building a new rig for bf3 (2k budget)

warcaholic · 8 Nov 2011 at 17:56

Hi all im kind of new here and in need of help building a gaming pc as my current one cant handle bf3 and other games eg. crysis and more.. though i dont plan on going for watercooling, ive set my eyes on the 2700k with h100 cooling it and the corsair 650d as case..as for the gfx im thinkin of goin for the 580lightining xtreme and would probably sli in the future... any other ideas or tips would be really helpful..

ps: i have speakers keyboard/mouse monitor etc. so the 2k budget would be just for pc components/parts.. thx

stulid · 8 Nov 2011 at 17:59

Do you need an OS also?

warcaholic · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:03

no os thanks

fowler002 · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:05

hard disk/s? if you have any old sata ones you can use that'll be handy due to the crazy prices.

stulid · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:05

Thats all your money.

• SLI GTX580 3GB Vram cards.
• Proper CPU water colling
• 120GB SSD and a decent HDD
• Modular. Gold efficiency rated PSU.

But you know I can show you something just as fast for a lot less money?

Greavesy · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:08

IF i was paying that much id want a BluRay drive

but as normal +1 for stulid's build

fowler002 · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:12

or for £5 extra have the watercooling pre-installed in the case http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-034-OE&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

I forsee at least 1 if not both of:

'but I don't want watercooling, I wouldn't know how to fit it' etc

'but isn't the lightning xtreme better than the ocuk 580'

warcaholic · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:16

thanks for the fast replies, i only need ssd, as i have 2 old ones lyin around..
stulid please show me.

stulid · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:16

Are the harddrives SATA?

stulid · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:19

• A i5 2500K is just as fast in games as the i7 2600/2700K - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=287

warcaholic · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:19

Reaper 392 · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:23

technically stulids cheaper build wont be as fast as the SLI 580s, but it will still max out the games your interested in (assuming the SLI problems get fixed in BF3)

*edit*
also, were you looking at the 650D for its looks or its performance?

Greavesy · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:23

That new build +1

I want your budget :')

stulid · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:26

warcaholic said:
yes

Good.

Greavesy said:
That new build +1

I want your budget :')

Did you notice the drive?

stulid · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:26

double post

Reaper 392 · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:32

stulid, if the OP goes for 580s is it still the case that 1.5GB is plenty, or has the time come to start recommending the 3GB cards?

warcaholic · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:33

as for the 650d case, i have very little knowledge of what is best if im only planning in wcing the cpu not the graphic cards.. and just taught it looked good and convenient..

Greavesy · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:37

I noticed the drive Stulid ;P

I need to get me some more money

stulid · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:39

Reaper 392 said:
stulid, if the OP goes for 580s is it still the case that 1.5GB is plenty, or has the time come to start recommending the 3GB cards?

I was just spending money for the sake of it, all this crap about lack of Vram in BF3 is bogus, theres a few BF3 GPU guides out there now showing a GTX580 1.5GB beating a 6970 2GB card at resolutions of 2560X1600 , In the graphics card forum you had that noob Harmony with his "[In]formal proof of the limitation of 1.5GB VRAM at 1920x1200 resolution" thread that was full of **** , you had all the people using a incomplete BETA and early drivers to justify the need for 2GB cards, yet now the final game is out the truth is,

GTX580 1.5GB> 6970
GTX570 1.28GB > 6950 2GB
etc

stulid · 8 Nov 2011 at 18:41

warcaholic said:
as for the 650d case, i have very little knowledge of what is best if im only planning in wcing the cpu not the graphic cards.. and just taught it looked good and convenient..

Thats the right sort of case to be looking at for water cooling, plenty of space for rads etc.