Check this if you need a new computer

[Myrdinn]

Hi all,
*edit* I'm not selling anything! This is just information for you.

*edit* Want to say that this is just to help if you don't wanna search all over the internet to get good price. I can even add that to be the most cost effective, you could buy from online, or even a nearby computer store, I myself bought my power supply from a nearby store. All Im saying are these exact part make for an excellent rig for a great price, if you don't have too much money to spend on computer but like to play lots of game.

Just wanted to help people who want to change their computer and enjoyed DDO with maximum graphic capability AND enjoy latest game on market. This is a guide to buy parts from newegg to make your own computer for a budget price depending on what you already have that can be recycle into the new one. This is just to give you an idea or a headache free to make your own computer.

DON'T FORGET YOU WILL NEED AN OS TO RUN THE COMPUTER IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE ONE (about 110-115$ US/CAN for Win 7 premium)

I have recently bought those part and tried them with DDO and it work perfectly with maximum graphic and directX 11.

Depending on what you already have, you can just remove what you don't need, be it power supply, computer case, DVD or BR.

I will also put the link for both Canada and US price.

Canada:
HDD + Ram + processor + motherboard Combo - 379.00$
-GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H AM3 AMD 890GX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard (Model:GA-890GPA-UD3H)
-AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT55TFBGRBOX (Model:HDT55TFBGRBOX)
-Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model KHX1333C9D3K2/4G (Model:KHX1333C9D3K2/4G)
-Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive (Model:ST31000524AS)

Graphic Card - 189.99$
-EVGA 01G-P3-1460-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Cooler Master Power supply 550W - 59.99$ (You can go with a 450W or 500W, but I would recommend this 550W for upgrade capability and lesser load on PS)

Antec Computer Case - 74.99$ (nice case and great for OC)

DVD or BR - whatever suit your need, from 20$ to 100$

Total : From 569$ to 729$ + taxes and shipping

US (Due to out of stock problem I changed some parts for US):
You can go with this combo, nice price, processor is a 4 core instead of 6, but pretty sure you could also run DDO full throttle (you can still just switch for the 6 core amd 1055T)

HDD + Ram + processor + motherboard Combo - 295.00$
-MSI 880GMA-E53 AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard (Model:880GMA-E53)
-AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX (Model:HDZ955FBGMBOX)
-G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL (Model:F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL)
-Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive (Model:ST31000524AS)

Graphic Card - 194.99$

Power Supply 550W - 59.99$

Antec Computer Case - 69.99$

DVD or BR - 20$ to 100$

Total: From 490$ to 640$ (for 4 core, can go up another 100$ for 6 core) + taxes and shipping

P.S. This can run witcher 2 and crysis 2 without problem, will need some testing to be sure at which capability, but sure it will be near maximum, if not maximum

Hope it help some of you

[Impaqt]

DDO isnt multi-Threaded. It runs the same on a Dual Core as it would a 6 Core. SO unless you are doing a Tone of background stuff.. Or running more than one instance of the game simultaneously, the extra cores are worthless.

[CalydorEstalon]

Not everyone plays only DDO and intend to do that forever and ever. Multiple cores is the way everything is headed, may as well future-proof a new machine just a little.

[zztophat]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161315

A HIS H467QR1GH Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

for $59.99

That will run DDO on max settings without breaking the bank.

[Pfold]

Sadly I went to Intel after the 'tri-core' debacle.

But for those still looking for their ideal rigs or just wanting to learn a little more before making a purchase should check out sites like Tom's and Hardforums (and of course read the reviews at the Egg!).

[Hambo]

DDO isnt multi-Threaded. It runs the same on a Dual Core as it would a 6 Core. SO unless you are doing a Tone of background stuff.. Or running more than one instance of the game simultaneously, the extra cores are worthless.

AMD builds the ram contoller into the CPU. Anything other than a 6 core CPU runs DDR2 at about 1.8 Ghz. Running the 6 core processor in most cases allows you to run DDR3 ram at over 2Ghz.

Just the increase in ram speed s worth the cost.

[Hambo]

Not everyone plays only DDO and intend to do that forever and ever. Multiple cores is the way everything is headed, may as well future-proof a new machine just a little.

...And some of us do considerably more than run only DDO...

[Myrdinn]

That's why I told after that a 4 core would probably do the trick like a charm for even less buck.

But I like to run multiple program at same time, so all the core are used, I even run multiple DDO instance when my friend cannot play.

And it also make it a little more easier for new or coming soon game.

But yes, you can go lower and still have maximum graphic, this is just a go between for mostly all game on the market and upcoming game for a few year with nice to extra nice graphic for budget money

[Myrdinn]

...And some of us do considerably more than run only DDO...

like DDO (or multiple DDO) with internet, some graphic programs, work related stuff , watching a movie while waiting on party or piking

[Myrdinn]

lol, wow, extra wow, got bad rep when trying to help people.

