A good setup??

Kevin07

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hello. can anyone tell me if this is a decent setup that is able to play games like bf3 and dayz at at least medium settings

i5 2500k 3.3ghz
sapphire radeon HD 7850 2GB
ASRock Z68 PRO3 GEN3 ATX LGA1155
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Seagate barracuda 500GB 7200RPM
Corsair pro 650W 80plus BRONZE
Cooler master elite 430 ATX Mid Tower case

Resolution: 1680x1050

any help appreciated.
 
Yeah, but if you`re building now get 3570K and Z77 mobo... Since that is most up to date and has more features... Corsair Vengeance if its the tall ones do understand that no big air cooler will fit.

Might wanna stay away from Corsair PSU`s... seems to be trouble with them recently XFX is probably safest.
 
Kevin07 said:
hello. can anyone tell me if this is a decent setup that is able to play games like bf3 and dayz at at least medium settings

i5 2500k 3.3ghz
sapphire radeon HD 7850 2GB
ASRock Z68 PRO3 GEN3 ATX LGA1155
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Seagate barracuda 500GB 7200RPM
Corsair pro 650W 80plus BRONZE
Cooler master elite 430 ATX Mid Tower case

Resolution: 1680x1050

any help appreciated.
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Are you buying this or just looking for conformation. If buying, what is your budget and do you have an OS?
 
Yeah that will play most modern games on High at that resolution.

I have a Nvidia GTX560ti 2GB and it is very comparable to that card. I play DayZ on full settings at 1920x1080 with 60+ fps, so you will easily.

The processor you picked is great for gaming.

I recommend putting up your budget and then list key components you want (e.g. Case, minimum HDD Space) and let the guys on here spec you up a better build for similar price.

If you have a strict budget of say £600, make sure you let them know, or it will end up like, if you spend just and extra £40 it will be better, then another £40, then £50, then you will soon see you "budget" raise by £100-£200.

:)
 
OliverDavis said:
Yeah that will play most modern games on High at that resolution.

I have a Nvidia GTX560ti 2GB and it is very comparable to that card. I play DayZ on full settings at 1920x1080 with 60+ fps, so you will easily.

The processor you picked is great for gaming.

I recommend putting up your budget and then list key components you want (e.g. Case, minimum HDD Space) and let the guys on here spec you up a better build for similar price.

If you have a strict budget of say £600, make sure you let them know, or it will end up like, if you spend just and extra £40 it will be better, then another £40, then £50, then you will soon see you "budget" raise by £100-£200.

:)
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ehehe looks who`s here

So I guess you regretting going AMD then?? :rolleyes:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18429129&page=12

560ti and 7850 are on different level, 7850 is better.


You mad bro? :D

Sorry I forgot that you dont like "our kind" and our 1.0 saxo`s all hail super valve apprentice or whatever.
 
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Lazder said:
ehehe looks who`s here

So I guess you regretting going AMD then?? :rolleyes:
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What`s with all the sarcasm and ridicule?
You had a go at him in his other thread, so why not just leave it there.
He made a mistake, which I think he realises now, so has learnt a hard lesson. So he does`nt really deserve you making snide remarks at every opportunity.
 
Idleman said:
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What`s with all the sarcasm and ridicule?
You had a go at him in his other thread, so why not just leave it there.
He made a mistake, which I think he realises now, so has learnt a hard lesson. So he does`nt really deserve you making snide remarks at every opportunity.
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Its all a bit of "friendly banter" dont be so serious :(
 
Lazder said:
ehehe looks who`s here

So I guess you regretting going AMD then?? :rolleyes:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18429129&page=12

560ti and 7850 are on different level, 7850 is better.


You mad bro? :D

Sorry I forgot that you dont like "our kind" and our 1.0 saxo`s all hail super valve apprentice or whatever.
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Not regretting, no.

Just simply saying the processor he picked is good for gaming. You seem to be implying that I think my processor is the best for gaming and everything else is bad. This is not the case. I picked mine due to price/performance/overclockability. Many people specced me £1000 Intel builds, with a poor £40 case, cheap ass cooler, a featureless £50 Motherboard, £40 PSU's and other cutbacks to fit it in budget. I picked a £110 Case, £70 cooling, £155 motherboard, £90 PSU and £30 on decent fans.

I would rather that then a quicker Intel build that was hot, noisy, featureless, looks tacky, terrible CS on cheap parts and would most likely break within 6 months or turn up faulty.

And a standard 822Mhz 1Gb 560ti yes, but the card I have is the 900Mhz 2Gb 560ti, which due to the manufacturer overclock and extra 1Gb of vRam is actually very comparable. The reason why the stock 560ti falls behind in BF3 is due to vRam mainly, hence 2Gb edition would be needed, but in the case of Op he wants the 7850 2Gb, which I am not saying he should change, again I am saying its a good choice and supporting his choice, something you seem not to be able to do.

