Help with a build ?

chulainn · 20 Oct 2011 at 19:57

hello im wanting to change from console (360) to pc and would like to know if

this build will be good enough to play bf3 and skyrim call of duty games at high fps if not does any one have any ideas for a build costing around 400? 450 max

thanks

barneystuta · 20 Oct 2011 at 19:58

For that price, you will struggle for the best systems (at the high settings).

Do you have anything you can re-use at all? Or maybe look in the second hand market?

King Damager · 20 Oct 2011 at 23:41

This is the lowest build I'd recommend new for those requirements.... Also frankly I'd prefer by a long way to have put a 560ti in there instead of a 6850...

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £184.99
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £44.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £37.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £26.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
Total : £662.80 (includes shipping : £13.75).

What you could do is:
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £44.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £37.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £26.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
Total : £387.82 (includes shipping : £13.75).

That build, and try and pick up something like a Q6600 - £40-60, Asus P5Q Mobo - £40 and 4GB DDR2 -£20-30, and you might just hit your target, but you'd have to find some good bargains....

kd

evilpenguin · 21 Oct 2011 at 11:59

the problem is with that your psu will be dragging. for fans, the gelid might as well be swapped for a corsair a50 too.

bitfenix cases are pretty good to work in, i would stretch to 8gb of hyperx grey if you can, might even be worth saving up a little longer, in the long run it will be worth it.