building a pc for this game

[Gamemako]

I should also add I like this one too, the rebate on the 660ti would essentially pay off the cost of the dvd drive.

Err, you could save $50 more and go with a 7950 instead.

[Alish]

Is that a joke?
You can get a gtx760, 7950 or R9 270X for that price.
And the 660 is discontinued. People need to stop recommending it. Bad advise.

I simply said I liked it lol. To add, that is a GTX660ti, not a 660. The difference is pretty substantial between the two, and a GTX 760 is a -little- better at the cost of about $10 more, and thats about as good as it gets from Nvidia in that range.

On the other hand, a R9 270x I'll agree is the best in that range for price/performance ratio.

[Vivik]

Is that a joke?
You can get a gtx760, 7950 or R9 270X for that price.
And the 660 is discontinued. People need to stop recommending it. Bad advise.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130944 $319.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121656 $259.00

Same price eh? I would definitely get a 760 over the 660ti but it's not even close to the same price. You must also keep in mind this is a budget machine.

[KyteStones]

So instead of this thread turning into a who's dick is bigger, the point was lost pages ago with everyone fighting with each other. Fist off, a build may be better, but you need to remember what money they had/ who helped them/ the exp they had with building previously which none of you are. Stop flaming each other, we all have different opinions and I'm sure OP didn't get his answer with how childish this thread became. I am updating my first post since its on the Front page with Fiorana's post since plenty seem to like it. I will Update the front page posts with USEFUL information and builds for others who are also interested.

[Seraphi]

Oh look, another spec thread that devolved into a dick measuring contest.

That said, I think people underestimate the power required to run this game at max, smoothly. It's not all that well optimized, so I find it hilarious these know-it-all's actually think a $800 machine will pull off what the OP wants. You'll get something respectable for sure, but you won't be running 60fps consistently.

Offtopic: Yukari Eri, your character is beautiful. I'm jealous

[Deathwhitch]

Oh look, another spec thread that devolved into a dick measuring contest.

That said, I think people underestimate the power required to run this game at max, smoothly. It's not all that well optimized, so I find it hilarious these know-it-all's actually think a $800 machine will pull off what the OP wants. You'll get something respectable for sure, but you won't be running 60fps consistently.

Offtopic: Yukari Eri, your character is beautiful. I'm jealous

Well I had given up on this thread on about page four, started it on another site and got a better response.

I did manage to get something capable of turning it max settings at 60 for around 800. 850ish to be exact, so a Lil over budget but Craigslist save me again lol

What I got buying piece by piece on Craigslist

Intel core I5 3570k with a Asus p8z77-v motherboard (bought together)
1 tb Toshiba 7200rpm hdd
8gb Kingston ram
Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 4gb sli ready
Thermalake 550w psu

OS, optical drive and tower scavenged from am old minecraft server I built

All in all I think I did good and I'm happy with it. Sill installing, downloading final fantasy but the benchmark says fully capable of running max. Thanks for the advice on the 760 card it was a good call, and the I5 over the six core amd. I'm killing the benchmark on max and I haven't even overcooked anything yet lol

[calamityz]

People are still buying the GTX 700s when the R9s will force Nvidia to drop their prices? Lolsillyidiots.

OP, it's best to state what currency you'll use. 800 euros will get you a lot more than say 800 USD or Yuan.

[Zfz]

Just to chip in. I spent about USD950 on my current machine at the beginning of this year. The key specs are:

E3-1230v2
EVGA GTX660 factory overclock
Asus H77 motherboard
120GB solid state drive
32GB RAM (I needed the extra for work, unrelated to FFXIV)
550W power supply
about $50 was spent on a new tower case.

The GTX660 is capable of running most of the game at maximum setting for a enjoyable experience.

But when I'm in a very crowded area, for example by the market during peak hours, I can sense the chat input becoming sluggish. When I chat it isn't as responsive as when I'm in a deserted area. However I think this may be a problem with FFXIV UI itself. I'm also more sensitive to these things because I work with a lot of text and editing all day.

Coming back to this setup, I wish I had invested into GTX 670. That's about all, I guess.

[Dsync]

GPU is the most important part for FFXIV so you need to buy a great one.

I found a decent cpu to be the most important. A 770 in my old machine(amd 3.2 black oc@3.6) gave decent framerates, but when I hit busy areas it would tank to 30-40. Put the 770 in with a better cpu and I now have over 60fps, even in busy situations. It's my understanding that mmo games by their nature are more cpu intensive.

[Lstkaws]

Built my rig to play 1.0 payed about 1500.00 then could probably do it for 800.00 or so now

ASUS Crosshair Formula IV MB
AMD 1090T CPU OC'd 4.2ghz
AMD 6970 GPU
Corsair 850w PSU (a bit much but wanted to be able to upgrade cards in the future)
Samsung SSD 8 series pro 256
1TB 7200 rpm HD
Corsair H80 liquid cooling
Windows 7 ultimate
22" ACER Monitor
8g Ram 1600 gskill

Like I said 1500.00 buck three or so years ago.
Should be able to to get close to that 700-900 bucks

SSD was added later so that was not in original price.

ALSO have an ASUS G73 laptop that plays the game great 1200.00 for that

Make sure you buy good name brand parts ASUS and Corsair are a couple of my favorites. Intel chips are going to better for gaming, but AMD work fine too.