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I've just bought some new computer parts, not strictly for SWTOR, but I would love to hear some of what I can expect in terms of FPS and graphics settings in comparison to my current build.

 

Current build:

 

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

1TB HDD

8GB RAM

nVidia GeForce 250 GTS GPU

Intel i5 650 dual-core 3.20 GHz CPU

550W PSU

Steady 10 FPS in combat with everything on low and turned off.

 

New build:

 

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.

120 GB SSD (purely for system and 2 or 3 of the games I play the most)

8GB RAM (might upgrade these if it will help)

Intel i7 2700k quad-core 3.50 GHz CPU (planning on overclocking this)

Gainward GeForce GTX 570 "Golden Sample" GPU

1050W PSU.

 

Any thoughts?

 

That is almost the most overkill on the PSU i have ever seen for a 400 WATT TDP system.

i5 2500k $100 cheaper

560ti $100 or more cheaper

Antec 620 neo eco for $65

I would of overclocked the CPU to about 4.0 and added the GPU and PSU I listed.

For a $320 or so upgrade

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Hi I just started playing the game recently and noticed some glitches when I was in Test Center trying out 1.2 Patch. Here is a brief description of my PC and a link to a more detailed one. I would like to know what would be the best Graphics Card, Power Supply and/or Cooling System (if needed) to upgrade my computer so the graphics will work better. Thanks for your help

 

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Intel Core i5-2390T 2.7GHz 3MB Cache

8GB DDR3 Memory

AMD Radeon HD 6450 512MB GDDR3 Graphics Card

1TB Hard Drive

SuperMulti DVD Burner

300 Watt Power Supply

Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g/n

Windows 7 Home Premium

 

 

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02838702&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=5097929#N33

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I need help with deciding what case to buy for the new rig I'm building. I have a list together and I just wanted other peoples opinion on which one would be the best.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=StoreIM&N=100006644&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Depa=1&Category=9&CompareItemList=-1%7C11-119-216%5E11-119-216-TS%2C11-119-233%5E11-119-233-TS%2C11-147-060%5E11-147-060-TS%2C11-147-108%5E11-147-108-TS%2C11-129-042%5E11-129-042-TS

 

help would be much appreciated.

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I need help with deciding what case to buy for the new rig I'm building. I have a list together and I just wanted other peoples opinion on which one would be the best.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=StoreIM&N=100006644&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Depa=1&Category=9&CompareItemList=-1%7C11-119-216%5E11-119-216-TS%2C11-119-233%5E11-119-233-TS%2C11-147-060%5E11-147-060-TS%2C11-147-108%5E11-147-108-TS%2C11-129-042%5E11-129-042-TS

 

help would be much appreciated.

 

 

While i cannot give you a run down of your cases listed, I personally am using a case in the HAF series and can tell you i'm very satisfied with it. As is my brother in law, who has one as well.

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OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601

 

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

 

System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

System Model EX58-UD3R

System Type x64-based PC

Processor Intel® Core i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz,2661 Mhz

4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

 

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"

Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 12.0 GB

Total Physical Memory 12.0 GB

Available Physical Memory 9.08 GB

Total Virtual Memory 24.0 GB

Available Virtual Memory 20.7 GB

Page File Space 12.0 GB

 

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Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit (Service Pack 1)

DirectX version: 11.0

GPU processor: GeForce GTX 470

Driver version: 295.73

DirectX support: 11

CUDA Cores: 448

Core clock: 607 MHz

Shader clock: 1215 MHz

Memory clock: 1674 MHz (3348 MHz data rate)

Memory interface: 320-bit

Total available graphics memory: 4095 MB

Dedicated video memory: 1280 MB GDDR5

System video memory: 0 MB

Shared system memory: 2815 MB

Video BIOS version: 70.00.21.00.70

IRQ: 16

Bus: PCI Express x16 Gen2

 

 

 

Primary HDD OCZ Agility2 SSD

 

Max Read: up to 285MB/s

Max Write: up to 275MB/s

Sustained Write: up to 250MB/s

Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 10,000 IOPS

 

Game runs just fine. Never had and stopping or freezing. Although my tolerance is high due to the fact I understand whats going on under the hood and realize theres things outside of BW control that can impact network throughput.

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While i cannot give you a run down of your cases listed, I personally am using a case in the HAF series and can tell you i'm very satisfied with it. As is my brother in law, who has one as well.

