I'm thinking about buying a new computer for 2014, I figured I'd go for the impossible: Can I get a computer that can benchmark all that is Crysis? Even for Multi-player max dx10 and max dx11? If anyone has any recommendations post them here. It's time I get up with the times. Also if it can run Crysis, it should be able to run everything else just as good. I look forward to the recommendations.

I'm thinking about buying a new computer for 2014, I figured I'd go for the impossible: Can I get a computer that can benchmark all that is Crysis? Even for Multi-player max dx10 and max dx11? If anyone has any recommendations post them here. It's time I get up with the times. Also if it can run Crysis, it should be able to run everything else just as good. I look forward to the recommendations.

My recommendation:

Save your money for something more worthwhile, not even I play Crysis anymore.

Eh... I take it you don't benchmark?

Eh... I take it you don't benchmark?

No, I'm not that into gaming as to spend mad money on a PC. I'd much rather have a console that does the job for less and spend the money that you'd spend on a PC on improving my Hi-Fi system.

I've always been a PC gamer. So I'm due for an upgrade.
Come on people help me out.

I've always been a PC gamer. So I'm due for an upgrade.
Come on people help me out.

*Cricket noise*...*distant eagle squwak*...*tumbleweed rolls by* What people? There is nobody left lol.

What is your budget/how much are you willing to spend?

Here are some guidelines i followed to build my pc a year ago:

1. Invest in a good motherboard.
This ensures that you can upgrade down the road if needed and also gets you some extra features.

2. Get a quad core processor or better (intel quad core is usually better than amd quad core but not that much difference in gaming)
These days, dual core pcs lag terribly in new games (like crysis and battlefield)

3. Do your research.
Example: make sure that all parts you want to piece together are compatible with each other.

4. There is no such thing as future proof, and so you have to know your machine's limitations.
If you want a system to play games like this at maximum settings, define what framerates you want and look through benchmarks to get an approximation of what your system could get.

5. Look for the best deals on websites, look for coupon codes/rebates, added free game bundles, and other goodies.
Example:
Nvidia is offering a 3 game bundle with ge force gtx 770 or higher card (and a coupon for their console if you want to get that)
Amd is offering battlefield 4 free with R9 series cards(depending on vendor)

6. Get a good case and a good cooling solution.
If you want your pc to last longer, you generally would want to take better care of it. Investing in a good cooling system (fan or liquid) could improve your computer's longevity by at least a year. Investing in a good case also means you can reuse it in future builds.

7. If you are a DIY (do it yourself) person then still look through guides for putting the system together once you buy the parts.

8. Be opportunistic and patient.
Sometimes, online stores give discounts on products they want to clear (example, on newegg and tigerdirect a few weeks in September and October, gtx 670's went on sale for 230-260 $)

9. If you are going to spend a bunch of money on a computer, take good care of it.
Wire your cables properly and clean it regularly so it doesn't start malfunctioning.

10. No need to spend 1000's of dollars on parts for your pc unless you are using it for things other than gaming (workstation, video editing, etc.)

Here it is:

1. RIVE BE
2. CPU of choice oc'd to 4.9-5 24/7 prime / IBT > 12 hours
3. RAM - Whatever the fk you want 2133 or > 16gb or > 9-9-9-27
4. PSU - Something Seasonic or Corsair 800+ Platinum
5. SSD Raid 0 - fvck all you raid 0 haters and svck a dike......
6. GPU's - 780/780ti in either 2 or 3 way or 290x in 3 way. Or if you have deep pockets and are a benchmark nerd like me...quad titan / 780(ti)x4 with bios hack or 290x(4) / 7990(2) to open the assholes deep in benchmarking and games (esp valley and heaven).
7. Cooling - dont chimp out. Waterblocks all around and none of that all in one weak ass bs.......

Price - meh around $7k for everything. Start tricking soon.


That being said, you can build a solid rig for nowhere near that. Im just an asshole 1st, realist second....

I like:

asus Impact mitx
corsair plat's 16gb kit
gtx 780 reference
4770k
SSD 256(2) raid 0
Seasonic Platinum 860
Caselabs s3
Air or water but water is more fun

^ This is a great all around rig, not cheap, not over the top either.....

