Dota 2 Highest Settings Build

[Keanu Lorenzo]

Hi everyone, today I am planning on what to buy for my desktop pc to run Dota 2 at its highest settings. I already have a GPU which is GTX 950, a RAM which is Kingston Hyper-X Fury DDR3 8Gb 1866MHz, and a PSU which is Aerocool Strike-X 600W. I only need a motherboard and a CPU. So now I'm confused on what to buy and I prefer the CPU and MB is not an overkill. I'm on a tight budget and won't buy a CPU or MB that is very expensive and just add 2fps or something. I don't have any plans on playing different games like BF4 just MOBA. So guys I need your help on choosing the right CPU and MB that suits what I need. If you want any other information please comment below. Any suggestions are very much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

[Prysin]

just go with a FX 6300 + ASUS 970 GAMING/AURA. That will do everything you need and want in a MOBA

[DXMember]

Intel Iris Pro is faster than 80% of discreet graphics solutions.

AMD A8 and A10 line of APUs are designed with esports at heart.

[Prysin]

1 minute ago, DXMember said:

Intel Iris Pro is faster than 80% of discreet graphics solutions.

 

Iris pro vs GTX 950. you reccomend Iris Pro...

Only desktop Iris Pro right now is the 5675c at "just" 280 USD....

 

Please log off right now and never post again.

[Mohenjo]

if your on a super tight budget go for an 860k. The extra cores recks the g3258 these days. But if you can get an i3 6100 i would go for that instead. 

[Keanu Lorenzo]

3 minutes ago, Mohenjo said:

if your on a super tight budget go for an 860k. The extra cores recks the g3258 these days. But if you can get an i3 6100 i would go for that instead. 

6th gen I3's aren't so bad when it comes to gaming right? I also think of this build, using i3 6100 but if i do i needed to buy another ram and throw the ddr3 away. Which will cost more. What is that 860k anyways?

[Keanu Lorenzo]

27 minutes ago, Prysin said:

just go with a FX 6300 + ASUS 970 GAMING/AURA. That will do everything you need and want in a MOBA

Can you show me what you have suggested using pc part picker? Thanks

[Mohenjo]

6 minutes ago, Keanu Lorenzo said:

6th gen I3's aren't so bad when it comes to gaming right? I also think of this build, using i3 6100 but if i do i needed to buy another ram and throw the ddr3 away. Which will cost more. What is that 860k anyways?

you can also go for an i3 4130 or 4160. OR even get an lga 1151 motherboard with ddr3. 

[Keanu Lorenzo]

1 minute ago, Mohenjo said:

you can also go for an i3 4130 or 4160. OR even get an lga 1151 motherboard with ddr3. 

Oh so there are some mb that uses ddr3 and lga1151?! Can you provide any examples that is not that expensive? If i can afford it ill go for i3 6100.

[Prysin]

54 minutes ago, Keanu Lorenzo said:

Can you show me what you have suggested using pc part picker? Thanks

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vcbPjX

 

the mobo Linus used is shit. So use the board i suggested. OR this board: Its cheaper then the other. But slightly worse at Overclocking.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-970ag31

 

 

[DXMember]

1 hour ago, Prysin said:

Iris pro vs GTX 950. you reccomend Iris Pro...

Only desktop Iris Pro right now is the 5675c at "just" 280 USD....

 

Please log off right now and never post again.

not recommending anything, just stating facts

and I bet A8 is much cheaper and you don't have to buy both CPU and GPU, just the APU and you're set

[Prysin]

1 minute ago, DXMember said:

not recommending anything, just stating facts

and I bet A8 is much cheaper and you don't have to buy both CPU and GPU, just the APU and you're set

i built a A10 7850k build for my friend and it DOES struggle a bit after the Dota 2 Reborn update. The game got a bit more demanding after that patch and a APU (even CPU portion) may not be good enough.

 

With Vulcan support coming soon(tm) one may see it use all 6 cores of a FX 6300. Hell, even if Dota2 just uses 4 cores, you still got 2 cores "free" for streaming or multi-tasking.

[DXMember]

4 minutes ago, Prysin said:

i built a A10 7850k build for my friend and it DOES struggle a bit after the Dota 2 Reborn update. The game got a bit more demanding after that patch and a APU (even CPU portion) may not be good enough.

 

With Vulcan support coming soon(tm) one may see it use all 6 cores of a FX 6300. Hell, even if Dota2 just uses 4 cores, you still got 2 cores "free" for streaming or multi-tasking.

I'll agree but valve games have never been know to be well optimized - always heave on CPU for no reason

[Prysin]

1 minute ago, DXMember said:

I'll agree but valve games have never been know to be well optimized - always heave on CPU for no reason

but Valve games has supported 4 cores since 2006. Which is pretty respectable. They may run like ass once you "flesh out" the game. But they DO use 4 cores. So more cores = better.

