Not sure tbh, sure someone will come up with some suggestions though.
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You'd be fine with 1600mhz TBH. I would take the extra 100 and get a GTX580 instead of the 6970. Youll get higher min frames and a marginally higher max frame. What are you using for cooling? Going to overclock? 100$ can get you one hell of a cpu cooler.cdailey2142 wrote:
The I5 is only $100 cheaper. Would that be better spent on 2000mhz RAM instead of 1600mhz or where would you put that extra money?coke wrote:
As Sonder says, unless you plan on doing stuff such as video editing etc. the i5 would be a much better choice, in terms of both price and performance in games.
I am overclocking by 30% and using CyberPower Xtreme Hydro Liquid Cooling Kit 360MM w/ Triple Fan(CPU & GPU Liquid Cool to cool the processor.
noice.cdailey2142 wrote:
I am overclocking by 30% and using CyberPower Xtreme Hydro Liquid Cooling Kit 360MM w/ Triple Fan(CPU & GPU Liquid Cool to cool the processor.
Well, those are my suggestions. But its your build my friend. Do what you feel is best! I mean, isn't that the fun of system building is teh customization options and personalization(sp)?!
I agree, but it really helped to get the info from you guys. Thanks for the help.SonderKommando wrote:
noice.cdailey2142 wrote:
I am overclocking by 30% and using CyberPower Xtreme Hydro Liquid Cooling Kit 360MM w/ Triple Fan(CPU & GPU Liquid Cool to cool the processor.
Well, those are my suggestions. But its your build my friend. Do what you feel is best! I mean, isn't that the fun of system building is teh customization options and personalization(sp)?!
here's a quick benchmark from BC2 that will show you the performance gains of the 580. Im currently doing a new build too and was going to CF 2 6970's but have decided on dual 580's after looking at some benches.
Is there much performance difference between 3GB 580 and 2.5GB 570?
It seems you need over 2GB vram on any card so that means the normal 580 and normal 570 a bit useless.
I can confirm ill be running 1920x1200 as my monitor finally gave up, and im going to buy that £280 IPS Dell 24.
Ill be running a 19" screen in 2d at the same time (this handles voice comms).
This is the rig i have specced now:
Many thanks.
It seems you need over 2GB vram on any card so that means the normal 580 and normal 570 a bit useless.
I can confirm ill be running 1920x1200 as my monitor finally gave up, and im going to buy that £280 IPS Dell 24.
Ill be running a 19" screen in 2d at the same time (this handles voice comms).
This is the rig i have specced now:
Many thanks.
Looks good to me
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K 3.30 GHz 6M Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 (All Venom OC Certified) [-94]
HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive)
MEMORY: 8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Module (Corsair or Major Brand)
MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX] MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) Intel Z68 ATX Mainboard w/ Lucid Virtu, Intel SRT, OC Genie II, Winki 3 & 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen3 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 3 PCI (All Venom OC Certified) [+0]
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 2GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+94] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
How's this look guys? Should I be able to run the game on high at 1280X900 resolution? Budget is limited to about 1050 bucks, and I'm damn close with this.
Edit - Should I just go with the 1GB card and add more cooling?
HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive)
MEMORY: 8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Module (Corsair or Major Brand)
MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX] MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) Intel Z68 ATX Mainboard w/ Lucid Virtu, Intel SRT, OC Genie II, Winki 3 & 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen3 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 3 PCI (All Venom OC Certified) [+0]
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 2GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+94] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
How's this look guys? Should I be able to run the game on high at 1280X900 resolution? Budget is limited to about 1050 bucks, and I'm damn close with this.
Edit - Should I just go with the 1GB card and add more cooling?
Last edited by iceman785 (2011-10-12 04:13:55)
Where are you buying this from? I have some discount codes to some places that would save you a bit of cash.iceman785 wrote:
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K 3.30 GHz 6M Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 (All Venom OC Certified) [-94]
HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive)
MEMORY: 8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Module (Corsair or Major Brand)
MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX] MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) Intel Z68 ATX Mainboard w/ Lucid Virtu, Intel SRT, OC Genie II, Winki 3 & 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen3 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 3 PCI (All Venom OC Certified) [+0]
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 2GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+94] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
How's this look guys? Should I be able to run the game on high at 1280X900 resolution? Budget is limited to about 1050 bucks, and I'm damn close with this.