Here it is:

1. RIVE BE
2. CPU of choice oc'd to 4.9-5 24/7 prime / IBT > 12 hours
3. RAM - Whatever the fk you want 2133 or > 16gb or > 9-9-9-27
4. PSU - Something Seasonic or Corsair 800+ Platinum
5. SSD Raid 0 - fvck all you raid 0 haters and svck a dike......
6. GPU's - 780/780ti in either 2 or 3 way or 290x in 3 way. Or if you have deep pockets and are a benchmark nerd like me...quad titan / 780(ti)x4 with bios hack or 290x(4) / 7990(2) to open the assholes deep in benchmarking and games (esp valley and heaven).
7. Cooling - dont chimp out. Waterblocks all around and none of that all in one weak ass bs.......

Price - meh around $7k for everything. Start tricking soon.


That being said, you can build a solid rig for nowhere near that. Im just an asshole 1st, realist second....

I like:

asus Impact mitx
corsair plat's 16gb kit
gtx 780 reference
4770k
SSD 256(2) raid 0
Seasonic Platinum 860
Caselabs s3
Air or water but water is more fun

^ This is a great all around rig, not cheap, not over the top either.....

take ur pc photo I wanna see dat xDDDDDD

1. gfx card something 670gtx/290amd turn off antialiasing

OR

2. 4x sli/crossfire and u can even 4k + turn on antialiasing +physx in games ;D

The first real question you need to answer is - What is your budget??

Next step is you need to figure out is what do you want to get out of your system. If you truly want to max crysis 3 at 1080p (1600 would be a different story) then you're going to have to go pretty high end. Don't listen to console users, they have no concept of true PC gaming - There is a night and day difference between console 720p 30fps compared to PC 1080p, maxed out at 1080p - anyone who says otherwise clearly does not own a gaming PC.

Next, Build your own PC, don't buy a pre-built system - you can get much higher end parts for much less, and now a days building a pc is as easy as putting together legos. You can get step by step instructions on putting together virtually any pc configuration by youtube.

If you truly want to max crysis 3 I'm going to assume you want to play crysis 3 maxed out with SMAA 2x at 1080p @ 60fps. some people can tolerate 30fps, but once you play at >60fps you never want to go below that.

1. Case - don't skimp on a good case - having a large case with good airflow is just as important as investing in the cooling itself. Personally I have a corsair HAF-X and I love it. invest $75-150 on a case.

2. Monitor - having the best pc hardware will only get you as far as your monitor will display it. I recommend a 120hz monitor, but 60hz is ok. But remember even if your hardware outputs > 60fps, if you have a 60hz monitor, you will never see anything better than 60fps. Get a monitor with a fast response time (<2ms), preferably 1ms response. Acer actually makes very good monitors for the money. Personally I'm using the Asus 27" 120hz 3d monitor. I actually do NOT recommend the monitor I have because the backlighting is terrible - things that are supposed to look black actually look grey and washed out. My Acer 120hz 3d monitor is actually much better for 2d graphics. (which brings me to my next point - I don't recommend 3d - I have it but never use it, its gimmicky and the colors are terrible compared to 2d mode). Invest at least $175 or more on a good monitor. 24 or 27 inch is lovely.

3. Mobo - Nowadays you'll want at least a z77 chipset with at least 1 pci-express x16 slot (x16 for greater bandwidth). the z77 chipset will support the new ivy bridge processors. Personally I'm rocking an asus p8z77 WS mobo - but you can get cheaper z77 mobos that do basically the same thing.

4. Processor - Get a quad core ivy bridge or sandy bridge processor. I have no experience with AMD so I can't comment on those, but I really love my intel I7-3770k processor. Also get a "k" series or equivalent processor which will allow over clocking. And again if you over clock a processor at all, you will need to invest at least something with some aftermarket cooling. Personally I have everything water cooled - but this is not necessary - good air cooling with a good case will get the job done

5. GPU - you'll need a gtx 680 or 770 or equivalent if you want to max C3, no getting around that. Expect to spend $350 on a gpu or more if you want to max c3. I personally have a gtx 690, but I wish I would have just went with 2 680's in SLI because I'm currently not taking advantage of my dual x16 pci slots on my motherboard.

6. Ram - any 8gb ddr3 ram will do, you can get pretty cheap ram now - $50-$75.

7. PSU - with a high end system like this you'll need at least 650W psu - 850W psu if you want to SLI anything. expect to spend $150 on a decent psu.

