Around £1500 for a build! Help me spend it!

You're using 1 monitor. 1 card alone gets over 60fps (monitors max) in basically every game. IMO, if you're using 1 screen, you only need 1 7950 max.

Just get the 670. You dont need more
 
jamesriley94 said:
You're using 1 monitor. 1 card alone gets over 60fps (monitors max) in basically every game. IMO, if you're using 1 screen, you only need 1 7950 max.

Just get the 670. You dont need more
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Alright, alright. I give in :lol: . 670 it is. KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 4096MB it is then.
 
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CPMFW said:
where and when will you be ordering your parts?
goods luck with the build!
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Where will be which ever is cheapest and most reliable. For example combining delivery with companies would be cheaper then buying 1 part from another. (Unless that delivery is free :lol: ) And with feedback from here i'd probably not buy my motherboard from Scan, even though Aria is cheaper :p

When will be either Today/Monday I'll start ordering. I need to be 100% happy with the parts I've selected.

I'll post a build log like i did last time, but this time a little more in depth. :)
 
I think this is it.

Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz
Phanteks PH-TC14PE
Corsair Obsidian 650D
MSI Z77A-GD65
Samsung 128GB SSD 830
Corsair Professional Series AX650
Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1
Corsair Vengeance K90
Western Digital Caviar 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
8GB Mushkin Enhanced Radioactive Frostbyte 1600Mhz
Samsung SH-S222BB/RSMS
*Asus Xonar Essence ST*

KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 4096MB


*Depending on left over cash.

So anything need changing?

Will the 650w PSU be alright handling this system?
 
For a single 1080p monitor, a 4GB graphics card seems a little much, and the price premium for it is, as far as I know, pretty hefty.
 
I'm not trolling, I'm just saying getting a VERY good sound card and crap headphones isn't the way to go. Steer clear of gaming headphones.
 
Don't get the sound card and just get the head set. I'm not really an audiophile and I'm using the 1500's. For my needs they are more than adequate, even though all audiophiles see them as poo :p
 
Josh Weston said:
For a single 1080p monitor, a 4GB graphics card seems a little much, and the price premium for it is, as far as I know, pretty hefty.
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The reason I'm getting a 4gb version is i have seen plenty of screen shots of a modded skyrim with high res textures and enb using 1.9gb of Vram at a 1920x1080 resolution and BF3 using 2Gb.

I want this to last 2 years and currently my 2x1gb 460's have been in the past and are now struggling with lack of Vram and as with the screen shots I've seen 2gb Vram is about to become too small for 1920x1080 resolutions.

Its probably massive overkill for the time being, but whose to say in a year and a half's time 3Gb is the norm? Then I'd be cursing my self for not getting enough Vram when i could.
 
Josh Weston said:
Fair enough - never heard about the memory buffer limit reached in BF3, but I guess it's possible.
Happy gaming!
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Battlefield 3 Ultra settings on a 1920x1080 resolution

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Thats what a friend took when he fired up BF3. So it would concern me getting a 2Gb Vram that i might get bottlenecked from the Vram, i'd rather get bottleneck from the processing power of the chip, then not having enough memory.
 
BF3 is a memory hog and will use as much as it can/ as much as is available. 4GB is pointless and a waste of money unless using 3 monitors or a couple of 2560x1440/1600 monitors.
 
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