It's only slightly overkill. I'd personally go i5-2500k unless you have a valid reason for Hyperthreading. Usually only heavy Video editing, etc... The reason I say the above is this: My rig: i5-2500k @ 4.4GHz Corsair H60 closed water cooler 8GB DDR3-1600 HD5850 @ 825/1150 With that rig, forcing MSAAx4 and 16xAF, I pull 100+FPS. It only drops to around 80FPS in PvP. With the 560Ti you should get even higher FPS with more AA.

Your bottleneck is going to be the onboard graphics, honestly. I don't know how much performance unparking your cores will give you, but the easiest way to test is this. Just change your power setting from Balanced to High Performance. In order to see that option, you have to expand the option to "Show Additional Plans" under Power Options in the Control Panel. No registry edits are really necessary. The High Performance power option disables core parking.

Three month subscription here! I love the game and the glaring problems most people seem to complain about are common for all MMOs at launch. They always work them out over time.

And the problem is...what, exactly?

To borrow a saying from another iconic company: If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand!

The HD5450 is a sub-par graphics card for gaming, but it should work marginally. If your motherboard has an AM3 socket, I'd recommend getting at least a Phenom II x4. If you have enough money, get at least a 6850.

I love your signature! Nice nod to the classics.

Update your video drivers, reboot and launch the game. Lots of folks had this issue in beta. Your hardware should run it, depending on video card. I was running on a desktop with Phenom II x3/720, 4GB RAM and an HD5850. The i3 is close to the same as the x3/720 performance wise at stock speeds.

Listen, Bioware is in the same danged if they do, danged if they don't position that all companies find when they release a new MMO. They can't please everyone. Either they have a mass release where the servers crash all the time and have hella queues (WoW), or they stagger the entrances of the bulk of their players so when the game is officially released the hit will not be as bad. If they attempt to target a time/date when everyone gets access and don't follow through, the whining would be worse than it is now. As for communication, would you rather have them babysitting their email system, sending out bulk emails or monitoring the servers? I vote servers, I don't need any email other than the one saying I can play. If that comes tomorrow, I'm happy. If not, I'm still happy to get in when I get in. I have friends playing now who are getting ahead of me, big deal. I'll catch up to them eventually.

You preordered a game The company, as a bonus for preordering, offered you an early start over the masses who buy after release The company has always stated that you will have up to 5 days, not a guaranteed 5 days. You'll still be getting early access, so the company has kept their word. End of discussion