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

Just grab a Intel CPU and a NV GPU or wait for AMD Ryzen and their new GPUs and than grab whatever gives you the most FPS for your $/€.

If you buy a SSD make sure it is big enough to hold your OS + Games.

If you're using Steam i do not recommend installing POE on a SSD due to the patch process.

Consider a small SSD for your OS+small Apps and a good and big HDD for the rest of your games/data(at least 7200 rpm).

For example, i'm using a Samsung 840 Pro SSD for my OS and small Apps only and a WD Raptor(10k rpm HDD) for my Steam/Games and my VMs and iSCSI/NAS devices(FreeNAS@i7 Xeon) for my media and all the other stuff.

Also if you have more than one device accessing your network(your smartphone/family/kids) consider to setup QoS/Diffserv so POE/your Games get highest prio(EF DSCP 101110) in your network.

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Mad_Goomba wrote:

I am not rich, I think it will be somethink like:
CPU Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5 GHz/4core/SVGA HD Graphics 4600/1+6Mb/88W/5 GT/s LGA1150
4Gb <PCI-E> DDR5 GIGABYTE GV-N970WF3OC-4GD (RTL) DualDVI+HDMI+3xDP+SLI <GeForce GTX970>
Is it enough for PoE? Does this CPU will disclose videocard potential?
How much RAM I need? What about cooler and power supply?

Post your configuration:
CPU
Video
Motherboard
RAM
Cooler
Power supply

And leave comment about your experience in PoE? Do you play with max settings? How much FPS with various locations, and which situations deliver most of problems, many shadows, ground effects, big pack with sea witches and other effects on them etc. Does anybody check videocard temperature due playing?

this is my PC:


-i5-4690k is a good CPU
-Nvidia GTX970 is a good GPU

-"how much RAM?" You should look for a minimum of 8GB of RAM in a two stick configuration (dual channel). If your board supports more RAM and and you can afford it then get more.

-"What Cooler?" Try to get a good name in coolers. Something like Noctua is a good one to go to for air coolers. Pair this with Gelid GC-Extreme thermal paste (..and yes it matters completely which paste you buy. dont be super cheap and buy arctic silver or something.)

-"What Power Supply?" Your PSU feeds power to everything and needs to be reliable. this is NOT where you want to be cheap either or you will be sorry later. I like Corsair power supplies because they have always been good to me. Some have been with me for almost 10 years through overclocking, multiple computer builds, dust build up... and so on. they never give me any problems either. You need probably just a medium size 600W PSU to run everything. certainly not anything bigger than a 750W as that is usually bigger than what most people need.

I have an old PC:

Intel Core i7 2600K 3.4Ghz
GeForce GTX670 DirectCU II 2GB GDDR5
8GB RAM (now 16, but was playing with 8 for years)

Can play well enough solo. In party sometimes I got low FPS, but doable too.

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Mordad wrote:

If you're using Steam i do not recommend installing POE on a SSD due to the patch process.

Consider a small SSD for your OS+small Apps and a good and big HDD for the rest of your games/data(at least 7200 rpm).

Hello there, why not?
Im usng a SSD for PoE since years ago and loading when changing zones is a lot faster than before.
Can you explain why this is bad with steam patches?

Thank you very much.

As of early Dec 2016 - I56600K, EVGA GTX1070, 8GB DDR5 3200Mhz, Samsung 850 SSD, ASUS Z170A, Win10, corsair RM850, coolermaster evo 212 (All in cost ~$1200) built it myself.

Before that first gen I7, ATI5870, 6GB DDR3 ??speed, mech drive (ASUS ROG laptop ~ 7 years old)

Still have occasional "lag" and dips latency (might be my craptastic ISP) never the less my performance is LIGHT YEARS better!!! And I am now playing POE at max setting - no more open box insta-death due to lag, particle effects do not slow FPS...maintain 60FPS pretty much throughout.

I was literally ready to quit POE if the new PC did not make a huge difference and yeah I'm still playing and looking forward to many more years of POE!!

As others have stated the most important components IMO are the GPU and a SSD

As a bench mark of sorts I play BF1 at the highest setting at 60FPS and my GPU fans barely run while maintaining low GPU temps...very very sweet!!

GL

EDIT - added a few more details you requested. :)

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Mikrotherion wrote:

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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

AMD dropping Ryzen in like 6 days. So almost all these builds are going to be "obsolete" by next week. I say wait for benchmarks on Ryzen and then ask the same question.

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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.

Which ones?

you need SSD and instal poe on it.

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Valmar wrote:

I have an old PC:

Intel Core i7 2600K 3.4Ghz
GeForce GTX670 DirectCU II 2GB GDDR5
8GB RAM (now 16, but was playing with 8 for years)

Can play well enough solo. In party sometimes I got low FPS, but doable too.

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Mordad wrote:

If you're using Steam i do not recommend installing POE on a SSD due to the patch process.

Consider a small SSD for your OS+small Apps and a good and big HDD for the rest of your games/data(at least 7200 rpm).

Hello there, why not?
Im usng a SSD for PoE since years ago and loading when changing zones is a lot faster than before.
Can you explain why this is bad with steam patches?

Thank you very much.

2600k is better than the new ones for overclockers. I've been at 4.7 Ghz for like 5 years with no plans to get these new underperformers.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2017/01/13/kaby_lake_7700k_vs_sandy_bridge_2600k_ipc_review/5

670 is like a gtx 1050 not bad at all. I'd say you're in top 5% of PC onwers still.

Wait for AMD Ryzen and Vega amd gpu's. Cheaper and support's dx12.