new pc to play bf3 res 2560x1440

[footieboyz]

Hi Looking at building a pc and got £1000 or near to spend. Only need base

Will want to play bf3 and mw3 but at full res (2560x1440) on 27" monitor

What do u recommend to go for. Want to buy this week early next

Cheers

 

[lee20010]

a £2000 loan is what I suggest lol

 

[Reaper 392]

this should do you nicely:

YOUR BASKET
2 x Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £173.99 (£347.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £149.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £148.99
1 x MSI Z68A-G45-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £114.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £53.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £37.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
Total : £1,028.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

if you can spend any more on it i would recommend going for the retail version of the processor for the two extra years warranty and the standard cooler (which is great as a spare, and for upping resale value)

 

[lee20010]

if you could add another £80 I'd go with

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £205.99
(£171.66) £411.98
(£343.32)
Sub Total : £343.32
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £70.56
Total : £423.38

 

[[WU-TANG]GZA]

Yeah, you're going to struggle maxing out BF3 at that res for £1000 mate.

Is there anything at all that you have already that you could use? PSU/HDD/Optical drives etc.

Gfx-wise you would need to spend around £400 (580 3GB/6950CF/560Ti SLI)

x2 MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game**

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM

Lepa G-Series 900W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply

MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION **

Fractal Design Define XL Full Tower Case - Titanium Grey

Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9)

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)

Total :

£1,006.61

So if you already have an optical drive and HDD that would fit the bill nicely and overclock those 560Ti's and it should do fine in BF3 even at that resolution. If you don't have those parts, they cost about £80 and I would go for the Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) personally although it's much of a muchness.

I wouldn't bother with an SSD to be honest, I'd rather have the extra VRAM, PSU power and nice big case (coming from an SSD owner btw).

 

[xrayhead]

Clad I found this thread! Was looking for a recommended graphics card that would run BF3 at the same resolution.

I take it this would be fine? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-153-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1812

I cant believe the hardware required to run these new games! I built the following and need to upgrade only 18 months down the line

Intel i7 @4GHz on Gigabyte EX58-UD5 - 2x WD Raptors in R/0 - 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 - ATI Radeon 5700

Mind you if I hadn't just got a new U2711 it would have been less painfull

 

[stulid]

Clad I found this thread! Was looking for a recommended graphics card that would run BF3 at the same resolution.

I take it this would be fine? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-153-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1812

I cant believe the hardware required to run these new games! I built the following and need to upgrade only 18 months down the line

Intel i7 @4GHz on Gigabyte EX58-UD5 - 2x WD Raptors in R/0 - 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 - ATI Radeon 5700

Mind you if I hadn't just got a new U2711 it would have been less painfull

That card will do it - http://www.techspot.com/review/458-battlefield-3-performance/page6.html

 

[fowler002]

Clad I found this thread! Was looking for a recommended graphics card that would run BF3 at the same resolution.

I take it this would be fine? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-153-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1812

I cant believe the hardware required to run these new games! I built the following and need to upgrade only 18 months down the line

Intel i7 @4GHz on Gigabyte EX58-UD5 - 2x WD Raptors in R/0 - 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 - ATI Radeon 5700

Mind you if I hadn't just got a new U2711 it would have been less painfull

6950 xfire would be better

 

[stulid]

6950 xfire would be better

Crossfire in BF3 is niot good with stuttering reported

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/10/25/battlefield_3_preview_performance

We experienced stuttering and jerky behavior with Radeon HD 6970 CrossFireX. I wouldn't say that it is "MicroStutter," it is outright "stutter" or a "jerky" feeling as you play

 

[fowler002]

a new caps release will fix that

well at least I hope they fix the issues before I buy bf3, thats if I do buy it as not sure if I will be

edit: just had a read, the 11.9 cap 3 was causing the problem and it goes away if you uninstall the cap or for those that don't have the c11.9 cap3 installed withh the 11.10 preview drivers wouldn't have the issue.

 

[stulid]

Thats "not" not "niot" stupid Logitech keyboard, im going to sell this ******* thing I swear.

 

[fowler002]

Thats "not" not "niot" stupid Logitech keyboard, im going to sell this ******* thing I swear.

its not a g110 by any chance?
not going to smash it up like the other guy is threatening to do

 

[stulid]

No, I got an excuse, its a cheaper G11.