What To Do To Maximize Beautification Mods

[ZooNamedGames]

So... I have been a long time admirer of mods like Stock Visual Enhancements, Stock Terrain Enhancements and so on. Issue being, that takes a lot of power to run on full. So I come here asking, what should be done to make this work. Overclocking? Altering priorities? New hardware?

To start, my specs are:

AMD-A4-5000 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 1.50GHz.

4.00GB of Ram (3.44 usable).

Windows 10 (64bit)

KSP 64bit.

 

That all said. What should I do if I want to play KSP with all these beautiful mods offered by this community. If it's overclocking, I would like additional info since it seems it requires 3rd party DLs which I'm not a fan of. But maybe someone here I can guide me right and not into a nasty pit of computing nasties.

Thanks!

[CobaltWolf]

Is that a laptop? More just out of curiosity, I've seen some lower-end desktops that use them these days.

Yeah, simply put, you need more hardware. RAM would be a start. 8gb is pretty much the minimum these days, especially if you want to have other programs (Chrome, Discord) in the background. If you're on a laptop, that's probably the only thing you can upgrade - make sure to do a ton of homework and then some. Laptops generally aren't easy to put back together.

Again, assuming you're using a laptop, I would very much recommend against overclocking. That will make the hardware less stable, and moreover, it'll make your computer run hotter - most laptops already have cooling issues which is why they're underclocked to begin with. And this is more just hearsay by me, but all the AMD APU laptops I've interacted with seem to run hot to the touch already.

If it's an option for you, there are a lot of build guides out there for building a desktop for <$500 or so that would competently play KSP.

[ZooNamedGames]

2 minutes ago, CobaltWolf said:

Is that a laptop? More just out of curiosity, I've seen some lower-end desktops that use them these days.

Yeah, simply put, you need more hardware. RAM would be a start. 8gb is pretty much the minimum these days, especially if you want to have other programs (Chrome, Discord) in the background. If you're on a laptop, that's probably the only thing you can upgrade - make sure to do a ton of homework and then some. Laptops generally aren't easy to put back together.

Again, assuming you're using a laptop, I would very much recommend against overclocking. That will make the hardware less stable, and moreover, it'll make your computer run hotter - most laptops already have cooling issues which is why they're underclocked to begin with. And this is more just hearsay by me, but all the AMD APU laptops I've interacted with seem to run hot to the touch already.

If it's an option for you, there are a lot of build guides out there for building a desktop for <$500 or so that would competently play KSP.

Well this is a desktop, but I have no experience with computer building and I hear it's actually kind of risky as to make sure you don't break this new high end hardware. Not to mention, that there's compatibility settings and so on.

Honestly if it's new hardware. Could someone just look at my computer model and make a "shopping list" to make it work?

[legoclone09]

1 hour ago, ZooNamedGames said:

Well this is a desktop, but I have no experience with computer building and I hear it's actually kind of risky as to make sure you don't break this new high end hardware. Not to mention, that there's compatibility settings and so on.

Honestly if it's new hardware. Could someone just look at my computer model and make a "shopping list" to make it work?

What's your budget? @VenomousRequiem is great with building, as well as asking on pcpartpicker.com.

[ZooNamedGames]

14 minutes ago, legoclone09 said:

What's your budget? @VenomousRequiem is great with building, as well as asking on pcpartpicker.com.

Not that much. Basically as long as it isn't 500+ for a single part, I should be able to finance it slowly.

[legoclone09]

7 minutes ago, ZooNamedGames said:

Not that much. Basically as long as it isn't 500+ for a single part, I should be able to finance it slowly.

OK.

Personally, I recommend an i5 6600k, a Cooler Master EVO 212, any Z170 chipset motherboard (aesthetics up to you), and an Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, or 1050ti 4GB if you want to spend less. For a case, make sure you get an ATX case if you get an ATX motherboard, etc. Case size should match motherboard size. For RAM, Corsair and Kingston I've heard are great. If you get a Z170 chipset motherboard, you need DDR4 RAM. I'd get a 550 watt Cooler Master PSU. Case is up to your aesthetic preferences. The Cooler Master CPU cooler already comes with some thermal paste. Optical drive, a $15 one will do, any brand. Building it isn't hard, you mainly need to be grounded (touch the case if it's metal). Make sure to watch some YouTube videos on PC building as well. And when plugging in HDMI/DVI/VGA/Display Port for video be sure to put it in the graphics card.

[VenomousRequiem]

58 minutes ago, legoclone09 said:

What's your budget? @VenomousRequiem is great with building, as well as asking on pcpartpicker.com.

