ATI or Nvidia gaming rig?

[alquemist]

Hey whats up guys, I have a gaming PC I bought custom made back in 07 from I buy power and its still runs great. But it does not run Bf3 how I would like to do so*Ultra High Settings*. So Im thinking of building a new rig on my own right after new years and this is what i came up with. I would like to know from you guys out there with custom rig making experience wich of these rigs would at least let me play any game for the next 3-6 years with max settings? If you have any suggestions on what would be better please let me know and thank you




MSI P67A-C43 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz ( New CPu Fix)

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B

EVGA 015-P3-1580-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

$1,293.91

Or

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor

MSI 870A-G54 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

2x HIS H695FN2G2M Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

$1,062.90

 

[gmcizzle]

At 1680x1050 a single GTX 580 should be more than enough to play BF3 on ultra. 2 6950's would be overkill, and crossfire may have issues with BF3 (among other games) so I wouldn't even bother with the possible headache. Even a single 6950 or 570 is probably sufficient honestly.

 

[alquemist]

ok thx alot man you teached
me alot

 

[gmcizzle]

ok thx alot man you teached
me alot

No problem 😀

 

[alquemist]

No problem 😀

Ok and here is my final build =) I believe every thing is compatible so let me know what you think.


COOLER MASTER Storm Scout

MSI H67MS-E23 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel H67 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact"

EVGA 015-P3-1580-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB

Hec Zephyr MX 750 750W Peak Output ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91

LITE-ON DVD Burner

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Subtotal: $1,082.91

 

[gmcizzle]

Why do you want a micro ATX mobo? Your case supports ATX.

I like the mobo that I suggested a lot more. You probably won't use the second PCIe slot now, but if you ever wanted to get another GPU in the future it wouldn't be a problem. Also, that board has 4 memory slots (vs. only 2 on micro ATX) and supports over DDR3 2000. The mobo you listed only supports DDR 1333.

Also, the memory you picked out is only DDR3 1066. You can get DDR3 1600 for $5 more.

So, my suggestions are:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130583 for the mobo

+

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428 for the memory

These changes will only cost about $10 more and is much better, and way more future proof.

 

[FunSurfer]

Ok and here is my final build =) I believe every thing is compatible so let me know what you think.


COOLER MASTER Storm Scout

MSI H67MS-E23 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel H67 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact"

EVGA 015-P3-1580-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB

Hec Zephyr MX 750 750W Peak Output ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91

LITE-ON DVD Burner

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Subtotal: $1,082.91

Why only 320GB HDD?
Windows 7 alone eats almost 40GB and the game Rage fot instane takes 25GB.
In any case, if the HDD that you will buy will be divided to partitions, the OS partition should be at least 100GB.

 

[alquemist]

Ok thx every one for your advises. And this if going to be my build right after christams =)

COOLER MASTER Storm Scout

MSI P67A-G43 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact"

EVGA 015-P3-1580-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB

Hec Zephyr MX 750 750W Peak Output ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91

LITE-ON DVD Burner

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Subtotal: $1,123.91

 

[Mousemonkey]

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