Need advise please :-D

[KaneMac]

Hi, i am looking to get a pc that can play games such as shogun 2 on ultra with great fps, i believe these specs i have chosen could work well, but need an opinion, (i am also hoping this will be good enough when Rome 2 comes out!)

would really appreciate the help -

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COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-3930K (3.2GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH X79: SOCKET 2011, R.O.G
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPERX BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB VELOCIRAPTOR WD5000HHTZ, SATA 6-Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (10,000rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Extra Case Fans
1 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof) (£5)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,755.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[Niem]

Hi there
If it's just for gaming you could go with this spec, it will be more than enough to play games on max settings and will save you quite a bit of money.
I've added a 750w PSU incase you wish to SLI and an SSD which isn't a necessity but more of a luxury.

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,193.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[bigben]

The spec you have chosen is massively overkill.
I would go for this (although I just looked at the requirements for shogun 2 and this is still ott to be honest). This spec will play most current games on high/ultra settings with decent fps.

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V LK: PCI-E 3.0 READY, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,137.00 including VAT and delivery.

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edit: didn't see Lorkem's, either is good

 

[KaneMac]

Hi there
If it's just for gaming you could go with this spec, it will be more than enough to play games on max settings and will save you quite a bit of money.
I've added a 750w PSU incase you wish to SLI and an SSD which isn't a necessity but more of a luxury.

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,193.00 including VAT and delivery.

Thanks for the repley, will 2GB of v ram be enough plus wont GTX 670 be outdated soon?

 

[Niem]

Thanks for the repley, will 2GB of v ram be enough plus wont GTX 670 be outdated soon?

Yeah 2GB is more than enough.
There's only a slight difference in performance between the 670 and 680 but a lot in price, so the 670 is well worth buying, as I said you can always add a second 670 in the future

 

[bigben]

Thanks for the repley, will 2GB of v ram be enough plus wont GTX 670 be outdated soon?

Yes, I have gtx 670, it's brilliant. The motherboard and power supply I have suggested allows another 670 to be added when it is needed, the 680 is a lot of extra money for not a lot of extra performance.

edit. wow too slow again lol

 

[KaneMac]

Yeah 2GB is more than enough.
There's only a slight difference in performance between the 670 and 680 but a lot in price, so the 670 is well worth buying, as I said you can always add a second 670 in the future

Thanks loads mate, gonna go SLI with the GTX 670, great advise, +1rep :-D

 

[KaneMac]

Thanks mate, will no gought go with the SLI GTX 670, GTX 680 bit steep for its price lol +1 rep :-D

 

[Niem]

Thanks mate, will no gought go with the SLI GTX 670, GTX 680 bit steep for its price lol +1 rep :-D

Glad to help!
Thank you

 

[KaneMac]

Hi, another question, does the standard 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs allow me to connect to a router in my home wirelessly?

 

[vanthus]

It doesn't ,you need to select a wireless card,use a wireless USB adaptor or alternatively homeplugs.
Edit,unless the motherboard is wifi capable,as Rakk said.

 

[Rakk]

Hi, another question, does the standard 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs allow me to connect to a router in my home wirelessly?

No, you would need a motherboard that supported wireless, or a wireless card, or homeplugs.

 

[KaneMac]

No, you would need a motherboard that supported wireless, or a wireless card, or homeplugs.

Ok i am going with the asus sabertooth x79 for my motherboard, which card will i need to connect to my router wireless?

 

[Toxophilix]

Ok i am going with the asus sabertooth x79 for my motherboard, which card will i need to connect to my router wireless?

Just the basic 802.11N PCIe card would be fine.

However, as you are going for an SLI spec, you could just get the P8Z77-V motherboard which has wireless built in. It's works well - this post has come to you via it

 

[Teaz]

If you have fast net, then the dual band wireless card could be opted.

 

[Toxophilix]

If you have fast net, then the dual band wireless card could be opted.

Yes, though it needs a dual-band router to take full advantage of it.

 

[KaneMac]

I am also wondering, will GTX 670 SLI work on shogun 2, because i heard people were having issues with it?

 

[Toxophilix]

I am also wondering, will GTX 670 SLI work on shogun 2, because i heard people were having issues with it?

No idea about that, but it runs very smoothly on ultra with a single GTX-670 (at 1920 x 1080, that is).

OK, googling I see what you mean. There do seem to be a fair few people complaining about SLI performance. They did seem to be mostly from >1 year ago though. Possibly a problem that has been fixed in driver updates? In this test it seems to have worked well - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/geforce-gtx-670-sli_4.html#sect0, though I don't know if they actually let the game run for more than a few seconds in that kind of test. More research needed, perhaps (sorry not to be more helpful).

 

[Teaz]

Yes, though it needs a dual-band router to take full advantage of it.

Anyone having fast net I assume should have been provided with a dual band capable router from the start by their ISP. Otherwise something is strangely wrong..

I am also wondering, will GTX 670 SLI work on shogun 2, because i heard people were having issues with it?

As mentioned by toxo, I believe such problems were long ago or based on other factors. I've spoke to a friend a while ago that's running sli 580s and he has no problem running shogun 2. So I'm pretty sure the same should apply for the 670s you're considering to opt for.

 

[Toxophilix]

Anyone having fast net I assume should have been provided with a dual band capable router from the start by their ISP. Otherwise something is strangely wrong..

At least in the UK, ISPs are not providing dual-band routers free or by default. See here for example - http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/38774/~/what-is-the-dual-band-access-point-(dbap)? - BT are currently charging £49 to add 5GHz capability. At present I think pretty much everyone here is using 2.4GHz for home wifi.