Budget Build for BF3 (yep another one)

Rasputinuk · 26 Oct 2011 at 14:37

How does this spec look for a BF3 budget build, the price at 625 is my very maximum, i would love some input, especially if i could reduce the price further.

Is the CPU bundle any good? otherwise i was considering the 955 black edition (if i went for that what motherboard would be useful?)

Also is there anything iv missed?

This build was inspired by another thread but iv completely lost it.

Cheers guys

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Xenon AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.80GHz Bundle - Six Core £190.00
(£158.33) £190.00
(£158.33)

Asus GeForce GTX 550Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £85.99
(£71.66) £85.99
(£71.66)
Dell IN2020N 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)

OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)

OcUK Bos Midi Tower Case - Black/Red £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)

Akasa AK-CC4009EP01 Venom Pico Compact CPU Cooler (Intel LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1) £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)

Blaze M0602 Laser Mouse - Black £10.99
(£9.16) £10.99
(£9.16)

Blaze K3285 Multimedia Slim USB Keyboard £7.99
(£6.66) £7.99
(£6.66)

Sub Total : £494.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £27.55
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £104.33
Total : £625.96

Rasputinuk · 26 Oct 2011 at 14:43

Oh iv heard that investing in a 130 pound G card might be better value

mp260767 · 26 Oct 2011 at 15:02

i take it you have an o/s thats usable for bf3 (vista/win 7) ?

not a very big hard drive, but prices have gone silly in the last few weeks

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Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £145.99 (£121.66)

HIS ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £107.99 (£89.99)

Dell IN2020N 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £83.99 (£69.99)

Lepa W-Series 600W '80 Plus' Power Supply £56.99 (£47.49)

Gigabyte H61M-S2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
(£41.66)

BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £49.99 (£41.66)

Samsung SpinPoint F3 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD253GJ) £44.99 (£37.49)

Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA160A) £21.98 (£18.32)

LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98 (£15.82)

Blaze M0602 Laser Mouse - Black/Blue £9.98 (£8.32)

OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99 (£4.16)

Sub Total : £496.56
Shipping : £19.10
VAT : £103.13
Total : £618.79

Lemin · 26 Oct 2011 at 15:10

Lemin · 27 Oct 2011 at 20:11

Love it when i kill a thread. :mad:

Rasputinuk · 28 Oct 2011 at 13:17

Thanks for the advice guys, really helped me out, its quite good fun trying to find a good deal.

Sorry I completely forgot about the post.

Rasputinuk · 28 Oct 2011 at 13:18

If anyone else is trying to find a rather good value build, check out this:

I found it on another site, its pre built customized, i dont know the rules about post links to rival websites though?
Its complete but going to add a second HDD in raid if the prices ever come down.

Customizations:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition

£15.20

Operating System: No Operating System - I will install my own

£-59.00

Motherboard: Gigabyte M68MT-S2P

Included

Memory: 4.0GB Corsair DDR3 1600mhz XMS3 (2x 2GB)

£6.10

Hard Drives: NEW! 500GB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s

Included

Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA

Included

Graphics card: ATI Radeon HD 6870 1GB

£69.20

Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio

Included

Internet: Wireless 802.11N 300Mbps MIMO USB dongle

£11.99

Keyboard and mouse: Keyboard, mouse and speakers

£13.99

Monitors: 21.5" Widescreen LCD

£84.99

Case: Xigmatek Asgard

Included

PSU: 500W Xigmatek

£10.30

Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Warranty

Included

Product Subtotal: £551.77

mp260767 · 28 Oct 2011 at 13:33

Lemin said:
Love it when i kill a thread.

just can't help ya self can you , every bloody time...............

Reaper 392 · 28 Oct 2011 at 14:10

best i can do. these hard drive prices are killing everything

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £131.99
1 x MSI Z68A-G45-B3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F4 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322GJ) £48.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM (Version B - with new Firmware) £16.99
Total : £628.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Jackboo89 · 28 Oct 2011 at 20:25

Hard drive prices are mega stupid you could get a 1TB for sub £50 before surely ssd are now more attractive

Jackboo89 · 28 Oct 2011 at 20:27

Lemin said:

Adding to basket roll on BF3

Reaper 392 · 28 Oct 2011 at 22:39

Jackboo89 said:
Adding to basket roll on BF3

noo, dont go for an AMD build. intel sandybridge builds are far better for gaming no matter what price you go for

also, i've had a little look around and this turns out to be a pretty damned good deal:

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Primo 6200i" Intel Core i5 2300 2.80GHz DDR3 Sandybridge System £379.98
1 x No Hard Drive Upgrade £0.00
1 x No Graphics Card Upgrade £0.00
1 x System 12 Months Standard Warranty £0.00
1 x No Operating System £0.00
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £131.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £99.98
Total : £632.95 (includes shipping : £17.50).

best comparison i can do between the processors: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/362?vs=363
the i5 wipes the floor with even the highest overclocked phenom II X4

also, the PSU is actually pretty good, which is surprising for a prebuild. the reason i chose a prebuilt PC is that they arent affected by the HDD price increase

*edit*
if you wanted to change the case to the elite 430 (the one in the build you have quoted above) in my suggestion it SHOULD be less than £10 extra if you ask in the customer service section very nicely

FidelZastro · 29 Oct 2011 at 00:55

c'mon guys, if it is just bf3 he can buy as well an i3 and spend the difference on the GPU (whith HDD prices at this level, I would suggest to buy the cheapest one possible and reinforce it with a large one once the prices stabilize). As long as we talk about noticeable differences, in nearly every game an i3 does the job as good as an i5 or i7 (or as bad, if you plan to spend just 100 quid on the gpu).