bf3 pc for £550

chris408

chris408

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need to build my mate a pc for £550 to play bf3 on,what do you guys think of what i done so far?also i will go over the budget because i still need to pick a hard drive up and overclockers cheapers one is £77 and that to much for his budget.is the power supply ok?thanks.

Krypton Z68 590i Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.40GHz Overclocked Bundle
£334.94 inc VAT
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £124.99 inc VAT
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98 inc VAT
OcUK Swift 650W V2 Silent Power Supply£26.99 inc Vat

Sub Total :

£439.09
Shipping :
£13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00%
VAT :
£90.57
Total :
£543.41
 
The PSU is weak, too weak, you need a good quality branded PSU
You can get the bundle bits separately to make it cheaper, also the OcUK 6850 is £25 cheaper, quite a saving, and still does same job


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.98
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £58.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £19.98
Total : £524.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).




HDD prices are high everywhere ATM BTW because of the flooding in Thailand
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £89.99
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £61.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
Total : £598.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Far better GPU, you don't need such a good CPU just for gaming. (Bf3 is more GPU dependant than CPU) Also you can get £20 off with this:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18347004

To get it in budget, a second hand HDD will really help.
 
95thrifles said:
The PSU is weak, too weak, you need a good quality branded PSU
You can get the bundle bits separately to make it cheaper, also the OcUK 6850 is £25 cheaper, quite a saving, and still does same job


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.98
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £58.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £19.98
Total : £524.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).




HDD prices are high everywhere ATM BTW because of the flooding in Thailand
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thanks for your input mate,was thinking of changing the case and power supply to this one
Cooler Master CM690-II Lite Dominator Case with GX650w Power Supply £99.98 inc VAT
 
chris408 said:
thanks for your input mate,was thinking of changing the case and power supply to this one
Cooler Master CM690-II Lite Dominator Case with GX650w Power Supply £99.98 inc VAT
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Better case but bad, bad PSU. http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=188

PSUs aren't something you should skimp on considering a low quality one could take the entire system with it, if it decided to fail.

For gaming I would consider the build Beejjacobs has posted, BF3 will run much better on it.
 
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I actually like 95thrifles spec. You are getting a much better core system, i would probably argue that you dont "need" the aftermarket heatsink. You could still get a modest overclock from the retail unit, that £20 odd I would use to get the 460 SOC.

You can overclock that card even further with the software supplied. That one lil change would make a nice compromise between the i3+560ti build and the i5K+6850
 
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