According to nVidia’s own slides they aren’t planning on releasing any other new cards through the fall of 2013. Next card bellow the GTX 760 in terms of available performance will be the GTX 660 for the next few months.
I’ve found 2 websites confirming a release in q2 2013, one even saying they will release it on july 1st. So i’ll wait till monday. If it doesn’t come out than i’ll probably get the msi 660 tf
Yeah i found several benchmarks that the i5 is way better. I will probably get the i5 4430 with a low-end card. Waiting till juli 1 to see if the gtx 750 is coming out and otherwise i’ll just buy a 650ti or 660.
Thx a lot all for your advice and see you in game (since i can finally play soon
I appreciate your concern. I am planning on building my own rig. Windows won’t be a problem, i got an external dvd drive and a copy of windows will be taken care of. Since i’v e already done quite some research I know what’s out there. My question for now is whether the rig I have put together is fast enough to run GW2 at a reasonable speed and if I can cut prices on some parts.
I get that overclocking will help me get better performance. But an i5 4430 and a cheap mobo is a lot more cost-efficient than an i5 4670k that needs an extra cooler and possibly a better mobo.
SSD is kinda crucial for me since I want it to be a fast computer capable of quick bootups and low loading times. I want the cpu to not bottleneck for about 3-4 years. I don’t care that much about playing gw2 on a bit lower settings as i’m used to gaming on lower settings (macbook user).
Will the i5 4430 keep a playable fps with medium settings in normal circumstances?
Thx guys, i have indeed reconsidered building my own pc. The second handed one just doesn’t fit my wishes. Your build looks sorta what I had in mind. Remember that your build costs 650£ and not euros.
In reviews of the new k-processors i can make out that overclocking isn’t going as smooth as it was before. And since i’m not familiar with it I tend not go with a k cpu, unless u say that would really improve the performance.
I was thinking about getting this:
Processor: i5 4430
Mobo: ASRock B85M-HDS
GPU: MSI N660 TF 2GD5/OC
HDD: 1tb from seagate
Case: Cooler Master K280
Memory: 8gb 1600 from crucial
PSU: seasonic 520w
SSD: Samsung 840 series 120GB
I can get this all for around 690 euros
Other games i play are LoL and some mmo’s that switch around very frequently.
I don’t know the seller in person. However the seller states that the system is a year old, except for the GPU and CPU Cooler which are respectively 2 and 5 months old. He’s selling it because he doesn’t need such a good system anymore. If i’m gonna buy it I will pick it up personally.
The thing i’m having most trouble with is that the processor is nearly 2 years old and requires overclocking to show its true ability. I have never overclocked before (no idea how hard it is). The watercooler is a good model (already did some research on it).
Would the i2500k with a simple overclock outperform a i5 4430 or i5 3350?
I’m planning on getting a gaming desktop so i can play gw2 with more than 15 fps
I can buy this rig for 650 euro’s, second hand:
Processor: i5 2500K
Memory: GeiL 8 GB 1333
Motherboard: P8P67 LE
GPU: XFX 7970 Double Dissipation
HDD: 500gb
CPU cooler: Antec h20 920
PSU: OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W
Case: MS-TECH CA-0200
Would I be able to play GW2 on high/ultra with a constant 30-40 fps on this rig, or would i be better of building my own rig and build something around this:
i5 4430
ASRock B85M-HDS
Palit GeForce GTX 760 2GB Jetstream
