The PC gaming Thread. Steam/GOG/Origin/Etc. Game/Software/Hardware talk

General Discussion
3601

naa, still rocking ddr3, lol

latency on DDR4 ram is hella nice, though. Can’t justify that kinda money on ram, yet, when it’s just cheaper for me to have 16gb and just not care anymore, lol.

thats the card I’m using, and it’s like 4 years old now. Still runs in beast mode, I never bothered overclocking it, although it’s extremely well setup for it, supports Eyefinity and Crossfire, and you can buy one for like 50 bucks on Ebay, right now.

you really only need about 700w of power, give or take. I have SSD, HDD, video card, blu ray burner, some LED lights, and some other nonsense, all plugged in, and I have no issues with power. Ideally, I’d like to get a better PSU, and aim for at least 1000w, so I can upgrade my PC a bit.

if you get the chance, and can afford it, I highly advise the intel i5-4670 (or 4670k) processor’s. Probably the best non i7 processor’s on the market.

3602

The games I played werent better.

My friend had played Lakers vs Celtics much more than I did. He used to always pick Lakers and use that broken Careem A. Jabbar hook-shot, scoring from anywhere, even side-line 3 pointers. I used to lose 30+ points. Yet I remember that one game, where I beat his Lakers 22-21, by scoring a buzzer beater from the middle of the court. Most epic win of my life. Of course he was a scrub. Only time he decided not to pick Lakers and chose another team, he lost 87-80. He vented from anger, blamed the CPU AI and decided to pick only Lakers.

Also in Jordan vs Bird there was no competition. He chose Bird and demolished me with 3 pointers, 40+ difference.

In NBA 95 things were more balanced, though that game was judged by whoever scored the most 3-pointers.

3603

So for the gpu, I have been looking at the 770 and the 970 thanks to you fine foIks. I may end up getting the 770 over the 970 because the 970 is just overkill for my uses. It all depends on how I feel.
The cpu, I am mainly looking at i5 3570 or 4670. I’ll look into those a bit more to find my fit.

anyone have suggestions for picking out a motherboard.

Oh yeah and this power supply
http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=17-139-051

3604

Hmm…im liking that price right there…

3605

You want a good quality motherboard. Your choice will depend on which processor you purchase, AMD or Intel.

What kind of gaming do you do now, and in the foreseeable future? AMDs have great value, but Intels perform better. Also, AMD has a history of keeping the same socket type across generations so it’s much easier to upgrade. Other than that, there is absolutely no difference.

My personal view is that only hardcore enthusiasts should get an Intel chip for now. Unless you benchmark and push your system to the very limit, you will never be able to tell a difference in performance, and the price is much cheaper. People who absolutely want the best performance, however, should go with an Intel.

This is what makes a good motherboard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIED0pzwBT0

The MOSFET design is one of the first things I look at on a motherboard I want to buy. 90% of the time it’s the MOSFETs or capacitors that blow, causing mobo failure. I there are 8+2 phase designs out now and I wish I had gone with that one, since I eventually want to overclock my CPU to max air cooling.

Here is the board I bought, the ASRock 990FX Extreme3:

Spoiler

http://i.imgur.com/V9Mu6GB.jpg

See the area I highlighted? Those are the MOSFETs, and on this board The MOSFET phase design is 3 + 2 which is not sufficient for maximum overclocking. If I did that and ran it 24-7, chances are they will eventually fail prematurely.

This is what I should have gotten, the GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3:

Spoiler

http://i.imgur.com/IpVNgbY.jpg

Much better. It has an 8 + 2 phase design, which is much better for overclocking. You can go with much higher voltages and not risk failing because there are more phases, and hence less power going through each MOSFET at any given time. They won’t melt or blow quite as easily. Also, that board has a nice heatsink and heatpipe on both the MOSFETS and the VRM controller (the yellow highlighted area). That’s really nice to have.

Those boards aren’t that far apart in price either. The GIGABYTE is only like $20 more. I’m sticking with this board for now, and when I finally get around to installing my 8350 CPU (It’s still sitting in the box 'cause I’m lazy. LOL), I will overclock it just a bit. Not maxed out like I had planned on.

Anyway, that’s some stuff to look for. Get on an overclocking board like Overclock.net. They have a really knowledgeable community that can teach you all about not only overclocking, but also PC maintenance and health as well. Also, how to stay away from bullshit like what I bought. that board was marketed as an overclocking board, but it’s clearly not. The TomsHardware forums are also really good, but they aren’t as specialized.

Good luck on your builds and feel free to PM if you got any questions or need some help.

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Thank you very much, as well as areeyes and any one else that responded to me and helped me out.

