Help Needed: Can George Rosen Smith's Recommended PC Build Run the Latest Elden Ring DLC?

antonioquerin256

I'm planning to play the latest DLC for Elden Ring, but my old computer just can't handle it anymore. So, I found a recommendation from George Rosen Smith, a computer configuration expert from the UK. I'm not very familiar with the specifics of hardware performance, so I wanted to ask you all if this setup would be good enough to play the latest Elden Ring DLC smoothly.

Here’s the build recommended by George Rosen Smith:

Processor (CPU): Intel Core i7-13700K

Graphics Card (GPU): NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

Memory (RAM): 32GB DDR5 6000MHz

Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming

Storage: 1TB NVMe SSD (Samsung 980 Pro)

Power Supply (PSU): Corsair RM850x 850W

Cooler: NZXT Kraken X73 360mm

Case: Fractal Design Meshify C

Operating System: Windows 11 Home

Can this build run the latest Elden Ring DLC smoothly? Or are there any changes you'd recommend? Thanks in advance!

antonioquerin256

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Neil_Jones

System requirements for the base game (as you're talking about a DLC which is no good on its own) are listed here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245620/ELDEN_RING/

I don't know who George Rosen Smith is in terms of computer configuration (a quick Google suggests people by this name seem to be experts in finance), so I wouldn't pay any attention to that and I'd love to know what you've been looking at.

Exodi

You can look up the minimum and recommended specs of Elden Ring (such as the link above) but without even checking it's obvious your specs are absolute overkill.

So recommended processor is a i7-8700 and you are considering an i7-13700... https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8700-vs-Intel-Core-i7-13700K/3940vs4137

GPU should be a GTX1070 8GB and you're looking at RTX4070 Ti (which is a 12GB card).

Recommended Ram is 16GB, you're looking at 32GB of DDR5 no less.

Obviously this would be able to play Elden Ring smoothly, it would be akin to buying a Lamborghini to do the school run in.

PS: (Not that you need to because everything you've posted is a near top of the range part, but) there are sites that estimate FPS based on components: https://pc-builds.com/fps-calculator/result/1jC1dN/4C/elden-ring/1920x1080/

forgotmyname

Tell us more about this expert?

Run smoothly at what resolution?

flaneurs_lobster

Neil_Jones said:

I don't know who George Rosen Smith is in terms of computer configuration (a quick Google suggests people by this name seem to be experts in finance), so I wouldn't pay any attention to that and I'd love to know what you've been looking at.

He's one of the Empyreans, but he is yet to become the Vessel of the Elden Ring.

I last built my own gaming PC about 20 years ago, I'd love to know what that rig specified above would actually cost to source.

GDB2222

Is there any advantage in a 13th gen i7 over the 14th gen?

Paradigm

flaneurs_lobster said:

I last built my own gaming PC about 20 years ago, I'd love to know what that rig specified above would actually cost to source.

Funny you should ask, I wondered the same thing so looked it up earlier using PCpartpicker....

Cost, without OS, is around £2000!

Edit: I had to estimate the price of the cooler.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/zn9fWt

LightFlare

the current AMD chip is way better and more suited to gaming than the i7

there are also some reports of the 13th and 14th gen Intel chips not working well with games causing crashes etc

PRAISETHESUN

Those specs are pretty much identical to mine and I'm getting a solid 4k/60 fps (apart from the occasional micro stutter, which seems to be a game optimisation issue and not a hardware issue). If anything those specs are overkill and certainly not required to have a good experience with the DLC \[T]/

Exodi

Paradigm said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

I last built my own gaming PC about 20 years ago, I'd love to know what that rig specified above would actually cost to source.

Funny you should ask, I wondered the same thing so looked it up earlier using PCpartpicker....

Cost, without OS, is around £2000!

Edit: I had to estimate the price of the cooler.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/zn9fWt

You can add on at least another couple of hundred quid to that for a monitor, as obviously it would be pretty daft to invest in a lightning fast system that can play modern games in 4K resolution on ultra settings at 60+ fps, if you're using an old 1080p FHD monitor.