BF3 PC

[CrunchyApple]

New Gaming PC for Battlefield 3. Opinions?

- Intel Core i5 2500K Quad Core Unlocked Processor LGA1155 3.3GHZ Sandy Bridge 6MB
- Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H70
- Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 Vengeance 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL8-8-8-24 Dual Channel Memory Kit
- EVGA GeForce GTX 580 DS Superclocked Fermi 797MHZ 1536MB GDDR5 2XDVI Mini-HDMI PCI-E Video Card
- Corsair Obsidian Series 650D Mid-Tower Case ATX 4X5.25 6X3.5INT USB USB3.0 1394 Fan Ctrl No PS
- Coolermaster Silent Pro 1000W Modular Power Supply SLI ATX12V 24PIN Active PFC PCI-E 135mm Fan
- Intel 320 Series GEN3 120GB 2.5IN SSD SATA2 Solid State Disk Flash Drive OEM
- Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3

Total: $1, 773

Oh and I have a Dell s2209w @60hz monitor, will I experience bad screen tearing in games if I have over 60 fps without v sync on?

 

[aznshinobi]

I do agree, some CM's suck. (Extreme/GX series) They had bad capacitors, short life span. Etc. Etc.

The new ones, specifically the Silent Pros since they've only used that line. Have been great. Mines still powers my 955+5850+VelociRaptor (I add that because it consumes the most power out of the HDDs) very well. No problems.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3856/cooler-master-silent-pro-m1000-1000w/7
It does state it is somewhat loud. But at maximum load, the noise is drowned out by the GPU (Since it gets the loudest @ load trying to cool the GPU). Also it notes that it is one of the quietest in its class (I believe referring to 1Kw power supplies.
PS: 32dBA I believe was the value they go. Isn't loud at all. 40 is when you start to notice it. The 1st comment takes mention of that.

 

[CrunchyApple]

Is it true that the gtx 680 is actually going to be 50% faster than the 580?

 

[FlintIronStagg]

the leap in tech should be fairly significant going from the 40nm process to the 28nm process, 50%.... we will see when the time comes, but it should be a pretty big leap for GPU tech

 

[aznshinobi]

^+1

For all we know it's whatever the manufacturers say at this point. However as stated from 40nm to 28nm is quite a large jump. Many of us doubt anything more than 2X, but it's hard to say. 28nm is quite the fantastic jump. Thank god they skipped... 32nm I believe?

 

[CrunchyApple]

Hopefully they will release those graphics cards before October 25th....I have a feeling they won't though..

Any speculated prices on the 680 when it comes out?

 

[aznshinobi]

They're not. Kepler (I believe is the name) would be 2012 Q1/Q2 at the earliest. 7xxx of the mid-range (so counterparts of the 6850 I'm assuming) will be released during December-ish Q4 2011.

 

[CrunchyApple]

1 x Intel 320 Series GEN3 120GB 2.5IN SSD SATA2 Solid State Disk Flash Drive OEM

1 x Coolermaster Silent Pro 1000W Modular Power Supply SLI ATX12V 24PIN Active PFC PCI-E 135mm Fan

1 x Corsair Obsidian Series 650D Mid-Tower Case ATX 4X5.25 6X3.5INT USB USB3.0 1394 Fan Ctrl No PS

1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 580 DS Superclocked Fermi 797MHZ 1536MB GDDR5 2XDVI Mini-HDMI PCI-E Video Card

1 x Mushkin Enhanced Blackline Frostbyte 8GB 2X4GB PC3-12800 DDR3-1600 C9-9-9-24 Dual Channel Memory Kit

1 x Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 ATX LGA1155 P67 DDR3 2PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI SLI SATA3 USB3.0 Motherboard

1 x Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H70 High Performance CPU Cooler System LGA775 1366 1156 AM2 AM3

1 x Intel Core i5 2500K Quad Core Unlocked Processor LGA1155 3.3GHZ Sandy Bridge 6MB

I'm also getting 4 CM fans (2 on top, replacing fans on the h70 because I don't care for corsair fans that much)
4 x http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=42177&vpn=R4-L2R- 20AG%2FCG&manufacture=COOLERMASTER


This is the current build as of now and I also have access to two gts 250's, if i sli them do you think I could play the game on maybe medium settings? If that is possible I might be able to hold out for the GTX 6XX series