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Recommend me a computer configuration

Discussion in 'Techno-Magic' started by Taluntain, Jan 31, 2013.

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  1. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Interesting observation... I did some googling and all reports seem to indicate that there's nothing on the market right now that would saturate even 2.0 and that performance benefits of 3.0 are in the range of a few % at most and only for the most powerful of GPUs. So I think I'll be OK on that front.

    Erod's link pretty much confirms it.
     
    Taluntain, Feb 3, 2013
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  2. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Later... much, much later...


    I've finally put together the final (?) list:

    CPU:

    Intel i5-3350P

    MB:

    MB 1155 MSI B75MA-E33 M-ATX SATA-3 2xUSB3.0 VGA HDMI

    RAM:

    2x 4GB, dual channel

    PSU:

    LC Power Silent Giant LC6550GP2 V2.2 - Green Power 550W

    SSD:

    CRUCIAL m4 256GB 2.5" SATA3 MLC CT256M4SSD2

    HDD:

    Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s

    GFX:

    PCI-E nVidia GF GTX650-Ti 1GB DDR5 MSI Overclock 2xDVI, HDMI

    MONITOR:

    LED Samsung 60,9 cm (24,0") S24B370H 1920x1080 VGA HDMI 2ms

    K+M:

    MK320 Logitech wireless keyboard & mouse

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    I think that this should be relatively powerful and quite future-proof while not overly expensive. If you spot any issues, please let me know!
     
    Taluntain, Mar 27, 2013
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  3. Topken

    Topken Elven-dragon wizard

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    May need more ram but other then that for your needs it should be perfectly fine and will last you quite a while.
     
    Topken, Mar 29, 2013
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  4. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    I was considering going for 16 but it's not that cheap right now so I've settled on 8 for the moment. I'll just add more later if needed.
     
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    Taluntain, Mar 29, 2013
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    Topken Elven-dragon wizard

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    Ok and yeah you can always add it in down the line once it either drops in price or you scrape the money together.
     
    Topken, Mar 30, 2013
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