Hey guys, looking for some answers as i am new to PC gaming. I am looking to build a PC that would run LCPD:FR efficiently, i will list my plan as far as what i am thinking as far as the computer goes. Curious is to if this would work, and what settings would it run on. Also feel free to offer any other ideas to the build that i may be missing.

 

 

ASUS Z97-A Motherboard

Intel Core i5-4690K CPU

Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz RAM

Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card

WD Blue 1 TB Hard Drive

Asus 24x DVD Burner Opt.

Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case

XFX 550 Watts Power Supply

 

Would this work and if so, how well?

 

That setup would be great! I'd recommend an SSD for maybe your OS and GTAIV Though, everything else can go on the slower, mass storage Hard Drive. 

I'm running it on a XFX R9 290 (on a AMD 8530 CPU though), heres a video if you'd like to see it running Ultra while recording using nasty Fraps and ENB Cry3.  Without recording I hover around 53 frames.

 

Get a SSD as stated above.  It really does help to put your OS and higher end games on there.

 

Edited February 26, 201511 yr by FinKone

Is there a certain ssd that you guys would suggest? 

Wait a couple of months until the 300 series GPU's are released. They will whoop the 200-series asses.

Wait a couple of months until the 300 series GPU's are released. They will whoop the 200-series asses.

 

yes, the X variants. If i undrestood right, other 300 series cards are just rebranded HD 7000's

Looking to start ordering parts for my build. anyone reccommend a ssd or have a link to a deal?

Looking to start ordering parts for my build. anyone reccommend a ssd or have a link to a deal?

Well Crucial SSDs are good, pretty fast, and relatively cheap. The MX100 128GB is the same price as the BX100 120GB, but it's a teeny bit faster. Not sure where you're located but in the US they're each $70 at the moment.

 

If you really need a cheap SSD, Kingston is okay but their SSDs have gotten significantly slower than what they were a while ago. 

Not real worried on price, but i am looking to stay around 100-1200 total on the build. i am in the US. 

so ran into a few problems and wasnt able to start my build a few weeks ago as planned. going to start my orders on friday. before i begin ordering, do you guys think there are better options than the parts i posted? obviously you guys suggest an ssd which i will be ordering as well. 

Looks great. Maybe a 290x if you can afford it. Maybe a better or higher wattage PSU. Great other than those few quirks. 

Hey guys, looking for some answers as i am new to PC gaming. I am looking to build a PC that would run LCPD:FR efficiently, i will list my plan as far as what i am thinking as far as the computer goes. Curious is to if this would work, and what settings would it run on. Also feel free to offer any other ideas to the build that i may be missing.

 

 

ASUS Z97-A Motherboard

 

Intel Core i5-4690K CPU

 

Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz RAM

 

Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card

 

WD Blue 1 TB Hard Drive

 

Asus 24x DVD Burner Opt.

 

Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case

 

XFX 550 Watts Power Supply

 

Would this work and if so, how well?

 

 

 

hey bro yo have a lot of specs yo don't need much of them actually the main part is that you need softwares to install which are little complicated

Hey guys, so I'm completely new to PC gaming (other than wolfenstien when I was a kid). And at this point I'm not planning to build, instead im thinking about buying my first PC, and then upgrading/building at a later date. What are your thoughts on a machine with these specs:

AMD Eight-Core FX-9370 4.40GHz,

16GB DDR3 Memory,

2TB HDD,

120GB SSD,

4GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970,

I'm assuming this will be great for GTA IV, but I'm also wondering about how it will handle games in the future (released within the next 24-36 months)

Thanks guys!