 

Thanks for your input. I did hear they were good. Anyone else?

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Ive got to get a new computer, and I'm thinking I may try to build one. this one just isnt cutting it for me for this game. Here's the list of parts I plan to use:

 

:Antec NEO ECO 520W Power Supply

 

ASUS P8H61-M LGA 1155 Micro-ATX Intel Motherboard

 

Intel Core i5-2400 Sandy Bridge 3.1Ghz Quad Core Processor

or

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz Quad Core Processor

 

: G Skill 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333 RAM

 

Seagate Pipeline 500GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive

 

AMD Radeon HD 6750

or

Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

 

How well do you all think this would run the game? What parts should I look to change? I've got to keep this as cheap as possible, only working minimum wage atm. I've chosen this game over having a life lol

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I got a two choices for a new computer should i get:

 

http://www.cowboom.com/product/855286

 

or

 

http://www.cowboom.com/product/813421?ReviewTab=2

 

and

 

What all am i going to need to upgrade?

 

Video card those do not have one just built in graphics, Power supply and cooling if they can be upgraded.

This is ready to go the reserve is set at $600

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gaming-PC-That-comes-with-windows-7-and-a-gaming-video-card?item=110854405877&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7513895066687739813

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RAM and vid cards are relatively cheap right now. I suggest to anybody upgrading to go to at least 8GB of RAM (only cost me $50) and I got my Radeon 6870 at $150 ...

 

I'm in Canada and I went to CanadaComputers.ca (They have stores everywhere). TigerDirect and all the other stores up here have the same pricing.

 

I am running those pieces with an i5 2500 CPU and have 0 issues with framerates

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Ive got to get a new computer, and I'm thinking I may try to build one. this one just isnt cutting it for me for this game. Here's the list of parts I plan to use:

 

:Antec NEO ECO 520W Power Supply

 

ASUS P8H61-M LGA 1155 Micro-ATX Intel Motherboard

 

Intel Core i5-2400 Sandy Bridge 3.1Ghz Quad Core Processor

or

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz Quad Core Processor

 

: G Skill 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333 RAM

 

Seagate Pipeline 500GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive

 

AMD Radeon HD 6750

or

Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

 

How well do you all think this would run the game? What parts should I look to change? I've got to keep this as cheap as possible, only working minimum wage atm. I've chosen this game over having a life lol

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128537

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115077

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131374

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231426

Keep the same PSU and add windows 7 or this one is ready to go reserve of $600

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gaming-PC-That-comes-with-windows-7-and-a-gaming-video-card?item=110854405877&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7513895066687739813

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Hello,

 

I am about to be purchasing a new system specifically for gaming and i have decided to go for a custom built PC.

 

I was wondering if there is any advice anybody could give me? This is the main game i play online.

 

There are so many options for instance Hard Drive Do i go for SSD or HDD? Would i face issues with SSD?, would i install the OS on the SSD or HDD?

 

 

What is the optimum specification for playing this game? Not just reccommended but the top specification.

 

Any help would be appreciated i am greatly confused.

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I am looking to make some upgrades to my setup to get swtor to play a little better. I play with all settings on low right now. Currently I get occasional lag on planets and some signifigant lag in space missions, especially level 20 and up. I built my set up about 5 years ago so i know it is fairly dated now.

 

Hoping spend around $200 and be able to play on medium settings or would even be happy with low settings but no lag. Not sure how realistic this will be. Here are the current specs:

 

 

Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit

Intel® Core2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz

4GB DDR2 OCZ

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB RAM

ASUS P5K MB

 

 

I can only assume the best thing to upgrade would be my video card. Would just upgrading that get me to where I would like to be? Any suggestions would be helpful. If more information is required I can provide it.

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its going to cost me over a thousand dollars to upgrade my current pc. and sadly, all i really need is a case and a new processor.

 

but with a new processor is a new mobo and new memory. so even just that would cost me around 700 dollars built by myself.

 

this is ridiculous if you ask me. i mean, to play this game you need a $700-1200 rig. i mean should i take out a personal loan? this is so stupid.

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I am looking to make some upgrades to my setup to get swtor to play a little better. I play with all settings on low right now. Currently I get occasional lag on planets and some signifigant lag in space missions, especially level 20 and up. I built my set up about 5 years ago so i know it is fairly dated now.

