There wasn’t really any other category in the forums this seemed more fit so I decided to post it here because it’s cool to see what other people are using for Guild Wars 2 and also to see some other people’s specs.
I’m currently running on a crappy computer of my dads but I’m currently building a PC and almost finished. I currently have a GeForce 2gb Superclocked 770 that I put in my dad’s computer in the meantime so I can play the game reasonably with good graphics but what I’ve been purchasing are as follows.
NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Chasispurchased
Intel Core i7-4770k Quad-Core Processorpurchased
GeForce 2gb Superclocked 770 GPUpurchased
ASUS Maximus VI Hero Motherboardpurchased
Cooler Master 700W Power Supplypurchased
Corsair Vengence 16gb RAMnot yet purchased
Corsair Hydro Series Liquid CPU Cooler H100inot yet purchased
WD Red 2 TB Hard Drivenot yet purchased
Some kind of BluRay player/burnernot yet purchased
Razer Naga Epic Mousethink I’m getting it for christmas
Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Keyboardthink I’m also getting for christmas
Windows 8not yet purchased
A kitten touchscreen monitornot yet purchased
Basically I’m building my dream computer and should have the rest purchased in the next month SO stoked to have it finally completed. Long time in the making. What are all of your rig builds for Guild Wars 2?
Intel i5 quad core
Asus (forgot the model) motherboard.
Gskill Ares 16gb ddr3 RAM
Nvidia GTX560 1gb video card
650gb Western Digital Caviar Black HDD (I have other HDDs but this is where games are in…)
Windows 8 64bit
Razer Lycosa Mirror Keyboard
Razer Naga Epic mouse (broken key, doubleclicks most of the time)
Samsung 23.5" LED (non-touch)
Altec Lansing Octane 8 speakers
Samsung DVD Reader/Writer
Zumax 700w Modular PSU
Future planned upgrades:
2x 128mb SSD
Mouse. Probably Roccat.
Keyboard. Probably Roccat.
Motherboard. Must support SIi
2 new video cards. Always Nvidia. For sli.
Thermaltake/Coolermaster liquid cooling.
Nice build! But why WD red? I recommend a 120GB ssd and a 2TB WD caviar black for a steam/game drive. You will have enough room for a few MMOS and apps on the ssd and the WD black is a solid performing platter drive that’s fast and has 5 year MFR warrantee.
I have:
I5 2500k @ 4.5
Asus p8p67 evo
2×4 GB corsair 1866 vengeance low profile
Crucial m4 128gb
2x 1TB WD caviar black
2x gtx 570’s
corsair hx850 watt
antec kuhler h2o 620
nzxt phantom atx
asus 27" vg278h 3d vision
Logitech G510, g930 and g600
Win 8.1
jokes apart, get kitten for sure and as they said better go black with wd
as for the corsair cooling, be sure to get a chassi that cools well enough the gpu , whileis true is taking out most of the cpu heat from the case i did the mistake to get a corsair chassi once and was getting so hot because was meant to be for full liquid systems. and don’t expect performace far better than a good air coling
Yeah all in one water loops are more about looks and a more open looking case interior. A good noctua cpu air cooler will usually out perform most single 120 rad coolers. The h100 is decent but won’t be any quieter than a massive noctua air cooler and does run the risk of pump failure. Most water coolers also work better when upgraded with high static pressure fans to push air through the radiator.
If your GPU uses a reference design cooler it will at least vent most of the heat out the back of the case. Most aftermarkets will just vent heat to the interior.
Lian li PC-C60 HTPC case
Asus P8Z77-V LE plus mobo
16gb (4×4) 1600DDR3
I5 3570k running at 4.2ghz (with an EK waterblock)
Radeon HD 7950 (with a full board EK waterblock)
Koolance (pump/reservoir drive mounted unit)
External remote 4×120 radiator setup on a custom stand (total over kill but it looks bad-kitten and I can runn the fans as low a 600rpm)
OCZ Vertex4 250gb for OS and games
Seagate Barracuda 3TB for other programs and media
WD Caviar green 2TB for extra storage just cause I had one kicking around.
FSP Gold 750w power supply.
Looks real slick in the living room. Plan on adding another radeon 7950 to it and maybe a proper sound card if there is any room left after going crossfire.
Be careful what you wish for, Anet might just give it to you “HoT”
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Just wondering, has anyone ever been able to get 50+ FPS in LA with max graphics settings @ 1080p especially in the area around the Mystic Forge? It seems impossible with the current generation of hardware.
The problem is it’s greatly affected by the number of players in LA. Try it in those most populated servers where a constant of roughly couple hundreds of players are present, it just can’t be done.
