[VII951]

What I'm looking for is first hand experience/ a list of parts that I'm going to need to buy. Be realistic.
I plan on 800$ since this s going to be specifically for GTA IV

Dont be shy!

[Storm Slider]

QUOTE (VII951 @ Wednesday, Sep 12 2012, 01:27)

What I'm looking for is first hand experience/ a list of parts that I'm going to need to buy. Be realistic. I plan on 800$ since this s going to be specifically for GTA IV Dont be shy!

GTA is optimized for nVidia, and also, Intel CPU's are also more efficient, performance and power consuming wise.

I'll just list the main parts that will effect the game performance the most...

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i5-2500K-Quad-.../dp/B004EBUXHQ/

Since GTA IV is a CPU-intensive game, I'd recommend overclocking it to 4.5GHz. If you choose to do so, you must get another cooler:

CPU-cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 evo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835103099

Since the GTA series is more optimized for nVidia, I recommend a nVidia GPU - Any one of these will work.

GPU:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?...N82E16814127699

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?...N82E16814127696

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?...N82E16814127685

From least performance to most.

[GTALegacy]

You don't need to over clock to 4.5 GHz.

I play GTA IV with an i7 920 @ 3.3 GHz and it's fine.

You also don't need to put every single slider at 100, either.

It's a waste of CPU cycles that could go to other things like rendering more (faster) FPS that have to be pushed to the GPU...

[mkey82]

I went a bit overboard, but there's a $55 rebate.

-	Item	Pcs	Price
1	SAMSUNG DVD Burner SATA Model SH-224BB/RSBS	1	$17.99
2	ZALMAN Z9 Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case	1	$49.99
3	Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive	1	$69.99
4	EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2662-KR GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card	1	$229.99
5	XFX Core Edition PRO650W (P1-650S-NLB9) 650W ATX12V 2.2 & ESP12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified ...	1	$99.99
6	G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL	1	$41.99
7	Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K	1	$229.99
9	ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard	1	$189.99
-	Subtotal	-	$929.92

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QUOTE (GTALegacy @ Wednesday, Sep 19 2012, 03:28)

You don't need to over clock to 4.5 GHz. I play GTA IV with an i7 920 @ 3.3 GHz and it's fine. You also don't need to put every single slider at 100, either. It's a waste of CPU cycles that could go to other things like rendering more (faster) FPS that have to be pushed to the GPU...

Like I said, it's optional if he's aiming towards more performance.