Best for BF3 CPU/GPU/Ram

cu3ed · 16 Mar 2012 at 20:15

Was wondering whats the best value card to go for to run BF3 with all the trimmings, its not actually for me but have a friend who is looking into it.
I have a case, and some HDD's coolers etc he could use, but not really up on the GPU side of things for gaming, so was hoping for some advice.

jamesfreddie · 16 Mar 2012 at 20:17

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (015-P3-1480-KR) £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.19
Total : £483.55 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Blue160 · 16 Mar 2012 at 21:28

That build would certainly do the trick

You'd need to make sure your mate's PSU's up to a 480 though. They're power hungry beasts.

jamesfreddie · 16 Mar 2012 at 21:30

Blue160 said:
That build would certainly do the trick You'd need to make sure your mate's PSU's up to a 480 though. They're power hungry beasts.

Your going to want at least 650 Watt.

stulid · 16 Mar 2012 at 21:33

A good 600w is ample,

http://www.guru3d.com/article/zotac-geforce-gtx-480/9

GeForce GTX 480
On your average system the card requires you to have a 600 Watt power supply unit.

And the test sytem used is a more power hungry setup than SB.

RJC · 16 Mar 2012 at 21:36

Belongs you don't run Prime and Furmark together you should be ok with 600w, I used mine in a Overclocked i7 920 system and managed to get 615w from the mains.

I noticed with my i7 2700k the power absorbed is siginficantly less.

Masterdeadly · 16 Mar 2012 at 21:42

RJC! you able to get on steam so I can speak to ya?

cu3ed · 17 Mar 2012 at 00:14

Excellent stuff, I forgot completely about the PSU, so we are talking the guts of £600 really then.

jamesfreddie · 17 Mar 2012 at 00:15

cu3ed said:
Excellent stuff, I forgot completely about the PSU, so we are talking the guts of £600 really then.

This PSU will do

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-056-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1098

You also might want one of these so you can O/C

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-CS&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

cu3ed · 17 Mar 2012 at 01:07

Im not going to get into oc'ing the machine, i wanna help build it for him then be able to walk away lol.

sexyhyde · 17 Mar 2012 at 05:10

you could trim the cpu down. BF3 is more gfx demanding then cpu so maybe scale down to an i3 or Pentium and use the money to beef up the graphics.

jamesfreddie · 17 Mar 2012 at 10:26

If you are not going to overclock then you could step it down to a H61 Motherborard and possibly an I3.

The GTX 480 is going to be fine for BF3. Its about the same speed as the GTX 570.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (015-P3-1480-KR) £179.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £93.59
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £44.40
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.19
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £21.98
Total : £383.15 (includes shipping : £10.00).