Just wondering, has anyone ever been able to get 50+ FPS in LA with max graphics settings @ 1080p especially in the area around the Mystic Forge? It seems impossible with the current generation of hardware.
Ive never heard of anyone getting higher then 35 with the way the game is optimized. Now should they improve the game for multi core processors and AMD hardware, that could improve, but right now the game doesnt even use 2 cores.
I’ve never heard of anyone getting higher then 35 with the way the game is optimized. Now should they improve the game for multi core processors and AMD hardware, that could improve, but right now the game doesnt even use 2 cores.
Oh so this game still utilizes single core only? It actually explains everything.
I’ve never heard of anyone getting higher then 35 with the way the game is optimized. Now should they improve the game for multi core processors and AMD hardware, that could improve, but right now the game doesnt even use 2 cores.
Oh so this game still utilizes single core only? It actually explains everything.
Why do you think intel processors perform so much better. lol Single threaded performance on intel (haswell in particular) is roughly 28% better then AMD FX series.
I’ve never heard of anyone getting higher then 35 with the way the game is optimized. Now should they improve the game for multi core processors and AMD hardware, that could improve, but right now the game doesnt even use 2 cores.
Oh so this game still utilizes single core only? It actually explains everything.
Why do you think intel processors perform so much better. lol Single threaded performance on intel (haswell in particular) is roughly 28% better then AMD FX series.
I gave up on AMD since I had replaced my Phenom II x4 965 years ago. Bulldozer was such a letdown, as expected.
CPU: i7 3770k processor, quad core 3.5ghz
GPU: Geforce GTX 650 ti
RAM: 8 gb RAM
OS: Win 7 64 bit on a dedicated SSD
CASE: NZXT Phantom 410
At 1680×1050, I get 60+ FPS pretty much everywhere except Lion’s Arch; dips as low as 24 FPS around the trading post.
Guild Wars 2 killed the hard drive in my old laptop. It started overheating and producing a burny smell, I blame GW2’s massive amount of texture data and other assets. It was on it’s way out anyway though, and since I had to build a new system, I did so with GW2 in mind.
I’m planning to install some dedicated cooling when I decide to overclock. Until then, the 3-speed adjustable fan on my case seems to be doing the trick to keep things cool.
Processor : Intel Core i7 Processor 2670QM (2.20Ghz, 6MB, 4C)
Display : 17.3in WideFHD (1920 × 1080) WLED LCD
Memory : 16GB(4X4GB)1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
Hard Drive : 256GB AW Mobility Solid State Drive
Optical Drive : 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including software
Power Supply : AW 240W AC Adapter
GPU : 1,5Go GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Operating System : English Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
GW2 performance: flawless (some rare exceptions where heavy use of particles seem to cause some kind of loading stutter for <5seconds)
Note: Its my first gaming laptop after years of desktop gaming. Will probably never buy a gaming desktop again because its sooooo practical to game wherever I am (like during long train trips, waiting for the plane, visiting parents during christmas holidays ).
This build is 1.5 years old, runs all games at max graphics settings and high FPS
CPU: Core i5 3570K 3.4 GHz
CPU Cooling: Arctic Cooling Freezer Xtreme Rev. 2 /775/1366
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus V GENE (Z77, GEN 3)
Memory: Corsair DDR3 1600Mhz PC12800 16GB Vengeance 1.5V CL8
HDD: 2x Samsung HD501LJ Spinpoint F3 500GB SATA II; 1 x Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB SATA II
PSU: Corsair Professional Series CMPSU-850HXEU 850W
GPU: 2 x Asus PCI-E N GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II Top (for SLI)
Case: Coolermaster HAF 922 Full Tower Case 3 fans
O/S: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
Monitor: Dell U2713HM (2560×1440)
I have an off-the-shelf (from our friends at Best Buy) Asus CG5290:
2.67Ghz Quad core i7
9GB ddr3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Windows Vista OS (yah, I know, rite? I was lucky… got one of the ones with no problems)
Razer Anansi keyboard
Logitech thumb-style roller ball mouse (Helps with the physical issues I have)
Not the best system in the world, but it works for me. I have had no issues with framerate, my viewing experience is perfect, and the only lag I have ever had is in LA on those days when everyone in the game is there.
