PC upgrade advice

[pauLAW]

Hello!

Going back a few years I was playing CSS most days and attended LAN (iseries) so I needed a good PC to be able to run games at ease.

I have been playing the BF3 BETA on PS3 because my PC would probably melt if I attempted to run it on that.
I am toying with the idea of upgrading my PC or buying a new rig all together! Its not something im certain to do but I would like to know how much I would be looking at to get my PC well up to today's standards of running the latest games such as BF3.

My PC spec....
WIN 7
Core2 E6600
Nvidia 8800GT
2GB DDR2 (3200 I think)
120GB HDD

Samsung 22" monitor
Saitek 2 keyboard
Razor Deathadder Mouse
sennheiser pc350 Headset

Any advice would be great here, like I say im not certain to upgrade but I would like to know at what kind of price Im looking at when I decide I want to.....FPS games and control pads is just a sin.

Thanks

 

[zaracake]

MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £365.99

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99

Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £124.98

OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.98

Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £82.99

G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £49.99

Total: £912.53

That should have no problems maxxing BF3, can drop down a bit on RAM/CPU cooling (go with something air), I really like the p8p67 pro, fantastic motherboard for it's price imo, but there is plenty of options around that pricing range

Not sure if a 570/6950 can max battlefield 3... but you may be able to save a few hundred quid there aswell

The CPU is a no brainer though, i5 2500k, only get the i7 2600k if youre gonna be using lots of rendering apps and such

And yeah, call of duty on console = lol

 

[mp260767]

should be able to give you a decent game on bf3, could drop the price a bit more going for the 2300 quad core and H61 mobo (£465.94):

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99 (£146.66)

OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £134.99 (£112.49)

Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
(£83.32)

BeQuiet Efficient Power 600W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £64.99 (£54.16)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £31.99 (£26.66)

Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £26.99 (£22.49)

Sub Total : £445.78
Shipping : £10.00
VAT : £91.16
Total : £546.94