Guild Wars 2

I have been playing GW2 on a 2-year-old gaming laptop. It has served me well, but I am looking to upgrade to a desktop in order to crank up the settings to the max.

I have never built a computer, and I am kind of a tech noob, but I have been doing some research and this is what I came up with on ibuypower.com:

Processor – Intel® Core™ i5-3570K Processor (4x 3.40GHz/6MB L3 Cache)
Processor Cooling – Corsair Hydro Series H60 Liquid CPU Cooling System – ARC Dual Silent High Performance Fan Upgrade (Push-Pull Airflow)
Memory – 16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module – Corsair or Major Brand
Video Card – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB EVGA Superclocked – Single Card
Motherboard – ASUS P8Z77-V LX
Power Supply – 750 Watt – Corsair CX750
Primary Hard Drive – 120 GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD – Single Drive
Data Hard Drive – 1 TB HARD DRIVE — 32M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s – Single Drive
Optical Drive – 24X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive – Black )
Case – CoolerMaster Storm Enforcer Gaming Case – Black
Operating System – Windows 8 – 64-bit

Cost: $1352 (+ $75 shipping)

I compared the price to buying parts and building on my own, and I did not see much of a difference. I would rather pay a few extra dollars and have it come assembled.

I am wondering if this would be enough to run GW2 on max settings with consistent FPS of 40+. Or on the flip side, is it a bit overkill?

GW2 is currently the only game I play, but I am planning on dabbling in the re-release of FFXIV as well.

Critiques, suggestions, personal experiences welcomed!

Good build, it will handle everything GW2 throws at it. Most important component is the CPU which you will likely want to overclock if you want to get into heavy WvWvW battles.

When you finally build it, post your results to the list here

If you plan on getting 40+ fps in wvw or places like LA you’re going to want to oc that 3570k. I would spring for a h100i. You’ll easily pull 4.5ghz with low temps.

Taruvoyant.4318:

I have been playing GW2 on a 2-year-old gaming laptop. It has served me well, but I am looking to upgrade to a desktop in order to crank up the settings to the max.

I have never built a computer, and I am kind of a tech noob, but I have been doing some research and this is what I came up with on ibuypower.com:

Processor – Intel® Core™ i5-3570K Processor (4x 3.40GHz/6MB L3 Cache)
Processor Cooling – Corsair Hydro Series H60 Liquid CPU Cooling System – ARC Dual Silent High Performance Fan Upgrade (Push-Pull Airflow)
Memory – 16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module – Corsair or Major Brand
Video Card – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB EVGA Superclocked – Single Card
Motherboard – ASUS P8Z77-V LX
Power Supply – 750 Watt – Corsair CX750
Primary Hard Drive – 120 GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD – Single Drive
Data Hard Drive – 1 TB HARD DRIVE — 32M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s – Single Drive
Optical Drive – 24X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive – Black )
Case – CoolerMaster Storm Enforcer Gaming Case – Black
Operating System – Windows 8 – 64-bit

Cost: $1352 (+ $75 shipping)

I compared the price to buying parts and building on my own, and I did not see much of a difference. I would rather pay a few extra dollars and have it come assembled.

I am wondering if this would be enough to run GW2 on max settings with consistent FPS of 40+. Or on the flip side, is it a bit overkill?

GW2 is currently the only game I play, but I am planning on dabbling in the re-release of FFXIV as well.

Critiques, suggestions, personal experiences welcomed!

Upgrade the memory from the Corsair or major brand to a brand name or you will get the cheapest kitten they can have made for them and I really dislike the OCZ SSD. Also I would stick with windows 7.