Would this computer run FFXIV very well?

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

If you can, up your graphics card to a 560 (instead of 550) for increased life usefulness within reason.

[Eagle7D8]

GeForce GTX 570 1280MB what about that?
or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB

[Loth]

GeForce GTX 570 1280MB what about that?
or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB

If you change the setup to the i5 2500 (k model if you want to overclock) then you should have money to upgrade to the GTX 560 Ti which is substantially faster, most tests have it about 75% faster than the GTX 550 model.

[Armageddon]

nice rigs more then yes. you overkill it.
but 2 things.
Get a SATA III Hard Drive. SATA II will slow you down and they are the same price.
Dont forget also to have a 64Bit OS. 1. you'll be able to use your 6 gigs of ram. second its simply faster.

Also if its only for gaming, you paying for a I7 for nothing. I5 is more then enough by far.
but if you intend of doing any rendering, run a DB then I7 it is.

PS. dont pay more for a GPU. when time come to upgrade. just buy a second one and put it in SLI.
by that time they will cost nothing and you'll kick ass for a long long time.

[Point_Zero]

nice rigs more then yes. you overkill it.
but 2 things.
Get a SATA III Hard Drive. SATA II will slow you down and they are the same price.
Dont forget also to have a 64Bit OS. 1. you'll be able to use your 6 gigs of ram. second its simply faster.

Also if its only for gaming, you paying for a I7 for nothing. I5 is more then enough by far.
but if you intend of doing any rendering, run a DB then I7 it is.

PS. dont pay more for a GPU. when time come to upgrade. just buy a second one and put it in SLI.
by that time they will cost nothing and you'll kick ass for a long long time.

Nah dont listen to this... get the absolute best card you can buy right now. Then later when it comes times to buy one buy a cheap one of the same and crossfire or in your case sli

Also you wont really see much of a difference at alll between sata2 sata3 not using an SSD so sata2 is fine just get a decent speed at least 7200, or if you have the money get a raptor.

PLEASE READ THIS REVIEW BEFORE YOU GET THAT CARD YOU WILL BE SORRY>>>
It is a very very poor card it seems
I hope to god you read this before you buy anything because that 550 is terrible.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...-review-6.html

[Loth]

Unless you are getting the newest SSDs (and/or raid SSDs) there is no difference between SATA II and SATA III.
Mechanical HDDs are running the same speed regardless of SATA II or SATA III interface, and are far from maxing the bandwidth of the SATA II specifications.

[Point_Zero]

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-960 3.20 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache LGA1366
HDD: 1TB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive)
MEMORY: 6GB (2GBx3) DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Module (Corsair or Major Brand)
MOTHERBOARD: (3-Way SLI Support) MSI X58A-GD45 Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Triple-Channel DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 Audio, eSATA, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III, RAID, IEEE1394a, 3 Gen2 PCIe, 3 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI (All Venom OC Certified)
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+84] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)

Its not over kill.. it will run it very well. You can run it on probably full setting and on 8 draw quality at 60 frames if in fact you are talking about the GTX 560 ti

[Eagle7D8]

yay getting my new comp in 2 days. finally decided on.
Intel Core i7 PC
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Motherboard
Intel Core i7 960 3.2 Ghz
1000 GB HDD
LG DVDRW
InWin 589T Case
6 GB DDR III 1333 RAM
GeForce GTX 560 1 GB

Add OS (Win 7 Home Premium 64bit)

[Point_Zero]

yay getting my new comp in 2 days. finally decided on.
Intel Core i7 PC
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Motherboard
Intel Core i7 960 3.2 Ghz
1000 GB HDD
LG DVDRW
InWin 589T Case
6 GB DDR III 1333 RAM
GeForce GTX 560 1 GB

Add OS (Win 7 Home Premium 64bit)

Great looking PC dude!

[DarkRain]

i spent under 1,000 on my rig.

AMD phenom quad core ( 4cpus) 2.8 overclocked to 3.2
GPU Radion HD5750 i have all my settings on high , highest , or 8 ( the difference between 8 and 9 isent noticeable really)
Most the higher end options are for 3D settings witch the HD5750 is 3D ready and my 32inch Vizio is also 3D ready but meh..

I got the PC from best buy for like 700~750 with tax and the HD5750 GPU was 120 , you can get the new HD6850 for like 150 i think but really not needed.