Star Wars Battlefront - Min Spec Used PC

[Deactivated] on 30/10/2015 - 15:08

Hey guys,
Im wanting to know what in terms of second hand pc's would i be looking at to play Star Wars Battlefront.
My budget is around 500 dollars probably not much more since im going to do a build late next year.
What should i be looking out for?

Minimum PC System Requirements

OS: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
Processor (Intel): Intel i3 6300T or equivalent
Memory: 8GB RAM
Hard Drive: At least 40 GB of free space
Graphics card (NVIDIA): nVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
DirectX: 11.0 Compatible video card or equivalent
Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection

Recommended PC System Requirements

OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or later
Processor (Intel): Intel i5 6600 or equivalent
Memory: 16GB RAM
Hard Drive: At least 40 GB of free space
Graphics card (NVIDIA): nVidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB
Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB
DirectX: 11.1 Compatible video card or equivalent
Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection

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Comments

  • Agret on 30/10/2015 - 15:20

    I would say to get at least an Intel i5 & NVIDIA GTX 960 if you want to play it reasonably well but I guess that is out of your price range. There's a prebuilt one for $979 but that's roughly double what you wanted - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Intel-Core-i5-4460-3-2GHz-8GB-RAM…

    Minimum though I guess you can settle for an i3 or AMD FX and a GTX 760.

  • [Deactivated] on 30/10/2015 - 15:22

    Does this look like a good deal:

    i7 950
    GB xtreme x58
    6gb corsair vengeance ram
    gtx 580 vid card
    1tb seagate hdd
    600w power supply
    for $500.

    I assume the i7 is good, vid card probably a bit under?

    • Agret on 30/10/2015 - 15:23

      That is a first generation i7 so probably not as good as you would expect these days but for a budget yeah that seems like a good buy. Video card is a bit under but should be able to play it still.

      The GTX 580 is not too much worse than the 660 which is listed as the minimum:
      http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-660-vs-GeForce-GTX-580

    • ozhunter on 30/10/2015 - 16:01

      Ram and Gpu are below the minimum specs. It may still run, but I doubt it would run well.

    • Thrawn on 31/10/2015 - 11:10

      Shouldn't be more than about $350 really. Based on secondhand value of individual components.

      A GTX 580 is comparable to GTX 950. Just uses a lot more power.

      Add SSD, more RAM. Maybe a Xeon 6-core upgrade if you know what you're doing.

  • [Deactivated] on 30/10/2015 - 15:30

    Well an i5 6600 is around the $300 mark and the video card around $250 minimum.. already over the budget if bought new.
    unless i can get them second hand i spose.

    • ozhunter on 30/10/2015 - 16:05

      If you're going to build a new system next year, it's not worth to spend $500 now on a used system. I'd just build your new system now.

  • dogboy on 30/10/2015 - 16:11

    There are usually people selling second hand gaming rigs on Gumtree if you wanted to go that route. Could potentially save a lot of money.

    • humdingaling on 30/10/2015 - 16:14
      +1

      or end up with a lemon

      • dogboy on 30/10/2015 - 21:42

        What do you mean a lemon? He is not buying a car. Apart from HDDs and to a lesser extend video cards/RAM, what really goes wrong with PCs? As long as it doesn't have any obvious corrosion on the MB, then it will be fine. Have been building gaming rigs for over 20 years now..

        • scrimshaw on 30/10/2015 - 22:20
          +2

          Actually some problems are not fully revealed until you have really given the PC a good test, for e.g problems with memory are often not revealed until your system has used up to the corrupted portion and then it BSOD's, or the GPU may have the tendency to artifact at high loads.

          Which drives home the point why testing is important — underlying problems are not always apparent. But you might be to eager to buy and totally skip the testing phase…

          I'm also running a Z68 Asrock Pro3 motherboard that at first glance, does not have issues, but when the weather is cold the computer refuses to turn on. This also cannot be tested by any normal means, but through long term use I identified the issue as solder joints in the mobo cracking and then shrinking when the temp is cold — causing shorts.

  • Axelstrife on 30/10/2015 - 21:12

    just buy a ps4/xbox one no use spending 500 and getting a shitty pc

    • geebee on 31/10/2015 - 21:33

      My "shitty" pc below ran ultra, check out the below link to see how much better the "shitty" Pc looks than a PS4.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gF4kgOvrUg

      • ozhunter on 31/10/2015 - 21:41

        Both of those pcs cost more than $500 ea, which is the OP's budget.

        I think that video proves that the OP should definitely get a PS4 if the doesn't want to spend more the $500 and the main purpose of the pc would be to play Battlefront.

        • geebee on 31/10/2015 - 21:53

          Did you read the post below? my 5 year old pc with a 2012 GPU and 4GB ram runs Battlefront on ultra the same setting as the PC in the video.
          I doubt you would pay anywhere near $500 for a 5 year old pc :)

        • ozhunter on 31/10/2015 - 22:03

          When you said "below" I thought you meant the youtube link.

          If what you said in your other comment, then it's worth getting a pc instead, though it's hard not to be skeptical considering some of your pc specs are below the minimum, and are good enough to run it on ultra. Seems like they would put a lot of players off by listing minimum specs which is more than enough to run the game on ultra.

        • geebee on 31/10/2015 - 22:20
          +1

          @ozhunter:

          I never expected it to run it so well, I was hoping for high at best.
          Overstating PC specs is getting common lately, I have played star citizen on the same rig and don't meet minimum requirements for it either.

  • geebee on 31/10/2015 - 21:30
    +1

    As a guide I played the beta at an average 45+ fps on ultra with a 1080p monitor with an i5-750 CPU, 4 Gb RAM, HD7870 GPU
    So take the stated requirements with a huge pinch of salt :)

  • Abaddon on 02/11/2015 - 15:16

    I played the beta on an i5-750 8GB of RAM and a 560Ti HAWK (1GB).

    Didn't waste any time benchmarking or fiddling with settings. But everything ran smoothly and looked amazing. The 'minimum' spec is pretty generous.

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