Build me the best BF4 Ready PC.

zoobee · 26 Jul 2013 at 22:48

Hi Guys,

Without going into Money, I challenge you build a desktop PC capable of running BF4 on ultra high settings, possibly for as long as 18 hours.

I'm relying on your expert, or creative knowledge of what you believe BF4 will need hardware wise on ultra high settings.

How you decide what is most suitable, without a budget... is up to you, would be nice to see some alternative set ups. It would be nice of you, if you can to recommend in the following bracket, just so I know what I'm dealing with.

Just about capable
Capable
More than Capable
Very Capable
Extremely Capable

This is a full on total build, out of the box, ready to plug and play, with all necessary peripherals.

Case/(Case cooling if required)
PSU
CPU
CPU Cooling
Mobo
VideoCard
RAM
SSD
HDD
DVD CD/RW

Sound Card HD
24'' HD Screen
Windows 8
Keyboard/Mouse/Mat
Flight Stick

I think thats it, don't worry too much about the last 5 items, optionals really I can get those.

Really looking forward to seeing some builds.

Cheers,

teppic · 26 Jul 2013 at 23:01

You know it's not out yet?

zoobee · 26 Jul 2013 at 23:20

teppic said:
You know it's not out yet?

Acutely aware

Thats why I said what you believe it will need, and also why i've not given a budget, Aye I'm just curious.

I want to order my PC soon, this build is for me, I have up to 1500 quid, but that would be Everything! But I'm wondering if i'm just throwing money away and the build can be done much cheaper, or different.

There more I look into it, there more difficult it becomes,

after another month of deciding I might just click and buy PC and screen in a matter of moments, I dont want to do that, I want to make an informed decision...b-b-but it is too complicated for my little brain, I need decisions made for me, or at least spelled out for me.

teppic · 26 Jul 2013 at 23:32

It'd all be guesswork pretty much at the moment. If you want the PC ready for BF4's release it'd be better to look at fixing up the spec a week or two before.

Given what we do know, I would say that the minimum spec you'd be looking at to run it at a reasonable level 1080p would be an FX-6300/i5 CPU and a 7850 GPU.

Twirlywoos · 26 Jul 2013 at 23:41

This thread is kind of pointless, why should people spend time spec'ing a rig for a game which is not even out yet and the "official" specs haven't been revealed?

By the time the game is out AMD would have launched their new cards, as the game is believed to be bundled with the new AMD GPU's, so that will affect prices.

All I know that the game is DX11.1 ready and you need an AMD GPU or Windows 8 to benefit from it. If you have no budget just go wild in the OCUK store and recklessly buy two titans to play the game at 1080p 60Hz.

Socrates470BC · 27 Jul 2013 at 00:09

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with a free copy of 3DMark advanced edition £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2312HM 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £169.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £149.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML16GX3M2A1600C10) £119.99
1 x Asus Z87-A Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 400R Midi Tower Case - Black £81.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x LG BH16NS40 16x SATA Internal BDRW - Retail £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 630W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £71.99
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.95
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
Total : £1,517.30 (includes shipping : £25.45).

Idleman · 27 Jul 2013 at 00:15

Socrates470BC said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with a free copy of 3DMark advanced edition £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2312HM 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £169.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £149.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML16GX3M2A1600C10) £119.99
1 x Asus Z87-A Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 400R Midi Tower Case - Black £81.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x LG BH16NS40 16x SATA Internal BDRW - Retail £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 630W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £71.99
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.95
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
Total : £1,517.30 (includes shipping : £25.45).

Might be better with a 760. As I believe Nvidia 600 series does`nt fully support DirectX 11.1 .

pipson · 27 Jul 2013 at 00:49

Id go for the 7950 instead.

T345 · 27 Jul 2013 at 01:05

pipson said:
Id go for the 7950 instead.

Same, and if I am not mistaken BF4 will be AMD optimised.

honosuseri · 27 Jul 2013 at 01:57

I'll be honest I'm not taking this thread too seriously. You can't say unlimited budget then say you have £1500 for everything.

Just for a giggle I've done a Military themed build.....

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £339.95
1 x BenQ XL2411T 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £249.95
1 x Asus Z87 SABERTOOTH Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x Saitek X52 Pro Flight Controller And Throttle Joystick - PC (PS34) £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - Military Green £94.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £94.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0K) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £48.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £29.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.95
Total : £1,612.64 (includes shipping : FREE).

I'm fully aware the mobo is OTT but it's "Military class" hardware and to be honest I don't care for the case much but it's military green so Battlefield 4 must run better with it

Joking aside. The game will probably be AMD biased to begin with then Nvidia will catch up once they optimize their drivers. Can't say if it will prefer the i7 over the i5 as it's not out so nobody has benched it. If I was being more serious I suppose I could have used the GB Z87X-OC and put the saved cash into the i7K.

zoobee · 27 Jul 2013 at 03:07

majnu said:
This thread is kind of pointless, why should people spend time spec'ing a rig for a game which is not even out yet and the "official" specs haven't been revealed?

