PC upgrade time and would like some feed back.

Trifixion · 10-23-2011, 02:15 AM

this si the pc I may buy

Alienware Aurora-R3:Alienware Aurora Desktop ASR Processors:Intel® Core™ i7-2600K (8MB Cache) Overclocked Turbo Boost to 4.1GHz Operating System:Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, Chassis Color:Matte Stealth Black Chassis with 525W Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply Cooling Option:Alienware™ High-Performance Liquid Cooling Memory:8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 2133MHz, 4 DIMM Video Card:Dual 1GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 545 - SLI Enabled Hard Drive:500GB SATA 3Gb/s (7,200 RPM) Solid State Hybrid Sound Card:Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio Optical Drive:Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW)

this is my current pc specs

Brigh · 10-23-2011, 06:13 AM

Overkill for EQ II.

vochore · 10-23-2011, 06:34 PM

1....never ever build a comp to play eq2,build it to play any of the newest games out there then just adjust it down so eq2 plays good.

Kosh · 10-23-2011, 08:43 PM

Go to the Tech section at EQ2 Flames and have a look through the threads on building new systems.

TSR-JoshuaM · 10-24-2011, 11:35 AM

Very nice system and it would work great in EQII. I use an older i7 with a GTX480 and raid in extreme quality above 30FPS.

Coolit · 10-29-2011, 08:48 PM

I've just purchased all the bits to build a new system around the i7 2700k, if you feel comfortable building a pc then you may get better value by doing that.

I’m pretty interested to see how well the Intel does vs my current AMD in EQ2, everything I’ve read say's the current Intel chips are much better not just in EQ2 though so I'm expecting it to run well.

Oink · 10-30-2011, 02:08 AM

System supporting SLI with a meager 525W power supply is pretty disturbing. Geforce 545s are pretty low-to-midrange parts and a single 570 would outperform the SLI setup.

With SLI disabled, it wouldn't run much different than a HD4850.

I have an overclocked Q6600 (G0) w/ a 9600 GT and an OC'd I7 920 (D0) w/ a pair of GTX 275s and I don't notice a difference beween them in EQ2.. but I refuse to use shader 3.0.

I will say though, multi-boxing with textures cranked to maximum, 4GB didn't cut it for me. But for a single EQ2 client and most other tasks, it should be fine. If you can bump that Q6600 up to a 1600 FSB, I'd say.. don't bother upgrading.. maybe just get an SSD instead if you don't already have one.

As for that alienware R3 build:

While the $75 might be worth it for the 4.1 (turbo boosted) overclock of the 2600K vs the 3.9 as you might be guaranteed a better binned / capable cpu, paying $150 extra to get 8GB of PC3-2133 ram instead of the included 6GB doesn't make sense when you can 8GB of 2133 memory from newegg for less than a hundred. Then I'd use that $50 saved to get the single 560ti instead, which in almost every case should perform better than a pair of 545s.

vochore · 10-30-2011, 05:01 PM

Oink@Blackburrow wrote:

System supporting SLI with a meager 525W power supply is pretty disturbing. Geforce 545s are pretty low-to-midrange parts and a single 570 would outperform the SLI setup.
With SLI disabled, it wouldn't run much different than a HD4850.
I have an overclocked Q6600 (G0) w/ a 9600 GT and an OC'd I7 920 (D0) w/ a pair of GTX 275s and I don't notice a difference beween them in EQ2.. but I refuse to use shader 3.0.
I will say though, multi-boxing with textures cranked to maximum, 4GB didn't cut it for me. But for a single EQ2 client and moth other tasks, it should be fine. If you can bump that Q6600 up to a 1600 FSB, I'd say.. don't bother upgrading.. maybe just get an SSD instead if you don't already have one.
As for that alienware R3 build:
While the $75 might be worth it for the 4.1 (turbo boosted) overclock of the 2600K vs the 3.9 as you might be guaranteed a better binned / capable cpu, paying $150 extra to get 8GB of PC3-2133 ram instead of the included 6GB doesn't make sense when you can 8GB of 2133 memory from newegg for less than a hundred. Then I'd use that $50 saved to get the single 560ti instead, which in almost every case should perform better than a pair of 545s.

i agree with oink on many of these statments...you def.would be far better with a single 560 or better yet a 570 and i would go with a min of 650 watt to 750 p/s.

my comp specs are in my sig and even after overclocking my cpu to 4.0 ghz i still see no increase in performance with eq2.

