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.

[Ceodore]

My current system:

I5 3570 CPU
MSI 4gb GTX 960 GPU
8 GB Ram
ASUS P8Z77 Mother Board
GS800 Power Supply

Upgrade that has already been ordered, but waiting to install:

I7 3770 CPU

Everything on max settings runs at 60 FPS even in heavy content. Word of advice, do not let your GPU's stock fan controls stay. Adjust the fans to continuously run at lower settings instead of the stock controls setting the not run at casual settings. It's more wear and tear on a motor to have to start and stop a fan over and over as it hovers above and below the threshold than to let them run at a low setting continuously then speed them up when the load increases.

[Galliano]

Word of advice, do not let your GPU's stock fan controls stay. Adjust the fans to continuously run at lower settings instead of the stock controls setting the not run at casual settings. It's more wear and tear on a motor to have to start and stop a fan over and over as it hovers above and below the threshold than to let them run at a low setting continuously then speed them up when the load increases.

Good point, when I first ran my 570 it was getting towards 90 degrees C under load, I installed msi afterburner and set up a custom fan profile and now it's in the 70 region under load. My house also seems to be a dust bowl so I clean my gpu and cpu heatsink out every month or so just to keep the airflow optimal.