BF3 PC Review

[XDCiNSANE]

I’m going with the i5 2500

[XDCFluffyBunny]

i7 a waste of money for gaming i5 2500k is where its at (since BD failed to deliver). O/c it to 4.5ghz and it’ll last a few years.

NoM I very much doubt you would enjoy it mate its a bit quick 🙂 Tactics can be used really well if you find yourself on a good server though.

Had a quick play on campaign during my ‘lunch’ break and the single played so far could be COD

[XDCiNSANE]

I7 has something that only bf3 utilises, whether or not you’d notice is anyones guess

[XDCiNSANE]

Any news sprog?

[XDCFluffyBunny]

Only thing i can think i7 has extra to the i5 would be HT? Never realised it was implemented in BF3.

Good if do do any encoding though

[XDCiNSANE]

Aye thats it, hyper threading which BF3 supports.. Do you reckon you’ll notice a change against the 2500?

[XDCSprog]

i asked the bloke at clockers his advice on what to go for…..heres what he came up with.

comes in at £1200

anyone know if this is good advice or is this all the dead stock parts he thought he could shift onto another noobie ?? 😕

FS-176-OE “Titan Custom” Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.60GHz DDR3
Sandybridge System
1 £859.99 £859.99
SW-127-MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit OEM
FS-064-OP System 12 Months Standard Warranty
GX-149-OK OcUK GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5
CD-099-LG OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) – OEM
CP-368-IN Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155
Processor – OEM
HD-364-WD Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache –
OEM (WD5000AAKX)
CA-057-OC OCZ ZS Series 750W ’80 Plus Bronze’ Power Supply
MY-094-KS Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9
1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)
MB-458-AS Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
CA-008-BX BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case – Black
HS-072-AK Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket
LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3)
HD-009-CR Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5″ SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard
Drive
XX-078-OK Batman: Arkham City Download Voucher Code 1 £0.00 £0.00
MO-051-IY Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS 24″ Widescreen LCD Monitor – Black 1 £119.99

[XDCMcQueen]

Great system all top parts, only thing (if it was me) i wouldnt go soild state but thats cos i still think the technology is in its infancy but thats just me.:)

[XDCSprog]

i might knock the solid state off…..and go for an led backlit monitor instead

quicker loading times dont bother me…..im still gonna get shot just as quick !

the only thing that caught my eye in there was batman for free…..so thanks for letting me know its ok 😀

[XDCiNSANE]

I’d go for the 580 and get a normal HDD as McQ said, or a lesser sized/priced SSD for OS and a secondary SATA drive…

I’m inbetween these two but with 60GB SSD and GTX 580 – (possibly upgrading to another for SLi further down the road)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-211-OE – P67 board

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-176-OE – Z68 board

Both of which when adding the above are cheaper!

I just cant decide which one to get between the two 🙁

[Lammie]

Nice spec Sprogster!!! I would personally go for a 60Gb SSD especially those Crucial M4’s which have just had a firmware update which has increased the overall speed by 70%. I would also bin that WD Drive and replace with a Samsung Spinpoint F1 – 1Tb hhd around the same price. These things fly and are pretty bullet proof from reviews and ratings I’ve been reading recently.

I’m in the market soon for a new pc but dont have anywhere near your budget but I reckon I can build a half decent machine based on the i5- 2500k for around the £500 mark if i do my homework and shop around 😉

[Lammie]

@=XDC=iNSANE wrote:

I’d go for the 580 and get a normal HDD as McQ said, or a lesser sized/priced SSD for OS and a secondary SATA drive…

I’m inbetween these two but with 60GB SSD and GTX 580 – (possibly upgrading to another for SLi further down the road)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-211-OE – P67 board

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-176-OE – Z68 board

Both of which when adding the above are cheaper!

I just cant decide which one to get between the two 🙁

Mike go with the Z68 one which should futureproof you for a while and should support the new Ivybridge Processors being released next year. Although knowing Intel, the will change to socket architecture just to get you to by an new mobo!! 👿

[XDCMADMAX]

ive got a 6950 and i5 overclocked to 4.3 and bf3 runs ultra no problem, in fact it screams give me more pf a challenge please

[XDCiNSANE]

Cheers Lammie, I needed that.. I know wolf mentioned it before but couldnt find the post, more heads = better decision to me 🙂

I’ll see if OC will change the vertex for the Crucial drive.. will have to stick with the 500gb WD blue though as dont want it to cost too much more.. its already over my CC limit. ho hum

[Alzir]

Is it in any way shape or form like BC2?

Is it anything like bf42/bf2?

Yes on both counts Nom, but so far what I’ve seen carried over from BC2 has been a general improvement. I’ve been debating whether you would like it all day because it does feel much more like a classic BF game than BC2 did but there are also still elements about it I don’t think you like. Could you remind me though what you thought about BF2 when it was out, and maybe what it was about bf42 that you’re actually looking for out of a game?

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