Who's upgrading their system for the ARR (Beta or Release) (Specs?)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130809 x2 a little over kill I think but thats what I am getting.

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Originally Posted by skyhoshi

I'm sure system requirements aren't going to be released any time soon (and if they are anyone wish to point us to a link cuase I like being wrong when it comes to these things)

My Current Specs

OS Name: Microsoft Windows 8 Pro with Media Center
Processor: Intel(R) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM): 24.0 GB
Graphic Card Name: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series ATI Radeon 5750

I'll be going to a
ATI Radeon 7750 in March.

What do you have, and are you planning an upgrade any time soon? if so what are you planning?

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I just did an upgrade to my desktop that I built two years ago. I kept the case(Silverstone), psu(pc power and cooling 720) and my EVGA 560ti.

This is the case, black with side fans and window:

http://www.silverstonetek.com/produc...id=164&area=en

And went with the following:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131821

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820233144

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116501

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820167121

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103099

Computer boots to desktop in 10 seconds from power on. Highly recommend that cooler too..

I did the upgrade because it was time not for the game. Plays GW2 flawlessly..

I've already upgraded in preparation of ARR, BUT I'm not sure if I should get a new CPU cuz SE hasn't released the benchmark yet....soon maybe?

CPU: i3-2100 (i want to upgrade to an Ivy Bridge i5)
MOBO: Asrock H61iCafe (supports PCI-3.0 with IB CPU)
MEM: 4gb x 2 Kingston HyperX 1600mhz ddr3
HDD: Kingston HyperX 3K 120gb SSD
GPU: GTX 660 Zotac

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Originally Posted by Destinova

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130809 x2 a little over kill I think but thats what I am getting.

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Good choice, that's essentially what I've got, but mine are msi.

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Originally Posted by Bizzy

Here is my system specs. Just built it 4 days ago.

Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory

2 EVGA 012-P3-1470-AR GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply.

I hope this runs A Realm Reborn at high settings.

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How do you like your Sabertooth Bizzy? Thats the board I went with too...

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Originally Posted by Sartori

How do you like your Sabertooth Bizzy? Thats the board I went with too...

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So far I am liking it. Had no problems yet. My first Asus board. My other builds were either evga/msi/gigabyte.

I tried out GW2 to see what my fps was and I was shocked that I gotten up to 81 fps. And the settings were all on high.

all i need Astro A40 + Asus Xonar DX and im set ~

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

Good choice, that's essentially what I've got, but mine are msi.

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And since there will be an SLI profile out for the game I am getting 2.

Looking at getting / building a new PC for ARR, and this thread has given me the much needed boost to see it through (not to mention some handy dandy hints ^^). Thanks you guys :D

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
I7 960 ~ 3.2Ghz (8 CPU's)
12G Ram (top of line cant remember name)
128G SSD (500G HDD raptor 10, 000 rpm for storage)
GTX 480 SC

My PC Should be ok for ARR, only thing I'm considering is upgrading my video card to the GTX 680.

Question I have is, would it be really noticeable in general upgrading from 480GTX to the 680GTX? I feel that the GTX 480 SC is still a pretty good card, I Have no problem playing any games on max on my PC still.

Not upgrading, I'll probably upgrade next once the consoles get established and PC high end benchmarks move as a result.

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K OC'd to 4.5 GHz
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
GPU: MSI GTX 680 2GB
Mobo: ASUS P8Z77-V
RAM: Corsair XMS3 8GB DDR3
SSD: Samsung 830 128GB + Samsung 470 128GB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 320 GB
PSU: Corsair TX750 V2 750W
Case: Thermaltake Armor+ MX

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Originally Posted by Platinumstorm

Not upgrading, I'll probably upgrade next once the consoles get established and PC high end benchmarks move as a result.

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No idea how one would think one thing is supposed to affect the other at this point.

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Originally Posted by AdorraEloom

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
I7 960 ~ 3.2Ghz (8 CPU's)
12G Ram (top of line cant remember name)
128G SSD (500G HDD raptor 10, 000 rpm for storage)
GTX 480 SC

My PC Should be ok for ARR, only thing I'm considering is upgrading my video card to the GTX 680.

Question I have is, would it be really noticeable in general upgrading from 480GTX to the 680GTX? I feel that the GTX 480 SC is still a pretty good card, I Have no problem playing any games on max on my PC still.