Edit - Should I just go with the 1GB card and add more cooling?
Cyberpower
yesiceman785 wrote:
Edit - Should I just go with the 1GB card and add more cooling?
KK, added two more 120MM fans and a push/pull system.Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:
yesiceman785 wrote:
Edit - Should I just go with the 1GB card and add more cooling?
Been doing some research, and have read that BF3 is more gpu intensive than BC2 which was the other way round?
I have the following already
Q9450
Noctua tower cooler
Gigabyte P45 DS3
4GB Kingston PC8500
Im wondering if i even need a new cpu and ram? I can run mine at 3.8GHZ, and the monitor is going to be run at 1080p (27" Ilyama, the dell backlight bleeds too much )
This will save me about £400!
Thanks
I have the following already
Q9450
Noctua tower cooler
Gigabyte P45 DS3
4GB Kingston PC8500
Im wondering if i even need a new cpu and ram? I can run mine at 3.8GHZ, and the monitor is going to be run at 1080p (27" Ilyama, the dell backlight bleeds too much )
This will save me about £400!
Thanks
Yeah you will probably be ok with that processor, I think the best thing really to do now is wait till it's out and if you have the money/desire for an upgrade do it then when you will have a good idea of what you will need.
AMD 955 @ 3.8GHz
4GBs 1600 8-8-8-24
5770 1GB 960/1315
I will be playing at 1366x768 windowed.
4GBs 1600 8-8-8-24
5770 1GB 960/1315
I will be playing at 1366x768 windowed.
Computer should be here in about 10 days
Use the code SPRING0410 for a 5% discount. I'm ordering mine from there as well.iceman785 wrote:
Computer should be here in about 10 days
Last edited by cdailey2142 (2011-10-13 06:43:19)
Ive ordered mine now, i opted for EVGA 570 2.5GB. Didnt seem worth going for 580 3GB.
is this enough to play this game at least on medium?
cpu: Q6600 at 2.4 Ghz
ram: 4GB OCZ
Video Card: Radeon HD4890
HDD: 500GB
MB: P5Q deluxe
Audio: Creative X-Fi xtreme audio 7.1
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cpu: Q6600 at 2.4 Ghz
ram: 4GB OCZ
Video Card: Radeon HD4890
HDD: 500GB
MB: P5Q deluxe
Audio: Creative X-Fi xtreme audio 7.1
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yeah easily.
oc your quad, get a better vid card and 2 gigs more ram and you can play on high.
oc your quad, get a better vid card and 2 gigs more ram and you can play on high.
Last edited by m3thod (2011-10-19 07:36:18)
Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.
would replace Video card in a couple months but as of right now i was hoping it was enough to play
thank you
BTW: what Video card is going hot right now?
thank you
BTW: what Video card is going hot right now?
the one that matches your budget.
Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.
The big question is: Can I buy a PC good enough to play it - on decent settings - for £500?
I already needed to build a new PC for my wife's video editing and photography stuff so I just beefed it up a little moar to handle BF3.
Gateway 21.5" 1080p monitor
Antec 900 case
Antec 650W PSU
8GB Kingston HyperX [email protected] Swapped for 8GB G.Skill Sniper [email protected](not pictured)
WD Caviar Black 750GB
XFX HD6870 1GB
ASUS Optical
Intel Core i5 2500k (OC'd 4.3ghz @ 1.275v)
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P LGA 1155 Intel Z68
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212+ CPU Cooler
After all rebates and selling off bundled items/games i'm into it $766USD and some change.
Gateway 21.5" 1080p monitor
Antec 900 case
Antec 650W PSU
8GB Kingston HyperX [email protected] Swapped for 8GB G.Skill Sniper [email protected](not pictured)
WD Caviar Black 750GB
XFX HD6870 1GB
ASUS Optical
Intel Core i5 2500k (OC'd 4.3ghz @ 1.275v)
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P LGA 1155 Intel Z68
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212+ CPU Cooler
After all rebates and selling off bundled items/games i'm into it $766USD and some change.
Last edited by PigPopTart (2011-10-19 11:19:39)
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