prospective build

omgitsdavie

omgitsdavie

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proposed build

Hey up guys, ive not built a gaming PC now for getting on 6 years, so i guess you could say im back to square 1 with regard to current technology. Ive spent a few hours trawling through various threads and come up with the following list for a PC to play BF3 and generally spanner around the internet. Anything you would swap out? be interested to get your input :)

EDIT: already have psu/case/mouse etc

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7970 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Sleeping Dogs PC Game £323.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V PRO Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9) £79.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939/AM2/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £15.98
Total : £945.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 
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cpu - may as well go ivy bridge as I presume you don't plan on overclocking given your choice of cpu cooler

gpu - possibly overkill - possibly better off going nvidia - either way it depends on ur res to an extent - and we don't seem to have a power supply.
 
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX PE 2GD5/OC) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £127.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £23.99
Total : £885.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Mobo is SLI/Xfire capable. Nice little touches like a power button on the mobo for easy testing out of the case. Free gaming surface helps sweeten the deal.

Ivybridge does more clock for clock so dont worry that it doesnt OC as far as sandy. Ivy also has a better IGP which helps quicksync.

Nvidia is favoured by BF3 so I've switched to the 670. It's basically a 680, they cut off a few cores and lowered the clock speed but the example I used is already overclocked for you to make up for that.

You used High profile RAM which can make fitting aftermarket heatsinks troublesome. 8GB is ample for gaming, great price on that low profile kingston RAM too. The 612S I like as it's geared to being quiet, can mount 2 fans easily to the unit and it comes with a tube of paste which you can reuse.

Hope this helps, can you tell us what parts you have? Be a shame if the coolers didnt fit the case or the PSU wasn't man enough for the system
 
Ive already managed get hold of a cosmos s case and a corsair hx1050 psu. Its a pretty big case so fitting everything in shouldnt be a problem. point taken on the ram though ;)

With regard to the cpu/cooler - a friend of mine has the same cpu clocked at 4.6 i think and runs that cooler with no issues. What cooler would u recommend in its place? I was looking at the corsair h70 but the arctic 7 has tons of good reviews so i figured it would do the job
 
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What CPU? The i5 2500K? I got every build I did with that CPU to 4.4Ghz with the tranquillo heatsink......i wasnt pushing for max overclocks. The i5 3570K runs a little hotter so you cant overclock it as far usually but expect around 4.4ghz on a half decent air cooler. As I said it does more clock for clock than sandy so the max OC isnt really an issue, you want the better IGP too. LucidMVP uses it to boost the GPU and quick sync uses it to help speed up video encoding.

The offers changed this morning

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX PE 2GD5/OC) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £82.80
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G186C9K) £37.99
Total : £934.73 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Still cheaper than your spec. I used much faster RAM, colour coded to the mobo and the H70 is rubbish really so I added the H100. If you want to save some cash the 612S would be my choice for a "budget" air cooler and change the RAM back to the kingston kit I used before
 
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2680-KR) £371.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £77.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
Total : £902.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).

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I really dont think the 680 is worth it over the 670. I'd save the cash by getting the 670 and use it to get a better SSD or mobo etc

If he wants something nice without spending on "optional extras" i'd suggest this.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX PE 2GD5/OC) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £106.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
Total : £849.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).



With the UD3H mobo it comes to £873.
 
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