Potential System review

[ncncore]

Potential System review **BF3 rig spec req'd**

Hi everyone!

I am about to build myself a new system! My old PC broke so I sold off the parts as I was moving house and getting married and stuff so didn't really miss it. Now I am settled down again I want another PC!

I will mainly be playing BF3 and Diablo III to be fair so just want to be able to run them really well with a view not to require a new build too soon!

Also the next question is I sent my mate the basket I made up and he said I really needed to go water cooled on this spec, is it really necessary though or will this perform fine as it's quite a bit more to add a wc kit.

Any way here is the spec as it stands!

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £515.99
(£429.99) £515.99
(£429.99)
Super Nova X79 800i Intel Core i7 3820 3.60GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Overclocked Bundle + FREE SHOGUN 2 & F1 2011 GAME £508.99
(£424.16) £508.99
(£424.16)
OCZ Agility 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-240G) £128.99
(£107.49) £128.99
(£107.49)
Samsung S22A200B 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Steelseries Merc Stealth Gaming Keyboard (64051) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £56.99
(£47.49) £56.99
(£47.49)
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Sub Total : £1,367.41
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £276.23
Total : £1,657.39

Any Help is most appreciated.

Many Thanks

Nick

 

[Mei]

no water cooled is not needed ur friend is crazy^^
neither is that 4gb gfx card

 

[bremen1874]

That's a lot of hardware to drive a single 22" monitor! I seems like massive overkill.

Whatever you do I'd get something better than the Agility 3 SSD, the Samsung 830 for example.

 

[Fire_fly]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £167.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £149.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 660w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £110.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Orange (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x Steelseries Merc Stealth Gaming Keyboard (64051) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black £59.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.19
1 x Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £21.98
Total : £1,684.54 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 

[ncncore]

So you think I am over speccing by quite a bit then? I would prefer to pay less but just wanted a damn good rig to play on, I don't really need or want a massive monitor I prefer around that size to be fair!

Would you guys spec me something a little more realistic then, I don't really want to go over kill on it for no reason.

 

[Mei]

So you think I am over speccing by quite a bit then? I would prefer to pay less but just wanted a damn good rig to play on, I don't really need or want a massive monitor I prefer around that size to be fair!

Would you guys spec me something a little more realistic then, I don't really want to go over kill on it for no reason.

it depends how crazy into gaming you are, if you into fps, a gamer screen is good, if not then you can get one that is ips etc and better for general viewing

you should decide this stuff rly

 

[ncncore]

it depends how crazy into gaming you are, if you into fps, a gamer screen is good, if not then you can get one that is ips etc and better for general viewing

you should decide this stuff rly

To be fair it's more about the play than the prettyness imo, as said BF3 will be my main game for probably 90% of the time so as long as it plays that and does it well, ie on high and with a good frame rate then I am happy!

As I said tbh I haven't really been into pc's for a bit so it has all moved on so if you think I have up spec'd too much in areas and low spec'd other buts then please feel free to correct me

 

[ncncore]

Hmmmm well looking about I seem to have over spec'd pretty bad on a lot of things so a full rethink is in order.

Any suggestions on a full rig for BF3, I will need everything except a mouse as I still have my Logi G9.

 

[Mei]

To be fair it's more about the play than the prettyness imo, as said BF3 will be my main game for probably 90% of the time so as long as it plays that and does it well, ie on high and with a good frame rate then I am happy!

As I said tbh I haven't really been into pc's for a bit so it has all moved on so if you think I have up spec'd too much in areas and low spec'd other buts then please feel free to correct me

i play a lot fps too and if you go for a gamer screen, 120hz or 144hz then that gets expensive bcos you will want to be running at 150fps...

you can ofcourse get a 60hz and aim for a lower fps, but to decide this early bcos they are totally different pcs and ways of playing fps

670 and ability to sli later is most likely sensible but might not be what you want

 

[ncncore]

i play a lot fps too and if you go for a gamer screen, 120hz or 144hz then that gets expensive bcos you will want to be running at 150fps...

you can ofcourse get a 60hz and aim for a lower fps, but to decide this early bcos they are totally different pcs and ways of playing fps

670 and ability to sli later is most likely sensible but might not be what you want

A higher FPS does sound good tbf and I reckon is exactly what I am after. So on that historic decision on the path to the new rig any suggestions

 

[Mei]

A higher FPS does sound good tbf and I reckon is exactly what I am after. So on that historic decision on the path to the new rig any suggestions

haha ye

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus VG278HE 27" TRUE 144Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £419.99
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99 (£699.98)
Total : £1,134.07 (includes shipping : £11.75).




and youd still need to turn some detail down, maybe this why your friend mentioned watercooling because when you get into 2 or more gfx cards it starts to make sense

my gaming pc has 1 690 in it and i turn some stuff down, 690 is not a terrible route if you can find them on offer
high fps is expensive and to most people not worth it so erm not many will recommend ><

 

[ncncore]

To be fair by the time I have added a case, cpu, mobo, ram, HDD, keyboard and everything else required then that's looking a bit too rich/out of my range to be fair! Also I definitely don't need/or want a 27" monitor, 23 is pushing my requirement really as I will be sitting fairly close.

Back to the drawing board it is then!