Anyone care to help me with my previous post? I've been waiting/searching for stuff all day.

 

I found a computer a youtube commentator suggested to me on > THIS < website with a starting price of $1500. Not sure what to add or get rid of both performance and cost efficient wise. If anyone can check it out, make me a good computer for GTA IV, that would be really helpful and I'll REP+ or whatever it is you guys do around here. If the computer he suggested isn't good for LCPDFR then someone can give me a custom build one. Please respond, anyone, thanks.

 

That PC is definitely good enough. If you want to lower the price some, then you can switch the video card to something lower, but I wouldn't go less than the GTX 650 (since that's what I have and I'm not sure how good the lower cards would be). I'd also like to point out that no monitor is chosen, so if you don't already have one then there's some more to add on, price depending on what you choose. In the Operating System, I would switch to Windows 7 Home Premium for better compatibility with games (and I don't like Windows 8).

 

Also make sure you go for any freebies you can get, free stuff is always nice.

 

I ordered my PC from that site and definitely recommend it. 

 

This is what I have:

 

CASE: Cooler Master Elite 431 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window

CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (RED COLOR [+0)

CPU: AMD FX-8120 3.10 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 8MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology

CS_FAN: Maximum 120MM Color Case Cooling Fans for your selected case [+15] (Red Color [+0])

ENGRAVING: Custom Message - Max 35 characters (including spaces) [+0] (Courier New)

ENGRAVING_MSG: willpv23

FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Standard 120MM Fan)

HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair XMS with Heat Spreader)

MONITOR: * 24" Widescreen 1920x1080 ASUS VS247H-P LCD [+157]

MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX] GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AMD 970 Chipset Socket AM3+ ATX Mainboard w/ Touch Bios, Ultra Durable 2, On/Off Charge, 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe X16, 3 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI

POWERSUPPLY: 700 Watts - Standard Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready [+8]

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+0] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)

That's not the full configuration, but it's the main things that I got. If you want the full configuration from that site, let me know. My PC was $1074.05 after shipping, and with some discounts.

Edited January 24, 201313 yr by willpv23

That PC is definitely good enough. If you want to lower the price some, then you can switch the video card to something lower, but I wouldn't go less than the GTX 650 (since that's what I have and I'm not sure how good the lower cards would be). I'd also like to point out that no monitor is chosen, so if you don't already have one then there's some more to add on, price depending on what you choose. In the Operating System, I would switch to Windows 7 Home Premium for better compatibility with games (and I don't like Windows 8).

 

Also make sure you go for any freebies you can get, free stuff is always nice.

 

I ordered my PC from that site and definitely recommend it. 

 

This is what I have:

 

CASE: Cooler Master Elite 431 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window

CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (RED COLOR [+0)

CPU: AMD FX-8120 3.10 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 8MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology

CS_FAN: Maximum 120MM Color Case Cooling Fans for your selected case [+15] (Red Color [+0])

ENGRAVING: Custom Message - Max 35 characters (including spaces) [+0] (Courier New)

ENGRAVING_MSG: willpv23

FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Standard 120MM Fan)

HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair XMS with Heat Spreader)

MONITOR: * 24" Widescreen 1920x1080 ASUS VS247H-P LCD [+157]

MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX] GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AMD 970 Chipset Socket AM3+ ATX Mainboard w/ Touch Bios, Ultra Durable 2, On/Off Charge, 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe X16, 3 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI

POWERSUPPLY: 700 Watts - Standard Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready [+8]

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+0] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)

Yeah, I am looking to save as much as possible, yet again I don't want to pay for it later on. How well does your computer run GTA IV with the LCPDFR mods? I might get that one, depending on your response. Try to be as detailed as you possibly can if you respond, thanks.

 

EDIT: I forgot to ask, they do put the computer together for you right?

Edited January 24, 201313 yr by Springbranch

Yeah, they put it together. I'll post the full config later when I can get on my pc

Yeah, they put it together. I'll post the full config later when I can get on my pc

 

Thanks, appreciate it. Tell me how well it runs with GTA IV with the lcpdfr mods (and if you're running the game on low, medium, ultra, ect)

Thanks, appreciate it. Tell me how well it runs with GTA IV with the lcpdfr mods (and if you're running the game on low, medium, ultra, ect)

 

This is the full configuration. However, I actually got a free upgrade to the Cooler Master HAF912 case because the original case I had was back ordered.

