Budget system for Battlefield 3

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morguk

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I know it's not out until later this year and hardware will change but what kind of system could I get now?

- Requirements -

£550 budget.
Intel or AMD.
ATI card unless really persuaded.
Don't need a PSU bigger than 500w.
No screen.
No OS.
I can do a gentle OC.
Upgrade potential.

Interesting to see what some of you guys come up with!

P.S I know I won't be able to play it on high, just as good as I can get.
 
Asus ATI Radeon HD 6870 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £58.99
(£49.16) £58.99
(£49.16)
Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Akasa AK-CC017V2 Freedom Tower CPU Cooler (Socket AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
(£11.65) £13.98
(£11.65)

Sub Total : £440.74
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £90.25
Total : £541.49
 
Very nice, cheers mint. It's quite an impressive spec for the money when you look at it! I like the added CPU cooler so I can OC that quad Phenom.
 
I'd be tempted to up the RAM to 8Gb, depends on whther you've got a 64bit OS though. Other than that looks like a lot of bang for your buck!

E-I
 
I remember building a rig in anticipation of the HL2 release date, moral of the story, it's probably better to wait until it's out and see what is available then!
 
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £184.99

MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £137.99

MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge)
£104.99

Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99

BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99

OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £25.99

Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98

Sub Total : £489.09
£590 with VAT
I know it comes in over budget but the build will be faster than the AMD one and should also have a longer life :)
 
So I guess the I5 system will be a faster overall PC, but the AMD system will edge ahead in games because of the better graphics? Or will be I5 make up the extra FPS the 6870 gives over the 5850?
 
Depends if the game is more CPU or GPU dependent, it will probably be pretty close in battlefield, however if you're thinking about buying Sandy Bridge in the next 2 months, make sure you read up and understand the chipset issues (new section of the forums.) It's not really an issue if you don't think you'll need to use more than 4 SATA ports on the motherboard.
 
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