Second gaming build... Now? Or wait...

[olivier renault]

The 6870X2 is a single card just with the power of two?

It's still dual GPU and uses crossfire.

 

[danbt]

Right erm, what do you guys think to this?

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £254.99

MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £178.99

MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *WITH FREE MSI GRENADE* £114.98

Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98

BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £49.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £34.99

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99

Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99

Sub Total : £662.42
Shipping : £12.50
VAT : £134.98
Total : £809.90

Thanks all.

 

[Jony27]

for gaming, i would drop the i7 2600k to the i5 2500k and maybe get an SSD with the saved cash, the rest is fine

 

[olivier renault]

Looks OK, although I'm with the majority thinking the 2600K is really not necessary. Ditch the 2600K, and you can get a 570, which will be a more sensible choice for BF3 (speculatively).

 

[danbt]

So would this be more appropriate?


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £173.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *WITH FREE MSI GRENADE* £114.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) £74.99
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £817.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Or should I drop the additional 4gb of RAM and grab an SSD too?

Do you guys think this will be able to run new games at High, and games such as BF3 at high, (i know the min specs arent out yet, but educated guess)?

Cheers

 

[J-FRO]

Yeh.

Do you think bulldozer CPUs and 7xxx series GPUs be something that could fit into a max of £800 build?

Nope. You'll probably be looking at around a similar price of a top spec Bulldozer chip to a 2600k to start with, and all new GPU's are in the £500-£600 price range. Just look at the 6990 for example. It only goes 6950 -> 6970 -> 6990 and the price difference from a 6950 to a 6990 is about £400 more. You'll easily be looking at about £600 for a processor and GPU alone. If anything you'll be better of getting a 6990 then when its about another £100 cheaper.

It's still dual GPU and uses crossfire.

How does it use crossfire? It's physically a single GPU in a single PCI slot. And even then they make up for the fact that it is technically two GPU's in one unit by adding extra heatsink surface area etc.

Or should I drop the additional 4gb of RAM and grab an SSD too?

The SSD is really an independent choice. I however wouldn't bother with the Vengeance stuff as it's likely to cause space issues due to the heatsink. Go for the lower profile XMS3 stuff.

 

[Redmint]

How does it use crossfire? It's physically a single GPU in a single PCI slot. And even then they make up for the fact that it is technically two GPU's in one unit by adding extra heatsink surface area etc.

It still uses crossfire, it's just handled on the card rather than on the motherboard. So for games with poor/no multi-gpu support you'll only get half the power from your card.