Computer Specifications

[inteljoe]

Hey Everyone,

I am wondering what everyone's computer spec's are. I'm a bit of a hobyist (when the bank account isn't emptied by the wife and child) and was wondering what everyone uses to fight the good fight.

Build:

- ASUS Crosshair Formula V
- AMD FX-8150 Zambezi 8-Core 3.6GHz (overclocked to 4.2Ghz); cooled with a CORSAIR Hydro Series H110
- G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB (4gb x4) @ 2133
- XFX R9-290A-EDFD Radeon 4GB 512-Bit x2 in Crossfire (16x x2)
- ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner
- WD BLACK SERIES WD1003FZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB x4 in RAID 0 (Read: 700mb Write: 650); for storage and Steam/games.
- SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE250BW 2.5" 250GB (OS Drive, Win 10 x64)
- 2x Toshiba 32L2400U 32" Class 1080p HDTV's for monitors

 

[Sharp163]

If you're asking if you can run the game, if you can run EU4 with no problem, you should be fine with HOI4

 

[gamedude]

Yes, you are fine.

 

[Raptor83]

Almost the same rig as my brother (@Centurion1973 )

Monitor: 4K 32" Acer B326HK
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
CPU: Intel 2600K @ 4.1Ghz
GPU: AMD 290
RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz
500 GB SSD
15TB storage space on HDDs
Windows 10 64bit

 

[LordOfWar16]

I got an rather beefy setup since i upgrade very rarely but i am still considering myself an enthusiast. I opted for an compostion that allows me to game and work. I am thinking about getting an second 980 for a while now, but i am waiting for the pascal cards to be announced before i make a decision.

-Asus Republic of Gamer Rampage V Extreme X99
-Intel i7 5930k Hex-Core @ 4.5ghz
-Corsair H110 AoI Liquidcooler
-G.SKill Ripjaw V DDR4 32gb
-Nvidia Geforce GTX 980
-Corsair AX1200i Power Supply
-Samsung 850 evo 120gb SSD (Bootdrive)
-Samsung 850 evo 512gb SSD (Storage)
-Windows 10 Pro 64bit.

-Samsung UE48JU6550 48" UHD SmartTV (Screen 1)
-LG 29UM65 29" IPS Ultrawide Monitor. (Screen 2)

 

[Had a dad]

If you're asking if you can run the game, if you can run EU4 with no problem, you should be fine with HOI4

nope this is a johnson's pic thread. almost killed it from the get go...

 

[Sharp163]

nope this is a johnson's pic thread. almost killed it from the get go...

My bad, I misread his post

As for me, I've got a Lenovo Y510P running Windows 8 with 8gb ram and a geforce gt 755m graphics card. I'm not sure about the other specifications off the top of my head

 

[spartansociety]

Hey Everyone,

I am wondering what everyone's computer spec's are. I'm a bit of a hobyist (when the bank account isn't emptied by the wife and child) and was wondering what everyone uses to fight the good fight.

Build:

- ASUS Crosshair Formula V
- AMD FX-8150 Zambezi 8-Core 3.6GHz (overclocked to 4.2Ghz); cooled with a CORSAIR Hydro Series H110
- G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB (4gb x4) @ 2133
- XFX R9-290A-EDFD Radeon 4GB 512-Bit x2 in Crossfire (16x x2)
- ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner
- WD BLACK SERIES WD1003FZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB x4 in RAID 0 (Read: 700mb Write: 650); for storage and Steam/games.
- SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE250BW 2.5" 250GB (OS Drive, Win 10 x64)
- 2x Toshiba 32L2400U 32" Class 1080p HDTV's for monitors

That CPU be slowing you down for paradox games that only us a core or 2. Here's hoping zen is a boss.

 

[spartansociety]

I got an rather beefy setup since i upgrade very rarely but i am still considering myself an enthusiast. I opted for an compostion that allows me to game and work. I am thinking about getting an second 980 for a while now, but i am waiting for the pascal cards to be announced before i make a decision.

-Asus Republic of Gamer Rampage V Extreme X99
-Intel i7 5930k Hex-Core @ 4.5ghz
-Corsair H110 AoI Liquidcooler
-G.SKill Ripjaw V DDR4 32gb
-Nvidia Geforce GTX 980
-Corsair AX1200i Power Supply
-Samsung 850 evo 120gb SSD (Bootdrive)
-Samsung 850 evo 512gb SSD (Storage)
-Windows 10 Pro 64bit.

-Samsung UE48JU6550 48" UHD SmartTV (Screen 1)
-LG 29UM65 29" IPS Ultrawide Monitor. (Screen 2)

Your going to be waiting awhile, the first polaris/pascal are likely to be mid range cards not the high end. Also, the way async compute is looking to be software based again on Nvidia, its likely going to be a better idea to go AMD this round (current GTX 970 owner).

 

[LordOfWar16]

Your going to be waiting awhile, the first polaris/pascal are likely to be mid range cards not the high end. Also, the way async compute is looking to be software based again on Nvidia, its likely going to be a better idea to go AMD this round (current GTX 970 owner).

