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Hi
I’m thinking about buying a new PC and i got recommended by a friend in college to visit Pcspecialist.co.uk (because their pc’s are customizable) i was wondering if these components would be good enough to run tf2 smoothly aswell as l4d2 and so forth?
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5-760 Quad Core (2.80GHz, 8MB Cache) + Turbo Boost
Motherboard ASUS® P7P55 LX: USB 2.0 & SATA 3.0Gb/s, CrossFireX™ SUPPORT
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS – DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card NONE
3rd Graphics Card NONE
Memory – 1st Hard Disk 1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader NONE
Power Supply & Case Cooling 450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit – inc DVD & Licence
so please advise
That should be fine to run both TF2 and L4D2, and games that have higher requirements than that, as long as you don’t run at a massive resolution. No point in 8GB of RAM, though, drop it to 4, and if you must spend the same amount just get some RAM with better timings/clock.
£29 PSU is very suspicious. Get a better one, or get more wattage. Don’t skimp on the PSU or you will pay for it.
Last edited by octochris,
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That should be fine to run both TF2 and L4D2, and games that have higher requirements than that, as long as you don’t run at a massive resolution. No point in 8GB of RAM, though, drop it to 4.
i run at 1024 x 768, i clicked on 8 GB as i’m doing graphics editing in college and thought i might need more memory for photo shop and rendering images, i just dropped it to 4GB and it now costs 695 quid =] inc VAT
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i run at 1024 x 768, i clicked on 8 GB as i’m doing graphics editing in college and thought i might need more memory for photo shop and rendering images
Unless you’re doing something ridiculously large you will never use up 8, not to mention the more RAM you have the less you can OC (if you want to do that).
I edited my post to include a bit about the PSU, I’d suggest you read that too.
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Unless you’re doing something ridiculously large you will never use up 8, not to mention the more RAM you have the less you can OC (if you want to do that).
good point xD also i said proceed to check out and it said that my system will run on a 450 watt powersupply and that it would save me money, i’ve gone for 600 just to be save now
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£29 PSU is very suspicious. Get a better one, or get more wattage. Don’t skimp on the PSU or you will pay for it.
just in case you missed it, since every time i edit you’ve already posted :p
my pc is a very similar spec.
i5 750 2.6 ghz
4gb ram
ati 4850 512
and pretty much all the same shit you got bundled in there
using chris dx9 frames = 120 no drops
standard graphics high settings 50-100fps
basically 8 gb ram is pointless doubt tf2 would ever need to use that :P
Quoted from Sketch
my pc is a very similar spec.
i5 750 2.6 ghz
4gb ram
ati 4850 512
and pretty much all the same shit you got bundled in thereusing chris dx9 frames = 120 no drops
standard graphics high settings 50-100fpsbasically 8 gb ram is pointless doubt tf2 would ever need to use that :P
even on obscure_final at mid? with my current computer it drops to 30 fps with chris max frames on =S nvidia geforce 8600 or something xD
im on a i5 750 2.6ghz, hd5770 and 4gb ram and I can run tf2 @ chris highest quality config at a locked and stable 120 fps with no drops so you are more than fine. @ 1680×1050
intel E8600 ( 3.6 ghz )
HD4870 512m
Asus p5q-e plus
6go ram , ocz and patriot
250+640 Go Western digital
win7 64bits
Hiper 720W
razer deathadder ; razer goliathus ; razer lycosa ; belkin n52te ; headset Plantronics 365 or something like that
Yup I’ve got the same thing too (i5-750, 5770, 4gb 1333mhz) . Just stick to the 4gb of ram and get a better PSU at least 500 watts I’d suggest. In Chris’s dx9 cfg I drop below 120fps on obsucre and 24+ person pubs. On his best quality dx 8 I have zero drops below 120fps. Also if your that kind’ve of person the i5 is highly overclockable, if you plan to do that you definately need a better than stock heat sink and a real ~600w PSU.
Case InWIN DRAGON SLAYER BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) AMD ATHLON II X4 640 (3.00GHz/2MB CACHE/AM3)
Motherboard ASUS® M4A78LT-M: mATX MAINBOARD, DDR3, USB 2.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM) 4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS – DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Memory – 1st Hard Disk 1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 4x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ROM (£35)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply & Case Cooling 600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI EXPRESS CARD (£19)
USB Options 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive NONE
Firewire & Video Editing NONE
TV Card NONE
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit – inc DVD & Licence (£109)
i altered the specs. will this still work?
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