£450 build

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YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £447.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Good Mobo, with upgrade path. 8GB of RAM, with low so a cooler could be fitted. Nice modular PSU. Decent case for the price. CPU Will run games fine, BF3 isn't particularly CPU intensive.

GPU I'm not sure on. Either that or:

GTX460:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-160-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830

If you could stretch to a 560Ti, even better still:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-247-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341
 
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Zalman Z9 or similar budget case £50ish

Intel i5 2300 £150

H61 (edit 67 sorry) mobo £50-60

nvidia 460 superclocked £110

bequiet 530W psu £40

4GB XMS3 RAM £23.99

Should come to around £430. A better mobo would be nice than what i spec'd but that certainly has some grunt for gaming. Trouble is the i5Ks arent much more than the i5 2300
 
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Post what you intend to purchase just before you do. Some of the parts i suggested are on weekly offer, these offers change and we can make sure you dont pay more than you need to if you tell us what you've put in your basket.

My list was to give you a rough idea of what's possible. That 460 at the mo is probably the best budget GPU for the price. How you divide the rest of the budget is really down to you. Good luck with the build any probs or questions come back to us
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £101.99
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £61.99
1 x BeQuiet Efficient Power 600W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £463.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Price is slighty over but includes postage which I assume you can get free anyway because of your forum post count.

GTX 560TI vs HD 6850

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/330?vs=291

GTX 560TI vs GTX 460 1GB

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/330?vs=313

The i3-2120 is plenty for BF3 as it's a very GPU dependant game.
 
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Yeah I quite like bobbys take on it.

The 560Ti rival is the 6870. The superclocked 460 will be better than what the anandtech benchmarks show for the 460. Although to be fair the 560Ti will beat the SOC 460 anyway but it does come at a cost.

Although then you can argue the i5 2300 is better than an i3. Personally I'd have a better CPU as it is more of a benefit to the system as a whole. You can use the anandtech link bobby used to check CPUs too.

Like I said it down to you how you divide the budget, bobbys spec is certainly a capable budget gaming rig. Note the H67 mobo that gives you USB3 you dont get that on the H61.
 
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