10-23-2011, 06:13 AM	#2
Brigh Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,159	Overkill for EQ II. __________________ Anything you can achieve through hard work, you can also just buy. -Stephen Colbert CoD3 double XP Rank Up promotion lesson for kids

10-23-2011, 06:34 PM	#3
vochore Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 332	1....never ever build a comp to play eq2,build it to play any of the newest games out there then just adjust it down so eq2 plays good. __________________ asus crosshair IV amd 965 be quadcore.stock clocking 3.4 ghz 8 gig mushkin 1333 7-7-7-20 timings 1 300 gig velociraptor 1 150 gig velociraptor creative x-fi xtremegamer fatal1ty pro 5.1 suroundsound speaker setup corsair hx 850 p/s asus dvd player and burner 24 inch asus widescreen monitor windows 7 64 bit evga gtx 570 classified vochore thebeastlord of the seventhammer omegar and druadon

10-24-2011, 11:35 AM	#5
TSR-JoshuaM Customer Service Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 5,609	Very nice system and it would work great in EQII. I use an older i7 with a GTX480 and raid in extreme quality above 30FPS. __________________ TSR Joshua M. Technical Support Representative Sony Online Entertainment How to Contact Support: https://help.station.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/28939 How to Create a DXDIAG/MSINFO https://help.station.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/28973

10-30-2011, 05:01 PM	#8
vochore Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 332	Oink@Blackburrow wrote: System supporting SLI with a meager 525W power supply is pretty disturbing. Geforce 545s are pretty low-to-midrange parts and a single 570 would outperform the SLI setup. With SLI disabled, it wouldn't run much different than a HD4850. I have an overclocked Q6600 (G0) w/ a 9600 GT and an OC'd I7 920 (D0) w/ a pair of GTX 275s and I don't notice a difference beween them in EQ2.. but I refuse to use shader 3.0. I will say though, multi-boxing with textures cranked to maximum, 4GB didn't cut it for me. But for a single EQ2 client and moth other tasks, it should be fine. If you can bump that Q6600 up to a 1600 FSB, I'd say.. don't bother upgrading.. maybe just get an SSD instead if you don't already have one. As for that alienware R3 build: While the $75 might be worth it for the 4.1 (turbo boosted) overclock of the 2600K vs the 3.9 as you might be guaranteed a better binned / capable cpu, paying $150 extra to get 8GB of PC3-2133 ram instead of the included 6GB doesn't make sense when you can 8GB of 2133 memory from newegg for less than a hundred. Then I'd use that $50 saved to get the single 560ti instead, which in almost every case should perform better than a pair of 545s. i agree with oink on many of these statments...you def.would be far better with a single 560 or better yet a 570 and i would go with a min of 650 watt to 750 p/s. my comp specs are in my sig and even after overclocking my cpu to 4.0 ghz i still see no increase in performance with eq2. __________________ asus crosshair IV amd 965 be quadcore.stock clocking 3.4 ghz 8 gig mushkin 1333 7-7-7-20 timings 1 300 gig velociraptor 1 150 gig velociraptor creative x-fi xtremegamer fatal1ty pro 5.1 suroundsound speaker setup corsair hx 850 p/s asus dvd player and burner 24 inch asus widescreen monitor windows 7 64 bit evga gtx 570 classified vochore thebeastlord of the seventhammer omegar and druadon

10-23-2011, 02:15 AM	#1
Trifixion Server: Antonia Bayle Guild: Torment Rank: Im NEW Look at me! Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 59	this si the pc I may buy Alienware Aurora-R3:Alienware Aurora Desktop ASR Processors:Intel® Core™ i7-2600K (8MB Cache) Overclocked Turbo Boost to 4.1GHz Operating System:Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, Chassis Color:Matte Stealth Black Chassis with 525W Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply Cooling Option:Alienware™ High-Performance Liquid Cooling Memory:8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 2133MHz, 4 DIMM Video Card:Dual 1GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 545 - SLI Enabled Hard Drive:500GB SATA 3Gb/s (7,200 RPM) Solid State Hybrid Sound Card:Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio Optical Drive:Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) this is my current pc specs

10-23-2011, 08:43 PM	#4
Kosh Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 66	Go to the Tech section at EQ2 Flames and have a look through the threads on building new systems.

10-29-2011, 08:48 PM	#6
Coolit Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 53	I've just purchased all the bits to build a new system around the i7 2700k, if you feel comfortable building a pc then you may get better value by doing that. I’m pretty interested to see how well the Intel does vs my current AMD in EQ2, everything I’ve read say's the current Intel chips are much better not just in EQ2 though so I'm expecting it to run well.

10-30-2011, 02:08 AM	#7
Oink Server: Blackburrow Guild: Petitioned Rank: Leader Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 90	System supporting SLI with a meager 525W power supply is pretty disturbing. Geforce 545s are pretty low-to-midrange parts and a single 570 would outperform the SLI setup. With SLI disabled, it wouldn't run much different than a HD4850. I have an overclocked Q6600 (G0) w/ a 9600 GT and an OC'd I7 920 (D0) w/ a pair of GTX 275s and I don't notice a difference beween them in EQ2.. but I refuse to use shader 3.0. I will say though, multi-boxing with textures cranked to maximum, 4GB didn't cut it for me. But for a single EQ2 client and most other tasks, it should be fine. If you can bump that Q6600 up to a 1600 FSB, I'd say.. don't bother upgrading.. maybe just get an SSD instead if you don't already have one. As for that alienware R3 build: While the $75 might be worth it for the 4.1 (turbo boosted) overclock of the 2600K vs the 3.9 as you might be guaranteed a better binned / capable cpu, paying $150 extra to get 8GB of PC3-2133 ram instead of the included 6GB doesn't make sense when you can 8GB of 2133 memory from newegg for less than a hundred. Then I'd use that $50 saved to get the single 560ti instead, which in almost every case should perform better than a pair of 545s.