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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvX-ZPaZLVU 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.