First Build! :D

Hmm, I think a card good enough to run BF3 will be bottlenecked by the P4 processor.

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I've been thinking more about this since posting... So long as you put a decent CPU cooler on that P4, overclock it and have some good RAM it should be able to pull through.

Also, how much are you willing to pay for a graphics card?
 
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Tingle said:
Hmm, I think a card good enough to run BF3 will be bottlenecked by the P4 processor.

EDIT:
I've been thinking more about this since posting... So long as you put a decent CPU cooler on that P4, overclock it and have some good RAM it should be able to pull through.

Also, how much are you willing to pay for a graphics card?
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CPU will be a q6600 (£50 budget)

£50 budget for graphics card??
 
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Got my artic clean and silver 5 from ama.........zon
 
luke123 said:
CPU will be a q6600 (£50 budget)

£50 budget for graphics card??
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Ah okay.
Hmm, £50 is a bit low. I'd usually recommend a NVIDIA card, but ATI seem to be cheaper for what you get.

This card is £10 over budget, but should be able to play BFBC2 and BF3:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-226-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=

If you want to go over the budget a bit more, then get this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-024-HS

Another alternative would be to buy a NVIDIA Geforce 9800GT; I used to play BFBC2 on one of these, it's a good card for what you pay. I don't think Overclockers stock them anymore, but you'll be able to find another one somewhere. People say if you can run BFBC2, you'll probably be able to run BF3... so check this table out:
http://www.geforce.com/Optimize/OPS/BattlefieldBadCompany2-OPS-GeForce-9800-GT
You should be able to play BF3 on at least medium settings based on those results.
 
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Woah this is an awesome thread! :P

I will be doing all this in the next few months to make my first PC, so this is really interesting and helpful! Keep it up!

And i can't wait to see your PC when it's done :D
 
Tingle said:
Ah okay.
Hmm, £50 is a bit low. I'd usually recommend a NVIDIA card, but ATI seem to be cheaper for what you get.

This card is £10 over budget, but should be able to play BFBC2 and BF3:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-226-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=

If you want to go over the budget a bit more, then get this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-024-HS
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Maybe there could be a nice and cheap HD 5770 on the bay?

Knowing this guys luck thats likely!
 
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Tingle said:
Ah okay.
Hmm, £50 is a bit low. I'd usually recommend a NVIDIA card, but ATI seem to be cheaper for what you get.

This card is £10 over budget, but should be able to play BFBC2 and BF3:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-226-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=

If you want to go over the budget a bit more, then get this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-024-HS

Another alternative would be to buy a NVIDIA Geforce 9800GT; I used to play BFBC2 on one of these, it's a good card for what you pay. I don't think Overclockers stock them anymore, but you'll be able to find another one somewhere. People say if you can run BFBC2, you'll probably be able to run BF3... so check this table out:
http://www.geforce.com/Optimize/OPS/BattlefieldBadCompany2-OPS-GeForce-9800-GT
You should be able to play BF3 on at least medium settings based on those results.
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I could raise it to £100 + but i would have to save for it, I also fancy a nvidia card as i quite like them :D
 
I started another thread on the graphics card section and on there they are telling me to ditch the board and get a sandybridge board :S
 
luke123 said:
I started another thread on the graphics card section and on there they are telling me to ditch the board and get a sandybridge board :S
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Oh them in graphics ? They are a bunch of ******* who've got more money than sense. They would rather buy a GPU for £500 and sit watching it depreciate by a couple of quid a day than to actually use it for gaming :rolleyes:

You stick to your killer budget build mate :D
 
luke123 said:
I started another thread on the graphics card section and on there they are telling me to ditch the board and get a sandybridge board :S
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Sandybridge is obviously better, but stick within your budget... if you do go with a Sandybridge setup then the motherboard will cost more, CPU will cost more, RAM will probably be around the same price, and faster.
 
Mate no matter where you post,people will always say get sandybridge!For example i could say my keyboard has broke spec me one,The answer would be get sandybridge!:p
 
Got one of the fans today that i won for......£1.45 and 50p postage :D Giving it a grand total of £1.95 for a new never used 120mm fan 3pin :D

So some pics:

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Fitted it as an intake one, so in total i will have 4 intake fans and 1 exhaust?

Or should i make a side fan an exhaust as well???

I just missed out an q6600 at £49.99 it whent for £51.88 :(

But oh well, i have found a slacr malay :D
 
On the topic of graphics cards again, I know somebody who's running an Intel Quad Core, 4GB DDR2 who's using an ATI 5750 and he's able to play on high in Bad Company 2 with random little lag spikes when there's some action. He tends to play on medium as it's smooth game play. So in short, consider buying an ATI 5750 if you need to keep within budget, they're decent cards for what you pay, despite it being an ATI card, the drivers seem to be stable, they're not too expensive so you should be able to pick one up for cheap.
 
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