I bought a new mousepad. Not really for TOR, but eh. I'm planning to maybe buy a new harddrive, however, as I'm running out of space for the future 30Gb of Old Republicy goodness. I suppose I could just uninstall some other games and programs that I never use, but yet again; Eh.
Any idea what a decent rig would cost me to build? I am going to have to build two of them, one for myself and one for the old lady, and I don't know anything about this stuff.
Quote from Socrates Any idea what a decent rig would cost me to build? I am going to have to build two of them, one for myself and one for the old lady, and I don't know anything about this stuff.
Do both need to be gaming rigs or can your computer just be for gaming? Also what kind of budget are you working with?
Quote from grayada1 I am looking to upgrade my PC to these components...should this be able to play SWTOR on good graphics settings?
ASUS P6X58D-E Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz 6 gb kingston ram ASUS ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5
Yes, but at this point there's no reason to buy any Intel besides Sandy Bridge.
If you already have it, that's fine, but for a new build definitely not.
Can you give me more details on this? I am looking to upgrade for around $1,000 to something that can play swtor with high graphics settings. I am not looking for the best of the best. I dont know anything about Sandy bridge so more details on that would be great.
Quote from grayada1 I am looking to upgrade my PC to these components...should this be able to play SWTOR on good graphics settings?
ASUS P6X58D-E Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz 6 gb kingston ram ASUS ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5
Yes, but at this point there's no reason to buy any Intel besides Sandy Bridge.
If you already have it, that's fine, but for a new build definitely not.
Can you give me more details on this? I am looking to upgrade for around $1,000 to something that can play swtor with high graphics settings. I am not looking for the best of the best. I dont know anything about Sandy bridge so more details on that would be great.
Sandy Bridge, socket 1155, is the new budget cpu that performs just as well and better in other cases then the 1366 CPU's also sometime next year Intel is introducing a new higher end line in the form of Ivy Bridge, socket 2100 or something like that, which will replace 1366 CPU's. Basically if you want future updatability and save some money get a 2400 to a 2500k and a lga 1155 Z86 motherboard.
Z86 motherboards have new features that won't be in the other boards.
Quote from Socrates Any idea what a decent rig would cost me to build? I am going to have to build two of them, one for myself and one for the old lady, and I don't know anything about this stuff.
Do both need to be gaming rigs or can your computer just be for gaming? Also what kind of budget are you working with?
Yeah they would both be for SWTOR. Going to build one first before making the second, to make sure my girlfriend will even like this game. Chances are she won't play it. I would have to say my budget would probably be in the $700 range(per computer). The only thing I will do with this computer is a little internet surfing, SWTOR, and probably store some music on it. Would like to have a unit capable of running TOR at max settings. Not sure if the computer I have right now would even survive the minimum on TOR. AMD Athlon 64X2 XP Media Edition 2.0 GHZ 250 GB HD 3x1024MBDDR nVidia GeForce 6100 built in video card. Upgrading the video card won't be an option for me, the video card slot does not work, as I have already tried to upgrade it.
Well here's a general idea of what I would buy not including monitor and OS. If you want to save some money your only options would be to downgrade the CPU to a 2400 or to go AMD.
Looks pretty good to me. I definetly would not want to downgrade anything. I want there to be some room for expansions and such on TOR. Would hate to buy a computer, then the next year or two an expansion comes out and my computer is at the bottom of the barrel again.
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Posted 6/16/2011 12:59:23 AMSince everyone is doing their best to prepare their machines for SWTOR, discuss builds and accessories here.
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Posted 6/28/2011 7:42:10 PMI am looking to upgrade my PC to these components...should this be able to play SWTOR on good graphics settings?
ASUS P6X58D-E
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ASUS ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5
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Posted 6/28/2011 8:55:13 PMI bought a new mousepad. Not really for TOR, but eh.
I'm planning to maybe buy a new harddrive, however, as I'm running out of space for the future 30Gb of Old Republicy goodness. I suppose I could just uninstall some other games and programs that I never use, but yet again; Eh.
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Posted 6/28/2011 10:49:36 PMYes those parts would be more then enough.
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Posted 6/29/2011 2:14:17 PMthanks for the reply!
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Posted 6/29/2011 11:44:51 PMIf you already have it, that's fine, but for a new build definitely not.
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Posted 6/30/2011 1:22:06 AMNew PC either on its way or parts already here.
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Intel i7-2600k
8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 16000
Intel 520 120GB SSD
EVGA Geforce 560 TI
WD 1TB Drive (storage, etc)
Lian-Li PC-V354
Should play SWTOR proper ;)
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Posted 6/30/2011 7:07:36 AMNew PC currently in construction.. final product will be
Intel i7-960 3.2Ghz
12gig Corsair Vengeance RAM
Dual GTX580's in SLi
4.5TB HDD space (500gig Primary 2x2tb storage)
should run the game okayish ... ;)
(also lookin at running Battlefield 3 on superdupermaxgraphics aswell :P)
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Posted 7/6/2011 5:55:18 AMAny idea what a decent rig would cost me to build? I am going to have to build two of them, one for myself and one for the old lady, and I don't know anything about this stuff.
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Posted 7/6/2011 11:23:16 AMDo both need to be gaming rigs or can your computer just be for gaming? Also what kind of budget are you working with?
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Posted 7/7/2011 3:40:50 PMCan you give me more details on this? I am looking to upgrade for around $1,000 to something that can play swtor with high graphics settings. I am not looking for the best of the best. I dont know anything about Sandy bridge so more details on that would be great.
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Posted 7/7/2011 5:06:55 PMSandy Bridge, socket 1155, is the new budget cpu that performs just as well and better in other cases then the 1366 CPU's also sometime next year Intel is introducing a new higher end line in the form of Ivy Bridge, socket 2100 or something like that, which will replace 1366 CPU's. Basically if you want future updatability and save some money get a 2400 to a 2500k and a lga 1155 Z86 motherboard.
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Posted 7/8/2011 6:12:07 AMYeah they would both be for SWTOR. Going to build one first before making the second, to make sure my girlfriend will even like this game. Chances are she won't play it. I would have to say my budget would probably be in the $700 range(per computer). The only thing I will do with this computer is a little internet surfing, SWTOR, and probably store some music on it.
Would like to have a unit capable of running TOR at max settings. Not sure if the computer I have right now would even survive the minimum on TOR.
AMD Athlon 64X2 XP Media Edition
2.0 GHZ
250 GB HD
3x1024MBDDR
nVidia GeForce 6100 built in video card. Upgrading the video card won't be an option for me, the video card slot does not work, as I have already tried to upgrade it.
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Posted 7/8/2011 9:22:17 AMWell here's a general idea of what I would buy not including monitor and OS. If you want to save some money your only options would be to downgrade the CPU to a 2400 or to go AMD.
Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119227 $49.99
Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128520 $114.99
CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072 $219.99
Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150551 $169.99 (139.99 after rebate)
Ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146748 $34.99 ($29.99 after rebate)
PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016 $59.99 ($49.99 after rebate)
DVD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 $19.99
$669.99
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Posted 7/8/2011 10:59:52 AMLooks pretty good to me. I definetly would not want to downgrade anything. I want there to be some room for expansions and such on TOR. Would hate to buy a computer, then the next year or two an expansion comes out and my computer is at the bottom of the barrel again.