Guide: Building a PC to play FFXIV

[wrongfeifong]

Re: Guide: Building a PC to play FFXIV

Curious what you guys think about how my PC will -potentially- run FFXIV.

GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Blue RC-932-KKN3-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

EVGA 012-P3-1470-AR GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Rosewill Xtreme Series RX750-D-B 750W Continuous @40°C ,80 PLUS Certified, ATX12V v2.2 & EPS12V v2.91, SLI Ready CrossFire Ready, Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7, i5" Power Supply

Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80601930

ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner

That is a 1200+ machine i bet, if that doesn't play FFXI, i don't know what do.

I only have a budget of 400$ to spare this month I don't think i can get anything more until ffxiv release. I think it is time to quite FFXIV ... I wonder what i should do about my CE pre-order since i already pay in full.

Can the sky rain me down some money just on top of me! (i blame Xbox live taking 70 bucks from ! and Crackdown2 + N3II and ACE pre-order!)

Why must all the good games release on FFXIV release. What should i do about Ghost recon 2, killzone 2, fable III, Hawx 2 and battlefield black ops. I can't skip these to buy a PC!

I think we should put together a "donate your spare parts" to the poor to play FFXIV XD.

[Absentia]

Re: Guide: Building a PC to play FFXIV

Pretty decent actually.

If you can wait til august and take a 950 for the same price of a 930 now is good but not mandatory.

Set up a fan profile for the 470, then you wont go over 80c no matter what you're doing (which is good)

I'm a Corsair fanboy and would take a Corsair 750 HX over that PSU but its still a good choice.

As for the case, if you can afford a HAF X get it, if not, HAF 932 is still a great case.

Other than that its a great build, and should have no issues with XIV.

I had no choice in anything I got except for the video card. Everything came as a bundle from Newegg (which saved me $150.00 to keep me in my budget range) so I couldn't swap any parts.

Thanks for the input!

[Freelancer]

Re: Guide: Building a PC to play FFXIV

Curious what you guys think about how my PC will -potentially- run FFXIV.

GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Blue RC-932-KKN3-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

EVGA 012-P3-1470-AR GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Rosewill Xtreme Series RX750-D-B 750W Continuous @40°C ,80 PLUS Certified, ATX12V v2.2 & EPS12V v2.91, SLI Ready CrossFire Ready, Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7, i5" Power Supply

Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80601930

ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner

Pretty decent actually.

If you can wait til august and take a 950 for the same price of a 930 now is good but not mandatory.

Set up a fan profile for the 470, then you wont go over 80c no matter what you're doing (which is good)

I'm a Corsair fanboy and would take a Corsair 750 HX over that PSU but its still a good choice.

As for the case, if you can afford a HAF X get it, if not, HAF 932 is still a great case.

Other than that its a great build, and should have no issues with XIV.

[Absentia]

Re: Guide: Building a PC to play FFXIV

Curious what you guys think about how my PC will -potentially- run FFXIV.

GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Blue RC-932-KKN3-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

EVGA 012-P3-1470-AR GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Rosewill Xtreme Series RX750-D-B 750W Continuous @40°C ,80 PLUS Certified, ATX12V v2.2 & EPS12V v2.91, SLI Ready CrossFire Ready, Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7, i5" Power Supply

Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80601930

ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner

[Mhurron]

Re: Guide: Building a PC to play FFXIV

I didn't/don't want to know about a specific component in this case. I want to know the average temp inside the pc. It has worked for me. If it doesn't work for you, that's okay.

Ignorance truly is bliss.

Ambient case temperature where the probe is is 40C, the CPU is 70C and my video card is currently 85C. Do I have a problem? You're method won't let you know; the system will though, when outright crashes.

Individual parts temperatures is the important, not the temperature of the air that is just moving through the case.

[Feba]

Re: Guide: Building a PC to play FFXIV

If it's the external display that helps you, you could get a logitech keyboard and set up the LCD screen to display temperatures. They also make LCD screens that go into drive bays, I'd imagine they'd be about as easy to use as that sensor, for a lower price.

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But there's really no such thing as an "average temp". There's the temperature where you're gathering it, and there's the temperature of the air within the case, but those don't really matter compared to the heat of the components themselves. It's more than possible to place a sensor in such a way that it will be exposed to relatively cool air, while your components are melting. Air temperature becomes even more irrelevant if you're dealing with any source of cooling other than fans and heatsinks. It can show you if your case has venting problems in general, but it won't be nearly so clear on saying "hey, your CPU is running too hot"

[Solymir]

Re: Guide: Building a PC to play FFXIV

I didn't/don't want to know about a specific component in this case. I want to know the average temp inside the pc. It has worked for me. If it doesn't work for you, that's okay.

[Mhurron]

Re: Guide: Building a PC to play FFXIV

I don't like the software monitors. The Digital display on the outside of the case is much easier, for me.

A probe simply sitting in the case is only going to tell you an ambient temperature, influenced by whatever it is nearest too. It's not necessarily an indicator if a particular component is getting too hot. Ambient temperature will also be the last indicator that things have become too hot.

[Solymir]

Re: Guide: Building a PC to play FFXIV

Your various components should have them already, and you should also be able to find information on their safe/normal operating temperatures. To actually display them just takes software; google it.

I don't like the software monitors. The Digital display on the outside of the case is much easier, for me.

[Bricklayer]

Re: Guide: Building a PC to play FFXIV

I've used Speedfan in the past, which is pretty nice. There may be better interfaces out there today, though.

[Feba]

Re: Guide: Building a PC to play FFXIV

Another piece of gadgetry you can get is a digital thermometer for monitoring the internal temperature of the case.

Your various components should have them already, and you should also be able to find information on their safe/normal operating temperatures. To actually display them just takes software; google it.

[Solymir]

Re: Guide: Building a PC to play FFXIV

They are to a point. You should consider redundency for sure. Even if the intake fan died the exhaust fans and the one inside the power supply would probably pull enough air in from every crevice to keep cooling the computer I have.

Always inspect your computer hardware. Try to do it at least once a month.

Another piece of gadgetry you can get is a digital thermometer for monitoring the internal temperature of the case. I use one that changes color when the temperature gets too high.

[Balfree]

Re: Guide: Building a PC to play FFXIV

are computer fans really that reliable though? when is it time to consider other means ?

[Solymir]

Re: Guide: Building a PC to play FFXIV

If it is that hot you really need to get some more air movement in there. You may think the room temp air is too warm to help but trust me it's better than what you currently have. I have a computer that's about 3 1/2 yrs old that is nothing special and it has one 80mm intake fan with two smaller exhaust fans. I do have air conditioning but it never gets set below 78 in the summer. The computer is upstairs and the house's thermostat is downstairs which means the room temp is never really 78.

The only drawback to the fans are noise. I have a speed switch for the intake fan that I turn way down in the winter months for some noise relief.

[Balfree]

Re: Guide: Building a PC to play FFXIV

I havent tested the temp, but just touching the card gives me pain so strikingly hot i have no doubt it cant be good.