By the time the game is out AMD would have launched their new cards, as the game is believed to be bundled with the new AMD GPU's, so that will affect prices.

All I know that the game is DX11.1 ready and you need an AMD GPU or Windows 8 to benefit from it. If you have no budget just go wild in the OCUK store and recklessly buy two titans to play the game at 1080p 60Hz.

Sure, I guess on the one hand I have a 1500 quid budget to spend and i will, and on the other hand i'm wondering what I will need to play the game at high end, but as you say its not out so impossible to say, Aye.

thanks for the builds, I'll take a look at those, and lol yes, I did want to hide the budget, just to see what could be done, but yeah seems stupid now, pointless.

My budget is 1500, but a part of me was holding out for the perfect setup, or the best deal, bang for buck, futureproof, updatability etc for it, there are too many combinations, it's impossible to know 'the best' build. So I thought build the PC for the game, not the other way round.

Cheers again

zoobee · 27 Jul 2013 at 03:14

zoobee said:
Sure, I guess on the one hand I have a 1500 quid budget to spend and i will, and on the other hand i'm wondering what I will need to play the game at high end, but as you say its not out so impossible to say, Aye.

thanks for the builds, I'll take a look at those, and lol yes, I did want to hide the budget, just to see what could be done, but yeah seems stupid now, pointless.

My budget is 1500, but a part of me was holding out for the perfect setup, or the best deal, bang for buck, futureproof, updatability etc for it, there are too many combinations, it's impossible to know 'the best' build. So I thought build the PC for the game, not the other way round.

Cheers again

honosuseri said:
I'll be honest I'm not taking this thread too seriously. You can't say unlimited budget then say you have £1500 for everything.

Just for a giggle I've done a Military themed build.....

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £339.95
1 x BenQ XL2411T 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £249.95
1 x Asus Z87 SABERTOOTH Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x Saitek X52 Pro Flight Controller And Throttle Joystick - PC (PS34) £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - Military Green £94.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £94.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0K) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £48.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £29.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.95
Total : £1,612.64 (includes shipping : FREE).

I'm fully aware the mobo is OTT but it's "Military class" hardware and to be honest I don't care for the case much but it's military green so Battlefield 4 must run better with it

Joking aside. The game will probably be AMD biased to begin with then Nvidia will catch up once they optimize their drivers. Can't say if it will prefer the i7 over the i5 as it's not out so nobody has benched it. If I was being more serious I suppose I could have used the GB Z87X-OC and put the saved cash into the i7K.

Thats good to know, previously I had i7 in mind, this means I can spend elsewhere, like that mobo lol, at least i know i wont break it upgrading my RAM. Nice stick too lol, god, maybe too expensive for me, i can spend elsewhere ;p

zoobee · 27 Jul 2013 at 03:22

Socrates470BC said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with a free copy of 3DMark advanced edition £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2312HM 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £169.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £149.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML16GX3M2A1600C10) £119.99
1 x Asus Z87-A Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 400R Midi Tower Case - Black £81.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x LG BH16NS40 16x SATA Internal BDRW - Retail £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 630W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £71.99
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.95
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
Total : £1,517.30 (includes shipping : £25.45).

Nice, yeah i think 760, 770 or the HD7950 which does seem very good value right now.

Thanks, I'm pretty sure i'm going i5 over i7 and Z87,.... I think..

zoobee · 27 Jul 2013 at 03:27

teppic said:
It'd all be guesswork pretty much at the moment. If you want the PC ready for BF4's release it'd be better to look at fixing up the spec a week or two before.

Given what we do know, I would say that the minimum spec you'd be looking at to run it at a reasonable level 1080p would be an FX-6300/i5 CPU and a 7850 GPU.

Cheers for that, well If I can afford it will err on the side of caution and overkill if I can, The way i'm going it will be two weeks before, but I wont wait, as if.

honosuseri · 27 Jul 2013 at 15:24

zoobee said:
Thats good to know, previously I had i7 in mind, this means I can spend elsewhere, like that mobo lol, at least i know i wont break it upgrading my RAM. Nice stick too lol, god, maybe too expensive for me, i can spend elsewhere ;p

Like I said I didn't take it too seriously. Using the MSI TF 7950 GPU would save £100 and get you a load of games, using the GB Z87-X OC would be another £40 off bringing the spec into your budget.

Yes the flight stick is pricey but it's very good. Buying one just for BF4 is silly, there are lots of good flight sims for PC and this is where there flight stick will shine through