been getting these parts day by day when there on sale, about to put one together but would like to know your thoughts bout it and suggestions to make it better without spending alot more. 3rd gen 3770k 3.5gh 16gb gskill 1600 ddr3 12800 4x4 Z77 BIOSTAR TZ77XE3 Sata III LGA 1155 256gb OCZ Agility 4 SSD 2.5 Sata III 6gbps Corsair Hydro Series H60 Liquid Cooler Corsair CX600 600w ATX12V v2.4 not planning on getting a vid card since i heard hd4000 is pretty good and since we drop clients down to 16bits, resource manager tells me on my other comps its only using a bit next to nothing of the vid card. any thoughts or suggestions on this setup? must i get a video card? is the h60 enough to cool 4.5 - 4.7? thanks for the input in advance!
If you plan on gaming with the system yourself, yes you NEED a graphics card. If you plan on having it as a pure botting machine it's not so important. While you have a 256 GB SSD, it might be worth getting a regular hard drive as a slave just for data holding purposes as you will be surprised at how fast an SSD can fill up. HDD prices have started falling and sales are going on everywhere.
Well I have an iMac i7 3.4ghz 16gb ddr3 1333mhz radeon hd 6970m 1gb running boot camp windows 7 ultimate and I run 12 bots just fine, I built another comp with 2600k and it runs about the same, now building this one which I'm hoping could run more due to having a better processor, ssd, and over clocking it. I check resources on all my comps so far and it doesn't feel like I need a video card at all and since the 3770k has it built in I was figuring it could be enough. This pc was built solely for just botting d3 and looking to do 15+ ... You guys think it's viable without the vid card though?
Oh I have a few 1tb externals that hold my multiple copies of d3, would u recommend getting an internal hd also? Trying to be as frugal as possible and maximize just what I need for botting
HD4000 is okay but it's nothing special. You would be better off with a ?100~ graphics card though for the extra/faster power and the dedicated graphics RAM.
Bear in mind that while WoW is CPU intensive, underpowering your graphics will mean that your bots will suffer as they won't get enough fps to operate properly.
