vobbnobb 10 Posted June 30, 2013 Help me get a new video card ! I have a nvidia GT220 right now and looking to replace it with a good ARMA 2-3 playable card anyone? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted July 10, 2013 My nephew's looking to buy a new gaming keyboard but not sure what to suggest for him as I only every use a controller these days! He said his budget is £50-£60 and he's looking at these two: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-JQD-00006-Sidewinder-X4-Keyboard/dp/B0037KLSS8/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Saitek-Cyborg-V-5-Gaming-Keyboard/dp/B00361MN4Q/ But wonders if anyone has any better suggestions? :) Thanks in advance ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PuFu 4600 Posted July 10, 2013 I bought my brother a Sidewinder X4 (i cannot use one that has different keys in lower and uppper left end of the keyboard space - as in esc and ctrl without going bad in some software). Very good keyboard for the price. I also have experience with steel series (i am a big fan of peripherals that don't have leds and lights and strobes all around) last generation mechanical keyboards (6g and 7g), but those are outside the price range i am affraid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted July 10, 2013 Thanks Pufu :) He mostly plays strategy games, RPG, MMOs rather than shooters so any keyboard that might benefit that kind of game would be helpful :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billz4money 1 Posted July 13, 2013 Hello I am actually just coming to PC Gaming now And I don't have a proper gaming PC or Let alone any parts for a Gaming PC let alone the knowledge on what i need. I am looking for a Gaming PC that will be able to Run arma 3 At max settings as well as Games like BF4 and gta 5 if it comes out for PC.. Can anyone help me find some parts my Limit is $1,500 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dudbomb 10 Posted July 13, 2013 Hello I am actually just coming to PC Gaming now And I don't have a proper gaming PC or Let alone any parts for a Gaming PC let alone the knowledge on what i need. I am looking for a Gaming PC that will be able to Run arma 3 At max settings as well as Games like BF4 and gta 5 if it comes out for PC.. Can anyone help me find some parts my Limit is $1,500 ArmA series = CPU intensive, BF3/BF4 = GPU intensive, GTA series = poorly optimised console ports. I recommend Intel i5/i7 "unlocked" (k series) CPU's like the 2500k, and nvidia GTX series GPU's like the 580, 680, 780, 8GB of good low latency high frequency DDR3 ram (Corsair are my favourite so i highly recommend them), and a 500mb read/300mb write (or higher!) Solid State Drive for your favourite and most demanding games. If you know nothing about building computers, bottlenecks, etc, you should go do some research into it because there's an old saying which im fond of. A fool and his money are easily parted. And the last thing you want to do is drop 1.5k on a custom computer which has no technical service warranty, if something dies you'll have to get it fixed yourself and if you've never built a pc before then you're more than likely going to do more harm than good by opening up the case and playing around with sensitive electronic hardware. And you don't want to buy incompatible hardware or any combo of hardware which will create a performance bottleneck because bottlenecks can make a grown man cry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjhowie24 10 Posted July 15, 2013 (edited) Intel Core i5-2320 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor Rosewill RCX-Z90-CP 62.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler Asus P8Z77-M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ATI FirePro 2460 512MB Video Card Rosewill Challenger-U3 ATX Mid Tower Case Rosewill Green 630W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) Edited July 15, 2013 by jjhowie24 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PuFu 4600 Posted July 15, 2013 Intel Core i5-2320 3.0GHz Quad-Core ProcessorRosewill RCX-Z90-CP 62.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler Asus P8Z77-M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ATI FirePro 2460 512MB Video Card Rosewill Challenger-U3 ATX Mid Tower Case Rosewill Green 630W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) no. reasons: 1. GFX card is NOT a gaming card. It is entry level workstation GPU, paired with low amount of Vram 2. slowish CPU Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spooky lynx 73 Posted July 16, 2013 Comrades, I need your help with new hardware. I need some new CPU, motherboard, videocard, 8 Gb of RAM, PSU. My total budget is about $480 (yes it's very small for new PC for gaming, but still it's better than use Socket 775 for another 6 years). What may you recommend? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barrett_killz 10 Posted July 17, 2013 Comrades, I need your help with new hardware. I need some new CPU, motherboard, videocard, 8 Gb of RAM, PSU. My total budget is about $480 (yes it's very small for new PC for gaming, but still it's better than use Socket 775 for another 6 years). What may you recommend? $480 is not much at all for Russia. You'll need like 200-300 dollars more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackTiger416 10 Posted July 19, 2013 Upgrade my Video Card Hi gang, this is my first post, but I'm a "old head" gamer. I'm looking to make some modest upgrades to my once mid-range gaming rig, starting with my video card. I currently have the Geforce GTS 240 with 1gb GDDR3 ram. I've played the ARMA series since it was initially the Operation Flashpoint. Right now I'm playing ARMA 3 beta on low settings with ~ 20-25 FPS. My goal is to increase this to high settings at about 45-60 FPS. I want to spend ~$100- $150 for the video card. Any suggestions? Dell XPS 630i Core 2 Quad 9400 2.66GHZ~2.7GHZ 6gb Ram DirectX 11 Geforce GTS 240 GDDR3 750 Power Supply Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonschuh 3 Posted July 22, 2013 Box: http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6342/ycqw.jpg (924 kB) Uploaded with ImageShack.us http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/1012/gnwa.jpg (917 kB) Uploaded with ImageShack.us MK-1 vs G9: http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/1364/x0r8.jpg (1356 kB) Uploaded with ImageShack.us MK-1 vs Kone[+]: http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/5867/8du8.jpg (1168 kB) Uploaded with ImageShack.us Plenty different Colors: http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/272/g7qi.jpg (1505 kB) Uploaded with ImageShack.us http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/157/hr9z.jpg (1007 kB) Uploaded with ImageShack.us http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/7857/jiv1.jpg (1165 kB) Uploaded with ImageShack.us http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/632/w01i.jpg (1127 kB) Uploaded with ImageShack.us http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/899/4flb.jpg (1366 kB) Uploaded with ImageShack.us http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/1918/hwcv.jpg (1206 kB) Uploaded with ImageShack.us Features: - up to 1000Hz Polling Rate - 12.000FPS - DPI Range from 200-8200dpi (41x 200Hz Steps) - Store 4 DPI Levels (1 to 4 blue LED's) - 10 programable Buttons (including Mouse Wheel Tilt) - Store 5 Gaming Profiles - 5 different Colors for the Gaming Profiles (red, green, blue, pink, cyan) - independent X-Axis / Y-Axis DPI-Settings (Precise Sniping System) (red + green LED's) - Angle Snapping (on / off) - Scroll Acceleration (1-9) - Macro Editor / Macro Recorder - Easy-to-use Software The Mouse has a nice and comfortable Shape and is easy to glide around. Even that I had my G9 set-up with all the additional Weights it came with and that the MK-1 is compared to my G9-Setup a bit lighter, I don't see it as an issue and don't think that I would accidentsly lift the mouse of the mouse-mat in the middle of a battle. I'm happy so far with the purchase. Homepage I bought it from here. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonci87 163 Posted July 22, 2013 The MK-1 ideed does seem to be a very good mouse for that price, sadly no one sells them in Germany... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonschuh 3 Posted July 22, 2013 The MK-1 ideed does seem to be a very good mouse for that price, sadly no one sells them in Germany... I couldn't get it here in Australia either. Just get it where I got it from or from Amazon-UK: Click I would like to get their Keyboard as well, but I can't find a seller which would send it to Australia: Click :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonci87 163 Posted July 22, 2013 I would have to order it from the UK as well, but you know, warranty and stuff.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonschuh 3 Posted July 22, 2013 I would have to order it from the UK as well, but you know, warranty and stuff.... Yeah, that's a bit of a risk. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ric 1 Posted July 22, 2013 Comrades, I need your help with new hardware. I need some new CPU, motherboard, videocard, 8 Gb of RAM, PSU. My total budget is about $480 (yes it's very small for new PC for gaming, but still it's better than use Socket 775 for another 6 years). What may you recommend? this $500 http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?147391-Will-my-PC-run-this-What-CPU-GPU-to-get-What-settings-What-System-Specifications&p=2389735#post2389735 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonci87 163 Posted July 22, 2013 Yeah, that's a bit of a risk. :) Does anyone have experiences with amazon UK and warranty issues inside the EU (Germany)? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vilas 477 Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) Comrades, I need your help with new hardware. I need some new CPU, motherboard, videocard, 8 Gb of RAM, PSU. My total budget is about $480 (yes it's very small for new PC for gaming, but still it's better than use Socket 775 for another 6 years). What may you recommend? hi i think that that money will not allow too much , cause in our part of world electronical parts are not cheap as in USA, what i would recomend: - Intel i5, but this is 300-350 USD for us with new mainboard, i do not know if RAM is also in this price (cause new CPU means new mobo because of slot and .. new RAM) without grafic accelerator/card for this money, another thing is ... SSD, no joke, i get from 5 to 12% FPS more when i moved Arma from HDD to SSD partition, really, no joke i bought 3 days ago 128 MB cheapest Sandisk SSD (cheapest in shop, no joke i took cheapest, there were OCZ SSD for 580 PLN/Zlotys and there were Sandisks made of plastic for 375 PLN/Zlotys , 1 Zloty is 30 US cents, 25 Euro cents, 1 Euro=4.3 Zloty, 1 USD=3.1 Zloty ) there are no lags and no white objects (textures not loaded) on Chernarus with SSD, i would advise you more to focus on SSD than on 2xtimes more expensive graphic card (than i would advice Nvidia MSI 660, cause MSI are most silent, but it is 200 dollars to 300 dollars, for half of cheapest MSI 660/560 i have SSD drive which gave me a lot also when it comes to loading maps time, i do not know if difference is spotable on Utes as much as on Chernarus , but i tested SSD drive on Chernarus, previously i had Arma on good WD HDD 7200prm) what VGA do you have now ? Arma/VBS are engines which like CPU more than GPU big maps (Chernarus, Taviana, other mods maps) very need SSD being on your position i would invest 500 USD on: CPU (and all it's consequences) and SSD i do not know if graphic card would be my aim having 500 USD only, Edited July 29, 2013 by vilas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spooky lynx 73 Posted July 31, 2013 Thanks to the help of my parents I bought this hardware finally: Intel I3-3240 (22 nm), 8 gb of 1600MHz Kingston RAM (had 4 gb of 1333 MHz), Gigabyte GTX650 OC edition 2 gb (instead of my GTS450) with 600W PSU instead of my old 450W. Mobo I bought is Gigabyte GA-B75-D3V. I suppose it's not bad base for further upgrades, better than my mini-atx socket775 platform I had. Next step will be SSD with some I5 CPU. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
orcinus 121 Posted August 4, 2013 Does anyone have experiences with amazon UK and warranty issues inside the EU (Germany)? Not personally, but depending on what you are looking for there are some highly-rated suppliers on Amazon UK that are physically based in DE such as NORDPC (I recently bought a Hyper 212 EVO & some bits & pieces from them, no problems & reasonably competitve prices) so you would have the option of going straight to the seller. In any case, consumer protection is provided by EU directives as well as national legislation so you wouldn't have too much to worry about as long as the seller is based in the EU Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlaneTF91 10 Posted August 23, 2013 I want to move about 300 gigs (my steam installation and OS) onto a SSD drive, can anyone recommend a good one? (My guess is it would have to be a 500 gb drive, but they seem rather expensive. I don't mind spending money, but I'd rather not spend more than necessary). Thanks in advance guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ric 1 Posted August 23, 2013 I want to move about 300 gigs (my steam installation and OS) onto a SSD drive, can anyone recommend a good one? (My guess is it would have to be a 500 gb drive, but they seem rather expensive. I don't mind spending money, but I'd rather not spend more than necessary). Thanks in advance guys. samsung SSD's are the best you can get right now http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100008120%2050001077%20600414919&IsNodeId=1&name=SAMSUNG Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ric 1 Posted August 25, 2013 how much is 8GB of ram?......HOLY CRAP! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ST0XZ2792 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goat_ger 10 Posted September 16, 2013 Could anyone give me some advice on buying a new system? Didn't follow technology the past 3-4 years. My old computer is broken for years and I finally don't have to travel through the nation anymore so I can get a new desktop. I got a screen, mouse, keyboard, surround sound at home so all I need is just the system. I decided... well, the wife decided that I have a 1.200€ budget ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