8. SSD - With a nice system you'll want to complement it with a fast SSD for the OS and games. its very nice only taking 10 seconds to boot or load a level. you can get a decent 120gb ssd for $110. you could spend up to $400 if you wanted to though.

All in all expect to spend ~ 2.5k for a system capable of maxing crysis 3. If you do it right, its all worth it in the end. Heres a picture of my baby

ok here is mine pc, srs u dont need more this build xDDD

Intel i7-3770k
NOCTUA NH-D14
GTX670 Asus Direct CU II TOP & MX-4
ASROCK Z77 Extreme6
Creative Sound Blaster Z
Beyerdynamic DT 880
BenQ XL2411T 144Hz
Intel SSD 530
Razer DeathAdder 2013
Razer Deathstaker
Razer Goliathus Extended Control Edition
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 2TB
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB
Zalman Z9 Plus & 5x ARCTIC F12 & Noctua NF-S12A
16GB RAM Kingstion DDR3 1600MHz 9-9-9-27 CL9 HyperX XMP
Enermax Revolution87+ 750W Gold

My rig:
Maximus Geve V
3770k
7990 x 2
CDoms 32gb 2133
Caselabs s5
ax1200i

wow dat in red tunned pc

My rig:
Maximus Geve V
3770k
7990 x 2
CDoms 32gb 2133
Caselabs s5
ax1200i

Where did you get that hard or rigid plastic tubing? Link please

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=59_413_292_1252

If you go this route you need to use Primochill rigid compression fittings for this acrylic tubing. You can also use e22 branded tubing in which you can use Bitspower c47 fittings but the two types are not interchangeable. It isn't very expesinve to go acrylic but it does take a little practice. Buy the "cord" insert on that page to make sure the tube doesn't collapse when you heat it and you can use anything for a radius guide really. They came out with some nice mandrel jigs on that same site but I'm done with this rig for now....

Build specs :

CPU: Intel Core i7 3970x Extreme Edition @4.0GHz

RAM: G.SKILL F3-19200CL10Q2-64GBZHD DDR3-2133 MHz @9-11-11-31-2T 1.65V

MOTHERBOARD : ASUS Rampage IV Extreme

GPU(s) : 2x EVGA GTX 580 Superclocked in 2-way SLI with blackplates and high flow brackets

PSU: EVGA NEX1500 SuperNova 1500W

RAID ARRAY 1: 2x OCZ 256GB Vectors in 2-way RAID-0 connected to Intel X79 SATA III/6.0Gbps ports

RAID ARRAY 2: ARECA ARC-1882-IX-12 SAS 2.0 / SATA III / 6.0Gbps with 4GB of DDR3-1333 ECC cache and BBU with 3 internal SFF-8087 internal ports , 1 SFF-8088 external port, Ethernet port, RS-232 port, connected to 12TB of 6x 2TB WD Blacks in 6-way RAID-0

SAS CONTROLLER ( for tape drive): LSI Logic 9207-8e SAS 2.0 / SATA III / 6.0Gbps with 2 SFF-8088 external ports

( 1 SFF port = 4x SATA III / 6.0 Gbps ports )

TAPE DRIVE: HP StoreEver LTO-6 Ultrium 6250 EH970A SAS 2.0 6.25TB per tape

CASE: Mountain Mods Extended Ascension with custom mirror black powder coat

SOUND SYSTEM: HDMI direct from GPU to splitter which is connected to a Yamaha RX-V867 7.2 surround A/V receiver connected to a Klipsch HD Theater 500 600 watt speaker system and a pair of Sony MDR-DS7500 HMDI Wireless 7.1 Surround head-phones.

TACTILE TRANSDUCER: ButtKicker Gamer2 BK-GR2 connected to the sound system via a Behringer XENYX 502 mixer.

GAMING CONTROL DEVICE: Panther XL USB ver. 4 ( http://assassin3d.squarespace.com/ )

MONITOR: Acer HN274Hbmiiid Black 27" 2ms GTG 1080P HDMI/DVI LED 120Hz 3D Monitor 300 cd/m2 ACM 10,000,000:1 with stereo speakers

I think that covers most of it. ( minus all of my other peripherals and my high-fi equipment eg. midi keyboard, studio monitor speakers, Blu-ray player, USB audio interface etc. )