Building gaming computer for Battlefield 3

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my suggestions:

i5-2500K. you won't notice the difference in BF3 between 2500K aand 2600K

GTX 580, the 590 is overkill and mostly a waste of money at 1920x1080.

Go with an air cooler instead of the H80. Noctua DH14 is in the same price range, very good, and not loud. Water cooling is unneccessary with sandy bridge, and air doen't have half the maintenance issues.

Skip the sound card.

I'll suggest this MSI:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130618

or This Gigabyte:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128495

my suggestions:

i5-2500K. you won't notice the difference in BF3 between 2500K aand 2600K

GTX 580, the 590 is overkill and mostly a waste of money at 1920x1080.

Go with an air cooler instead of the H80. Noctua DH14 is in the same price range, very good, and not loud. Water cooling is unneccessary with sandy bridge, and air doen't have half the maintenance issues.

Skip the sound card.

I'll suggest this MSI:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130618

or This Gigabyte:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128495

 
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For three monitors look at either a pair of 6970's or 6950's 2GB or a pair of gtx 580 3GB models.
 

phenom90

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if you have the money to burn then gtx 580 sli is the better choice for bf3... otherwise a step down to gtx 570 sli will do the job well while saving you money.... i found this on newegg being the cheapest while maintaining good review...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187130

2x sparkle gtx 570 - $630

as for motherboard... the asrock model is very good value for money... it gives you pcie gen 3.0 while having sli support.... sets you around $125...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271


 

008Rohit

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Hyperthreading might help in maybe BF4. :)

i7 2600K
EVGA GTX 590
4x4GB DDR3 1866 (Corsair or Gskill)
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB.
Western Digital drives are costlier and slower.
For GTX 590 SLI : OCZ ZX Series 1000W Fully-Modular 80PLUS Gold
HAF X is a nice case.
 

008Rohit

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Games don't use hyperthreading? say that current games don't utilise more than 4 threads.

@ OP

Imagine four men with two hands each. Now, place BF3 in there. it needs 4 hands. now in case of i5, four person will run BF3 with one hand each. in case of i7, 4 man will run it with a single hand each, too..

but, say, BF4 will utilise 8 threads. then, i7's four men will run it with both their hands while i5's men will run it with a single hand each inspite of having the same power!

I hope I was able to explain it.

I recommend ASRock Extreme4 Gen3 Z68. PCIe 3.0 slots, Ivy Bridge upgradbility, all solid capacitors, easy overclocking.
 

Nim Chimpsky

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Listen to Why_Me. If you're not getting 580 SLI, 6950 2GB/6970 CrossFire is what you want for 3 monitors.
 

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If you're recommending Ivy Bridge upgradeability, there is no reason to get an i7-2600K for a game no one is even talking about yet. Even Ivy Bridge will probably be obsolete by the time there's a BF4.
 

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i would still go for i5 2500k...
 

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