Spec me a cheap BF3 Rig

[Captain Chaos]

All,

Looking to put together a rig for my little nephew.

Not wanting to spend a fortune but would like it to be able to play bf3 to a reasonable standard

Already have monitor, mouse, keyboard, DDR3 Ram and case.

Any help would be most appreciated!

 

[mickyflinn]

Give us a budget

 

[Snodge]

Don't go AMD, Intel or nothing to the honest, my AMD processor made BF3 unplayable.

 

[Fire_fly]

Any more details on what you already have, monitor size and rez, amount of RAM, speed and type, DDR3/2 ect.

 

[SouthEastBlue]

Don't go AMD, Intel or nothing to the honest, my AMD processor made BF3 unplayable.

LOL there's no problem with AMD processors and BF3, certainly not had a problem with mine anyway.

Sandybridge i3 is where it's at though obviously for a budget build though.

 

[Idleman]

Do you also require an OS?

 

[Idleman]

With an OS.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £41.99
1 x MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £35.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £429.86 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 

[Garyj881]

With an OS.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £41.99
1 x MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £35.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £429.86 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Might struggle with no memory

 

[Bacon?]

Might struggle with no memory

Thats the second time hes done that

 

[Idleman]

Might struggle with no memory

Already have monitor, mouse, keyboard, DDR3 Ram and case.

Try reading the OP`s post.

 

[Captain Chaos]

Would an I3 be enough?

 

[Idleman]

Thats the second time hes done that

Another one you did`nt read the OP`s post.

 

[Bacon?]

Another one you did`nt read the OP`s post.

Oh shush
I did but I forgot

 

[Captain Chaos]

oh and the mobo is out of stock lol

 

[RJC]

If you can afford a little extra the Gigabyte board below has SATA 3 & USB 3 ports;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-386-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1965

 

[Idleman]

Would an I3 be enough?

Yes.

What is your budget and how much ram do you have?

 

[Captain Chaos]

Go for max of £400

I have 16gb ddr3 kicking about

 

[Idleman]

Go for max of £400

I have 16gb ddr3 kicking about

Have you a spare hdd you could donate. Does he need an odd.

 

[Captain Chaos]

yep I have a spare 500gb hdd knocking about lol

And change budget to £550 as I need an os

 

[Idleman]

Better Gpu.
Z77 mobo, will allow upgrade to an IB Cpu.

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 PC Game £191.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £49.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £529.27 (includes shipping : £10.00).



You could change the Psu to this one, for future proofing.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-165-CM&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1103