Your information gave me a good place to start researching things and getting my build together.

These are my main items that I will probably go with

Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811353026

Gpu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127751

cpu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Psu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139061

motherboard (for now)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157304

Ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231468

after talking to you guys and the guys at work i believe this will be more than enough for me.
I was looking at a couple other mother boards as well, not too sure which i will go with. this one seems like more than enough for me and it can still overclock but the Z77 is a better board for not much more.

If you guys have any other suggestions or whatever please feel free to let me know. this stuff will just be sitting in my cart until black friday/cyber monday rolls around anyway.

Will also probably be running dual ve247h.

3607

Found a good build for you:

Spoiler

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Compaq_Presario_5000.jpg

3608

Funny thing, that old pc would probably run the games I play lol.

3609

If that’s seriously all the gaming you do, then I can design a good low-power system that can also double as a media player.

3610

That’s a good rig there. I still say is worth the budget for the 970! But what you have picked out is nice.

Are you going with an SSD out HDD?

3611

Well I will have a hdd but I am strongly leaning towards also getting an ssd if only to put the operating on since I keep hearing how amazing ssds are.

3612

Putting your OS and common applications on your SSD makes life a lot easier. Opening net browsers or large PDF files open up in a blink of an eye, shit is awesome. I placed games I play the most often in their as well, since I’m running on 250 GB. Otherwise, I place everything else in my HDD so it’s what-ives.

3613

My mech keyboard came in today and damn, i never wanted to type so much. feels so good. maybe now i can actually deny creeps better in dota

Purchased the last remnant a couple days ago aswell. can’t wait to rage at the game like i did a few years ago on 360. i never been able to beat it.

Would love to see resonance of fate & dragon crown make its way to pc.

3614

Welp:

Assassin’s creed Unity PC version’s System requirements were revealed by intra games, Korean distributor of Ubisoft Korea.

  • OS: Windows® 7 SP1, Windows® 8/8.1 (Only 64-bit supports)

  • CPU:
    Minimum - Intel Core® i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz or above
    Recommended - Intel Core® i7-3770 @ 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz or above

  • RAM:
    Minimum - 6GB or above
    Recommended - 8GB or above

  • GPU:
    Minimum - NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 680 or AMD Radeon HD 7970 or above
    Graphic Memory minimum - 2GB

Recommended - NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 780 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or above
Graphic Memory Recommended - 3 GB

  • Sound Card: DX9.0c-compatible

  • HDD: above 50 GB

  • Multiplayer: 256 kbps Upload bandwidth or Higher

3615

just finished Alice Madness Returns.
beautiful.
some stages were spectacular in idea and design.
the combat mechanics were better than i expected. the combos are very limited and only a few cancellable moves between the horse hammer and blade. but the defensive options are solid. handling wise the combat sorta remind me of Otogi just without the air attacks/combos.
Alice is a WONDERful game.

see what i did there?
no, really though, its a great game. but i highly recommend using a pad controller since i cant imagine trying to do certain things while in combat with the pc keyboard.

3616

I REALLY like the way Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days looks, but I’m not digging the gameplay at all.

The visual style is really cool to me and I don’t mind the swaying camera effect. But I feel divided on how the game plays like.

I think I’m going to run through the demo from start to finish this time before making the final decision.

@Sonicabid mentioned it before. Is it gud?

3617

Those requirements are pretty steep.

3618

Barbie Dreamhouse Party is 50% off on Steam. This is a must buy for hardcore gamers.

3619

Kane & Lynch 2 is a really solid third-person shooter. I give it a 7.5/10.

The visuals are great. You can play it in coop. There’s a half-decent multiplayer mode too(no idea if it’s still active on PC or consoles, though.)

If the gameplay doesn’t do much for you I can see why, the game is a really traditional TPS. They didn’t really spice up the gameplay much, but personally, I thought it was fun enough+there were some crazy scenes throughout the game. For me it was worth playing back when I rented it, and I ended up picking up a copy on console a while back for > $5 just because I might want to run through it again, hop online or coop it someday. : B)

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I forgot to mention regarding Alice Madness Returns that you should put the difficulty to higher than normal cuz its too easy combat wise from beginning to around the middle of the game.
reason is cuz the bunny bomb. its too OP. it does very little damage but you toss it out to distract the enemies since it works like a bait.
the umbrella and stealth dash is fine as your defense. oh and shrinking is sometimes an option too.
your weapons are a kitchen knife/blade, a knight chess piece as a hammer, a pepper grinder as your machine gun, and a teapot as your cannon.
in hindsight once you get the teapot you can essentially play the rest of the game completely as a 3rd person shooter. free aim or with the lock on option.