 I7 i5 775 1155 1156 and AMD compatible (With extra fan set for push/pull) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835233087

AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor HDZ980FBK4DGM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103935

CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820233143

EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card X 2 in SLI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130625

Corsair Vengeance 1300 3.5mm Connector Circumaural Analog Gaming Headset http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 0%20analog

LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer - Bulk - 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model iHAS224-06 LightScribe Support X 2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827106333