Can Someone Specify Components For a Gaming Rig?

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Put simply, I'm looking to build a gaming rig capable of running Battlefield 3 at high graphical settings. I'm not concerned about having a shiny case, I just want a basic, but functional PC for gaming for as little as possible.

Can you guys help?

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
OS: WINDOWS 7 64-BIT
PROCESSOR: QUAD-CORE CPU
MEMORY: 4 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: DIRECTX 11 COMPATIBLE WITH 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 OR ATI RADEON 6950)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE

(Apparently)
 
I have a mouse, speakers and monitor, I'll be needing a keyboard but I won't be needing the OS.

Ideally, I would like the spend around £400 at the most on the PC, excluding peripherals.
 
 
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Dual core will severly impact on the playability of BF3.
If a quad can be shoehorned into that in any way it will make a huge difference.
 
The cheapest i5 would cost £145.

An AMD quad core system build could be as follows:

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 850 "95W Edition" 3.30GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £77.99
(£64.99) £77.99
(£64.99)
OcUK GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM £77.99
(£64.99) £77.99
(£64.99)
MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £65.98
(£54.98) £65.98
(£54.98)
OcUK Crusade 450W Dual-Rail High Efficiency '80 Plus' Power Supply £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA1339) £21.59
(£17.99) £21.59
(£17.99)
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £307.07
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £63.91
Total : £383.48
 
Luke said:
Dual core will severly impact on the playability of BF3.
If a quad can be shoehorned into that in any way it will make a huge difference.
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It's not so much a "one size fit all" scenerio...the i3 2100 is faster than/on par with overclocked Core2Quad and overclocked Phenom II X4 in games. And with that budget, he's not gonna be able to afford a faster CPU than a i3 2100.

£400 would only put together a i3 2100 with Windows 7 OEM with a sub £150 graphic card, and no budget for getting a decent sound card...money don't grow on trees unfortunately. Think the OP is a little bit overestimating what £400 would get him :D
 
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Everything I've seen on BF3 suggests a slower clocked quad will yield greater FPS than a faster clocked dual.
For other games I'd agree, but not BF3 which is what he specifically asked about.
 
sorry to hijack but im looking at a similar build and the same price. Ive been looking at amd quad cores because they are cheap and have 4 cores, does that table mean i can get more power from an i3 dual core? cheers
 
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