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Apr 25, 2013
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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/UCF5

I am planning to get this buid and was wondering if I should change anything? I want to keep it under $1000 though.

Also will it play BF3 and Crysis 3 on a 1920x1080p monitor with settings preferably high or ultra?

Thanks

I need any feedback possible NO WRONG ANSWERS :) As much as you can I want this build to be the best under 1K
 
well, very good build there, be careful with ram. tall heatsink ram has clearance issue with 212 evo
use this instead

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($65.54 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($63.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $129.53
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-03 21:35 EDT-0400)

and for PSU xfx is made by seasonic which is slightly better than antec (basiq plus even more)
 
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/URTW
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/URTW/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/URTW/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($124.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.98 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB Video Card ($419.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($55.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($58.24 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $980.15
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-03 22:32 EDT-0400)
 


You may want to consider the NZXT Phantom 410. It's a quite good mid-tower in around the same price range as the one you have there, and it was picked as best in its price class in the 15-way case comparison Tom's did last year: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/solo-ii-400r-buc-ravager-seiran,3274-10.html

You won't max Crysis on that GPU (or any single GPU, really), but you should be able to play BF3 on high to max at that resolution.