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680 Specs to be concerned with are above the 480's -- in short - Hell yes

Core Clock

1006MHz

700MHz



Boost Clock

1058MHz





CUDA Cores

1536

480



Effective Memory Clock

6008MHz

3696MHz



Memory Size

2GB

1536MB



Memory Interface

256-bit

384-bit

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Originally Posted by AdorraEloom

Question I have is, would it be really noticeable in general upgrading from 480GTX to the 680GTX? I feel that the GTX 480 SC is still a pretty good card, I Have no problem playing any games on max on my PC still.

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YES.

Not only would it blow the 480 out of the water performance-wise, but it would be MUCH more quiet, and less power hungry. The 480 is a monster of a card.

I might update my video card, but I'm not too concerned about it at the moment. Anyway, this is what I am running:

ANTEC LanBoy Air case with 6x 120mm fans
ASUS Crosshair V Formula - Thunderbolt mobo
AMD FX8150 8-core CPU (Bulldozer architecture)
-Overclocked to 4.3gHz
Corsair H80i liquid CPU cooler
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 RAM x16GB
HIS IceQ X Turbo Radeon HD6950 2GB DDR5
-GPU overclocked to 900mHz
-Memory overclocked to 1.325gHz
Corsair TX850W PSU
Corsair Force3 SSD (OS & installations)
4 mechanical 7200RPM HDDs totaling 6TB (storage)
Logitech G510 Gaming Keyboard

Well i havent bought my whole new system yet but i purchased a 3960x 2011 intel sandy bridge, and a rampage iV extreme mobo. Im pretty much gonna spend every penny i own and water cool every part of my new PC. Hopefully I'll be all ready by the time the game is actuall released. Up next im gonna buy two 4MB GTX 680's. Wish me luck everyone =)

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Originally Posted by SweDDishB

Well i havent bought my whole new system yet but i purchased a 3960x 2011 intel sandy bridge, and a rampage iV extreme mobo. Im pretty much gonna spend every penny i own and water cool every part of my new PC. Hopefully I'll be all ready by the time the game is actuall released. Up next im gonna buy two 4MB GTX 680's. Wish me luck everyone =)

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I'd avoid watercooling EVERYTHING. GPU/CPU sure. Chipset, maybe, depends how hot it gets. But RAM/HDD is pretty much for show only.

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Originally Posted by SinisterJoint

680 Specs to be concerned with are above the 480's -- in short - Hell yes

Core Clock

1006MHz

700MHz



Boost Clock

1058MHz





CUDA Cores

1536

480



Effective Memory Clock

6008MHz

3696MHz



Memory Size

2GB

1536MB



Memory Interface

256-bit

384-bit

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thanks for the feed back, my next question is there's like 10 versions of the 680, here are some links. Which do you think would be best bang for the buck.

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX40688

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX40697

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX38610

Also evga or azus brand. So many choices!

Also my mother board is the P6X58D-E which only supports PCI-E 2.0 X 16, all the 680's support PCI-E 3.0, that being said I would be losing performance on the 680 card running it on a 2.0 board. I guess my question is would the losses be so small that it would still be worth it? or would it basically be a loss to the point where the 680 running on a 2.0 board be large enough that the 480 would be close in performance on the 2.0 board.

Added a second Video Card since 1.0 ended..

AMD Phenom II 965BE 3.4GHz
8GB RAM
Pissweak HDD (next upgrade)
HD5850 x2

Used to have these specs for beginning of playing XIV in July 2011.

I7 920 CPU
Asus P6T Deluxe II Motherboard
6 GB Ram
Asus 6950 Radeon
2 x 1TB Seagates Spindisks

At the end of 1.0 and currently:

Intel i7 3930K 3.4ghz
Asus P9X79 PRO Motherboard
Corsair H100 h2o cpu cooler
16 GB RAM, Corsair XMS3 2000mhz
Intel SSD 180GB + 2 x 1TB Seagates
Gigabyte GTX 690
Monitor: Dell Ultrasharp U3011
Keyboard: Logitech G105
Mouse: Logitech G600 MMO mouse
Controller: Snakebyte FFXIV controller. http://www.amazon.com/Snakebyte-Fina.../dp/B0046ZQ022
BEST controller I have ever used :D And I bought 3 of them for 6 £ each XDDD

So I am ready for ARR ;D

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Originally Posted by Altera

Used to have these specs for beginning of playing XIV in July 2011.