I want regular driver updates instead of one halfway decent one whenever amd feels like releasing one. I am not believing rumors until they are confirmed anyway. I personaly only had bad experiences with AMD in the past and asynch computing isnt an sellingpoint for me anyway. I am looking at performance, not async computing.

I doubt that there will be alot directX 12 games that utilize most of its features anytime soon anyway. Besides that atleast in Ashes of the Singularity with the latest drivers Nvidia and AMD are basicly on par with the 980ti and Fury X in directx 12 mode and both are basicly equally priced.

That stuff aside we will get more information during the GTC anyway.

 

[spartansociety]

Fair enough, neither of us really knows until reviews come out. Me, i'm feeling jaded at how much faster a 390x is in games than my 970, when they were similar prices at purchase. As far as paradox games go, it doesnt matter at all anyway. What CPU did you have before the 5930k?

 

[LordOfWar16]

What CPU did you have before the 5930k?

Intel i7 2600k.

 

[spartansociety]

Intel i7 2600k.

Noitce much difference in games at all? I'm on a 2500k, and trying to tell myself its not worth the upgrade. Saw a 5930k massively discounted the other day and kinda regret not getting it.

 

[LordOfWar16]

Noitce much difference in games at all? I'm on a 2500k, and trying to tell myself its not worth the upgrade. Saw a 5930k massively discounted the other day and kinda regret not getting it.

if you are on the i5 2500k, which uses the LGA1155 socket (Z68 Mainboards) and want to upgrade to the 5930k, you'd have to get an new X99 mainboard aswell as new DDR4 ram, since it isnt compatible with DDR3. If you want an pure gaming cpu go with the i7 6700k or i7 4770k. You have to have the right Socket for the CPU to work.

The i7 5930k uses the 2011-V3 (X99 Mainboards) Socket. (Only compatible with DDR4 Memory)
the i7 6700k uses the LGA1151 (Z170 Mainboards) Socket. (Compatible with both, DDR3 and DDR4 depending on the mainboard)
the i7 4790k uses the LGA 1150 (Z97 Mainboards) Socket. (Only compatible with DDR3 Memory)


For an pure gaming system i personaly would choose the i7 6700k. It has better single-core performance compared to the 5930k, while the 5930k is excelent for multi-tasking and rendering etc. Everything that utilizes more cores benefits from it, which games usualy dont really do that well to be honnest and if they do they use 4 cores at max. It should also be noted that the X series of mainboards are the xtreme series, which is an enthusiat platform. The Z Series is meant for regular consumers.

 

[Zaku]

Noitce much difference in games at all? I'm on a 2500k, and trying to tell myself its not worth the upgrade. Saw a 5930k massively discounted the other day and kinda regret not getting it.

If you want the best bang for buck I suggest to get an i7 4790K. You can get one for 300-320 bucks. The 5930k costs almost twice as much, and its not so much better for gaming.
Also don't forget that you'll also need a new motherboard for it, just as @LordOfWar16 wrote.

6700K is also fine, it's about the same as the 4790K, but it costs 40 more. On the plus side you can use DDR4 with it, but memory speed doesn't really matter for gaming if you have a good processor and video card.

 

[Paladino]

i5 750 clocked at 4.2GHz
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4
G.Skill Ripjaws 8Gb 1600MHz
R9 380
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB
2x 500Gb Spinpoint F3
XFX XXX 650W
Dell U2312HM

Waiting for the mobo or cpu to die but it's taking a while.

 

[MrLevenstein]

i5 4690 3.5GHz
Gigabyte B85-HD3
8 GB DDR3 @1600MHz
GTX 960
WD 7200RPM 1TB
Seasonic 520W

 

[mbrownii]

Can this run on a new MacBook Air?

 

[Raptor83]

If you want the best bang for buck I suggest to get an i7 4790K. You can get one for 300-320 bucks. The 5930k costs almost twice as much, and its not so much better for gaming.
Also don't forget that you'll also need a new motherboard for it, just as @LordOfWar16 wrote.

6700K is also fine, it's about the same as the 4790K, but it costs 40 more. On the plus side you can use DDR4 with it, but memory speed doesn't really matter for gaming if you have a good processor and video card.

When both 2600K and 4790K are OCed to similar/same frequency, there is barely any difference in their performance.

I have 2600K and regularly use PCs with intel 4770kas well as 6700K and I dont consider even 6700K (at +- same frequency) to be a big enough performance increase, to justify extra expenses.

 

[Zaku]

When both 2600K and 4790K are OCed to similar/same frequency, there is barely any difference in their performance.

I have 2600K and regularly use PCs with intel 4770kas well as 6700K and I dont consider even 6700K (at +- same frequency) to be a big enough performance increase, to justify extra expenses.

Well for one the 2600K is more expensive, or at least the same price then the 4790k. It's 400 dollars on amazon.
Still 4790K is superior then a 2600K. Not to mention that the 99% of the users doesn't know or doesn't want to OC.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-vs-Intel-Core-i7-2600K/2384vs621

Besides, OP was talking about 2500K.