Critique my potential build - mostly for BF3

[tmntdonjuan]

I just want to start off by saying I'm a total noob at this building thing. So far these are the parts I'm interested in putting together for my PC, mainly to play BF3 (hopefully on the highest settings). I'm really interested in your feedback, particularly whether I'm missing something important and where this could use improvement. Thanks!

ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

Xigmatek ASGARD II B/O CPC-T45UE-U01 Black / Orange 0.8 mm SECC / Aluminum and Aluminum Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer ...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811815006

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

HANNspree By Hanns-G HF225DPB Black 21.5" Full HD WideScreen LCD Monitor w/Speakers
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824262011

ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157176

GIGABYTE GV-R695OC-1GD Radeon HD 6950 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125385

CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 V2 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

 

[AdrianPerry]

Overall looks a solid build. Quad-core CPU and 6950 GPU should help to play BF3 nicely. Your motherboard is perhaps a little cheaper than what id go for personally, but fundamentally, its spec is fine for a single card set up

RAM, HDD, Optical Drive all look good. PSU is top quality.

 

[tmntdonjuan]

Decided to go with a different approach. How is this build? I already bought the i5 2500k for $180 😀 Now it's a matter of picking the components that complement it.

Please I'm open to any critiques. What am I missing? What do you think overall?

ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM $18.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $59.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1461-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video ... $199.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130661

OCZ ZS Series OCZ-ZS750W 750W ATX12V v2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Performance Power ... $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341049

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL $46.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231311

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM


Gigabyte Z68A-D3-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard GA-Z68A-D3-B3 $107.12
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00518M78O/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Cooler Master Elite Mid Tower Case, RC-310-BWN1-GP (Blue) $39.99
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0028ACYMC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Overall, everything (including monitor, keyboard, windows) comes out to $974 excluding mail in rebate. With MIR, it's $939.

 

[swifty_morgan]

you need to look around the web. there are a lot of things popping up about the game and it's needs. from what I've seen you're shorting yourself in the graphics department. Don't know what your resolution is going to be but from what I read I would get a card with more vram. DX11 and tessellation will bring a lot of machines to their knees..... I can go on but to know for sure wait until the demo is out and listen to what reviewers and more importantly what users have to say about it.

 

[tmntdonjuan]

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/716585/battlefield-3-pc-system-requirements-are-surprisingly-reasonable/

They were released a few days ago. Looks like you're right. a GTX 560 or AMD 6950 is merely "recommended"