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Posted by: Shoneghosts.8539

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Hey everyone, Im absolutely in love with this game but sadly my gaming laptop isnt cutting it for me performance/graphics-wise. So Im buying a new PC but at $1500 its quite expensive for me so if I can trim the price down a bit thatd be great! Heres the basic specs,

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Quad-Core 3.60 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011 (All Venom OC Certified)
HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
MEMORY: 16GB (2GBx8) DDR3/1600MHz Quad Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)
MOTHERBOARD: (3-Way SLI Support) ASUS P9X79 LE Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX w/ UEFI Bios, Remote GO!, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 3 Gen3 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI (All Venom OC Certified)
SOUND: ASUS Xonar DS 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Audio Card
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card (EVGA FTW Edition)

^^so is that overkill for this game? Or is it not enough. Just fyi I want to run this beautiful game at max settings so take that into consideration. Thanks in advance!

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Posted by: Jnaathra.6549

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From what I have seen nothing is overkill when it comes to WvW. So if you enjoy that and you can afford this monster, go for it.

If you don’t care about WvW, then you could probably back off a bit.

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Posted by: Casshern.7056

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You can get an Ivybridge core for the same price as you’re paying for that CPU. Just saying.

http://www.ebuyer.com/344683-intel-core-i7-3820-3-6ghz-socket-2011-12mb-l3-cache-retail-boxed-bx80619i73820 Is the one you’re getting.

http://www.ebuyer.com/349029-intel-core-i5-3570k-3-4ghz-socket-1155-6mb-cache-retail-boxed-processor-bx80637i53570k Ivybridge CPU which is cheaper.

Intel i7 3770K @ 4.0ghz /16GB DDR3 @ 2600mhz
2 x GTX 680 SLI / 512GB SSD / 2TB HDD / Win 7
5.1 THX Optical Speakers / 120hz BenQ Monitor

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Posted by: DynamiteDan.7694

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Dont do it its an issue with the game, not ur laptop u should just be patient like many other and wait for a fix instead of spending all that money.

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Posted by: Swordbreaker.2581

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If you have 1500 bucks, do it, I’d use anything as an excuse to put together a new computer :P amirite?

Asrock X79 Extreme4 mobo / I7 3930k @ 4.7ghz / 16gb Kingston HyperX 1600mhz
/ 2x XFX R9 290x in Crossfire

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Posted by: Swordbreaker.2581

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Well right now technically I wouldn’t buy an nvidia gpu for this game until you know for sure when they are going to release drivers. ?Nvidia has yet to release updated drivers optimized for GW2. I would definately get a second graphics card as well

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Posted by: gosu.8153

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The soundcard is a waste of money. Almost no one buys them these days. The onboard sound chip on your mobo is just as good unless you are a professional sound engineer or something.

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Posted by: tota.4893

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The onboard sound chip on your mobo is just as good unless you are a professional sound engineer or something.

Some of them pick up enough digital noise to be audible if the listening environment’s quiet enough. Hearing the computer process the mouse’s movement is amusing for a few minutes, then it gets annoying.

Still, I wouldn’t buy a dedicated card until trying out the onboard sound. It’s placed better on some motherboards than others, and what you connect to it definitely makes more difference in sound quality.

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Posted by: Casshern.7056

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Well right now technically I wouldn’t buy an nvidia gpu for this game until you know for sure when they are going to release drivers. ?Nvidia has yet to release updated drivers optimized for GW2. I would definately get a second graphics card as well

No I’m sure Nvidia are just going to ignore one of the biggest releases of the year and just not bother. It makes good business sense to just pass it over. Infact I hear they are stopping driver releases altogether as another great business strategy.

True story.

Intel i7 3770K @ 4.0ghz /16GB DDR3 @ 2600mhz
2 x GTX 680 SLI / 512GB SSD / 2TB HDD / Win 7
5.1 THX Optical Speakers / 120hz BenQ Monitor

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Posted by: Swordbreaker.2581

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Well right now technically I wouldn’t buy an nvidia gpu for this game until you know for sure when they are going to release drivers. ?Nvidia has yet to release updated drivers optimized for GW2. I would definately get a second graphics card as well

No I’m sure Nvidia are just going to ignore one of the biggest releases of the year and just not bother. It makes good business sense to just pass it over. Infact I hear they are stopping driver releases altogether as another great business strategy.

True story.

Doubt there will be any releases any time soon.

Asrock X79 Extreme4 mobo / I7 3930k @ 4.7ghz / 16gb Kingston HyperX 1600mhz
/ 2x XFX R9 290x in Crossfire

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Posted by: Xceptional.7985

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Ways to lower the price with minimal impact:

Don’t go socket 2011 if you aren’t getting a hexacore.
Ivy bridge is a faster architecture so drop down to an i5 3570K and z77 motherboard if you are just using it for a gaming machine.
Drop to 8gb ram.
Ditch the soundcard.

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Posted by: Serbius.1256

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Honestly, unless you plan on downloading hd movies and have a music library the size of Rhode Island, you might as well take the money for the 2 TB and buy a decently sized solid state drive.

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Posted by: Jay wilson.1702

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ew just get n an custom bulit pc you save money and can put in crazy parts of wait this game can’t use amd grapics card in 6000 series becuase it will shut off your pc in 15 mins !!!!

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Posted by: Kulpath.6314

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can’t use amd grapics card in 6000 series becuase it will shut off your pc in 15 mins !!!!

I have an asus 6970 DirectCUII and it never shuts off. I have done 13 hour GW2 marathon and the card has not shut off. Usually this kind of stuff is caused by faulty hardware though I have seen(and experienced) that faulty drivers can also cause this type of behaviour. It could be anything from faulty sound driver to graphics driver, chipset driver. hard to tell. One thing is for sure, you need a tech to diagnos your system.

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Posted by: Shoneghosts.8539

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hmm ok so I dropped the sound card, dropped down to 8 GB RAM, and replaced the i7 processor with that Ivy i5 and successfully lowered the price by $200. Can anyone please explain whats so special about this i5 though, I always thought the i7 was better?

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Posted by: Xceptional.7985

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There is no gain in 95% of the games from using an i7 over an i5 simply because most don’t support more than 2 or 4 threads meaning you will get no benefit from hyperthreading.

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