building a pc for this game

[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.

[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.

[Deathwhitch]

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.

Actually built this rig to replace my g73, it was a great laptop but can't handle max settings. Does high though. I miss the flexibility of a desktop and wanna be ready for next gen. Thinking of selling it but not sure what the g73 goes for, I also paid 1200 for mine

[Lstkaws]

Actually built this rig to replace my g73, it was a great laptop but can't handle max settings. Does high though. I miss the flexibility of a desktop and wanna be ready for next gen. Thinking of selling it but not sure what the g73 goes for, I also paid 1200 for mine

I tried playing on max setting with the G73 and it stuttered a bit too much, so I just set them to high and it does just. Looks decent too, but not as nice as the desktop.

[Livilda]

http://www.logicalincrements.com/
This is your best bet. Also, go Intel and nVidia, not AMD.

[ZephyrK]

http://www.logicalincrements.com/
This is your best bet. Also, go Intel and nVidia, not AMD.

For anyone that DID go AMD (like I did): Windows 8.1 fixed my micro-stutters. The game runs significantly better for me since I upgraded to 8.1. I was very disappointed when my 7970 generated micro-stutters anytime I was mounted and running, but they are gone now... YAY!

[Vech]

Info on building:
http://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace...erting_to_the/

For a cheap build:
http://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace...to_the/ccmxvet

For help building or upgrading a build:
http://www.reddit.com/r/BuildAPC