Crysis 2/BF3 Gaming Build for <£1000

CasualNinja

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Approximate Purchase Date: Tomorow

Budget Range: <£1000 (Although not too close to the limit :D )

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (such as BF3 and MMO/RPG type games), Internet, Office tasks, Physics work (such as Matlab)

Parts Not Required: Mouse, Speakers, Keyboard, Monitor

Preferred Websites for Parts: scan/novatech (cost of delivery tho), ebuyer (free delivery)

Country of Origin: England

Parts Preferences: No preference whatsoever

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Would rather just a single card unless significantly better value for money

Monitor Resolution: 1680x1050 atm but will add a 1920x1080 in the future and have 2 screens (only 1 used for gaming tho)


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Case
Coolermaster Storm Enforcer - £68.52


Processor
Intel Core i5 2500K - £154.97


Motherboard
Asrock Z68 EXTREME4 - £139.72


Graphics Card
EVGA GTX 570 - £258.68


Memory
G-Skill 8Gb 1600MHz - £63.08


CPU Cooler
Thermalright Silver Arrow - £55.64


Hard Disk
Samsung Spin Point 1Tb - £39.58


Optical Drive
Sony Optaric 24x DVD+/-RW - £14.99


Power Supply
XFX Pro 750W - £71.86


Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium - £67.24


Total (with scan postage) = £943.87

As mentioned i will be purchasing this tomorrow so could you please let me know any major bottlenecks in my design.

Thank you for reading :D :D :D
 

Taylor422

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60gb on the boot might be a bit skimpy. The formatted capacity is going to be less, and Windows itself takes 20gb, which doesn't leave too much for programs that you'd want to run off the boot drive.
 

robbiep28

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Okay, an ssd is like a SUPER fast hard drive but since they are new technology they are more costly than hard drives. You can use them to put windows and maybe a few games on a 60gb model. The model I linked is roughly 6-8 times faster than a mechanical hard drive and thus enabling you to boot up windows in a few seconds. In my opininion if you have the money go for it but it may not be worth it too you. If you can I'd suggest going for a 120gb ssd such as this http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb-ocz-agility-3-ssd-25-sata-6gb-s-sandforce-2281-read-525mb-s-write-500mb-s-50k-iops you'll be able to store all your programs and load them up at lightning fast speed.
 

CasualNinja

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I'm still in two minds about an SSD, they seem very expensive and i'm not too sure i would notice the difference it made very much.

Also, the Agility 3 seems to have HUGE read and write times in comparison to other SSD's, is it for real or is it just a typo or something?
 

mekunekud

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The new OCZ SSDs are blazingly fast compared to the majority of other SSDs but there are issues with reliabilty if I am not wrong. Something about the controller dying and meaning it is read only. Sort of a pain when you have your entire O.S on it.

However the Intel SSDs are fairly decent but you pay a tad more.
 

CasualNinja

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Sorry for not replying, i've had a bit of work over the past few days.

I've also been weaving a bit of magic and should be able to get a free SSD from Trident.

Because i don't plan on going SLI/Crossfire (i'll just buy a whole new card in 3 years) i've dropped the PSU to 650W.

I've descided that i may need an extra 200mm fan for the top of my case, what do you guys think of the Coolermaster Megaflow?

Due to not needing a mobo with SLI/Crossfire technology, could you please suggest a mobo without it but which still has excellent overclocking potential.

Thanks