Are you due for an upgrade? What kind of gaming beast will you be running the next Pantheon Pre-Alpha testing session on? Let us know your specs below.
My old PC was getting awful, so I upgraded about 4 months ago. I now have:-
Nvidea GeForce RTX 3080 TI
12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900k
64GB RAM DDR5
2x2TB NVMe SSD
I also upgraded my internet the other week, I now have full fibre, with download speed of 1300MB & 128MB Upload.
Cost me a small fortune, but I use the PC so much it was about time for the upgrade, just wish I had waited a little longer for the cards to fall in price.
I have a pretty current PC (mb: X299-E cpu:i9-7900X gpu:2080Ti ssd:NVMe)
Bought quite high spec a couple years ago and it seems the 'current' motherboard tech seems pretty much the same still, so I don't see much point in a while system update (if anyone knows different let me know).
I might update this year or next depending on new motherboard architectures, but I'm not rushing, as I'm currently able to run 4K at around 90fps, depending on the game of course.
Having said that... more is always better - anyone know where to get a 3080 at a reasonable price that isn't an ex-miner?...
AMD Phenom II 1090T \ Asus ROG Crosshair IV \ 3 sticks of 4GB Corsair DDR3\ newer AMD RX580 card \ 7200prm HDD (no overclocking)
It's 10 years old but still runs everything on 1440p 144hz. 30-100 fps. I see no reason to spend $3000 to upgrade to the latest Magic fairy Ray Tracing DSLSS BS. That's money for a used big boy toy.
When Pantheon releases, Ryzen 8950x \ B870 \ DDR5 \ 8900 XT will be pretty cheap so i'll pick them up then. Hahahaha!
I built my current rig 4 years ago: Asrock z370 mobo, I7 8700k CPU with liquid cooling and a mild OC, 16GB DDR4 3466 MHz Ram, 2x 1 TB NVME M.2 on PCIe, EVGA super clock GTX 1080ti. I run 1440P with G-Synch and run with max settings and fps >60 On every game I play. I'll move up to the RTX when prices on new cards return to a reasonable cost, and I won't go near a card that was used as a miner. I'm good to go with my system, as is, for Pantheon.
I have an older gaming MOBO whose components I recently upgraded about as far as they can go. I expect it to do OK in Panth, though not necessarily at 100% on every graphic setting. The only thing I haven't upgraded is the vid card, I'm waiting till as close to Alpha as possible for that.
ASRock Z97 Pro3 MOBO
Core I7 'Devil's Canyon' 4-core 8-thread GPU, 4.4 Ghz at factory settings
32 Gb 'Ripjaws' DDR3 RAM
120 Gb SSD C: drive
240 Gb SSD gaming drive
4 Tb HDD storage
Corsair TX 650w. power supply
XFX Radeon HD 4850 graphics card (ancient)
All in a huge, old Antec server case with an army of PWM fans
Running a Gigabyte 27" 1440 screen at 144Hz w) Freesync Premium
As a famous song once said, "It ain't very cherry, it's an oldie but a goodie"
Kilsin said:Are you due for an upgrade? What kind of gaming beast will you be running the next Pantheon Pre-Alpha testing session on? Let us know your specs below.
Nvidia GeForce 1080Ti (OC'd and watercooled)
Intel I7-7820 (OC'd and watercooled)
32GB RAM
I'm sticking with this through PA-Alpha-Beta only because there is no way to know just how many years we are away from release and I dont want to spend money on new hardware that will be X years old by the time the game is released.
My system is pretty recent. Historically speaking, MMOs have ran like garbage no matter what system anyone has, so I wouldn't upgrade specifically for Pantheon.
CPU: Ryzen 9 5900X
RAM: 32GB DDR4-3200
GPU: Radeon RX 6900XT
My only hope, from a hardware perspective, is that the game has proper ultrawide (21:9) resolution support.
Older laptop atm. I'll consider building a desktop when Beta pops up.
Asus-PC
i7-4710HQ @ 250ghz
ram 12gb
64bit Wins 10
GeForce GTX 850M
P.S. seems to run PrOn fine
I built a new system last year. Couldnt go completely crazy on specs, but it runs current titles really well, so I assume it wont be a problem to run Pantheon when the time comes:
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 19042) (19041.vb_release.191206-1406)
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor (24 CPUs), ~3.8GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Device Name: ASUS ROG Strix B450-F Gaming II AMD AM4
Liquid cooled (first time for me), plus 2 additional silent case fans at each front, bottom and back. Temps stay nice and low regardless of load :) Keep meaning to order more RAM though...
X570 -A PRO
Ryzen 9 5900x
128 gigs of ddr 4 3600
Nvidia geforce 3080 ti
2 x 1 terabyte seagate barracude ssd
Iceberg Triple loop water cooling kit
2 x 31.5 " acer 4k monitor's
Razer keyboard and mouse
Not pre-Alpha, but:
GIGABYTE - 15.6" FHD IPS 144Hz Gaming Laptop - i5-11400H - 16GB - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - 512 GB SSD
Just bought this last month for a very good price, hoping not to replace it for a while.
Pretty much my gaming budget for the rest of this year, barring a couple expected Pledge upgrades.
Mine is pretty much a relic now. I've been holding off on the upgrade until there's a more solid release window for Pantheon (yes, I'm aware this could take some time). My Son (currently 9 years old) will be playing Pantheon with me, so I'll be building a new PC for him, with him, along with the upgrade to the guts of my own machine. It's going to be an expensive year for hardware when the time comes!
Current specs:
AMD FX8350 @ 4Ghz
16GB DDR3 RAM (forget the frequency now)
nVidia GTX970
500GB SSD
Ive been brooding on this for about a year. I think its still pretty good, the prices may have come down a bit.
I need to boost my gaming PC anyways so I can use by big TV, I am using my desktop and thats ok, Its familiar and I have grown accustomed to the hunch. Im afraid I imght get too relaxed on the - ideal- set up lol
My shopping list
Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor
Noctua NH-U14S 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler
ASRock Z690 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
Western Digital Black SN750 SE 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
Gigabyte Radeon RX 6600 8 GB EAGLE Video Card
Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case
EVGA 210-GQ-0650-V1 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
For me this will abt 1,300 USD? not including Windows 11 and I hate getting a new OS Because I can't transfer over my websites I saved. Also when I bought a NEW external hard drive from bestbuy some years ago to try to transfer over stuff? they said they would do it and when I opened it it had all sorts of stupid on line gambling 16bit graphic images that confused the crap out of me and when I took it back to ask them about it they said it was me. I still have it but im scared to use it because I dont know what else is on it I think there might be a virus. It was brand new!
I know people are doing water-cooled these days but I still do fans, I may add some more fans inside, I dont mind the vortex. Triming down some cheap HC/AC filter panels (not the pleated paper ones, the ones cheaper than those like thick nylon fiber) to size of the intakes on the casing also helps keep the dust out ALOT and no static.
