Upgrade Current PC to play BF3

[koplandr]

Approximate Purchase Date: Asap

Budget Range: £500 max

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Music Producing, Browsing/tvshows

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, Sound Card, SSD/Hardrive, Monitor 24" 1650x1050, Thermaltake Soprano case, (not sure if newer larger cards will fit this)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Ebuyer.com

Country of Origin: Scotland

Parts Preferences: none

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Monitor Resolution: 1680x1050

Additional Comments: My initial thoughts are to upgrade the graphics and power supply but im unsure . I Mainly will be playing battlefield 3, pref on ultra and newer games to come.

Current System: Amd phenom II x4 955 (deneb), Asus EAH4850, 3GB Drr2 667 Mhz (4th Ram slot is defective), 60gb Ocz SSD, 250gb Hdd, Thermaltake Soprano case , corsair 450w psu, asus m3a78-cm motherboard.

 

[g-unit1111]

Definitely look at getting a new motherboard and increasing the RAM. Add a 1TB HD if you can get one for not that much money (which is kinda difficult to do right now), and I'd look at increasing the PSU to maybe something in the 600-700-watt range and adding an ATI 6950. Your CPU is still good for now.

This is what I'd recommend:

PSU: Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750 V2
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3
RAM: Corsair XMS 3 1333MHz 1.5V
HD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB
Video: Sapphire Radeon 6970

 

[cutebeans]

Corsair 600w = Good for any single GPU.
http://www.ebuyer.com/269259-corsair-600w-cx-series-v2-psu-6x-sata-2x-pci-e-cmpsu-600cxv2uk

Gigabyte AM3+ Motherboard
http://www.ebuyer.com/262269-gigabyte-ga-870a-usb3-amd-870-socket-am3-7-1-channel-hd-audio-atx-motherboard-ga-870a-usb3

G.skill 8gb (BEST RAM)
http://www.ebuyer.com/264750-g-skill-8gb-2x4gb-ddr3-1600mhz-ripjawsx-memory-kit-cl9-9-9-9-24-1-5v-f3-12800cl9d-8gbxl

ATI 6950
http://www.ebuyer.com/257463-gigabyte-hd-6950-oc-1024mb-ddr5-dual-dvi-hdmi-pci-e-graphics-card-gv-r695oc-1gd

 

[koplandr]

do u think a 6950/70 will fit in my thermaltake soprano case ?

 

[Emelth]

yes they will fit

 

[koplandr]

iv heard 6950/70 also cant run ultra smoothly ? maybe be better off not gettin ddr3 motherboard, gettin more ddr2 and a gtx 580 ? + pus

 

[Emelth]

Dont know where you heard that from but check this out

High Quality AMD GPUs:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/battlefield-3-graphics-performance,review-32308-8.html

High Quality NVIDIA GPUs:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/battlefield-3-graphics-performance,review-32308-3.html

 

[cutebeans]

Don't worry, it will easily play games at ultra with your res.