I have seen people spec a part before that was £40 more then the Op wanted, then later on in another thread try to upgrade that same part saying its not worth it, another £40 is needed. Its almost standard on these forums.

The 7850 is a good choice.
 
Yes it is a good set up, although if you haven't purchased yet then I would get a 3570k and a Z77-D3H. I have the same graphics card you're getting, as well as a i5 3570k and I play on high at the same resolution as you and get 60fps 95% of the time (multiplayer).
 
Idleman said:
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What`s with all the sarcasm and ridicule?
You had a go at him in his other thread, so why not just leave it there.
He made a mistake, which I think he realises now, so has learnt a hard lesson. So he does`nt really deserve you making snide remarks at every opportunity.
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OliverDavis said:
Not regretting, no.

Just simply saying the processor he picked is good for gaming. You seem to be implying that I think my processor is the best for gaming and everything else is bad. This is not the case. I picked mine due to price/performance/overclockability. Many people specced me £1000 Intel builds, with a poor £40 case, cheap ass cooler, a featureless £50 Motherboard, £40 PSU's and other cutbacks to fit it in budget. I picked a £110 Case, £70 cooling, £155 motherboard, £90 PSU and £30 on decent fans.

I would rather that then a quicker Intel build that was hot, noisy, featureless, looks tacky, terrible CS on cheap parts and would most likely break within 6 months or turn up faulty

And a standard 822Mhz 1Gb 560ti yes, but the card I have is the 900Mhz 2Gb 560ti, which due to the manufacturer overclock and extra 1Gb of vRam is actually very comparable. The reason why the stock 560ti falls behind in BF3 is due to vRam mainly, hence 2Gb edition would be needed, but in the case of Op he wants the 7850 2Gb, which I am not saying he should change, again I am saying its a good choice and supporting his choice, something you seem not to be able to do.

I have seen people spec a part before that was £40 more then the Op wanted, then later on in another thread try to upgrade that same part saying its not worth it, another £40 is needed. Its almost standard on these forums.

The 7850 is a good choice.
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;)

I`ll just post what you could`ve got and leave you to be, just to answer that line

"would rather that then a quicker Intel build that was hot, noisy, featureless, looks tacky, terrible CS on cheap parts and would most likely break within 6 months or turn up faulty"

Just to comment I know that some parts have become cheaper, so I used 40 quid RAM since now it costs 20... Dont know if Phantecs was around that time but Noctua was for sure and offers similair performance... CPU,GPU and other major components I think stayed the same price wise.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £239.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x CM Storm Trooper Full Tower Gaming Case - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD38G1600LLK) £41.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £924.60 (includes shipping : £14.75).



This build would clearly not lack any features, and doubt it would break in 6 months, especially since Asrock has worse reputation than giga and thats the mobo you selected, also Xigmatek are not as good brand name as XFX which are made by PSU gods Seasonic.

There is no need for 3770K, I just selected it to push it up to 900 pounds (your budget)

This is your build today;

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 560Ti "448 Edition" Classified 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (012-P3-2068-KR) £219.95
1 x ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £157.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Red/White £99.98
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4170 Black Edition 4.20Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Xigmatek Centauro 800W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775 LGA1155 LGA1156 LGA1366 LGA2011 AM2 AM3) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD38G1600LLK) £41.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
2 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin £12.58 (£25.16)
Total : £902.51 (includes shipping : £13.75).



I used 219 pound gpu since I think thats what you probably paid in august for 560ti.


Sorry if I hurt your feelings didnt think you would take it so seriously, Wish you all the best.
 
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thanks for the replies, I have not bought all this, I am just looking to buy after Christmas and am doing as much research as I can, and yes you are right about the budget increases as you get part after part that is better and at a higher price, this is evident as my original budget was 500 pounds, but I started to doubt that it was possible to get a good setup that will play on high for this price.

my ideal budget is 600 pounds but I an willing to go over a bit, I am not looking for some setup that will play every game on ultra, I am just using BF3 and Dayz as a benchmark as I understand both are quite demanding and I am interested in both.

If anyone can recommend parts it would be greatly appreciated.
 
 
Indie said:
here it is with the 3570k i5 and 1TB HDD

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £626.92 (includes shipping : FREE).

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case has no cable management, might as well pay a little more to get good one.
 
Lazder said:
case has no cable management, might as well pay a little more to get good one.
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Spec'd that one as its the one the OP suggests... As cases tend to be more personal preference than anything else, thought i'd go with it!

If it was me everything would be going into the BitFenix Prodigy :)
 
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