 

Hoping spend around $200 and be able to play on medium settings or would even be happy with low settings but no lag. Not sure how realistic this will be. Here are the current specs:

 

 

Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit

Intel® Core2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz

4GB DDR2 OCZ

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB RAM

ASUS P5K MB

 

 

 

I can only assume the best thing to upgrade would be my video card. Would just upgrading that get me to where I would like to be? Any suggestions would be helpful. If more information is required I can provide it.

 

The bottleneck is going to be the processor. And you will be limited by the Power Suppy on any video card upgrade you try to do. My advice is...donot put anymore money into that system.

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its going to cost me over a thousand dollars to upgrade my current pc. and sadly, all i really need is a case and a new processor.

 

but with a new processor is a new mobo and new memory. so even just that would cost me around 700 dollars built by myself.

 

this is ridiculous if you ask me. i mean, to play this game you need a $700-1200 rig. i mean should i take out a personal loan? this is so stupid.

 

It is the way it is. All new MMO's coming out this year and beyond is going to require a fairly new computer. TOR just happens to be very CPU intensive. Anything less than a quad core CPU is going to have some limitations.

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Hello,

 

I am about to be purchasing a new system specifically for gaming and i have decided to go for a custom built PC.

 

I was wondering if there is any advice anybody could give me? This is the main game i play online.

 

There are so many options for instance Hard Drive Do i go for SSD or HDD? Would i face issues with SSD?, would i install the OS on the SSD or HDD?

 

 

What is the optimum specification for playing this game? Not just reccommended but the top specification.

 

Any help would be appreciated i am greatly confused.

 

You want a quad core processor. The Intel I5 2600k is a excellent choice for a cpu. For the graphics, you want as a min a Nvidia 560TI or a Radeon 6850. 8 gig of ram is enough . As far as the SSD ...the drawbacks are cost and they tend to be small size. I have read on the forums some who were disappointed in them as far as load times, others have said they love them and load faster. A good 7200+ rpm harddrive will be fine. If you do get a SSD, load the OS and TOR on it and then have a HDD for other programs.

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Hi all, and thank you in advance for any help you may give me.

 

I am seeking to build my first computer, and I want it to handle swtor with no problem. Additional notes include, I will be using a 32" LCD tv (via HMDI connection) as my monitor because I already have it for my xbox and I don't really need 2 screens in my small dorm room.

 

So here are the parts I have chosen. Please feel free to let me know if something is not compatible with something else, or if I can upgrade anything / save money somewhere.

 

Core i7-2600K/Z68/8GB/1TB/THOR V2 SuperCombo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.864966

 

Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148441 (this should be enough for the OS and swtor, right?)

 

GIGABYTE GV-N560OC-1GI GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125363

 

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116992 (What is the difference between OEM and retail??)

 

EDIMAX EW-7722In Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates WEP 64/128, WPA, WPA2, WPS, Cisco CCX Support - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315099

 

I am really not looking to increase the price any more, if anything I am a little over-budget. If you can suggest some good price cuts, please do. I am open to any feedback as I am a noob when it comes to this stuff.

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Hi all, and thank you in advance for any help you may give me.

 

I am seeking to build my first computer, and I want it to handle swtor with no problem. Additional notes include, I will be using a 32" LCD tv (via HMDI connection) as my monitor because I already have it for my xbox and I don't really need 2 screens in my small dorm room.

 

So here are the parts I have chosen. Please feel free to let me know if something is not compatible with something else, or if I can upgrade anything / save money somewhere.

 

Core i7-2600K/Z68/8GB/1TB/THOR V2 SuperCombo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.864966

 

Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148441 (this should be enough for the OS and swtor, right?)

 

GIGABYTE GV-N560OC-1GI GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125363

 

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116992 (What is the difference between OEM and retail??)

 

EDIMAX EW-7722In Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates WEP 64/128, WPA, WPA2, WPS, Cisco CCX Support - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315099

 

I am really not looking to increase the price any more, if anything I am a little over-budget. If you can suggest some good price cuts, please do. I am open to any feedback as I am a noob when it comes to this stuff.

 

Drop the SSD their more trouble than a faster load time is worth. The i5 2500K is all you will ever need for gaming.

This is $1150 ($1060 if you get the rebates) and includes a good CPU cooler that you left off. You can save $40 more if you switch to Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128502

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130610

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106378

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116992

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

 

If your really on a budget this will play just fine. $ 765 (if you get the $30 rebate) Same video card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138339

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130610

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371031

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115077

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231311

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145299

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

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