Your recommendation for a new rig

[stingray77 4]

Hey, my notebook quit (and I'm not going to have the gpu soldered to the mainboard a 5th time or so!) - so I am up for a new rig...

 

I am thinking about a gaming tower (no real need for a notebook), but what would be your recommendations?

What are the current minimums for a smoothly running SF2?

Is the game able to "play" with / benefitting from a 3D-screen?

Recommended resolution and widescreen-possibilities of the monitor...?

 

See, I am poking in the fog just to get a better idea what machine to look for... And it will certainly not be a HP after the weak (German) support they were giving me, when my dv-pavilion started developping probs!

 

Thanks for your input

[SFP1Ace 33]

Hi, I don't know what budget your on but here are my suggestions:

 

CPU - Intel i5 ivy bridge 3570 (or 3570k if you're into overclocking);

motherboard - something based on Z77 chipset (Asrock Z77 Extreme4 for example);

8GB (2 sticks of 4GB each) of DDR3 1600MHz RAM - any known brand should do - kingston, corsair, geil, g.skill, patriot etc.

HDD - again depending on your budget either 1TB Western Digital Black series or bigger (not a fan of Seagate), or, ideally combine it with a 128 or 256 GB SSD drive;

Graphics - AMD Radeon HD 7850 or better, Nvidia GTX  660 or better with at least 2GB of RAM;

Power Supply Unit - stick with Corsair, Fortron, Seasonic, Tagan, Antec, 600W or better

 

As far as I know, SF2 doesn't benefit from 3D

 

As far as the screen goes - stick with either 1920x1080 Full HD or a 1920x1200 one, 22 inches or more. Brand? IDK, maybe try IIYAMA or EIZO.

 

Good hunting! ;]

Edited June 21, 2013 by SFP1Ace

[stingray77 4]

Ah, VERY helpful - indeed... The more as this describes one of the "bestsellers" on a German hopepage I found.... ;)

A little heavy on price, but this appears to be a "stable" investment.

The one I found has Win7 64bit - if I rember correctly I should better stay with 32bit, right (and why is that)?

 

As said: the hint that 3D would "work" (to whatever extent) was from the TW-borad somewhere - I need to look that up...

 

Again: thanks a lot!

[+Brain32 265]

The one I found has Win7 64bit - if I rember correctly I should better stay with 32bit, right (and why is that)?

No need to stay on 32bit windows, go 64...

[stingray77 4]

Same true for Microsoft Flight Simulator 9? (I know, strange to ask this here - but anyway....)

[+Brain32 265]

Yeah 64-bit Windows7 runs everything, been using it since public beta, have yet to encounter incompatibility so I can say that unless you use some kind of specialized professional software there will be no problems whatsoever...

[SFP1Ace 33]

Yeah 64-bit Windows7 runs everything, been using it since public beta, have yet to encounter incompatibility so I can say that unless you use some kind of specialized professional software there will be no problems whatsoever...

Amen to that Brother!

[CowboyTodd41 133]

Same true for Microsoft Flight Simulator 9? (I know, strange to ask this here - but anyway....)

 

The specs listed for SF2 here will absolutely manhandle a sim as old as FS9. So yes, the same is true, assuming you can install it on Win7 or 8

[+russouk2004 6,958]

64bit windows far better memory managment for gaming...

[Wrench 9,729]

quad core, minimum!

win 7, 64 bit

 

the biggest power supply that'll fit!!

 

min 2 gig vid card

 

6-8 gigs ram

[+Geary 1,877]

quad core, minimum!

win 7, 64 bit

 

the biggest power supply that'll fit!!

 

min 2 gig vid card

 

6-8 gigs ram

like Wrench says, but more specifically, GDDR5 RAM on your video card.

[stingray77 4]

Thanks for your input everybody.

 

I just placed my order:

- I5-3570K CPU

- intel Z77 Express

- 8GB DDR3

- 128GB SSD plus 1TB SATA

- GeForce GTX 660 with 2GB RAM

- Win7 Home Premium 64bit

- liquid cooled (wow!)

(pretty much as SFP1Ace recommended)

 

and together with it a 24" Asus VE248H 1920x1080 screen

plus

Logitech G510 keyboard

 

Loooking forward to receiving the pack - not so very much to re-installing the whole bunch of software..... But that's the way it is!

 

Thanks again!

[+Brain32 265]

the biggest power supply that'll fit!!

 

Actually I'd go for quality over pure wattage but yeah, PS is a very important part of the PC...

[SFP1Ace 33]

Thanks for your input everybody.

 

I just placed my order:

- I5-3570K CPU

- intel Z77 Express

- 8GB DDR3

- 128GB SSD plus 1TB SATA

- GeForce GTX 660 with 2GB RAM

- Win7 Home Premium 64bit

- liquid cooled (wow!)

(pretty much as SFP1Ace recommended)

 

and together with it a 24" Asus VE248H 1920x1080 screen

plus

Logitech G510 keyboard

 

Loooking forward to receiving the pack - not so very much to re-installing the whole bunch of software..... But that's the way it is!

 

Thanks again!

Well this rig should let you enjoy even the SF2:NA new terrain with high FPS me thinks! Congrats & enjoy!