Gaming PC for Project Cars
- Thread starter daverun
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- Apr 27, 2009
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Hard to make a recommendation, without a budget, but here is something for you to start with.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($31.99 @ Directron)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.97 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.95 @ Amazon)
Case: Enermax ECA3253-BW ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1208.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-20 21:48 EST-0500
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($31.99 @ Directron)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.97 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.95 @ Amazon)
Case: Enermax ECA3253-BW ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1208.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-20 21:48 EST-0500
- Jan 13, 2014
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You could remove the SSD and get one later and same with Windows. Could use your old Windows. I would recommend win7 if you have that over win 8.1. Yeah yeah, its coming to its end of life.
In games it makes no difference.
In games it makes no difference.
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Heres the difference for me with an SSD:
Win 7 on SSD, boot time 20 seconds.
Win 7 on HDD, boot time closer to 2 minutes.
My SSD is too small (120 gig) so I usually don't install games on it. Usually it would only speed up loading the game. Which I don't care much about. SSDs don't like writing to and I switch games all the time.
But if you stick to 1-3 games that can fit on SSD, go for it.
It might help with streaming though to have the game on SSD. Less texture load hitching.
Win 7 on SSD, boot time 20 seconds.
Win 7 on HDD, boot time closer to 2 minutes.
My SSD is too small (120 gig) so I usually don't install games on it. Usually it would only speed up loading the game. Which I don't care much about. SSDs don't like writing to and I switch games all the time.
But if you stick to 1-3 games that can fit on SSD, go for it.
It might help with streaming though to have the game on SSD. Less texture load hitching.
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Project Cars is still in alpha/beta, hard to say what the final requirements will be. Just for comparison, Assetto Corsa in alpha with 17 AI cars gave me 30 FPS, release candidate 1 gives me 70-140 fps, depending on quality settings.
AMD fx-8350, gtx 760, 12 gig 1600 mhz ram.
His proposed system is much better than what I have.
AMD fx-8350, gtx 760, 12 gig 1600 mhz ram.
His proposed system is much better than what I have.
- Apr 27, 2009
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.97 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($97.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.95 @ Amazon)
Case: Enermax ECA3253-BW ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $989.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-21 09:26 EST-0500
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