Guild Wars 2

Still looking for solution

I have tried all of this already and I have over 1TB of space available on my hard drive and 70gb on SSD I really imagine this is a port forwarding issue due to on this connection having problems with xbox live in the past but there are preset portforwarding settings for xbox while none for guildwars 2 and I really have no clue on these things :/

Currently whenever I try to run the guildwars 2 client to download the game I am given the error message ‘Download failed please check your internet connection and try again’ I have tried disabling both windows firewall and AVG to no avail.
While I was able to download the game on my Sony Vaio laptop on a virgin media router ( I assume netgear) I am now using BT with their BT home hub on a higher spec built desktop, I assume the problem is something to do with the Router as both my laptop and desktop are running using the same antivirus and firewall settings and I cannot see anything that may cause this error, I am able to download other games through services such as steam etc with no problem
If anyone could offer any help to this problem it would be much appreciated
- Ben

And I don’t care much for any upgrading now decided this is going to be a one time purchase maybe overclocked when it gets old and a little outdated and just salvage whats useful still I’m sure 600w would run this system correctly? If not I’m gonna be kinda mad keep doing stuff over and over xD

I5 3570k £180
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Generation-i5-3570K-3-40GHz-Technology/dp/B007RUZKK6

Asus P8Z77-V motherboard – £80
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007KZQE7Q

Corsair Vengeance 16gb RAM – £70
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004E0ZKLQ
EVGA GeF GTX 670 – £300
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00829L3W0

Hitachi 500GB Deskstar Internal Hard Drive – £40
http://www.pcworldbusiness.co.uk/buy-rent/P147558P?cidp=Froogle
Hanns-G HS233H3B 23"LCD HDMI – £140 Yay 120hz
http://www.ebuyer.com/255455-hanns-g-hs233h3b-23-lcd-hdmi-3d-monitor-hs233h3b

Corsair 600w GS600 power supply – £60
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMPSU-600GUK-Gaming-Series-Performance/dp/B004WDWBUS

Tower Case – Antec Three Hundred Midi case – £40
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-Three-Hundred-Midi-Case/dp/B0017Q8IAA

I’m pretty confident this build will prove to be fairly cost efficient and offers what I want really thanks for all the help will look at the thread a few more times to check there is like NOOO you’ll blow it up haha

Ok I’m going to amp up to 600w PSU with
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMPSU-600GUK-Gaming-Series-Performance/dp/B004WDWBUS
Seeing as its a small price mark up I’m pretty much decided on the GTX 670 I generally want a very strong graphics card and with the Antec 300 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-Three-Hundred-Midi-Case/dp/B0017Q8IAA hopefully this link works this will keep me reasonably in my price range and keep me happy I guess I’ll repost the full build for convenience after this post

DABhand.2079:

@Thechin – Yes cause it looks smoother by the amount of refreshing, your eyes will only see 30hz, but a screen showing something 4 times quicker will look smoother

I’m sure the eyes can see more maybe I’m wrong but it gets to the point where it was said you could only see 23 and that become standard for some cinemas (mainly old ones now I think) I can remember darkness saying this statement but all I know is the game was unplayable for me but either way we both agree it looks smoother – better and it really feels like a must feature for me

Couldn’t be bothered to quote rest of post but will the system work currently (as it should do of course) with the Antec case or will I need to change power supply again or case? I kinda fount it a little hard to digest all that information you gave me being as I never payed much attention to hardware so I’m dumb about it all to be honest.

@DABhand I don’t expect it to have a higher FPS but a high FPS is pretty much worthless if you don’t have the refresh rate to see it while on a 120hz monitor you really can see the difference between 60-120fps in my opinion and experience I’m probably wrong about all the technicality’s but personally I can see the difference

Dang every time I think I’ve got a cheaper price people are like well this could help and I’m like omg maybe I do need that seems that I should go for the Antec http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-Three-Hundred-Midi-Case/dp/B0017Q8IAA/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1346929296&sr=1-1-spell

Would the two fans cooling be sufficient enough on this case? I really don’t have the budget right now to do anything more so I guess overclocking is out of the question.
I never expected to get such a good response from a game forum about computers, thanks a lot

Ceallach.8740:

Hi there !

You build idea looks pretty good. I would however trade that 500 Gb HDD for a 1Tb one. You can get one for around the same price, or very little difference. I don’t know what you use your computer for, but these days with people getting movies and games on-line from iTunes / et cetera, you will eat up space very quickly !

I’ve already used 300Gb of a 1Tb drive and the computer is barely a week old ! (and I’m not torrenting, that was mostly just my old stuff + GW2 and the like).

I really don’t need much hard drive space to be honest I doubt I will get over 200gb in the computers life time

Ceallach.8740:

You can drop to 8Gb RAM without any worry. You really don’t need the 16. Looking at my RAM usage right now – I have tons of internet tabs open, GW2 is actually running (was going to do WvWvW, but got a phone call), iTunes, and a bunch of other stuff and it’s only about ~4Gb being used. I wouldn’t worry about RAM unless like others have said, you need to do a TON of heavy lifting while playing.