 

Original configurator link:

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/AMD_Eight_Core_Configurator/

*BASE_PRICE: [+649]

BLUETOOTH: None

CARE1: Ultra Enhanced Packaging Solution - Protect Your Dream System During Transit [+19]

CARE2: Professional Wiring for All WIRING Inside The System Chassis - Minimize Cable Exposure, Maximize Airflow in Your System [+19]

CAS: Cooler Master Elite 431 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window

CASUPGRADE: None

CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (RED COLOR [+9])

CD2: None

COOLANT: Standard Coolant

CPU: AMD FX-8120 3.10 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 8MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology

CS_FAN: Maximum 120MM Color Case Cooling Fans for your selected case [+15] (Red Color [+0])

ENGRAVING: Custom Message - Max 35 characters (including spaces) [+0] (Courier New)

ENGRAVING_MSG: willpv23

FA_HDD: None

FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Standard 120MM Fan)

FLASHMEDIA: None

FREEBIE_CS: None

FREEBIE_CU1: FREE DiRT Showdown Game Coupon [+0]

FREEBIE_MB: GIGABYTE GC-WB300D Exclusive Bluetooth 4.0/WiFi PCIe Expansion Card [+0]

FREEBIE_VC: FREE Assassins Creed III Game Coupon [+0]

FREEBIE_VC2: None

GLASSES: None

HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

HDD2: None

IEEE_CARD: None

IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports

KEYBOARD: AZZA Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard

MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair XMS with Heat Spreader)

MONITOR: * 24" Widescreen 1920x1080 ASUS VS247H-P LCD [+157]

MONITOR2: None

MONITOR3: None

MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX] GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AMD 970 Chipset Socket AM3+ ATX Mainboard w/ Touch Bios, Ultra Durable 2, On/Off Charge, 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe X16, 3 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI

MOUSE: AZZA Optical 1600dpi Gaming Mouse with Weight Adjustable Cartridge

NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network

NOISEREDUCE1: Anti-Vibration Fan Mounts [+9]

OS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium [+104] (64-bit Edition)

OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking

POWERSUPPLY: 700 Watts - Standard Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready [+8]

SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT

SOFT1: Free Microsoft® Office® 2010 STARTER EDITION (Reduced-Functionality versions of Word and Excel that include advertising) [+0]

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

SPEAKERS: 120 Watt Stereo Speakers [+10] (Black Color)

TABLET: None

TEMP: None

TVRC: None

USB: None

USBFLASH: None

USBHD: None

USBX: None

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+0] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)

VIDEO2: None

VIDEO3: None

WNC: None

XWNC1: TP-LINK TL-WN727N 802.11b/g/n USB 150Mbps Wireless USB Adapter [+0]

_PRICE: (+999)

 

There were some extra things in there, like the engraving, that you don't need. I also added some other things like the anti-vibration mounts for the fans just so I could get it up to $999 before shipping for a 5% discount that they had at the time.

 

Here's a screenshot of my auto-configured (except for "Night Shadows" which were originally off) GTA IV: EFLC settings; the game runs at about 30 FPS with ELS cars. May not be the best, but hey, it's GTA. Nice thing about it is that the motherboard can handle up to 32 GB of RAM and there's definitely room to upgrade the video card.

 

 

 

 

In action:

 

 

 

Cars courtesy of NicolaiB (they all had ELS lights flashing)

Looks good, thanks for the setup. I still can't decide, it's such a hard decision to make when you're spending that much money on a setup. Thanks for the feedback. A youtube commentator gave me the link I previously posted to that $1469 computer. He edited it and made all these enhancements to it. It's way too expensive, but it's my dream computer. The main question I have is he has 2 graphics cards, but I don't think I need two.

 

CyberPower Gamer Infinity 8800 Pro SE (NO MONITOR) https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/CyberPower_Gamer_Infinity_8800_Pro_SE *BASE_PRICE: [+1459] BLUETOOTH: None 
CAS: Cooler Master HAF 912 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ Adjustable HDD Cage (Black Color) [-71] 
CASUPGRADE: None 
CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive [-34] (BLACK COLOR) 
CD2: None 
COOLANT: Standard Coolant 
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Quad-Core 3.60 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011 (All Venom OC Certified) 
CS_FAN: Default case fans 
ENGRAVING: None 
FA_HDD: None 
FAN: CoolIT LCS ECO II-120MM FB Water Cooler [+0] 
FLASHMEDIA: None 
HDD: 240 GB OCZ Agility 3 SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 525MB/s Read & 500MB/s Write [+77] (Single Drive) 
HDD2: 1TB Gaming Western Digital VelociRaptor 10,000RPM SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache WD1000DHTZ [+353] (Single Drive) 
IEEE_CARD: None 
IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports 
KEYBOARD: Black Multimedia/Internet USB Keyboard 
MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/2133MHz Quad Channel Memory [+33] (Corsair Vengeance [+30]) 
MOTHERBOARD: * (4-Way SLI/CrossFireX Support) GIGABYTE X79-UP4 Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ Ultra Durable 5, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 4 Gen3 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1 & 1 PCI [-5] 
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network 
OVERCLOCK: Extreme OC (Extreme Overclock 20% or more) [+49] 
POWERSUPPLY: * 1,000 Watts - Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 80 Plus Power Supply ( 80 Plus Gold) [+81] 
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO 
TEMP: Aerocool Touch 1000 5.25" Touch Screen Fan Control [+25] 
USBX: NZXT Internal USB 6-PORT Expansion Module [+19] 
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card (EVGA Superclocked) 
VIDEO2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+389] (EVGA Superclocked) 
WNC: 802.11b/g/n 300Mbps PCI Wireless Adapter Network Card [+26] 

PRICE: (+2396)

Edited January 24, 201313 yr by Springbranch

You probably don't need two video cards...Of course, it's better with two, but I have read some things that say that having two could cause a drop in FPS.