[DXMember]

16 minutes ago, Prysin said:

but Valve games has supported 4 cores since 2006. Which is pretty respectable. They may run like ass once you "flesh out" the game. But they DO use 4 cores. So more cores = better.

did the games in 2006 really need  4 cores? especially for the complexity of valve games?

[Prysin]

9 minutes ago, DXMember said:

did the games in 2006 really need  4 cores? especially for the complexity of valve games?

dunno. But Paul Wasson from The Tech Report made a article on Valve implementing quad core support back in 2006. So if the CPU could provide it, it would use 4 cores/threads. One for drawcalls, one for AI, one for physics and i forgot what the last core/thread was allocated as.

 

http://techreport.com/review/11237/valve-source-engine-goes-multi-core

[DXMember]

7 minutes ago, Prysin said:

dunno. But Paul Wasson from The Tech Report made a article on Valve implementing quad core support back in 2006. So if the CPU could provide it, it would use 4 cores/threads. One for drawcalls, one for AI, one for physics and i forgot what the last core/thread was allocated as.

 

http://techreport.com/review/11237/valve-source-engine-goes-multi-core

probly main thread for user inputs

that's nothing out of this world... any competent developer would do the same

[Prysin]

13 minutes ago, DXMember said:

probly main thread for user inputs

that's nothing out of this world... any competent developer would do the same

there is two words in there that is mismatching. Competent and Developer

[Keanu Lorenzo]

6 hours ago, Prysin said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vcbPjX

 

the mobo Linus used is shit. So use the board i suggested. OR this board: Its cheaper then the other. But slightly worse at Overclocking.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-970ag31

 

 

What is the best choice, going with the i3 6100 or this CPU? It seems like the i3 6100 beats the fx 6300(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4dUCeF2jnU). What do you think?

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[Prysin]

3 hours ago, Keanu Lorenzo said:

What is the best choice, going with the i3 6100 or this CPU? It seems like the i3 6100 beats the fx 6300(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4dUCeF2jnU). What do you think?

the i3 6100 may actually stutter. The best choice would be the i5 6500. But that will cost some more.

 

the FX 6300 is pretty darn cheap. But it is decent. The i3 6100 will be faster in single threaded workloads, but not multi threaded ones, but since graphics settings is dependent on the GPU, both the i3 6100 and FX 6300 will hit 60 FPS.

 

 

The FX 6300 is the best option price to performance wise.

The i3 6100 is the best in terms of upgrade path and features.

[Keanu Lorenzo]

21 minutes ago, Prysin said:

the i3 6100 may actually stutter. The best choice would be the i5 6500. But that will cost some more.

 

the FX 6300 is pretty darn cheap. But it is decent. The i3 6100 will be faster in single threaded workloads, but not multi threaded ones, but since graphics settings is dependent on the GPU, both the i3 6100 and FX 6300 will hit 60 FPS.

 

 

The FX 6300 is the best option price to performance wise.

The i3 6100 is the best in terms of upgrade path and features.

I'd rather choose the 6th gen i3 or maybe i5. I will just save my money and buy them soon so that I wont regret what I bought. Now, about the motherboard, what do I need to consider in buying one? Ex. It needs to have Sata3, etc. I might buy the motherboard first than the cpu so that the parts that i bought will be attached to the case.

[Prysin]

1 minute ago, Keanu Lorenzo said:

I'd rather choose the 6th gen i3 or maybe i5. I will just save my money and buy them soon so that I wont regret what I bought. Now, about the motherboard, what do I need to consider in buying one? Ex. It needs to have Sata3, etc. I might buy the motherboard first than the cpu so that the parts that i bought will be attached to the case.

get the i5. I bought the i3 for my girlfriend. and after using it for a week, i can tell you. It does not reflect what i see in benchmarks.

 

Go for a Z170 board.

[Keanu Lorenzo]

4 minutes ago, Prysin said:

get the i5. I bought the i3 for my girlfriend. and after using it for a week, i can tell you. It does not reflect what i see in benchmarks.

 

Go for a Z170 board.

Oh, yeah i think i might go for the i5 lol. Any Z170 boards? What brand?

[Prysin]

4 hours ago, Keanu Lorenzo said:

Oh, yeah i think i might go for the i5 lol. Any Z170 boards? What brand?

Gigabyte for best price to perf. ASUS for crazy OC. MSi for well. things.

[Keanu Lorenzo]

5 minutes ago, Prysin said:

Gigabyte for best price to perf. ASUS for crazy OC. MSi for well. things.

One last thing, after seing different brands of z170, i can see that the power connnector of the motherboard is 24pin EATX. Are EATX and ATX the same?