This is my new Rig ... Especially made for rFactor 2

Ihab Abbas · May 31, 2012

Hello guys,

This is my new Rig that I purchased from Micro Center store in VA, USA I hope it will run rfactor2 smooth and strong all max.
This rig coast $1135 + I paid $100 to Micro Center for assembly & installation as I am not an expert with that.
I will inform you with the performance of this rig with rFactor2 once I get it from the store.

Note: I did not buy after market heat sink as I will not over clock it right now.
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Now with the rig configuration:
date of purchase 5-29-2012

Mother Board = Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H LGA 1155 Z77 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0388327

Processors = Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz LGA 1155 Processor
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0388577

Memory/RAM = Kingston HyperX blu 16GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9 (4 X 4GB Memory Modules)
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0360527

Power Supply = OCZ Technology ZT Series 750 Watt Modular ATX Power Supply
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0377236

Video Card = HIS H785QN2G2M Radeon HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0387843

Internal Hard Drive = Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive WD10EALX - OEM
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0352167

Computer Case = Cooler Master HAF 922M Mid Tower ATX Computer Case
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0310583

Operating System = Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit OEM (PC)
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0361170

Internal CD/DVD Driver = Samsung 22X DVD±RW Burner with Dual Layer Support - OEM
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0382892

Keyboard/Mouse Combo Set = Gear Head Wireless 2.4GHz Keyboard with Optical Mouse
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0356649

Wireless Network Adapter = Tenda W311M 150Mbps Wireless N USB 2.0 Adapter
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0373032

Best regards

Diego Lopez · May 31, 2012

make sure you get that warranty right away on that OCZ Power Supply, they make some great SSD's but quiet unfamiliar with their PSU's. Im jealous of your Ivy Bridge, I still got my SanDy Extreme. Good Rig.

Ihab Abbas · May 31, 2012

Diego Lopez said:
make sure you get that warranty right away on that OCZ Power Supply, they make some great SSD's but quiet unfamiliar with their PSU's. Im jealous of your Ivy Bridge, I still got my SanDy Extreme. Good Rig.

The reason I went with the OCZ 750Watt is that it give the same 5 years warranty as Corsair and it has been recomended by one of me friends "enthusiast extreme gamer" and it is $40 less.

Marco Bijl · May 31, 2012

Very nice choice here! I am sure this will give you a lot of gaming pleasure!

Tiens Van Zyl · May 31, 2012

Very nice rig there

Only thing I'd add if you have extra cash is a SSD for OS. Just boots ino Windows so much faster etc.

Diego Lopez · May 31, 2012

Ihab Abbas said:
The reason I went with the OCZ 750Watt is that it give the same 5 years warranty as Corsair and it has been recomended by one of me friends "enthusiast extreme gamer" and it is $40 less.

Oh cool. Might have to look into it now.

Ole Marius Myrvold · May 31, 2012

That was cheap! Wow!

Ihab Abbas · Jun 1, 2012

Price update:
While I was on my way to Micro Center picking up my new computer, I just checked the newegg.com website and I found that the video card above “HIS H785QN2G2M Radeon HD 7850 IceQ 2GB” priced at $249 while I paid $289 in Micro Center which is $40 more!, so when I arrived to Micro Center store I asked the customer service to match the price and They did without any argument and that was fantastic, and they refund the $42 including the tax.

Ihab Abbas · Jun 4, 2012

rFactor 2
My first impression with rFactor2 was fantastic I put every thing on max and tried monte carlo online with 10 F1 1960's cars and I got minimum 49fps and maximum of 100fps, the game was very smooth, then I tried the GT endurance mod offline at Malaysia with 25 cars in the grid max everything with heavy rain and I got minimum of 52fps and maximum of 105fps, I can tell that the HIS Radeon HD 7850 2GB video card doing great job with rFactor2 so far with all maxout, I will post a video soon for rFactor2 in game fps with different mods and tracks and weather.

rFactor 1
Runs very smooth but I see that the textures not smooth as before when I was using the Nvidia GT9600, I am sure that there is something I have to do with that I didn’t go through yet, but I did all configuration like anti aliasing and maxout all graphics options, but still have aliasing edges, but other than that the game runs in great fps minimum of 57fps max of 110 at Laguna Seca with Lexus IS.