Quote Originally Posted by dayspring83 View Post
Looking at buying or building a new desktop PC, but I'm trying to keep it at a reasonable price.

I could save a good chunk of gil by going with an AMD CPU (something equivalent of an i5) but I was curious as to if anyone has any performance recommendations when it comes to CPUs? (I'd like to stay with i5 range performance either way, i7 is a bit out of my range).

I have an SSD, Nvidia GTX560 and 800w power supply that I'll be using with the new CPU if that makes any difference. I remember for awhile Nvidia / AMD weren't playing too well together.

Leaning towards buying a PC because I dont feel like the hassle of building one again, but for the right price I'd go that route.

Thoughts?
If you don't play any other game then just stick with what you have. I have a 550Ti and an i5 3470 and the game runs at 30-35 fps even when in a busy area. You didn't mention how much memory you have. FF14 is a well coded game and uses very little, no where near the 2Gb limit. A memory upgrade might suit instead.