Marest's Sample Builds

[BicycleMafioso]

What is 'enough'? Could you please give me an idea of how much FPS I would expect to get in a 25 man raid and with what settings? Thanks in advance

It means if you are not interested in overclocking, it's doubtful you could get a lot better at all, barring turbo modes.

In other words, it's enough for Wow, but will be lacking in other games.

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Recommended for:
Budget gaming build that can tackle most
newer games. Enough if you only play World
of Warcraft.

What is 'enough'? Could you please give me an idea of how much FPS I would expect to get in a 25 man raid and with what settings? Thanks in advance

I can't give you any specific number but I can tell you (from experience) that you can raid 25 man with very acceptable FPS/performance with an i3-2120+6850 (you can usually get an 6870 for not much more and a decent boost in performance) with the usual lowered settings like shadows, AA etc.

[Datub]

Which of these builds do i need to play skyrim smoothly with a nice high FPS, at good settings (above average, but no need for max) ?

[DeltrusDisc]

I have Skyrim nearly maxed out (turned one of the AA settings down just one notch to 8x I believe) and I get 60 fps almost constantly on a resolution of 1920x1080.

I have an i5-2500K@4.4GHz and a GTX 560 Ti OC'd to 950MHz Core clock.

I'd say you'd get the same or very similar, perhaps better results, from the gaming $800 build, and higher will only achieve better results.

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How well can the 400 build handle WoW in 25 man raids, on low settings and decent/high settings? I have played WoW for the last 6 years on low, so tuning down everything except particle density isn't a huge problem.

[DeltrusDisc]

The $400 build should handle WoW on medium settings with no real issue.

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Which of these builds do i need to play skyrim smoothly with a nice high FPS, at good settings (above average, but no need for max) ?

For Skyrim specifically I would recommend going with nVidia. More so, I'd recommend waiting for the 660 Ti.

[DeltrusDisc]

For Skyrim specifically I would recommend going with nVidia. More so, I'd recommend waiting for the 660 Ti.

This is a good point, due to it being optimized more for NVidia, however don't AMD's newer GPUs handle it pretty damn well?

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This is a good point, due to it being optimized more for NVidia, however don't AMD's newer GPUs handle it pretty damn well?

I max it with my 7970, but I got a solid 55-60 fps with heavy mods and AA at x2 (?) with my 560 Ti as well (2560x1440).

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

I max it with my 7970, but I got a solid 55-60 fps with heavy mods and AA at x2 (?) with my 560 Ti as well (2560x1440).

Yeah, just throw enough processing power at a game and it doesn't matter what hardware it is optimized for.

[DeltrusDisc]

I max it with my 7970, but I got a solid 55-60 fps with heavy mods and AA at x2 (?) with my 560 Ti as well (2560x1440).

I have about 7 or 8 graphically intensive mods and my 560 Ti handles it like I stated above, pretty damn flawlessly at 1920x1080. I'll get my graphics settings hold on....

AA 8
AF 8
Texture qual high
radial blur qual med
shadow high
decal qual high
FXAA is unchecked (should I check this? lol)
All water things checked.

View distance:

Object fade: 7
Light fade: 25
Actor fade: 6
Item fade: 4
grass fade: 3
specularity fade: 9
distant obj detail: high
objc detail fade is not checked.

When I first installed and opened Skyrim, it said it wanted to run the game on absolute max, I chose to not do that because I remember hearing how tough it was even on 570s, but I do wonder how it would perform totally maxed out.

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The $400 build should handle WoW on medium settings with no real issue.

Thanks. Could you suggest a different motherboard around the same pricing that would work with the 400 build, I can't find the ASRock H61M-DGS from any UK suppliers.

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157326

Maybe you could find that? All the other motherboards cheaper were from companies I don't trust. Biostar, EliteGroup, MSI (never hear anything good about their mobos).

It's about $15 more expensive, so. =S

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Thanks. Could you suggest a different motherboard around the same pricing that would work with the 400 build, I can't find the ASRock H61M-DGS from any UK suppliers.

Asrock H61M-VS - £35
Asrock H61M/U3S3 - £54
MSI H77MA-G43 - £67

Any of these, depending on how much you're willing/able to spend.

[Datub]

Hi all, so i was told it was better for me to go with nvidia for playing skyrim, so could one of you tell me what the overall changes to performance would be if i build the gaming 1500 build but switch out the GPU to one of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130769, also would i need to switch out another component (i'm looking at the PSU here)

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Hi all, so i was told it was better for me to go with nvidia for playing skyrim, so could one of you tell me what the overall changes to performance would be if i build the gaming 1500 build but switch out the GPU to one of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130769, also would i need to switch out another component (i'm looking at the PSU here)

You'll get more performance on the 680 on most titles, but it's not like a big performance difference. You might want to get a bigger psu than a 550W for it though.

[DeltrusDisc]

You'll get more performance on the 680 on most titles, but it's not like a big performance difference. You might want to get a bigger psu than a 550W for it though.

A 550w PSU will have no issues with one 680.

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

A 300W PSU with a strong enough 12V rail would have no problems running an LGA1155+GTX 680 computer (good luck finding one though).

[Datub]

A 550w PSU will have no issues with one 680.

Thanks !, btw does anyone know where i can find a step by step overclocking guide for the I5 3570k (for total OC noobs) i checked the oc starting guide at overclock.net but i still feel i need some extra info befor i start doing this

[n0cturnal]

Thanks !, btw does anyone know where i can find a step by step overclocking guide for the I5 3570k (for total OC noobs) i checked the oc starting guide at overclock.net but i still feel i need some extra info befor i start doing this

Just Google a guide for your specific motherboard.