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#1 tonymoise
Member since 2003 • 25 Posts

Hey guys...

I have always enjoyed RTS games but over the past few years I have been gaming a lot more on Consoles and have not owned a decent PC in a long time. I have decided to build my first custom gaming PC and have spent around $900 in parts. Here are the parts I bought

CPU- Intel i5 3350P Quad Core

Motherboard- MSI Z77A-G45

GPU- EVGA GeForce GTX 650Ti Boost Superclocked 2GB

RAM- Corsair Vengence 8gb (2x 4GB)

HDD- Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB

SDD- Kingston Digital SSDNow 120GB

PSU- Corsair TX 650

CASE- NZXT Source 220

MONITOR- ASUS VX238H LED Monitor

 

I also bought a few additional fans for the case. So will this build be able to run current and upcoming RTS games at maximum settings? Or do I need to go back to the drawing board. I am looking to pick up Starcraft 2 and plan on getting Company of Heroes 2 and ROME Total War 2 once they are released.

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#2 andreasaspenber
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the processor is a bit outdated, the memory is a bit low, the harddrive is a bit too small and you dont need ssd.(the problem with ssd is that they are a bit small for all of the game data so they are best used for storage of games that saves elsewhere.) the graphics card is decent though but with that kind of power source you should use a stronger graphics card. it will be able to run starcraft 2 perfectly though because its requirements isnt that high but company of heroes 2 could be too much. as for the monitor, i wouldnt recommend it, i have an asus monitor myself and its buttons stopped working. its graphics also became unclear after a while.