So my current setup is old
Pentium D 3.2ghz 2CPU's
4GB RAM
WIN 7 64-bit
Geforce 9800 GT
Crappy Dell MOBO
305W Generic PSU
Running the beta I run into Frame rates down below 10 but standing still in town it's around 40. So I figure its time to update my rig/ get a new one.
Was looking around and figured a decent budget build would be as follows:
i3-2120 3.3ghz
ASrock extreme3 gen3
Gefore GTX 560Ti
Seasonic M12II 520W Modular
8 GB RAM
all this with case and cd drive. would run me $650 I can use my HD I have 1tb 720rpm 32mb cache
Should run everything on High in D3. Anyone have any first hand experience with the i3-2120 and 560Ti together?
Diablo 3 is light on CPU need; it seems like as long as it's a Core-i-anything, it runs fine. GPU is, by far, the biggest influencer of performance and the 560Ti is well known to be good.
Your build plan is actually very well balanced, I think it'll do good things for you
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"
Wouldn't you say that's overkill for just playing Diablo 3 and LoL? Granted I run dual monitors, but 90% of the time the second monitor isn't used while I'm playing. Unless I need to answer a call on skype or look somthing up mid game. I figured I would get the Asrock ex 3 gen 3 because i could throw an i7 in there a few years down the road if i need an upgade. I'm on a budget too, don't really want to spend 1k on a machine that i just play games on.
I have a Pentium G620 and a Radeon 7770, I get 150-200FPS in LoL at 1080p high settings. In the diablo 3 beta I had vsync on, anti-aliasing, high textures, high shadows, high physics, and clutter at medium. I was getting 60 FPS constantly, rarely dipping into the 50's.
The 7770 is about 5-10% slower than the 560 Ti while the G620 is about 20% slower than the i3-2100.
I used the ASRock H61M-U3S3 since it already has a BIOS update for 22nm Ivy Bridge processors. It's a rock solid board with SATA 3, USB 3, and UEFI BIOS. It has limited overclocking options, but I'm not a overclocker. I just got the G620 for temporary use until the Ivy Bridge comes out, but it has exceeded my expectations.
I have a Pentium G620 and a Radeon 7770, I get 150-200FPS in LoL at 1080p high settings. In the diablo 3 beta I had vsync on, anti-aliasing, high textures, high shadows, high physics, and clutter at medium. I was getting 60 FPS constantly, rarely dipping into the 50's.
The 7770 is about 5-10% slower than the 560 Ti while the G620 is about 20% slower than the i3-2100.
I used the ASRock H61M-U3S3 since it already has a BIOS update for 22nm Ivy Bridge processors. It's a rock solid board with SATA 3, USB 3, and UEFI BIOS. It has limited overclocking options, but I'm not a overclocker. I just got the G620 for temporary use until the Ivy Bridge comes out, but it has exceeded my expectations.
Thanks for the input. I will be building this after I pay my tuition for the summer around May 7th. Hopefully I can find some good deals. There's a sandisk 120gb ssd on newegg for 130 ill think ill grab early just to be sure i get a good price.
What settings were you using? I ran beta with the same amount of ram and a 9800 GT and performance was pretty good. A bit of slowdown when things got crazy, but generally 50-60fps. 1440x900 resolution, textures and physics high, shadows medium, AA and vsync disabled.
Wouldn't you say that's overkill for just playing Diablo 3 and LoL? Granted I run dual monitors, but 90% of the time the second monitor isn't used while I'm playing. Unless I need to answer a call on skype or look somthing up mid game. I figured I would get the Asrock ex 3 gen 3 because i could throw an i7 in there a few years down the road if i need an upgade. I'm on a budget too, don't really want to spend 1k on a machine that i just play games on.
Yah its overkill for that, I was just thinking about having the system last longer.
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"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"
Wow, I just realized my CPU was running at 2.00GHz since the time I built it. Went into the Bios, saw it locked multiplier to 20. Set it to Auto, multiplier went to 26 and now it's at 2.6GHz. So there you go, even 2.00GHz Pentium was good enough LMFAO
What settings were you using? I ran beta with the same amount of ram and a 9800 GT and performance was pretty good. A bit of slowdown when things got crazy, but generally 50-60fps. 1440x900 resolution, textures and physics high, shadows medium, AA and vsync disabled.
I have a 24' monitor and a 21'. So I tried running it on full resolution but all gfx settings either off/or low on each. Same results. Weird as 1600x1200 should have given me a higher rate than my 1920x1080. I could play my my setup, but I hate playing on lower resolutions than what my monitors built for.
If you get the same FPS at higher resolutions it means your CPU is bottlenecking your system.
Pentium D 3.2ghz tho...shouldnt bottleneck a 9800gt, reguardless I'm getting the new one. I'll hold on to the old one for my old lady to use since her crapintosh is dieing.
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Pentium D 3.2ghz 2CPU's
4GB RAM
WIN 7 64-bit
Geforce 9800 GT
Crappy Dell MOBO
305W Generic PSU
Running the beta I run into Frame rates down below 10 but standing still in town it's around 40. So I figure its time to update my rig/ get a new one.
Was looking around and figured a decent budget build would be as follows:
i3-2120 3.3ghz
ASrock extreme3 gen3
Gefore GTX 560Ti
Seasonic M12II 520W Modular
8 GB RAM
all this with case and cd drive. would run me $650 I can use my HD I have 1tb 720rpm 32mb cache
Should run everything on High in D3. Anyone have any first hand experience with the i3-2120 and 560Ti together?
Your build plan is actually very well balanced, I think it'll do good things for you
Epicurus
Wouldn't you say that's overkill for just playing Diablo 3 and LoL? Granted I run dual monitors, but 90% of the time the second monitor isn't used while I'm playing. Unless I need to answer a call on skype or look somthing up mid game. I figured I would get the Asrock ex 3 gen 3 because i could throw an i7 in there a few years down the road if i need an upgade. I'm on a budget too, don't really want to spend 1k on a machine that i just play games on.
The 7770 is about 5-10% slower than the 560 Ti while the G620 is about 20% slower than the i3-2100.
I used the ASRock H61M-U3S3 since it already has a BIOS update for 22nm Ivy Bridge processors. It's a rock solid board with SATA 3, USB 3, and UEFI BIOS. It has limited overclocking options, but I'm not a overclocker. I just got the G620 for temporary use until the Ivy Bridge comes out, but it has exceeded my expectations.
Thanks for the input. I will be building this after I pay my tuition for the summer around May 7th. Hopefully I can find some good deals. There's a sandisk 120gb ssd on newegg for 130 ill think ill grab early just to be sure i get a good price.
Epicurus
I have a 24' monitor and a 21'. So I tried running it on full resolution but all gfx settings either off/or low on each. Same results. Weird as 1600x1200 should have given me a higher rate than my 1920x1080. I could play my my setup, but I hate playing on lower resolutions than what my monitors built for.
Plus I have my bonus check I want to spend.
Pentium D 3.2ghz tho...shouldnt bottleneck a 9800gt, reguardless I'm getting the new one. I'll hold on to the old one for my old lady to use since her crapintosh is dieing.