$600 FFXIV PC possible?

[Sieg]

5770 + 650W PSU - $200 AR

[Dakin]

Thanks for all the input. I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on this build. Is it reasonable to assume that prices on some of these components will drop by Sept?

Vid Card: XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card 

PSU: XFX P1-650X-CAG9 650W ATX12V 2.2 / ESP12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power ... 

Case: Rosewill Blackbone Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor HDX945WFGMBOX 

ram: CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX4GX3M2A1600C9

mobo: ASUS M4A77TD AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

HD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

dvd drive: ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM

Total price: $598

[fishstix]

There might be some slight drops here and there. However, I would just keep an eye out for special deals around holidays. Like... Labor day weekend should net some good deals on newegg, at the very least, free shipping. They usually have deals on all types of PC components.

[Cloud]

So I bought a ps3 2 months ago (luckily found a good deal on a used one via craigslist and it has been legit), and got f'ed on the delayed release. This is my first time trying to build a system myself, and after hours of googling stuff and browsing newegg.com this is what I came up with - the final price tag comes to $607. How do you think this system would hold up? Any input is much appreciated.

Case/PSU/HD:
Antec Nine Hundred ATX Mid Tower Case
+ Antec 650W Power Supply
+ 1TB Hitachi 7200 RPM Hard Drive

CPU/Mobo:
Intel Core i3-530 2.93GHz LGA 1156 73W Dual-Core Desktop Processor
+ ASUS P7H55-M PRO Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

CD drive:
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM

Video card:
EVGA 01G-P3-N981-TR GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Fan:
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler

RAM:
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL

Not to burst your bubble, but you'll lag if you're going to play it on 1080p with that rig.

You need to consider overclocking your CPU to 3.4+ since FFXIV is very CPU intensive, and might want to consider an SSD for your OS + XIV as well.
It will help you with the in-game loading (seamless game though).

From what people can tell, just from the benchmarks, this game isn't optimized yet. Who knows if and when that it will be optimized.

[fishstix]

well it's a good thing that his build changed throughout the thread lol. Also, hardly think you can fit an SSD with a $600 budget. idk how much different OCing a non BE version cpu will be, but my PII 940 goes to 3.4 pretty easily.