Battlefield 3, can my pc be upgraded

[nseibel9]

I currently have a Dell inspiron pc my specs are
Intel Pentium Dual Core E5800 Cpu @3.20ghz
It has integrated graphics(Intel hd 3000) can I upgrade to a new graphics card?
6gb of ram
64 bit Windows os
What do I have to upgrade so I can play bf3, and other pc games

 

[nseibel9]

I would continue to save and get what you really want. A good base system will last you quite a while for gaming. I still have my i7 920 Nehalem and it's over 3 years old, just had to swap out graphics cards a few times to keep up. The i5 2500K is a great chip, but I'd probably go for an Ivy bridge since it's the newer chip. As mentioned there are pros and cons to that. Basically the Ivy Bridge heats up more as you overclock. I'd still go for it though which would make your cpu the 3570k. Also mentioned is the GTX660TI should be coming out in August sometime. That would be WELL worth waiting for. The 600 series Nvidia cards are fantastic. It should be around $299 for that card. If that is out of your price range I am sure deals will be around for the higher end 500 series cards. One thing to do when you are ready to build is spend time on Newegg and look for the combo deals. I've pieced together systems and my just looking on the combo list and being a little flexible with case, motherboard, power supply, and ram, you can really save some money.

I've been looking on craigslist, There all mostly out of my price range as of right now 1000-1200 so I'd rather just save all my money and come christmastime I should have enough to get what I really want, so what would you recommend? Processor, graphics, motherboard?

 

[Blahman11]

Well it does seem that BF3 has become pay to win. I haven't got premium so I can't really tell what the weapons are like. But when you're killed in like 2 or 3 shots, even 1 shot at 100% health (probably a fluke kill) it does make you think. The people who didn't play the objective on Bad Comapany2 were probably all the COD kids who are now on BF3. The vehicles are useless now especially the tanks, they're just rocket fodder now.

Anyway away from that (I'll stop I promise)

For now I'd say wait for the GTX660 to come out, and get either that or a high end GTX500 series GPU that will inevitably drop in price alot when the GTX660 comes out. Try and overclock your CPU and run a program called gamebooster that will help things a little. It made 64player TDM on BF3 playable with my Athlon X3. Then when you get the money build an i5 setup.

 

[nseibel9]

I added everything up its around $870 with monitor, mouse, and keyboard, but I'm stuck if I should still get an i5 2500k or maybe get an AMD 8150, which is better?

 

[wr6133]

i5 is better

 

[wr6133]

If your looking to cut cost then the only worthy thing from AMD is a phenom II X4. If your not building till christmas though things will have changed. AMD will have released Piledriver which should effect the market in some way

 

[stant1rm]

The i5 is far better then anything AMD has right now.

 

[jay2tall]

The i5 is far better than the Phenom II x4's. Even if its a sandy bridge i5, which is still a preference for some people over the ivy bridge. The Phenom II x4's were the last good chip AMD put out for gaming. However, they really need a replacement for them that has the wow factor these had. I'd take a high clocked I3 over a Phenom x4 for gaming. If you have to cut costs you could always go for the non-K sandy bridge i5. The i5-2310 is $180 on Newegg.

 

[nseibel9]

Now that I kinda have a price point(around $1000) , I'm definitely getting an i5 2500k, now its the gpu I'm not sure about I don't wanna spend $900 on it, so around $350 seems about right, the motherboard, the psu, hdd, and everything else

 

[jay2tall]

$399 gets you the GTX670. I would try and swing it if all possible. Maybe trim costs here and there and look for combo deals. What parts do you need as part of your build? $1000 will get you alot... if its just the PC hardware. Once you add OS, lcd, mouse, keyboard, you start trim down the specs quite a bit.

 

[stant1rm]

The biggest (in my opinion) advantage of Sandy Bridge vs Ivy Bridge is that they are far superior overclockers.
I was able to set my i5 2500K at 4.4GHz without even trying and later this week I'm thinking about going up to 5GHz ( I am able to push it 5.1GHz and its very stable, very stable, but one of my 120MM fans on my radiator died so I have to wait until it shows up in the mail to go that high again).

 

[jay2tall]

The biggest (in my opinion) advantage of Sandy Bridge vs Ivy Bridge is that they are far superior overclockers.

Bingo. The ivy bridge chip is physically smaller than the sandy bridge chip so there is less surface contact with the heat spreader. It has to dissipate heat over a smaller surface area. Second they use thermal paste instead of thermal solder, which doesn't transfer heat as well. So these 2 items kinda suck.