Huh? I heard my name

43 minutes ago, ZooNamedGames said:

Not that much. Basically as long as it isn't 500+ for a single part, I should be able to finance it slowly.

PM me if you are actually interested. I could get a WHOLE BUILD for under $500 if I tried really hard.

 

31 minutes ago, legoclone09 said:

OK.

Personally, I recommend an i5 6600k, a Cooler Master EVO 212, any Z170 chipset motherboard (aesthetics up to you), and an Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, or 1050ti 4GB if you want to spend less. For a case, make sure you get an ATX case if you get an ATX motherboard, etc. Case size should match motherboard size. For RAM, Corsair and Kingston I've heard are great. If you get a Z170 chipset motherboard, you need DDR4 RAM. I'd get a 550 watt Cooler Master PSU. Case is up to your aesthetic preferences. The Cooler Master CPU cooler already comes with some thermal paste. Optical drive, a $15 one will do, any brand. Building it isn't hard, you mainly need to be grounded (touch the case if it's metal). Make sure to watch some YouTube videos on PC building as well. And when plugging in HDMI/DVI/VGA/Display Port for video be sure to put it in the graphics card.

You only recommend that because it's literally what I told you to get(Except for the CoolerMaster PSU... I recommend Corsair for that too)

[ZooNamedGames]

35 minutes ago, legoclone09 said:

OK.

Personally, I recommend an i5 6600k, a Cooler Master EVO 212, any Z170 chipset motherboard (aesthetics up to you), and an Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, or 1050ti 4GB if you want to spend less. For a case, make sure you get an ATX case if you get an ATX motherboard, etc. Case size should match motherboard size. For RAM, Corsair and Kingston I've heard are great. If you get a Z170 chipset motherboard, you need DDR4 RAM. I'd get a 550 watt Cooler Master PSU. Case is up to your aesthetic preferences. The Cooler Master CPU cooler already comes with some thermal paste. Optical drive, a $15 one will do, any brand. Building it isn't hard, you mainly need to be grounded (touch the case if it's metal). Make sure to watch some YouTube videos on PC building as well. And when plugging in HDMI/DVI/VGA/Display Port for video be sure to put it in the graphics card.

I only got started looking into a processor (Idk if my current one can even run it), and that being the Intel i7-4790 as it seems like enough power for basically anything I'd rationally need.

5 minutes ago, VenomousRequiem said:

Huh? I heard my name

PM me if you are actually interested. I could get a WHOLE BUILD for under $500 if I tried really hard.

 

You only recommend that because it's literally what I told you to get(Except for the CoolerMaster PSU... I recommend Corsair for that too)

Might take you up on the offer.

[VenomousRequiem]

6 minutes ago, ZooNamedGames said:

I only got started looking into a processor (Idk if my current one can even run it), and that being the Intel i7-4790 as it seems like enough power for basically anything I'd rationally need.

Well, judging by the OP, your motherboard only supports AMD processors, probably FM3(if i had to guess, FM3 is a pretty generic AMD socket). The i7-4790 uses an LGA 1150 socket, so you'd need a new motherboard with the proper accommodations. I'll plan something out real fast for you and it'll be no more than $750. You won't be able to finance it because you should buy the parts outright and build it yourself.

Edit: Is your current PC custom built or did you buy it from the store pre-made?

Edited November 1, 2016 by VenomousRequiem

[ZooNamedGames]

1 minute ago, VenomousRequiem said:

Well, judging by the OP, your motherboard only supports AMD processors, probably FM3(if i had to guess, FM3 is a pretty generic AMD socket). The i7-4790 uses an LGA 1150 socket, so you'd need a new motherboard with the proper accommodations. I'll plan something out real fast for you and it'll be no more than $750. You won't be able to finance it because you should buy the parts outright and build it yourself.

That's what I feared, and why I kept out of the computing business. However it sounds like you have a decent plan of attack.

I'd launch some sort of donation thing to kick start me but Idk if there would be any backing.

[VenomousRequiem]

Just now, ZooNamedGames said:

That's what I feared, and why I kept out of the computing business. However it sounds like you have a decent plan of attack.

I'd launch some sort of donation thing to kick start me but Idk if there would be any backing.

I do very much so know what I'm doing.

I actually very recently built my own new build and it's beautiful... EVGA GTX 1070 FTW, i5 6600k, 16 gigs of DDR4, ASUS Z170-A mobo, Corsair RM550x PSU(you can see where @legoclone09 gets all of his ideas). 

[legoclone09]

1 hour ago, VenomousRequiem said:

(you can see where @legoclone09 gets all of his ideas). 

My lack of originality gets me far.

Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/ledootgeneration/comments/5a2kk6/boo/?st=IUYVYLFC&sh=9061c119