What is your budget? $500, $1K, $1500? It is easier to take X $ and come up with best price, because a game like that depends on both. I would say start with more ram and an SSD. The modern GPUs according to http://www.techspot.com/news/39809-s...rformance.html handle it fine, but, it does not offer support for more than two threads, so, a faster dual core is better than a slightly slower quad or hex. With alot of data; IE 200 units; ram is always a contributing factor, as well as data access speeds. The game download is 7GB, compressed. I don't know what it installs to, but, at 7GB, it is no lightweight. I would have to say add more ram and possibly a SSD, the tests are with the i7-920 (what you have), unless you want to go to Ivybridge. Just my humble opinion.