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jaggarudus

jaggarudus

jaggarudus

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hi lads one of me mates came round and saw me playing bf3 maxed out and wants a high end rig so he can join in the action

the build needs to be able to max out bf3 @ 2560x1440 res

i just added these to the cart

would be very gratefull for some good advice...thanks in advance


Hazro HZ27WC 8-Bit 27" LED Widescreen Professional Monitor - Black £371.99

2x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Twin Frozr III GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £535.90

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
£184.99

Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98

Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £149.99

Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two (V3) Ultimate Gaming Case (with USB3.0 Support) - Black £114.98

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 850W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-850TXV2UK) £104.99

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £91.99

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99

Samsung SH-S222AB/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail £19.99

GRAND TOTAL of 1791.43 inc VAT
 
the budget was about £1500 so i specced him a system to run it at 2560...he will come to mine in a few days to discuss the build and i reckon spending a few hundred more to go 2560x1440 will be worth it besides he wasnt too concerned about spending that much dough because he has a good job.

if he doesnt want to spend that much we could lose 1 graphics card and go for a cheaper monitor

but i think he will go for it

just realised he will need some speakers and a decent cpu cooler
 
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i think the asrock is more futureproof with ivybridge support

wouldnt touch anything xfx again after buying 2 xfx 4850 gfx card and both were faulty out the box

the case looks good will read some reviews.. having a cool clean case is my main concern

do you guys think the crossfire HD 6970 2048MB Twin Frozr will be able to run bf3 maxed at over 60fps average @ 2560x1440
 
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the psu are actually made by seasonic not xfx, just re-badged as xfx(unless I've got that wrong).

whoever told you that asrock is more future proof with ivybridge support is talking out that rear as the asus also has ivybridge support, even the cheapo gigabyte z68ap-d3 has/will have ivybridge support with a bios upgrade.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Hazro HZ27WC 8-Bit 27" LED Widescreen Professional Monitor - Black £371.99
2 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Twin Frozr III GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with Dirt 3 & Deus Ex PC Games** £267.95 (£535.90)
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX750 High Performance 750W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-750AXUK) £149.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £109.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £54.98
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99 (£59.98)
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £1,842.76 (includes shipping : FREE).



use the voucher code OCUKXMAS to get 5% off, which if my maths is right is ~£92

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18355463

th psu is £45 more and 100w less than the one you chose but is gold rated and fully modular, 750w will be enough for 6970 xfire from what I've read.

the seagate hard disk is cheaper and double the capacity, do you not have any old hard drives you can use till the prices fall?

16gb ram is overkill but for for the price £60 can't say no.
 
jaggarudus said:
hi lads one of me mates came round and saw me playing bf3 maxed out and wants a high end rig so he can join in the action

the build needs to be able to max out bf3 @ 2560x1440 res

i just added these to the cart

would be very gratefull for some good advice...thanks in advance


Hazro HZ27WC 8-Bit 27" LED Widescreen Professional Monitor - Black £371.99

2x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Twin Frozr III GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £535.90

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
£184.99

Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98

Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £149.99

Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two (V3) Ultimate Gaming Case (with USB3.0 Support) - Black £114.98

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 850W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-850TXV2UK) £104.99

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £91.99

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99

Samsung SH-S222AB/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail £19.99

GRAND TOTAL of 1791.43 inc VAT
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... Quick running away from the Xmas pudding!

That's close to my spec. Reporting no problems with the memory, GPUs (flashed both to 6970's), CPU, SSD, motherboard :)

I would pick up another case though. Like a Corsair 650D, or a Raven RV03 / RV02W-EB / RV02W-EW. I would probably pick up a Raven, for the airflow and the XFire cards.

You will also want a CPU cooler of some kind. Don't need anything fancy.

Had no problems running BF3 and crossfire BTW. Will probably need to tone down the anti-aliasing. I have seen virtually no difference in quality, but massive difference in framerate.
 
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