Building a PC

[Arupopo]

I run on a worse spec PC than that (4gb ram, gtx570 and an amd phenom x4 955) and play this game on near max settings @ 1920x1080, the only thing I have disabled is objects when not visible and LOD. I get 40fps in busy areas and around 70fps in quiet places like the housing areas. I play with max visible characters and the game only gets a little slow around S ranks and I also play it on a 120hz monitor with the frame rate unlocked.

Hopefully this info is helpful to you OP

Ohh it is. Thankyou!

Mind you, to the others replying this won't be solely for FFXIV I would like to play other MMO's in the future which is why I was hoping to get a rather decent CPU and Motherboard.

[Galliano]

Ohh it is. Thankyou!

Mind you, to the others replying this won't be solely for FFXIV I would like to play other MMO's in the future which is why I was hoping to get a rather decent CPU and Motherboard.

Yeah your mobo and cpu are fine for sure, maybe slap a 3rd party heatsink on your cpu and overclock it (if you haven't already that is) after all; that's what the 'K' processors are for. I'd wait for nvidia to bring out a new range of cards which in turn will drive the price down for the old cards, then you'll be able to pick up something like a gtx 970 for a decent price.