I am always surprise by how people react. I put time to write all this after buying one for myself. (not gaining anything by doing so) And got rewarded by bad rep.

Bah, there is always a first

Anyway, for those that NEED a computer and have question, either wanting to have it for DDO only or for being able to play latest game as well, you are free to ask. And those who have even more knowledge in computer and have better suggestion, sure go ahead, will modified my main post according to feedback.

Keep in mind, that what I entered initially is what I bought and what I personally tried and found working perfectly.

[Myrdinn]

I will take the bad rep with a neutral mind.

Do you guys think this is worth a bad rep? If yes, could you explain? Just trying to figured if my post was a bad idea or if it is just someone alone disliking it.

[zztophat]

lol, wow, extra wow, got bad rep when trying to help people.

I am always surprise by how people react. I put time to write all this after buying one for myself. (not gaining anything by doing so) And got rewarded by bad rep.

Bah, there is always a first

Anyway, for those that NEED a computer and have question, either wanting to have it for DDO only or for being able to play latest game as well, you are free to ask. And those who have even more knowledge in computer and have better suggestion, sure go ahead, will modified my main post according to feedback.

Keep in mind, that what I entered initially is what I bought and what I personally tried and found working perfectly.

I thought about giving this a neg, I try to have nothing to do with the rep system but some times I get annoyed...

Anyway I didn't, it's not trolling or inflammatory.

Rep isn't something to get worked up about, it takes a lot to hit the red boxes, just turn it off if the few green boxes bother you.

[game5551]

DDO isnt exactly graphics intensive. A graphics card less than 2 years old, 4gig memory and you can crank all of the graphics up to max. Probably should mention that the supplied setup is overkill. (plus I am an intel person myself)

However, this is a nice set up for a low price, and I love NewEgg, so +1 to you for the good find

[MrkGrismer]

I'm considering get a tablet (like one of the ASUS ones) to play from my couch. Alas, none have good graphic cards yet. Maybe next year...

[Memnir]

Do you guys think this is worth a bad rep?

Not in the least - and I'd send in an appeal to the Mods on the Negs you are getting.

The only thing I see that could be considered out of line with this post is that it should probably be in Off Topic. But, that's not worth a neg.

[ExK444]

I'd just like to note that the ATI fans out there can get a Radeon HD 5770 for about the same price and with similar performance.

[Hambo]

My most likely next mainboard:

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD...mula/#download

I've used ASUS boards since the 80's and have only had one out-of-the-box failure, that turned out to be a mis-restocked return.

My main reason for selecting this board, however, is the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) support. UEFI is the 64-bit replacement of the old 16-bit BIOS on mainboards and has a lot of interesting features, such as boot support for >2TB drives and integral Boot manager, allowing for multi-OS builds, among other features. For the curious:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFI

Having seen the first preview of Windows8 last week this will be a requirement for me, as UEFI is supported by default. One demo showed the Alpha version of Win8 cold-boot in 6 seconds on a 1GHz Arm system with SSD!

The ASUS board is also one of the first Mainboards I've seen that supports 32GB Ram... I eventually plan on a custom installation that will create a ramdisk boot partition on power-up, copy the environment to the ramdisk and run it from there. A current "fresh" Win7 Ultimate installation is about 26GB on disk, so hopefully this will be enough room, and should be even faster than a SSD.

[Myrdinn]

I should have specified that this was also to play witcher 2 and crysis 2, which run great on this pc. But for DDO only, having a lesser graphic card would do the trick. But if youre going to buy a new computer now, I always like to buy it with a little future ahead.

I think it is worth it to buy a 600-700$ computer that can last to 5 years.

My previous computer is 5 years old and I only had to switch video card to keep it on water

Doesn't mean you need to buy this one or cannot switch part.

Just saying that this one is a killer for the price, it is the best performance for the less money so far as I have check.

[game5551]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161315

A HIS H467QR1GH Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

for $59.99

That will run DDO on max settings without breaking the bank.

Plus a $10 rebate
Even that is overkill for DDO... Wow have Dx10 graphics card prices come down

[Hambo]

lol, wow, extra wow, got bad rep when trying to help people.

I am always surprise by how people react. I put time to write all this after buying one for myself. (not gaining anything by doing so) And got rewarded by bad rep.

Bah, there is always a first

Anyway, for those that NEED a computer and have question, either wanting to have it for DDO only or for being able to play latest game as well, you are free to ask. And those who have even more knowledge in computer and have better suggestion, sure go ahead, will modified my main post according to feedback.

Keep in mind, that what I entered initially is what I bought and what I personally tried and found working perfectly.

One thing to remember is that to some people the Intel/AMD question is almost Religious and/or Political. Like the Apple/PC question

I compare features to cost myself, and the day Intel beats AMD on the bang/buck question is the day I switch