Need your advices for Diablo3 ^ ^

Loris74

Loris74

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Hello everybody, i'm starting to setup my new computer for the advent of Diablo 3. Got not so many problems about hardware costs but really don't want to buy parts that i don't really need. More or less my first idea is the following setup:





No needs for Win7, got the professional one, no need (ATM) for a HD (i'll buy 1 soon) but i really don't know what i have to buy as graphic card(s) (got a U2711 atm)..

can gently give me any advice about my configuration?

Sorry for my bad english

Cheers, Loris
 
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Tks so much for your really fast reply, have not put a graphic card because i don't really know what will be the best solutions for my U2711 (forgot about it too ;) ). Will buy the "internal" HD when prices will be a bit lower in the next few months i think (and hope). Ram atm is so cheap and 2x8 will let me the chance for a future upgrade (sometimes i "play" a bit with photoshop)

Tks so much! ^^

Loris
 
Personally I'd buy a Noctua NH-d14 instead of the Corsair H60, it'll perform much better

But if you really wanted a closed loop cooler, I'd get either a Corsair H80 or a Antec Kuhler h2o 920 instead of the H60. They both have perform better than the H60.
 
One Google search later.....

OS: Windows Vista®/Windows® 7 (Latest Service Packs) | Processor: Intel® Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
or AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 5600+ 2.8 GHz | Memory: 2 GB RAM

Video: NVIDIA® GeForce® 260 or
ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 or better
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These are recommended specs BTW, Doesn't look too taxing on a modern PC methinks.
 
djabs786 said:
Personally I'd buy a Noctua NH-d14 instead of the Corsair H60, it'll perform much better

But if you really wanted a closed loop cooler, I'd get either a Corsair H80 or a Antec Kuhler h2o 920 instead of the H60. They both have perform better than the H60.
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I'd go the other way and get a cheap cooler. You don't need massive amount of cooling on SandyBridge to get good overclocks.
 
Below are two slightly different specs for you, the first one assumes that you don't want to over clock (uses the stock Intel cooler) and the second has a 3rd party cooler. Both specs do not include a video since you don't say at what resolution you would be gaming at (size of your monitor would be handy to know) plus new cards are due out fairly soon from both ATi and nVidia.

First spec (using stock Intel cooler

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £109.99
1 x Asrock Z68 PRO3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Cooler Master HAF 912 Case - Black £52.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £49.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £732.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Second spec using 3rd party cooler

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £109.99
1 x Asrock Z68 PRO3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Cooler Master HAF 912 Case - Black £52.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £49.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £758.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Stoner81.
 
Stoner81 said:
Below are two slightly different specs for you, the first one assumes that you don't want to over clock (uses the stock Intel cooler) and the second has a 3rd party cooler. Both specs do not include a video since you don't say at what resolution you would be gaming at (size of your monitor would be handy to know) plus new cards are due out fairly soon from both ATi and nVidia.

First spec (using stock Intel cooler

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £109.99
1 x Asrock Z68 PRO3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Cooler Master HAF 912 Case - Black £52.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £49.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £732.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Second spec using 3rd party cooler

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £109.99
1 x Asrock Z68 PRO3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Cooler Master HAF 912 Case - Black £52.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £49.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £758.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Stoner81.
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Tks so much for your nice specs, i'm looking about the cpu water cooler because of it's smaller than traditional ones, as monitor (wrote it at the bottom of my first post ^ ^) i got a Dell U2711 ^^

Tks so much, looking forward for your grafic card(s) spec

Ciao, Loris!
 
Hello Everybody, at last Blizzard told us the release date for D3! For this reason it's time to build my computer.

What about this spec? Any comments or advices about it?

Tks so much in advance!

BR, Loris

DDR3 1600Mhz PC12800 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1.5V CL9 (4x4GB)
€ 87.00


ASRock 1155 Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3 Z68 DDR3 ATX
€ 155.00


Crucial SSD 128GB Serie M4 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s
€ 140.00


Corsair Hydro Series H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
€ 100.00


Corsair Graphite Series 600T
€ 130.00


Corsair Enthusiast Series Modular 850TXM 850W
€ 120.00


Intel Core i7-2700K 3.5Ghz 8MB 1155 Sandy Bridge Unlocked con GPU 95W BOX
€ 286.00


Western Digital 2TB WD20EARX IntelliPower 64MB Caviar Green
€ 105.00


DVD ROM SATA 16x/48x SAMSUNG SH-D163C [bk] blk
€ 17.00

Nvidia680 as graphic card :)
 
16GB RAM?

I don't think D3 is going to be very system intensive by the sound of it, so that spec seems a bit overkill. Of course, it would be pretty future proof for other games too....but if all you care about it D3 then you could save a bundle I'm sure.

Oh, and 16GB RAM?
 
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