Hi i just wanted to say thanks in advance. A couple months ago i ruined my laptop and i now have to use my old pc, but i cant play civ v on it. So my question is can anyone out there help me build my own pc? I'm looking for an 8 out of 10 pc. Thanks.
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tokala
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We would need to know a couple of things beforehand ... 
For what are you using your computer, besides CiV?
What's your display resolution?
You are plannning to assemble the PC yourself, so no pre-build system?
Are you planning to overclock the system?
Do you have a preferred online shop/in which country so you live?
For what are you using your computer, besides CiV?
What's your display resolution?
You are plannning to assemble the PC yourself, so no pre-build system?
Are you planning to overclock the system?
Do you have a preferred online shop/in which country so you live?
tokala
Emperor
So CiV will be your only performance critical application? Then you would probably want a fast CPU and a nVidia GPU. Using a "8 out of 10" guideline for those parts, and using no-frills basic but functional stuff for everything else, you would come up with a list like the one in the attachment. Those are all "Ships from and sold by amazon.com" parts.
The PSU is overkill for that selection, but compared to this one nothing in the 400-450W range (which would be about what you would need) appears to make much sense.
The PSU is overkill for that selection, but compared to this one nothing in the 400-450W range (which would be about what you would need) appears to make much sense.
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tokala
Emperor
The board and case from the list will have 8xUSB 2.0 and 4xUSB 3.0 ports.
If you need WLAN, just add a WLAN USB stick to the list, should be about $15-20.
http://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-TL-WN...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1317882812&sr=1-1
If you need WLAN, just add a WLAN USB stick to the list, should be about $15-20.
http://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-TL-WN...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1317882812&sr=1-1
tokala
Emperor
DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) will provide a slightly higher memory bandwidth (+20%).
Unfortunately this has almost no effect in real life applications, as the fast and big caches of the CPU will buffer most memory access. Performance gains will be between 0 and 1%, in most cases closer to 0%.
It will most likely work in this board, although the memory controller of the processor officially only supports DDR3-1333. So there is a slight possibility that DDR3-1600 modules will work only when set to DDR3-1333 speeds.
Unfortunately this has almost no effect in real life applications, as the fast and big caches of the CPU will buffer most memory access. Performance gains will be between 0 and 1%, in most cases closer to 0%.
It will most likely work in this board, although the memory controller of the processor officially only supports DDR3-1333. So there is a slight possibility that DDR3-1600 modules will work only when set to DDR3-1333 speeds.
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