I7 920 CPU
Asus P6T Deluxe II Motherboard
6 GB Ram
Asus 6950 Radeon
2 x 1TB Seagates Spindisks

At the end of 1.0 and currently:

Intel i7 3930K 3.4ghz
Asus P9X79 PRO Motherboard
Corsair H100 h2o cpu cooler
16 GB RAM, Corsair XMS3 2000mhz
Intel SSD 180GB + 2 x 1TB Seagates
Gigabyte GTX 690
Monitor: Dell Ultrasharp U3011
Keyboard: Logitech G105
Mouse: Logitech G600 MMO mouse
Controller: Snakebyte FFXIV controller. http://www.amazon.com/Snakebyte-Fina.../dp/B0046ZQ022
BEST controller I have ever used :D And I bought 3 of them for 6 £ each XDDD

So I am ready for ARR ;D

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Good god. That machine is ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by Zezlar

Good god. That machine is ridiculous.

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Yeah I kinda went a bit overboard XD
I bought it from taxreturn and vacation money XD. Dell Monitor itself was really expensive XDD

1 x OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)


2 x EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2662-KR GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

My new purchases :) STOKED!

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Originally Posted by Altera

Used to have these specs for beginning of playing XIV in July 2011.

I7 920 CPU
Asus P6T Deluxe II Motherboard
6 GB Ram
Asus 6950 Radeon
2 x 1TB Seagates Spindisks

At the end of 1.0 and currently:

Intel i7 3930K 3.4ghz
Asus P9X79 PRO Motherboard
Corsair H100 h2o cpu cooler
16 GB RAM, Corsair XMS3 2000mhz
Intel SSD 180GB + 2 x 1TB Seagates
Gigabyte GTX 690
Monitor: Dell Ultrasharp U3011
Keyboard: Logitech G105
Mouse: Logitech G600 MMO mouse
Controller: Snakebyte FFXIV controller. http://www.amazon.com/Snakebyte-Fina.../dp/B0046ZQ022
BEST controller I have ever used :D And I bought 3 of them for 6 £ each XDDD

So I am ready for ARR ;D

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I just bought the snake bite controller too. Doesn't seem to brake apart yet. The only thing that might be uncomfortable is press the L2 and R2.

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Originally Posted by Kirito

I just bought the snake bite controller too. Doesn't seem to brake apart yet. The only thing that might be uncomfortable is press the L2 and R2.

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lol after seeing the controller, i ordered it shortly after reading the post. Im a FF freak Lol

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Originally Posted by SinisterJoint

lol after seeing the controller, i ordered it shortly after reading the post. Im a FF freak Lol

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Make sure you install the drivers ahead of time. I heard the controller has problems if you don't install the drivers. The nice thing about the controller is that you can assign double the amount of features because of the function button. So macros are now possible! http://www.snakebyte-europe.com/en/c...oller/11472/2/

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Originally Posted by Kirito

I just bought the snake bite controller too. Doesn't seem to brake apart yet. The only thing that might be uncomfortable is press the L2 and R2.

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I prefer the FFXIVs L2 and R2 buttons over the PS3's controller actually. :)

When I connected my controller to my PC, it installed everything by itself. I had way more issues setting up the X360 controller I used before I bought this XIV controller. :)

Got 1 in use, and 2 in its original plastic :D

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Originally Posted by Altera

Used to have these specs for beginning of playing XIV in July 2011.

I7 920 CPU
Asus P6T Deluxe II Motherboard
6 GB Ram
Asus 6950 Radeon
2 x 1TB Seagates Spindisks

At the end of 1.0 and currently:

Intel i7 3930K 3.4ghz
Asus P9X79 PRO Motherboard
Corsair H100 h2o cpu cooler
16 GB RAM, Corsair XMS3 2000mhz
Intel SSD 180GB + 2 x 1TB Seagates
Gigabyte GTX 690
Monitor: Dell Ultrasharp U3011
Keyboard: Logitech G105
Mouse: Logitech G600 MMO mouse
Controller: Snakebyte FFXIV controller. http://www.amazon.com/Snakebyte-Fina.../dp/B0046ZQ022
BEST controller I have ever used :D And I bought 3 of them for 6 £ each XDDD

So I am ready for ARR ;D

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Someone could build an entire system for the price of that graphics card XD

Recently upgraded from an iMac 27" (late '09)

Here's my new setup:

http://i49.tinypic.com/zqrvd.jpg

Mobo: Gigabyte Z77x-UP5 TH
CPU: Intel i7 3770k 3.5Ghz Quad (clocked to 4.6ghz)
Cooling: Corsair H80i
RAM: Corsair 16GB DDR3
GPU: Asus GTX 680 4GB
Monitors: iMac 27" (2560x1440) & some 22" LG monitor/tv combo.

Set up as a dual boot Mac OSX & Win 7

That's the important stuff at least..

