Guild Wars 2

Hello! I’m starting on building my gaming rig but I’m abit at a loss of what type of hardware I should be looking into. I’ve decided on a packaged deal that gives me a Cooler Master HAF 912 case and Cooler Master 500W PSU for $143.99. I would like to run Guild Wars 2 on the highest settings possible, and be sure that I will not have to update my pc for a good while, but still be able to keep the price tag at a reasonable level.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/FAQ-Frequently-Asked-Questions-Compilation/first#post1095383
(Look at Part 2)

A intel i5 3570K + Coolmaster Evo212 (or Noctua NH-D14) cooler.
Asus or gigabyte LGA 1155 motherboard.
OC to around 4.5ghz.
Nvidia 660ti or AMD 7950 Graphics card.

This core setup will allow u play to play GW2 on high setitngs and NEVER drop below 30fps. You should average 45fps in WvW and LA, and 60 in Pve..again though ..you will stil lsee a minimum of 30 fpsin some areas like places in LA and big battles in WvW..this cant be helped.

The above are good calls, however it would be easier for people to help if you stated your needs (overclocking/no overclocking?) and budget.

Personally I would look into a better quality PSU depending on your budget/specs and its almost a must if you are going to be overclocking the cpu/gpu because that supply becomes unstable when reaching over ~75% capacity.

The HAF 912 is a fantastic case, but as it does keep cooled, it also collects dust more

I agree on the PSU, different quality psu degrade differently and they all degrade. Corsair is a safe bet for any psu.

Also, you can get 60 fps in the world besides lions arch and wvwvw with rigs that are much softer and still run ultra settings (ie a Core 2 Quad, 4 ghz, gtx 560 can still do that). I do not overclock myself and get that.

i5 is better than i7.. difference in performance is very small vs the cost

Asus or Gigabyte are good, I prefer Gigabyte now days though.. I have gotten some bad Asus boards lately and short support cycles on them, plus your paying more

Madmardagan.7945:

i5 is better than i7.. difference in performance is very small vs the cost

Cheaper yes, better no.

Spend as much as you can afford to. It won’t be outdated and leapfrogged in performance by the newer stuff quite as quickly.

Know in advance that whatever you do buy will be outdated in 2-4 years. Many gamers upgrade their CPU/Motherboard one year and GPU’s the next year so they are not replacing everything every year. (Personally I wait for a 50% improvement in performance before biting the bullet)

If your going with a single GPU build often times you can save $$ by getting a pre-built tower on sale from one of the major OEM’s and then add your own video card to it. (as long as the OEM power supply unit has high enough wattage)

Tinny.3782:

Hi Guys,
Got a choice of 2 ready built gaming rigs to buy and i’m not sure which one to go for and i am looking for some advice.
The chosen rig will be mainly to play GW2 on, if that helps.

First one:
3rd Generation Intel Core (Ivy Bridge) i7-3770 3.40GHz (3.90GHz Turbo Speed) Quad-Core Processor w/ Hyper-Threading
• AMD Radeon HD 7970 GDDR5 3072MB DirectX 11 Graphics
• 8GB Corsair 1333MHz DDR3 (2×4096MB) Dual-Channel Memory (16GB Supported)
• 500GB Hitachi SATA Hard Drive – OS, Applications & Storage
• GIGABYTE Intel H61 Express Chipset Motherboard w/ 2x USB 3.0 Ports
• 600W Corsair Builder Series 600CX 80PLUS Bronze Power Supply
• ARIAnet Triton Black Midi Tower Gaming Case w/ Blue LED Fan
• Intel CPU Cooler
• Lite-On DVDRW Dual Layer SATA 24x DVD±R Rewriter (m-Disk Support)
• Onboard 2/4/5.1/7.1 Channel High Definition Audio
Cost for this system (without OS) is £799.99 inc vat.

Second rig:

• Overclocking: Intel i5 professionally Overclocked to 4.40GHz
• 3rd Generation Intel Core (Ivy Bridge) i5-3570K Quad-Core Processor
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2048MB GDDR5 DirectX 11 Graphics
• 8GB Corsair 1600MHz DDR3 (2×4096MB) Dual-Channel Memory (32GB Supported)
• 120GB Samsung 840 Series SATA 6GB/s (SATA-III) Solid State Drive (85,000 IOPS) – OS & Applications
• 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6GB/s (SATA-III) Hard Drive – Storage
• GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 Express Chipset Motherboard – Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 & RAID 10
• 750W Corsair Builder Series CX750M 80PLUS Bronze Modular Power Supply
• Cooler Master K280 Black Midi Tower Gaming Case
• Corsair Hydro H60 V2 Water-Cooling CPU Cooler
• Pioneer DVDRW Dual Layer DVD Rewriter (m-Disk Support) 24x DVD±R
• Onboard 2/4/5.1/7.1 Channel High Definition Audio

The cost for this system is £899.99 inc Vat (without OS)

Any reccomendations greatly appreciated.

I would deffo go with the second 1. but next time you should start your own thread.