Considering hosting a server and I’m ridiculous I’ll generally have 40 tabs open at a time after being on my computer for over an hour, and I just like to have a lot extra than needed (I just like RAM for some reason)

Ceallach.8740:

I would not get that power supply. It’s not even rated for 80+ efficiency. I used the Antec Neo Eco 520W and am pleased with the quality, but if you’re going to overclock, you may be looking at needing more than 500W to give you wiggle-room. Check your 12v rails – how many amps do you get on them as opposed to how much you’ll need to draw – and single or multiple rails ? If you’re overclocking an expensive system, the LAST thing you want is a crappy PSU. It can destroy everything hooked up to it. This is your most important component. With your system, I’d expect to pay at least double what you have listed now for the PSU. I paid $60USD for a good one, and that was about baseline for a decent no-frills 500W.

I think I’m going to be unlikely to overclock the system now unless I really feel I need the performance and agree with you I have updated my power supply to something that looks a little more reliable

Ceallach.8740:

I might suggest dropping that monitor and getting a 60Hz (is there a reason you want a 120Hz one ?

I already have a fair 60hz screen, and I’m also a pretty big player in League of Legends and after using my friends 120hz monitor I was like I NEED this as FPS is a lot higher and I plan on using my other monitor for just general multi tasking

Yeah I kind of thought the power supply wouldn’t of been up to scratch so I’m happy to put a little extra money in it and I know that all of my links will pretty much be very competitive prices if anyones interested in any of these components in the UK

Updated list

I5 3570k £180
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Generation-i5-3570K-3-40GHz-Technology/dp/B007RUZKK6

Asus P8Z77-V motherboard – £80
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007KZQE7Q

Corsair Vengeance 16gb RAM – £70
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004E0ZKLQ

EVGA GeF GTX 670 – £300
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00829L3W0

Hitachi 500GB Deskstar Internal Hard Drive – £40
http://www.pcworldbusiness.co.uk/buy-rent/P147558P?cidp=Froogle

Hanns-G HS233H3B 23"LCD HDMI – £140 Yay 120hz
http://www.ebuyer.com/255455-hanns-g-hs233h3b-23-lcd-hdmi-3d-monitor-hs233h3b

Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W power supply – £50
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-167-CM&tool=3

Tower Case – BitFenix Merc Beta Midi Tower Chassis – £25
http://www.amazon.co.uk/BitFenix-Merc-Beta-Tower-Chassis/dp/B005JRICQ8

Thanks for all the help it’s really appreciated trying to convince myself to buy a better more stylish case but I think I have to budget on something hope this can help somebody else who’s interested in buying

Ok here is the current set up I have gotten from all of your suggestions along with some links from various websites for each item (Kinda made me realise how cheap amazon is on everything)
I5 3570k £180
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Generation-i5-3570K-3-40GHz-Technology/dp/B007RUZKK6

Asus P8Z77-V motherboard – £80
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007KZQE7Q

Corsair Vengeance 16gb RAM – £70
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004E0ZKLQ

EVGA GeF GTX 670 – £300
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00829L3W0

Hitachi 500GB Deskstar Internal Hard Drive – £40
http://www.pcworldbusiness.co.uk/buy-rent/P147558P?cidp=Froogle

Hanns-G HS233H3B 23"LCD HDMI – £140 Yay 120hz
http://www.ebuyer.com/255455-hanns-g-hs233h3b-23-lcd-hdmi-3d-monitor-hs233h3b

Coolermaster Elite 500W Power Supply – £30 ( Is this enough watts and a suitable power supply? Please correct me if I’m wrong)
http://www.cclonline.com/product/58931/RS500-PSARJ3-UK/Power-Supplies/Coolermaster-Elite-500W-Power-Supply-OEM/PSU0231/

Tower Case – undecided suggestions for a case? Preferably under £50 and suitable for this system

It would be appreciated if there could be any improvements to be made to this set up or any errors I may have made would be helpful to both price or performance because this is really stretching my budget to keep in my GTX 670 graphics card and 16gb’s of RAM if my tower and power supply do turn out to be a little over what I expect I will probably downgrade to 8gb of RAM.

Again any help would be really appreciated

Oh and any help already given has been really helpful thank you to everyone for there time

Also can anybody recommend any good monitors?

Quidel.2401:

Dont wast your money on a i7, get a i5k and overclock it.

Get a gtx 670. I wouldnt settle for less then that if buying new.

How much would it save? I’m probably going to end up overclocking the I7 anyway to be honest

Rox any clue how much your system costs to build?

Hello I am planning on buying a new computer to run Guildwars 2 on in highest graphics settings I am looking for at least 60 fps and was wondering whether I’d be able to buy this set up for under £800 intel i7 3770k processor ivy bridge mainboard, a gtx 670 graphics card, corsair vengeance ram 16gb, good power supply 500+, Monitor and would it be able to achieve this performance?

If anybody was able to offer a more cost efficient system that’d be very helpful and whether this can achieve 60fps on max graphic settings also it’d be helpful if anybody would be able to recommend two monitors one to be included in the price ( a fairly good monitor for actual gaming) and the other not needing to be top quality and not needing to be included in that price.

If anybody could help I’d love you for life <3