Battlefield Division new build
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Go with the i7 and the GTX1070
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Looks good to me, get gtx 1070 if you have the money.
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Only a couple of things I would change,if I had the money,
1) I would go with no less than 16 gb of ram
2) 500 gb SSD
Other than those two things, once this is built your comp will be very close to mine...
1) I would go with no less than 16 gb of ram
2) 500 gb SSD
Other than those two things, once this is built your comp will be very close to mine...
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Yes, no less than 16GB Ram, 32 if you can afford it. Unless you are planning on upgrading in the future. It is better to pair memory of the same brand and type.
Quad-core for sure, i7 if you can afford it. If not, that CPU will cruise well.
You may already have all the below...
What are you going to cool the CPU with?
OS? win10, 8.1, 7? No 32-Bit OS ever, those days are gone. Unless that is all you have, then make do and smile.
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The rest is just advice and suggestions.
Split your Hard Drives.
Get one SSD (500GB if you can afford, half that if not)
Put your OS and load all apps on the SSD
The SSD will load everything much faster than a standard HDD.
Your rig will boot in under 5 seconds. All software will start up in half the time they ever did before.
Get the Blue 1TB for your data, pictures, stuff. This is the place you store your junk. This is a pretty safe place, viruses don't usually go off looking for spare HDDs to corrupt, but that does not mean it does not happen.
Once you get your main SSD drive where you want it, use something like Acronis to ghost it into a 1-1 back up. Save that away on a large enough external drive that will hold it.. Now when ever you have a virus or bug that eats your lunch, break out the back up and load it onto the SSD. Your back to day one without having to sit through finding your OS disc, drivers, or whatever.
Quad-core for sure, i7 if you can afford it. If not, that CPU will cruise well.
You may already have all the below...
What are you going to cool the CPU with?
OS? win10, 8.1, 7? No 32-Bit OS ever, those days are gone. Unless that is all you have, then make do and smile.
================================
The rest is just advice and suggestions.
Split your Hard Drives.
Get one SSD (500GB if you can afford, half that if not)
Put your OS and load all apps on the SSD
The SSD will load everything much faster than a standard HDD.
Your rig will boot in under 5 seconds. All software will start up in half the time they ever did before.
Get the Blue 1TB for your data, pictures, stuff. This is the place you store your junk. This is a pretty safe place, viruses don't usually go off looking for spare HDDs to corrupt, but that does not mean it does not happen.
Once you get your main SSD drive where you want it, use something like Acronis to ghost it into a 1-1 back up. Save that away on a large enough external drive that will hold it.. Now when ever you have a virus or bug that eats your lunch, break out the back up and load it onto the SSD. Your back to day one without having to sit through finding your OS disc, drivers, or whatever.
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Care to take tell me which games requires that much ram.
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Yes, your right, no games need 32. If only running a game...
The reason I like the 32 is I don't just play games on my rig, I have a lot of other apps running in the back ground that compliment my gaming or internet usage. So the more RAM the better. I do not have engineered numbers to tell me if the 32GB I have even helps, but I will tell you this...I have not ever had that slow down (wait for Windows to load and catch up) lag.
It is a cheap upgrade.
If you use your PC for only playing games, then 16 is great. I use my set up for more than that. I am sure most people do to.
I always design my systems for the future. not the today. I understand this is my preference, so please, use the information as you see fit.
The reason I like the 32 is I don't just play games on my rig, I have a lot of other apps running in the back ground that compliment my gaming or internet usage. So the more RAM the better. I do not have engineered numbers to tell me if the 32GB I have even helps, but I will tell you this...I have not ever had that slow down (wait for Windows to load and catch up) lag.
It is a cheap upgrade.
If you use your PC for only playing games, then 16 is great. I use my set up for more than that. I am sure most people do to.
I always design my systems for the future. not the today. I understand this is my preference, so please, use the information as you see fit.
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I am going to go against the grain here because I feel like you are trying to get the best price for performance ratio that you can. For that reason, I recommend sticking with the i5. The i7 does not get hardly any more frames in the gaming world over the i5. The only reason to get the i7 is if you do alot of video and audio encoding like adobe premiere or the like.
Check out this comparison and pay attention to the "real world" performance aka actual games. I could care less about benchmark artificial crap.
If you need to get more performance on this, just upgrade your cpu cooler and OC it.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1544?vs=1554
Secondly, most are recommending the 1070. This card just came out and you are going to pay top dollar for it. The 970 and 980 still are very solid choices for quite a bit less. I was able to get a 970 on CL from a guy for $180 (which is less than 1/2 of a 1070). For BF4 comparison, the 970 gets 51.5 frames at 2560x1440 and 80.7 frames at 1920x1080 both on ultra. I am not sure what type of monitor you have, but these are more than sufficient numbers for all montors because you can't do 60hz anything above 1920x1080. The 1070 gets comparatively gets 84.8 frames and 130.8 frame. While these numbers sound great and all, the question is "do I need them".
You said you already have an SSD, so good on that. I wouldn't build a computer without one.
As for the RAM, 16GB should be more than enough. I am wondering why people need 32gb? What do you need the extra 16gb for? I have a computer engineering degree and if you understand the windows paging system (how windows operates with memory) 32GB is only needed in the same events you would use an i7. Extreme video editing projects. Has anyone had BF take more than 5GB of ram? I think it typically uses 3-4GB. If you are going to settle for 8GB, get a single 8GB dimm. It won't cost you that much more and it saves a slot for future expansion if needed.
Check out this comparison and pay attention to the "real world" performance aka actual games. I could care less about benchmark artificial crap.
If you need to get more performance on this, just upgrade your cpu cooler and OC it.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1544?vs=1554
Secondly, most are recommending the 1070. This card just came out and you are going to pay top dollar for it. The 970 and 980 still are very solid choices for quite a bit less. I was able to get a 970 on CL from a guy for $180 (which is less than 1/2 of a 1070). For BF4 comparison, the 970 gets 51.5 frames at 2560x1440 and 80.7 frames at 1920x1080 both on ultra. I am not sure what type of monitor you have, but these are more than sufficient numbers for all montors because you can't do 60hz anything above 1920x1080. The 1070 gets comparatively gets 84.8 frames and 130.8 frame. While these numbers sound great and all, the question is "do I need them".
You said you already have an SSD, so good on that. I wouldn't build a computer without one.
As for the RAM, 16GB should be more than enough. I am wondering why people need 32gb? What do you need the extra 16gb for? I have a computer engineering degree and if you understand the windows paging system (how windows operates with memory) 32GB is only needed in the same events you would use an i7. Extreme video editing projects. Has anyone had BF take more than 5GB of ram? I think it typically uses 3-4GB. If you are going to settle for 8GB, get a single 8GB dimm. It won't cost you that much more and it saves a slot for future expansion if needed.
