building a new rig for bf3 (2k budget)

Reaper 392 · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:45

stulid said:
I was just spending money for the sake of it, all this crap about lack of Vram in BF3 is bogus, theres a few BF3 GPU guides out there now showing a GTX580 1.5GB beating a 6970 2GB card at resolutions of 2560X1600 , In the graphics card forum you had that noob Harmony with his "[In]formal proof of the limitation of 1.5GB VRAM at 1920x1200 resolution" thread that was full of **** , you had all the people using a incomplete BETA and early drivers to justify the need for 2GB cards, yet now the final game is out the truth is,

GTX580 1.5GB> 6970
GTX570 1.28GB > 6950 2GB
etc

thanks. in that case i've got an ~£1800 build sitting in my basket ready to recommend to the OP, just need to know if it'll be the corsair 650D, silverstone raven or silverstone fortress going in there

*edit*
warcaholic, when you say watercooling do you mean a custom loop, or one of those sealed kits loke the corsair H80?
the raven and fortress are quite happy with anything up to the corsair H80 or antec khuler 920, but are pretty pants when it comes to proper watercooling (or the H100)

stulid · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:47

Reaper 392 said:
thanks. in that case i've got an £1800 build sitting in my basket ready to recommend to the OP.

just waiting to hear if he really wants the 650D because of the looks now (and if the OP has plans to go down the proper watercooling route) so i can decide if i should put the 650D in their or the silverstone raven/fortress

raven and fortress are quite happy with anything up to the corsair H80 or antec khuler 920, but are pretty pants when it comes to proper watercooling

Wouldnt bother.

Reaper 392 · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:50

stulid said:
Wouldnt bother.

too late now, its been in my basket for ages

fowler002 · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:51

stulid not suggesting the 2x 6950 toxic build?

stulid · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:52

fowler002 said:
not suggesting the 2x 6950 toxic build?

I was actually going to just copy the pic link from the other thread, but its missing a SSD.

You do it.

warcaholic · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:58

Reaper 392 said:
warcaholic, when you say watercooling do you mean a custom loop, or one of those sealed kits loke the corsair H80?
the raven and fortress are quite happy with anything up to the corsair H80 or antec khuler 920, but are pretty pants when it comes to proper watercooling (or the H100)

custom loop sir.

stulid · 8 Nov 2011 at 19:02

warcaholic said:
custom loop sir.

A more realistic build,

• Can still do SLI later with the PSU/Board.

Save the £680 for future upgrades of ivybridge CPU's and the next gen cards from ATI/Nvidia.

A more sensible thing to do is wait a week and see what the new Sandybridge-E CPU's and 2011 socket motherboards are like, i'm sure you can get one with a £2K budget.

Reaper 392 · 8 Nov 2011 at 19:04

warcaholic said:
custom loop sir.

in that case the fortress and the raven will be completely pants, and the 650D will be the way forward

bastic · 8 Nov 2011 at 19:08

why spend £2k on a pc when one for around £600 would do ( I value mine at this without ssd)
I play at 1900x1200 with everything on high, one setting is on ultra-dont remember what it is and AAx16.
mine gpu is not used on 100% all the time...

of course when OP wants to spend a small fortune he can

warcaholic · 8 Nov 2011 at 19:16

thanks for all the reply

stulid said:
A more realistic build,

• Can still do SLI later with the PSU/Board.

Save the £680 for future upgrades of ivybridge CPU's and the next gen cards from ATI/Nvidia.

A more sensible thing to do is wait a week and see what the new Sandybridge-E CPU's and 2011 socket motherboards are like, i'm sure you can get one with a £2K budget.

i would probably do that and see which is more convenient for me thx a lot m8.

fowler002 · 8 Nov 2011 at 19:24

if you do get the 650d case and ek water kit stulid suggested as I said in a previous post it maybe worth getting
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-034-OE&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

the watercooling comes pre-installed in the case, it only £5 more than getting the case and the kit on its own.

Reaper 392 · 8 Nov 2011 at 19:34

if you do end up going for something like that then i would strongly recommend getting the twin frozr II or gainward good edition because of their far superior coolers since you said you wont be watercooling them.

stulid · 8 Nov 2011 at 19:38

Reaper 392 said:
if you do end up going for something like that then i would strongly recommend getting the twin frozr II or gainward good edition because of their far superior coolers since you said you wont be watercooling them.

No, don't do this, get a reference card like I said so it expels hot air out the back of the case instead of dumping it inside.

Troezar · 8 Nov 2011 at 19:42

Unless you are in a real rush I'd wait and see what happens in around 4 weeks time, may be announcements before then, regarding the new GPU's due out.