You probably don't need two video cards...Of course, it's better with two, but I have read some things that say that having two could cause a drop in FPS.

 

Thanks for the tip, I'll probably get some of the other stuff though, such as the overclocking. I guess I don't necessarily need it, but whatever. If you have any recommendations for me to add or anything from that setup that isn't necessary to smoothly run GTA iv on near high settings with mods then definitely feel free to respond back.

Sorry for the double post, I don't think anyone seems to read this part of the forums anyway. I've  decided not to overclock the computer and am just going to get the one graphics card since I assume I can add another one later on if I want to.

 

Any suggestions?

Well the nice thing with computers is the upgrade-ablility. You can always upgrade later. There really is no need for the second video card or overclocking for your first computer.

Does this computer spec pass the minimum level?

 

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit , Intel Celeron Processor E3400, 4GB DDR3 Memory, 1TB Hard Drive, Intel GMA X4500 graphics? 

 

No atleast get an AMD FX-4100 and an amd graphics like an amd radeon 6670 and maybe a lil bit more ram.

 

Where can you get this? I live in Australia, Perth

I just wanna know if Intel i5 will work to use GTA IV?

 

The processor is NOT the most important part the graphics card would be and then the CPU yes an i5 would work but I'd suggest AMD much cheaper and near the same performance. Id suggest the AMD Radeon 7770 if you are on a budget like I am, pm me for any more help.

 

The site i made this on is Newegg.com  BTW i updated my build a bit!

Hi, I mainly play GTA IV and want to know how to improve this computers performance and what should I buy to improve it? Thanks!

Specs: Hewlett-Packard p6674y System Model
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
AMD Phenom™ II X4 820 Processor
6 GB Available Memory
919 GB Hard Disk
AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series (I Believe it's a HD 6850)
4 Processor Cores

Let me know if their is anything else you need of my specs

have a nvidia gtx 550 ti 1 gb video card and a power unit of 650

 

here a list of a combo i made base on what people have tall me soo i would like to know if is a good one or no

 

fan. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

cpu. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819106009

ram. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104362

mobo. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157280

HDD. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148767

towercase. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129187

 

total cost: $400

Edited January 30, 201313 yr by colombia123

Seems ok to me!  Should run pretty good...

Quick Questions: i7 3820 3.6Ghz, 660ti 2gb, CX750 Power?

Quick Questions: i7 3820 3.6Ghz, 660ti 2gb, CX750 Power?

 

what are you asking?

What do I need to get my computer to run GTA IV and LCPD:FR with some car mods (just cop cars to start, would like to replace about 15-25 cars if possible). I have a p7-1251. If you go to hp.com and type p7-1251 specifications in the keywords/search bar ALL the specs will come up. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03208013&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=5217184&tmp_track_link=ot_search#N539 link to make it quicker and the post shorter. I am a newcomer so if I break any rules or anything please let me know. I wouldnt want to get banned from the site or something. Please and thank you.

I hope you didn't spend the money yet. CPU is awful and will bottleneck the graphics card. The Pentium is an i3 that didn't meet spec at the factory, and has hyper-threading disabled because it didn't test stable. It's simply a cost saving CPU and nothing more. The name 'Pentium' doesn't belong anywhere near the word 'gaming' anymore.

 

I have since changed the cpu that I wanted. I have ordered a intel core 15 3570 and I hope it will work with my xfx radeon 7770 graphics card well.

sooo im looking at few parts and here what i got the only thing is people keeps saying bad things about the like it wont wore with the core i pick so im not sure

this is all base on the highs feedbacks

 

core

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819113286

 

mobo

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813131873

 

hdd

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822136769

 

ram

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820104362

 

case

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811147153

 

here my 2nd mobo if asus no good

 

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813130620

 

i have a my card is nvidia gtx550 ti

 

but looking to upgrade later on to

.

 

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814150605

or

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814121649

 

and may bee 1000 watts

Edited February 17, 201313 yr by colombia123

Is the Dell Inspiron 17R series good? It has a NVIDIA video card of 2GB.

 

Tell me the best package for the cheapest to run this game.

 

http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-17r-se-7720/pd