Buying new PC, need advise :) What is your PC configuration?

Optical Drive Blu-Ray/DVD
RAM 8GB DDR3
Clock: 2133MHz
Bandwidth: 204 GB/s

Flash Memory: 8GB Flash Memory

CPU: 8 Core AMD custom CPU
Frequency: 1.75 GHz
GPU Clock Speed: 853 MHz

Storage 500 GB (5400 rpm) Hard Drive


The setup that youll be the most optimised for POE

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Sexcalibure wrote:

RAM 8GB DDR3
CPU: 8 Core AMD custom CPU
Frequency: 1.75 GHz
GPU Clock Speed: 853 MHz
Storage 500 GB (5400 rpm) Hard Drive


The setup that youll be the most optimised for POE

This is a troll right? Most optimized? 5400rpm HDD? 1.75GHz CPU?
You'd need an SSD and 3.5GHz CPU, as well as a decent GPU, to come close to optimized on highest settings with DX11. I'm sure OP doesn't want to build a potato PC just to have to edit that config file and set textures to 5 for Path of Runescape.

Current setup:

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170-Gaming-K3
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K , cooled with Antec Kühler 620 watercoolant set
GPU: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB-BLACK
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR4 2400MHz
Storage: OCZ Agility 3 128GB SSD + Intel M.2 250GB SSD

Setup is self-built ofc, pre-built PC's disgust me. Runs all the games i've played so far on maximum settings.

I'm curious are there any official system requirements? I've only found external sites.

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PH4G3X wrote:

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Sexcalibure wrote:

RAM 8GB DDR3
CPU: 8 Core AMD custom CPU
Frequency: 1.75 GHz
GPU Clock Speed: 853 MHz
Storage 500 GB (5400 rpm) Hard Drive


The setup that youll be the most optimised for POE

This is a troll right? Most optimized? 5400rpm HDD? 1.75GHz CPU?
You'd need an SSD and 3.5GHz CPU, as well as a decent GPU, to come close to optimized on highest settings with DX11. I'm sure OP doesn't want to build a potato PC just to have to edit that config file and set textures to 5 for Path of Runescape.

I think this might be the hardware of an Xbox One.

You do not need an SSD - but it's nice to have. Friend of mine runs the game fine and he has got all decent hardware but an SSD.
However, I agree that once you've had an SSD you don't want to look back.

Edit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_One#Hardware

Best deal is one of the refurbs at newegg with an SSD and large ram. Like this

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883162969

These are high end business machines with good parts

Then buy a 1050 GTX for $100

And your all good for less than $400.

My computer is high end. Like my water blocks cost more than that whole setup but I advise against it. Wasted money should have put in ROTH IRA account.

You absolutely want INTEL CPU if POE is your prime focus. Sure, the game might work fine but it might work like shit as well. Certain AMD chips have issues with PoE.

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Baron01 wrote:

You absolutely want INTEL CPU if POE is your prime focus. Sure, the game might work fine but it might work like shit as well. Certain AMD chips have issues with PoE.

Yes, that would be certain AMD GPUs - CPU is not relevant here. And since they're forking to Xbox, which runs on AMD, I guess even that won't be true for much longer.

AMD CPUs also burn way more energy means more noise to cool, more power needed. I don't know why anyone uses them. Third rate cones of real deal which copies intel.

Same with AMD GPUs. Second rate since there is only two competitors, but way inferior to nVidia.

My current system build:

Main
Asus Maximus VII Hero
Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.4 GHz
Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR3 @ 2.4 GHz
Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4GB @ 1.4 GHz / 7.0 GHz
Creative Sound Blaster Z
Samsung 850 EVO 3x250GB SSD
Powered by a Corsair CS750M
Built into a Coolermaster Cosmos-S

Side
Asus VG248QE 24" 144Hz 1080p
Kingston HyperX Cloud
Razer Black Widow Chroma
Razer Death Adder Chroma
Razer Fire Fly Chroma


My advice to you is that you should always keep your hardware in the same "tier" so that you get maximum synergy out of your system.

Do not spend lots of a graphics card and go cheap on your mainboard or CPU, because your cheapest component will be the bottleneck of your system and you will have wasted a lot of money on a GPU that spends its time picking its nose waiting for the rest of your system to catch up.

Gaming systems are expensive, and for good reason. So if you cannot afford top tier hardware currently, take everything a step down. It's not going to be a bad system if you make sure it all runs in harmony with little to no bottlenecks.

An SSD is cheap now and increases operating system performance and loading times in games dramatically. I would highly advise you to get one of those at least.

Apart from that:
Intel is overall better than AMD for CPUs, but more expensive.
nVidia GPUs overall perform better than AMD, because development studios work more closely with them. From what I understand, some people have had issues with AMD on PoE, so be advised. nVidia cards are slightly more expensive.
For good memory you need to look at CAS latency times more than the clock speeds of it. Often time people believe clock speed is all that matters when in fact, 1.6GHz memory with CAS latency of 9 is faster than 2.4GHz memory with a CAS latency of 13. See it as "Less" modifier in PoE terms, haha.

Another piece of advice for you, if you're someone who spends a long time in a row playing, it might be a good idea to go for a 144Hz screen. The colors of these screens are slightly more washed out because of the sheer speed of refresh rate, but it's so much more smooth in games and more importantly, for your eyes. It has solved my personal headache issues.

There are many more things I could go into with you in full detail, but I'm at work right now and I'd like to not get fired, so good luck. :D