1st time desktop buyer....please help me!!

[LeRoy3rd]

Yeah, didn't have a while lot of choice in that... Plus, as my name suggests, I'm the 3rd. :-\ Being a 3rd kind of cuts down on my street cred...

 

[gooche77]

Here's another one I found one Newegg. Thoughts?

Acer AG3-605-UR38
Price: $849.00 (on sale from $1100)
Processor: 3.4 GHz Intel Core 4770 i7
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 (upgradable to 32GB)
Hard Drive: 1 TB SATAIII
Graphics Coprocessor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 GDDR5
Graphics Card Ram Size: 1500 MB
Number of USB 2.0 Ports: 4
Number of USB 3.0 Ports: 4
Operating System: Windows 8
Hard Drive Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM
Optical Drive Type: 8X DVD-SuperMulti Double-Layer Drive

 

[Jeff Strong]

I'd get that one from Newegg. It's an i7 instead of an i5, and a GTX 760 instead of a 660, plus it's cheaper. All in all, that's one hell of a PC and you'll be able to play anything you can throw at it.

 

[hammr25]

You can't go wrong either way but I'd probably get the one from Newegg because it's slightly better. The only thing worse is the video ram is 1.5gb compared to the video ram being 2gb on the cyberpower system.

 

[superballs]

Yeah, didn't have a while lot of choice in that... Plus, as my name suggests, I'm the 3rd. :-\ Being a 3rd kind of cuts down on my street cred...

Change the 3rd to Jenkins and you're all set

I'd get that one from Newegg. It's an i7 instead of an i5, and a GTX 760 instead of a 660, plus it's cheaper. All in all, that's one hell of a PC and you'll be able to play anything you can throw at it.

Yup

 

[gooche77]

The newegg price went up to $980 from $850. Grrrrrr.

 

[gooche77]

Landed on my final choice. Decided to get my tower through cyberpowerpc.com and here are the specs:

CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i5-4670K 3.40 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150 (All Venom OC Certified)
HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
HEADSET: Rocksoul Stereo Headphone with MIC
IUSB: Internal USB 3.0 4-Port Hub
KEYBOARD: AZZA Delta Gaming Keyboard w/ Anti-Ghosting & red backlight
MEMORY: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance)
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Z87-K ATX w/ GbLAN, 2 PCIe x16 (1 Gen3, 1 Gen2), 2 PCIe x1, 3 PCI
MOUSE: AZZA Alpha 1600 DPI Gaming Mouse
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS: Microsoft(R) Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)
POWERSUPPLY: 600 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 2GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (EVGA Superclocked)
WNC: 802.11b/g/n 300Mbps PCI Wireless Adapter Network Card

All for around $1000. Should be getting my new build in ten days. Thanks again for the guidance everyone!

I cannot wait to play TPA on it. I'm hoping it's very pretty.

 

[Jeff Strong]

Looks great. Definitely a very solid gaming rig. Let us know how it treats you.

 

[gooche77]

Thanks Jeff!

How's the PC version treating you?

 

[LeRoy3rd]

You can even run Star Citizen on that rig, should be a solid choice for several years.

 

[Jeff Strong]

Thanks Jeff!

How's the PC version treating you?

So far so good. Hopefully DX11 isn't too far off.

 

[mpad]

I cannot wait to play TPA on it. I'm hoping it's very pretty.

Fine Machine. Now you can join in on naggin about DX11 support and high res textures
But TPA already is very pretty on the PC.

 

[gooche77]

Fine Machine. Now you can join in on naggin about DX11 support and high res textures
But TPA already is very pretty on the PC.

I'll wait to play it at least once before I start to complain.

 

[gooche77]

Finally got my PC. Decided to go to Micro Center in Columbus OH due to the great selection and prices.

Intel(R) Core™ i5-4570K 3.20 GHz
8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB

My question now is what settings should i be running TPA on? I've been playing some demo versions of the tables on Steam and i'm underwhelmed graphically speaking. (The PC is hooked up to a 32" Sony Bravia 720p via HDMI)

 

[p6800]

From the PBA config utility turn everything off, only ball reflection high.
Then turn the eye candy on from the nvidia control panel. Force antialiasing 8x, aniso 16x etc etc. Go nuts.

 

[Mike Reitmeyer]

Finally got my PC. Decided to go to Micro Center in Columbus OH due to the great selection and prices.

Intel(R) Core™ i5-4570K 3.20 GHz
8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB

My question now is what settings should i be running TPA on? I've been playing some demo versions of the tables on Steam and i'm underwhelmed graphically speaking. (The PC is hooked up to a 32" Sony Bravia 720p via HDMI)

We use GTX 660's here at the office, do you should be able to max out the settings.

Run the configuration utility.

Since your TV is 720, set the resolution to 1280x720

In the Graphics settings
Post Processing: On (although some like the look of off, so try both)
Anti-Aliasing: 8X (12x and 16x usually get reverted to 8x due to a DirectX 9 limitation)
Texture Filtering: Aniso (x16)
Ball Reflection: High

 

[PC.Doctor]

If you have integrated video (attached your monitor to your motherboard), then you would definitely need an actual video card. I have a Radeon HD 6670 that plays TPA just perfectly with high settings. Also, you would need at least Windows 7 since XP is no longer being supported by Microsoft.

Most PC gamers choose to build a PC over buy a brand name (like myself). I do believe the best brand and model to get would be the Dell Optiplex.

Conclusion, all you would need is a graphics card (an HD 6670 at least or equivalent) and the OS must be at least Win 7.

 

[Longi]

We use GTX 660's here at the office, do you should be able to max out the settings

Hi Mike!
Would we able to max out the setting on DX11 also with this PC?
Hope so

Update
Think so

 

[Mike Reitmeyer]

Hi Mike!
Would we able to max out the setting on DX11 also with this PC?
Hope so

Update
Think so

We'll be optimizing dx11 on our work PCs so they should be able to handle it well.

 

[Longi]

YES!