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Originally Posted by JillyBean

Someone could build an entire system for the price of that graphics card XD

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I did just that (and it didn't even come close to that price, actually). XD

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Originally Posted by Kirito

I just bought the snake bite controller too. Doesn't seem to brake apart yet. The only thing that might be uncomfortable is press the L2 and R2.

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the rubber pad on them are cheap they broke for me in 5 month of gameplay that why i said hell with cheap 3 party controller and got myself a xbox 360 one. I would have got a ps3 but i did not want to deal with drivers and such.

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Originally Posted by Kirito

Make sure you install the drivers ahead of time. I heard the controller has problems if you don't install the drivers. The nice thing about the controller is that you can assign double the amount of features because of the function button. So macros are now possible! http://www.snakebyte-europe.com/en/c...oller/11472/2/

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the drivers had issue giving me BSOD and many other so watch out for that. that why i ended up getting a 360 controller the pads where cheap like i said on my other post./

Brand: Acer
Product Dimensions: 51.4 x 34.4 x 18.8 cm
Processor Brand: Intel
Processor Type: Intel Core i5 2320
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
RAM Size: 4 GB
Computer Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card Description: Integrated (Intel HD graphics Family)
Graphics RAM Type: DDR3 SDRAM

I was thinking of adding the sapphire hd 7750 low profile, do you think I will be able to run ARR with this?

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Originally Posted by Altena

Recently upgraded from an iMac 27" (late '09)

Here's my new setup:

http://i49.tinypic.com/zqrvd.jpg

Mobo: Gigabyte Z77x-UP5 TH
CPU: Intel i7 3770k 3.5Ghz Quad (clocked to 4.6ghz)
Cooling: Corsair H80i
RAM: Corsair 16GB DDR3
GPU: Asus GTX 680 4GB
Monitors: iMac 27" (2560x1440) & some 22" LG monitor/tv combo.

Set up as a dual boot Mac OSX & Win 7

That's the important stuff at least..

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So I take it you like music. And what is that magical apple box over your iMac?

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Originally Posted by chindori7

Brand: Acer
Product Dimensions: 51.4 x 34.4 x 18.8 cm
Processor Brand: Intel
Processor Type: Intel Core i5 2320
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
RAM Size: 4 GB
Computer Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card Description: Integrated (Intel HD graphics Family)
Graphics RAM Type: DDR3 SDRAM

I was thinking of adding the sapphire hd 7750 low profile, do you think I will be able to run ARR with this?

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With that card? Barely, I think. You'd have to settle with low-ish settings, I guess.

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Originally Posted by Kirito

And what is that magical apple box over your iMac?

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A Hackintosh with an Apple sticker, lol. I'd like to try that on my PC one of these days just to see what's so special about OSX. I think all of my parts are compatible, too.

Computer was overkill for 1.0, so it should still be fine for 2.0. My only additions are a controller and an HDMI cable to hook comp up to 47" TV

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Originally Posted by chindori7

Brand: Acer
Product Dimensions: 51.4 x 34.4 x 18.8 cm
Processor Brand: Intel
Processor Type: Intel Core i5 2320
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
RAM Size: 4 GB
Computer Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card Description: Integrated (Intel HD graphics Family)
Graphics RAM Type: DDR3 SDRAM

I was thinking of adding the sapphire hd 7750 low profile, do you think I will be able to run ARR with this?

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I run most games at high setting with a 450 so i think you be fine. But once that DX11 update hit i think we may have issue.

That why i'm asking anyone if they know a great video card around 150ish

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Originally Posted by Altera

Yeah I kinda went a bit overboard XD
I bought it from taxreturn and vacation money XD. Dell Monitor itself was really expensive XDD

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Around 1500, I bought mine over a year ago.

EDIT: Also, that's not overboard, close but not quite.

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

I run most games at high setting with a 450 so i think you be fine. But once that DX11 update hit i think we may have issue.

That why i'm asking anyone if they know a great video card around 150ish

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Sapphire HD7850 should be good bargain, here selling around USD183/EUR137. HD7850 has 40-50% faster than HD7770.

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Originally Posted by Kirito

So I take it you like music. And what is that magical apple box over your iMac?

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Could say that ;)

That magical box above my iMac is the computer/hackintosh I mentioned in my post. Dual boots Mac OSX & Windows.

The iMac is just acting as a display these days - I don't actually use the iMac as a computer very often (sort of works as a network storage space) after the upgrage.. The iMac is plugged into my GPU and is my primary monitor for the hackintosh.