What budget for a decent BF3 setup?

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Hi guys,

Been into console gaming since childhood and have never really got involved in PC gaming at all, until now. I am keen to see what the hype is all about and with BF3 not too far away gives me the perfect opportunity to base a setup around.

The setup will only really be used for FPS's, specifically BF3 and maybe the odd childhood memory game such as Theme Park etc.

I will be coming from a heavy mac user background (iMac, MacBook Air, iPad, iPhone 4, Apple TV2 etc) and literally haven't touched Windows in 10 years.

What sort of budget should I allow for a total setup with absolutely everything needed to play BF3 on high settings?
 
Smething like the spec below should be able to handle BF3, but it depends on your max budget:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £178.99
(£149.16) £178.99
(£149.16)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
(£137.49) £164.99
(£137.49)
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *LOWEST UK PRICE* £78.98
(£65.82) £78.98
(£65.82)
Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Certified Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXV2) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
(£34.16) £40.99
(£34.16)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Sub Total : £498.27
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £102.15
Total : £612.92
 
To be honest I don't have a budget as such, that said I won't be throwing £2000+ at the setup.

I guess based on the above I could get a monitor, OS, mouse and keyboard for a total of £1000 (including the above)?

I think realistically a 27" screen is essential, if I get anything smaller I know I will end up upgrading shortly afterwards.
 
Done some changes, keyboard & mouse was a set just put in, monitor you probably need to check the monitor section:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Iiyama ProLite E2710HDS 27" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £259.99
(£216.66) £259.99
(£216.66)
MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £178.99
(£149.16) £178.99
(£149.16)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
(£137.49) £164.99
(£137.49)
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *LOWEST UK PRICE* £78.98
(£65.82) £78.98
(£65.82)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Certified Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXV2) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.98
(£14.15) £16.98
(£14.15)
Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733) £12.98
(£10.82) £12.98
(£10.82)
Sub Total : £817.72
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £167.98
Total : £1,007.90
 
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Luke_De said:
RJC has done you a nice list there, you may need a disk drive though :)
Click to expand...

The WD hard drive under the Windows operating system :)


RJC said:
Done some changes, keyboard & mouse was a set just put in, monitor you probably need to check the monitor section:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Click to expand...
 
surprised you didnt include a custom processor cooler.

i tried to get everything you will want within budget, but its slightly over :(


YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus VE276Q 27" Widescreen LCD Multimedia Monitor - Black £259.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £178.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £56.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) £25.99
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 £16.98
1 x Logitech 600 Media Keyboard (920-000031) £11.99
Total : £1,057.48 (includes shipping : £16.85).

motherboard does SLI, so when you want to upgrade just add another 560Ti (and a bigger PSU)

*edit*
seeing what RJC has missed, my build is only ~£30 more than RJC's
 
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At the time the op did not include a budget so I just designed one for the op as rough idea on cost of a system.

But £57 does allow a little more.
 
Luke_De said:
I meant an optical drive, say a dvd drive, I call them disk drives =P
Click to expand...

I see, I deleted by mistake then!! - luckily they are only £14 ~

Cheers :)

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Iiyama ProLite E2710HDS 27" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £259.99
(£216.66) £259.99
(£216.66)
MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £178.99
(£149.16) £178.99
(£149.16)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
(£137.49) £164.99
(£137.49)
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *LOWEST UK PRICE* £78.98
(£65.82) £78.98
(£65.82)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Certified Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXV2) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.98
(£14.15) £16.98
(£14.15)
Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733) £12.98
(£10.82) £12.98
(£10.82)
Sub Total : £817.72
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £167.98
Total : £1,007.90
 
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Wanting the same sort of thing myself
Im willing to drop the graphic card completly for now though, only concerned about the case. Is that case a good one? Good cooling etc?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £233.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
1 x LG W2363D 23" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £155.99
1 x Asrock Z68 PRO3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £105.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £59.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £56.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) £25.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.98
Total : £1,008.90 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
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