I got a second-hand Alienware Area-51 (2009). I first changed the PSU because that’s what caused it to get it sold away. The graphics card got destroyed recently as well so I took a GeForce GTX 770 and now… I need again a new PSU because the power consumption is too high and my computer crashes when my graphics card is too heavily used, so I play GW2 in low graphics settings… :/
CPU: Intel i5 2500K OC’d 4.3 GHz
CPU Cooling: Corsair H100 W/Upgraded Fans In Push/Pull
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus V GENE (Z77, GEN 3)
Memory: Corsair DDR3 1600Mhz PC12800 16GB Vengeance 1.5V
HDD: Corsair 240g SSD (boot), Seagate Hybrid 1TB
PSU: Thermaltake 850 modular
Optical: LG Blu-Ray, Acer DVD
GPU: 2 x Asus GeForce GTX 560 Ti In SLI
Case: Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Control: Logitech G13 Game Pad, Logitech Trackball, MS Keyboard
Monitor: 2x Acer 23" LED (side by side)
O/S: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
My wife is a graphics artist/designer and I build her computers for her, she normally needs the latest and greatest hardware to work productively, we build new machines just about every two years, she gets new hardware and I get her hand-me-downs which is why I don’t have the latest video cards. stuff that is too dated for my needs goes to update other computers on our network…. Occasionally I’ll stick new hardware in my PC like my current MB/CPU/Memory which is basically the same as her’s but she has a Asus Rampage MB with the same CPU/Memory as I do, her PC is just a few ticks spec-wise above mine having much newer video cards driving three monitors one being a Wacom Cintiq.
IBM 386 with twin floppy drives and a 256 color14" VGA monitor. I connect to the Internet with tin cans and a string pulled very tight. I’m getting a mouse next month!
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Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm the rest of his life.
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Hey Bustin’ you have any problems with your M4? I had one that failed after about 3 months they replaced it but I have it just sitting on the shelf I’m a little scared to use it as a boot drive. Also Props to you getting your 2500k to 4.5ghz mine ran out of stability there and I had to roll it back to 4.3 where it seems to be very happy, the wife’s is running at 3.8 which isn’t much of a stretch for it but her PC has a H80 cooler which isn’t very efficient even with new fans in push/pull.
Actually, just ordered the remainder of what I needed for my new build as well. It’s been over 6 years since I upgraded my old pc, and even though it runs GW2 on medium/low settings, WvW is a chore sometimes. I’ve never been one to spend oodles of money on top of the line equipment, so here’s my budget PC.
New build for 2014:
Biostar B75MU3+ Motherboard (Love Biostar, fantastic support for budget gaming)
MSI Geforce GTX660OC 192-bit 2gb GDDR5
Rosewill Green Series 630W Continuous @40C PSU
Intel Core i5-3350P 3.3 GHZ Quad Core Processor
G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8gb (2×4gb) DDR3 Memory
Kingston 120gb SSD (Already have a 500gb drive for storage)
and finally… Windows 7 64 bit Professional(sadly I have been using a 32bit OS forever)
EDIT: Forgot to add the case, Rosewill Redbone U3. She’s a beaut.
All in all the total for all of this was around $600 with deals this year.
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The problem is it’s greatly affected by the number of players in LA. Try it in those most populated servers where a constant of roughly couple hundreds of players are present, it just can’t be done.
It can be done and I see it regularly. I’m far from being the only one too.
Just finished this build not to long ago it was going to be a budget build till i bought my video card
Amd A10 6800k APU (only running as a cpu at 4.5 Ghz)
8GB G.Skill 2300 Mhz
some old crappy 500 gb seegate hdd
Thermaltake SmartSeries 1200w
Saphire dual X R9 280x Overclocked edition
i run everything maxed with good frame rate never really see my freames drop
Finished mine not long ago:
Case: Cooler Master Cosmos II
PSU: e-VGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2
MB: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
CPU: Core i7 4930K
RAM: 64 Gb G-Skill @ 2133
HDD: 2 x Intel 530 240 Gb SSD
Video: 2 x e-VGA 780 Hydro Copper Dual Classified in SLI
Monitor: ASUS VG278HE Black
Mouse: ROCCAT Kone XTD
Keyboard: MS Natural Ergo 4000
NVidia 3D Vision Kit
Full water loop
Running on Windows 7 x64
Hey Bustin’ you have any problems with your M4? I had one that failed after about 3 months they replaced it but I have it just sitting on the shelf I’m a little scared to use it as a boot drive. Also Props to you getting your 2500k to 4.5ghz mine ran out of stability there and I had to roll it back to 4.3 where it seems to be very happy, the wife’s is running at 3.8 which isn’t much of a stretch for it but her PC has a H80 cooler which isn’t very efficient even with new fans in push/pull.
The h80 has a much thicker radiator than my antec all in one loop and I only have a single geil wing 12 in push on the rear of the case. 4.5ghz is really just luck of the draw and I do hit mid 65C under heavy load.
