So I'm building a pc

[322997am]

So I'm going to build a pc at some point over break and I want to know what requirements are best for unity 5 I already chose my cpu it's going to be an intel i7 but I don't know if I should be getting haswell or broadwell. And I'm getting 16gb of ram and a 2gb graphics card for a minecraft server I want to cohost with my friend. So what find of components should I get for Ksp to run well

Edited December 11, 2015 by 322997am

[sal_vager]

I wish I could help you but honestly I don't know, Unity5 should be able to take better advantage of multiple cpu cores for physics (and only for physics, though it already uses other cores to offload IO, audio, etc).

My rule of thumb when buying PC hardware is this, bigger numbers are better, unless it's price, then try to get a bargain/discount

[stibbons]

Have a read of the KSP Unofficial Official Computer Building/Buying Megathread, which is almost as exhaustingly informative as the thread title. Lots of advice and info about what other people are buying.

[r4pt0r]

I have an i7-3770, and I love it. So i would recommend that.

[fireblade274]

Get an i7 4790k. I have the i5 4690k and its fantastic, and in a year or 2 ill be getting the 4790k. its the best i7 you can get with the 1155 socket. if you have more money, get one of the newer generations, but whatever you do make sure your cpu matches the socket on your mobo

Edited December 13, 2015 by fireblade274

[Speeding Mullet]

IMHO you should go for the i5 4690K and a much bigger graphics card with the money saved.  You will notice a massive difference between a 2gb and a 4gb graphics card compared to the difference between the i5 and i7.

Unless money isn't an issue, in which case get an i7 and a mahoosive graphics card

My best advice - My opinion is one of many millions you can read and at some point you have to trust yourself to get it right.  I got seriously twisted up in circles when building my new PC, and spent a huge amount of time researching what is good and what is not.  There's a couple of amazing websites where you can spec up your potential build and then invite feedback from people who genuinely know what is going to be the best option for your budget, and they can be a great source of truth if you need reassurance in your decisions, maximizing your rig power to cost potential for you etc.

Good luck with the build!

SM

 

 

[Harry Rhodan]

On 11.12.2015, 22:04:35, 322997am said:

it's going to be an intel i7 but I don't know if I should be getting haswell or broadwell.

Broadwell has only two options and both are clocked fairly low because they have the iris pro graphics cores which use up a big part of the CPUs TDP allotment. The difference between Haswell and Skylake is mostly efficiency (and right now availability). If you are looking for a cheap i7 you might also want to look for the Xeon 1231 which is basically an i7 without the graphics core.

But as Speeding Mullet said: an i5 might be the better option because next to no game uses hyper-threading and even Unity 5 KSP probably won't. So apart from clock speed the performance gains will be marginal. Note that the i5 4690k and i7 4790k are both overclockable and both have the same TDP allotment which means both are able to reach about the same clock speed under the same circumstances (i.e. you can close the 500MHz gap between them fairly easy).

[322997am]

My budget is around 800$ including Windows.

[juanml82]

For games, typically an i7 isn't worth it - an i5 will give you similar performance for less money.

However, this is KSP we are talking about. So maybe an i7 with a water cooling kit to overclock it? It also probably depends on your play style. If you rather play with small to medium sized ships or planes, you won't find a lot of lag, so you could go for the i5

[Speeding Mullet]

5 hours ago, juanml82 said:

For games, typically an i7 isn't worth it - an i5 will give you similar performance for less money.

However, this is KSP we are talking about. So maybe an i7 with a water cooling kit to overclock it? It also probably depends on your play style. If you rather play with small to medium sized ships or planes, you won't find a lot of lag, so you could go for the i5

My computer runs KSP on ultra settings (everything as kerbally maxed as it can be) and 99% of the time doesn't miss a beat.  When you start getting over 500 parts you get a small touch of slow down in frame rate but it's not very noticeable, for the most part it absolutely flies!  The basics of the spec are as follows:

• MSI Z97 SLI Krait edition Mobo
• i5 4690K (not overclocked (yet!)) water-cooled by Kraken x61 - not needed usually but I live in Australia with no aircon, the ambient temp can be over 40 degrees!
• 4 GB GTX 970 STRIX OC (not overclocked yet)
• 16 GIG Hyperfury RAM
• Samsung Evo Pro SSD
• Lots of other very tasty bits.

Assuming you live in USA, not in Australia where PC parts cost roughly double, then you should be able to build a pretty decent PC for $800.  Definitely drop down to the i5 and get a much more powerful GPU, buying an i7 and having to settle for a 2 gig card would be a mistake.

Also unless you are living in a hot part of the world, or plan on overclocking your CPU to extreme levels, then water-cooling is absolutely pointless.  If you live in a cold climate, or your house is air conditioned, or you only plan on mildly overclocking your CPU, then buy a top of the range cpu fan and spend the money saved on a better GPU, or SSD instead of HDD.

SM