 

[nseibel9]

$399 gets you the GTX670. I would try and swing it if all possible. Maybe trim costs here and there and look for combo deals. What parts do you need as part of your build? $1000 will get you alot... if its just the PC hardware. Once you add OS, lcd, mouse, keyboard, you start trim down the specs quite a bit.

Gigabyte GA B75m motherboard
i5 2500k
GSkill Ripjaw 8gb ddr3
Cooler Master Series GX 750w
Western Digital Caviar Black 1tb 7200rpm
MSI Twin Frozr Radeon HD 7950 3gb(or some other gpu in this price point)
23.6in Asus Full HD Ldc monitor
And a Lite-on keyboard

 

[tinytim88]

save money get the pny geforce dtx 570 around 300.00 and at least a 500 watt psu

 

[stant1rm]

save money get the pny geforce dtx 570 around 300.00 and at least a 500 watt psu

Don't listen to tinytim88, he's giving bad advice. The GTX 570 is only ten dollars less then the 7950's I linked to after rebate, and it can't even come close to competing with it. A 7950 is so, so much more powerful.

Also, if you can swing it, GTX 670 is a beautiful thing, but it is $90 more and the 7950 is still a kick-ass card.

Finally, if it's your first build then definitely spring for the best PSU you can afford, it and your case are the only things that are truly future proof, don't cheap out and get a 500W unit. 750W is a good idea, especially as GPU's seem to get more and more efficient.

These are both stellar cards -

7950 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127667

GTX 670 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127675

 

[Gallarian]

+1 ^

Buying a 570 at this time is bit silly considering the 7xxx series is available and the 660ti comes out in a matter of weeks.

 

[rein001]

yes best cards to go are 7950 or 670.

 

[nseibel9]

What would be better:
Save 20-30 on a cpu(go with the amd 8150 and buy the gtx 670 instead of 7950) or stick with the i5 2500k and the 7950??

 

[stant1rm]

For gaming, any version of a FX CPU is utter crap. Stick with the i5 2500K and 7950 is budget is a problem. The GTX 670 leads the 7950 in about 7 out of 12 benchmarks, so it is more powerful, but it's not day and night. The difference between the FX 8150 and i5 2500K is day night, especially on CPU intensive games like Star Craft 2, Skyrim, and of course, Battlefield 3 Multiplier will all run so much better on the i5.

 

[Gallarian]

Again, +1 ^

 

[jonathanmanopla]

Hello, My name is Jonathan ,
my brother have PC with a Asus M5A97 MOB, AMD ATHLON 2 X4 630, 8 GB RAM , ATI RADEON 5770 1GB, 320GB OF HARD DRIVE, A CORSAIR 750WATTS POWERSUPPLY, HE BUY BF3 BUT IT GETTING LAG , I NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU RECOMEND ME TO UPDATE THE PC to play the game in high

 

[jonathanmanopla]

and for the Other Site i Just Buy for Build a PC FOR me , im using XFX 750WATTS powersupply, 8 gb corsair vengeance ddr3 1866, Amd FX 6100 CPU, ASUS ATI RADEON 7770 2GB VIDEO CARD, ASROCK FATAL1TY PROFESSIONAL MOB, 500GB HARD DRIVE,, DO YOU THINK WITH THIS PC I CAN RUN BF3 IN HIGH SETTINGS??

 

[flaminggerbil]

Hello, My name is Jonathan ,
my brother have PC with a Asus M5A97 MOB, AMD ATHLON 2 X4 630, 8 GB RAM , ATI RADEON 5770 1GB, 320GB OF HARD DRIVE, A CORSAIR 750WATTS POWERSUPPLY, HE BUY BF3 BUT IT GETTING LAG , I NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU RECOMEND ME TO UPDATE THE PC to play the game in high

Rather then posting on the bottom of an old thread it would be a better idea to create a new one, thread necromancy is really annoying.

You'll need to replace that 5770, the good news is you've got a solid PSU which will be able to easily run any single GPU, so what you upgrade to is purely dependent on budget.

 

[jonathanmanopla]

Rather then posting on the bottom of an old thread it would be a better idea to create a new one, thread necromancy is really annoying.

You'll need to replace that 5770, the good news is you've got a solid PSU which will be able to easily run any single GPU, so what you upgrade to is purely dependent on budget.

i alredy buy a new video card a MSI 7850 2GB AND 256BITS AND A NEW PROCESSOR AM3+ AMD FX 6100
I THINK WITH THIS I CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF MY BROTHER

 

[trogdor796]

AND A NEW PROCESSOR AM3+ AMD FX 6100
I THINK WITH THIS I CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF MY BROTHER

Horrible, absolutely horrible.

 

[jonathanmanopla]

Horrible, absolutely horrible.

Why is too bad .????
I have the same on my cpu and is working great