Just off the top of my head from when I built it a year ago:
ASUS- Serverboard
2x Xeon quad core @ 3.0ghz
16gb RAM
64bit Win7 Ultimate (previously ran server 2003)
RAID 10 of 4tb (for data drive, OS is separated)
Windows 95
IBM PC 333MHz 80486
8MB Ram
Hard Drive 50MB
Double Speed CD-ROM drive (330K/sec sustained transfer rate with MSCDEX version 2.2
Super VGA Graphics for 640 × 480 × 256 colors
Windows 95 compatible soundcard
Microsoft-compatible mouse
CD Audio
Windows 95
IBM PC 333MHz 80486
8MB Ram
Hard Drive 50MB
Double Speed CD-ROM drive (330K/sec sustained transfer rate with MSCDEX version 2.2
Super VGA Graphics for 640 × 480 × 256 colors
Windows 95 compatible soundcard
Microsoft-compatible mouse
CD Audio
The problem is it’s greatly affected by the number of players in LA. Try it in those most populated servers where a constant of roughly couple hundreds of players are present, it just can’t be done.
It can be done and I see it regularly. I’m far from being the only one too.
Then I should assume you have a godly machine build that can support your claim.
People still didn’t get it that, unless they’re working on some ultra-new virtual graphic generators ( used by e.g. architects ), they will not need 16 gb of RAM in the nearest future ( a couple of years at least ).
It amazes me, really…
Three 80-lvl Rangers. Why? ‘Cos they’re that cool.
The problem is it’s greatly affected by the number of players in LA. Try it in those most populated servers where a constant of roughly couple hundreds of players are present, it just can’t be done.
It can be done and I see it regularly. I’m far from being the only one too.
Then I should assume you have a godly machine build that can support your claim.
My system I posted above with max graphical settings @1680x1050 around the forge gets between 30 and 50 fps depending on the angle and number of people around at the time. If I turn off v-sync, and reduce player character model numbers a bit its 40+.
OS: Win 7 64 bit
MOBO: Asus P8P67 Deluxe (Rev 3.0)
CPU: i5 2550k oc’ed to 4.4ghz
Noctua NH-C14 140mm x 2 SSO CPU Cooler
RAM: 8gigs Mushkin Enhanced Blackline
HDD: Crucial M4 64gig HD (for sys)
HDD: WD 7200rpm 500gigs (for apps)
EVGA GTX 660ti Superclocked – SLI
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro M – 1000W
Everything plays 60fps (capped) smoothly except for when in Lions Arch in certain areas (frames drop to 30-39 regardless of setting), and in certain parts of certain Fractals.
ArenaNet does NOT play Guild Wars 2. This can’t be.
People still didn’t get it that, unless they’re working on some ultra-new virtual graphic generators ( used by e.g. architects ), they will not need 16 gb of RAM in the nearest future ( a couple of years at least ).
It amazes me, really…
Not to disagree but would it not depend on what else the PC is doing? as a user of Premier I often see memory usage in the 80% (with 8g) while rendering video throw in a few other processes/tasks and it would seem that the added cushion of 16g would be beneficial. With the newest motherboards supporting 4 channel memory it would also seem that 16g would be the base memory you would want when building a system utilizing 4 channel since memory is matched pairs or groups now-a-days, last thing I would want to do is buy 8g (4-2g sticks to get the 4 channel) only to find out I should have bought a 16g matched set. I’ve always had the mind-set when building a PC of maxed stats in a price range or price point I could afford, never really knowing in 12-24 months what type of demand would be placed on the PC because of software revisions, Adobe has a habit of using every ounce of resources you have cushion or margin pre-built into a PC would seem to money well spent but it is JMHO.
People still didn’t get it that, unless they’re working on some ultra-new virtual graphic generators ( used by e.g. architects ), they will not need 16 gb of RAM in the nearest future ( a couple of years at least ).
It amazes me, really…
That was the point of building this computer. To make it extremely powerful and to future proof it for a good amount of time. Is there something wrong with that? Especially when ram is one of the cheapest things on the rig.
The problem is it’s greatly affected by the number of players in LA. Try it in those most populated servers where a constant of roughly couple hundreds of players are present, it just can’t be done.
It can be done and I see it regularly. I’m far from being the only one too.
Then I should assume you have a godly machine build that can support your claim.
My system I posted above with max graphical settings @1680x1050 around the forge gets between 30 and 50 fps depending on the angle and number of people around at the time. If I turn off v-sync, and reduce player character model numbers a bit its 40+.
Ya I can see that when you’re pushing out 4.3ghz on your processor. Which i7 you over clocking? I plan to get mine up there as well. I read that 70% the i7-4770k 3.5ghz processors can usually be pushed to 4.5ghz and the next 10% can get it to 4.6 while the last 20% can actually get it up to 4.7. Must’ve gotten lucky if they can keep it at 4.7 stable without overheating of upwards of 90c.
SO stoked to have it finally completed. Long time in the making. What are all of your rig builds for Guild Wars 2?