ITT: CPU Build for d3

STOMPLE · 01-03-2009, 23:25

Processors
Intel® Core™i7-920 Processor(8MB L2 Cache, 2.66GHz)
Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
Memory
6GB Tri-Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 6 DIMMs
Hard Drives
640GB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
Optical Drives
Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write
Video Card
ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB

Probably going to just buy this build off dell.
I plan on playing with my 30" GW 1600p monitor (i doubt that the HD will matter)
Would you guys assume this to be sufficient in achieving flawless play? I used to play d2 on a 300mhz gateway and that is something I am never going to do again!

Farmrush · 02-03-2009, 00:10

Obviously this will be sufficient with the possible exception of the graphics card for 'ultra high settings.'

MYK · 02-03-2009, 23:33

6GB of ram is overkill. Like, overkilling the overkill. My computer and my friend both use 2GB setups and running insane games and tons of recording software the ram has never been a problem. I'd go with 3GB unless you can tell me about some weird software you usually run that munches down the RAM enough to make it an issue...

I really suggest that you buy parts online for this thing. Half the fun is buying stuff and then putting it all together, for me, anyways.

It'd be nice if D3 was XP compatible.

Username · 03-03-2009, 00:19

i only have a NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE 128mb do i really need to upgrade?

nicro tower · 03-03-2009, 01:33

Isn't that an integrated card?

If it is, you should definitely upgrade as that sucks your RAM.

If not, you should upgrade anyways, as that's a pretty bad card.

teh_Thrasher · 03-03-2009, 05:08

go for the new Nvidia geforce gtx 295, its the "most powerful dual chip graphics card on the planet". ive yet to start construction on my own rig BUT this would be the card of choice for me.

everything else looks like what i would choose.. maybe a bluray drive instead of ur disk drive for high def movie viewing and what not. but thats it... how much did ur 30" monitor cost you?

now u probably dont need the most powerful graphics card out there because of blizzards affinity to support such a broad range of lesser cards but this gives u room for highend games like Crysis... etc.

Farmrush · 03-03-2009, 07:12

Although you should know that card is extremely expensive and will be bottlenecked by, yes, even an i7-920.

Crying Freeman · 03-03-2009, 09:01

If you have the money to burn in a PC like this you should definitely get that Geforce GTX 295. You will be able to play games at High settings for a long time, even Diablo III, which I believe won´t come out as a high-end sucking machine.
Diablo II actually was at the time. At least I didn´t have a PII 233 at the time of release, as they were quite expensive. And the performance sucked. I would only get reasonable FPS with a 600+ MHz machine.
And 6 GB RAM isn´t overkill, the system will make good use of it, provided you don´t use XP.

STOMPLE · 03-03-2009, 17:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by MYK

6GB of ram is overkill. Like, overkilling the overkill. Most setups slow down or there's a lot of issues with getting all that ram to play together in a fast and smooth way. I'd go with 2GB.

I really suggest that you buy parts online for this thing. Half the fun is buying stuff and then putting it all together, for me, anyways.

It'd be nice if D3 was XP compatible.

I tried to build my own computer once, with parts off newegg. Failed miserably and now I have $600 worth of computer equipment sitting in my closet.

Doesn't more ram = faster better ? I was under that impression.

Quote:

Originally Posted by teh_Thrasher

how much did ur 30" monitor cost you?

My 30" monitor was around $1300. As far as 30" monitors go it is definitely on the higher end with 1600p HD whateva. That was almost a year ago and the price has probably gone down.
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Does anyone know how good the ATI card I have selected is? I'd like a really good one that works perfectly with my monitor, altho diii/sc2 will be the only games I will be playing on this computer.

Agkistrodon · 03-03-2009, 20:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by STOMPLE

Would you guys assume this to be sufficient in achieving flawless play? I used to play d2 on a 300mhz gateway and that is something I am never going to do again!

Yes, I would also assume you are waiting for someone to do the following:

ZOMG! WOW! THATS SUCH A AWSUM CUMPUTER! MAN, UR SO LEET! I WISH I HAD ALL THE MUNEY U HAVE SO I CUD HAVE SUCH A AWSUM CUMPUTER! OH MAN, I'M SO JEALOUS!!!! OMG!!!! LEET HAX!!!!

There, happy now?