[quote=“TooDAMNMuch, post:9, topic:13051”][quote=“BeerBeer, post:6, topic:13051”]About 1-2 years ago I saw in Dwarf Fortress forums discussion about THE machine to run DF. Turned out it’s not so much about the CPU but the RAM properties. So for something like DF, you’d want low latency RAM, if you intend to play huge maps and manage hundreds of dorfs. And a high clock freq CPU. I can’t say if there are performance differences between Linux, Mac, and Windows versions.
A dedicated box to run DF should be prettttty affordable…[/quote]
that makes a lot of sense yes, i was tempted to not build with the g.skill ram i ultimately went with, but after comparing the timings and latency differences, nothing but 3000mhz ddr 4 made much sense, it has a HUGE and i mean gaping maw of a latency tradeoff, with any other manufacturer than g.skill you’re stuck with horrible latency, they were clear and away the obvious, ONLY choice to make.
also, looky what i just ordered:
[quote=“Mike64, post:8, topic:13051”]You don’t need a $3,000 dollar computer to play the latest games at a good framerate. I’m building a computer with a $750 dollar budget and based on minimum system specs on games like Rainbow Six: Seige and GTA-V. I can run them at max with almost no drop in framerate.
My advice is to search for tutorials on how to build a computer and videos on budget PC builds. They’re can be very helpful with building your first PC.[/quote]
this is actually very true, however…
monitors like the pg278q/pg279q and pg348q are THE reason to build a $3 and a half thousand dollar PC, i barely notice the difference of anti-aliasing settings in games with my old pg278q due to it being 1440p 2560x1440 resolution, the pixels are just that much smaller, that much denser, but it does take a bit more horsepower to push such large resolutions, i simply cannot wait to see the improvement 3440x1440 resolution makes over 1440p.
also, i will just say, m2 is the way to go for solid state drives, just don’t even consider it, do it now if your machine is capable and if it’s not, start planning to upgrade, i got an absolutely tiny samsung 950 m2 ssd and it’s benchmark scores for read/write times across the board are literally, TRIPLE my other nice SSD(s)(including ones owned/used in the past) i think not getting a half gig m2 ssd to install windows or your other OS onto these days, is just plain and simply doing the job halfway.
of course i ONLY install the OS to it, no games, no swapfile, no downloads and especially no torrents ever get saved to that drive, it does have finite uses after all.[/quote]
Man Jesus christ that’s one hell of a rig. Though I do have to say that I’m not the one who grips when there aren’t enough pixels on screen, so for me, a $750 PC is perfect. But boy, if I had the money for a $3-$5 thousand dollar rig I would totally go for it.
