If you need help building a computer or advice on parts.

[Nuclearranger]

The CPU and GPU you suggested was a nightmare price-wise (specifically the CPU), so I went with these as my alternatives:

CPU - Intel Core i3-2100
GPU - EVGA GeForce GTX650

For the case, I went with this: RAIDMAX ATX-321WB

As for the HDD, I went with something like this.

The total came to about $512 before shipping. This, of course, doesn't include stuff like the new monitor I'd have to get to support it (which is already within my plans for next year) and the OS I'd have to pay for (the OS I'm using is a manufacturer-based WinXP which comes preloaded with a nasty strain of Norton 360 - I uninstall that first chance I get if I ever have to reformat).

Do you think the GPU & CPU I listed will do the trick (or even work with the MOBO/PSU combo you suggested)?

They should all work together. I would imagine that this pc will do fine with PSO2. Max on everything might be questionable but that remains to be seen!

[Not Crazed]

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pav...45619-pdt.html

WOuld this PC run PSO2 on max settings well?

I'm a complete noob on this ;D

Thanks,
Crazed

[DemonMike]

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pav...45619-pdt.html

WOuld this PC run PSO2 on max settings well?

I'm a complete noob on this ;D

Thanks,
Crazed

Processor and RAM are fine for that price, but that computer has integrated graphics which you're definitely not looking for. As far as I know, you wont get near max settings with integrated graphics cards.

If you're willing to fork out an extra £100 for the sake of not building your own computer, I recommend this. You should be able to play the game fine with it, but I have no idea what the minimum you should be looking for to crank out max settings with a good frame rate.

[Nuclearranger]

Processor and RAM are fine for that price, but that computer has integrated graphics which you're definitely not looking for. As far as I know, you wont get near max settings with integrated graphics cards.

If you're willing to fork out an extra £100 for the sake of not building your own computer, I recommend this. You should be able to play the game fine with it, but I have no idea what the minimum you should be looking for to crank out max settings with a good frame rate.

I really do recommend attempting to build your own. A person with almost no knowledge and the right parts can do it in about 1-2 hours!

[DemonMike]

I really do recommend attempting to build your own. A person with almost no knowledge and the right parts can do it in about 1-2 hours!

Same, it's pretty easy and there's numerous guides as to what parts to buy and how to build it if you ever get stuck. You even save yourself a good amount of money too.

[dioje]

My birthday is coming up soon so I'll have some money and I plan on starting to get some parts to build a gaming PC in the future
I'm thinking of starting by getting this ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127688 ) but I don't know much about PC building so can anyone point me to an affordable, compatible motherboard? A good CPU too. Also will this be good to run PSO2 on max?

[Nuclearranger]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116505
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...CE&PageSize=20

Pick a mobo with some decent ratings... AS ROCK is not a bad budget company.

If you want a cheaper CPU go with an I3

[domokun1134]

So I've been playing this game for about 2 weeks on an Acer 3830T laptop with an i5-2450M and Intel HD 3000 embedded graphics. Surprisingly, it's pretty playable on Level 2 and even isn't that bad on Level 5, despite the benchmark score of 568 and 249 respectively. I'm looking to build a budget gaming setup to replace the HTPC in the living room, because I don't like subjecting my laptop to hours of torture on end. The thing runs at a solid 100C during gameplay and I know that's not going to last forever.

Now my question is, how much do I actually need. Ideally, I want to run the game with everything maxed out, at 720p resolution. I see a lot of people showing off their 20,000 scores here but I think that's probably complete overkill if I'm able to play well enough with a score in the 500's. I don't want to spend a fortune building a machine for basically one game. I played around on Newegg and found a couple of options for myself.

AMD A10-5800K with embedded HD6670 GPU

AMD A8-3850 Llano quad-core with embedded HD 6650 GPU, however I'll step up to a Radeon HD 7770 dedicated GPU. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202011

Even the HD 6670 is more than twice as fast as the Intel HD 3000 I'm currently using. Would that alone be enough to run maxed out?

I checked the benchmark thread and there were plenty of people saying they're running it full-max with 6+ year old computers. I can't see why not either after seeing how my bottom of the barrel GPU is currently handling things. Also AMD GPU's seem cheaper than Nvidia ones. Is there a reason for this? I used to be pretty into PC Gaming and building systems about 10 years ago but everything is so much different now I feel like a n00b.

Thanks.

[Nuclearranger]

Well, overall you will want a dedicated card, not something that is built into the PC or CPU as some AMD CPUs will do.

For the most part, if you have an I series (I3,5,7) CPU and any decent GPU (100-200 dollars) you should be golden for MAX settings.

[domokun1134]

Are the AMD CPU's that bad? They are nice and cheap.