Guest Drrps Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I want to upgrade my pc for BF3 but im not very good at choosing components, well i don't even know what to choose, lol Max budget: 600€ or 849,74 US dollars Manufacturer: System manufacturer Processor: Intel® Core2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz Memory: 2046MB RAM Hard Drive: 125 GB Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT Windows Vista™ Home Basic (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.100218-0019) Send the links of each component too, thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CC.Decayed=US= Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 I would wait till the new bulldozers come out. I don't know how accessible components are in europe, but you can do a 6core AMD right now for a good price. Biggest money will be in the gpu. i'd probably recommend a 6950 1gb, which is $200ish in USD. not really going to do an entire build for you, but look into that. But bulldozer releases in sept, so there is a good chance you will see price drops by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BoneSmasher Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 here is what I upgraded to, i pick it up tommorrow :) CPU: Intel® Quad Core i7-980X Extreme Edition 3.33 GHz 12M Intel Smart Cache LGA1366 Cooling Fan: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA Motherboard: Dual Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Mainboard Triple-Channel DDR3/1600 SATA-III RAID w/ 7.1Audio surround sound,GbLAN,IEEE1394a,USB3.0,SATA-III,RAID,3 Gen2 PCIe, 2 PCIe X2 & 4 PCI Memory: 8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Module [-96] Corsair Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590, the EK-FC590-GTX-Nickel (with transparent acrylic top) Video Card 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590, the EK-FC590-GTX-Nickel (with transparent acrylic top) Multiple Video Card Settings: Xtreme Performance in SLI/CrossFireX Gaming Mode Supports Six Monitors Power Supply : 1,000 Watts - Thermaltake W0132RU ToughPower 80 Plus Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready Hard Drive: Dual 80 GB Intel X25-M 2.5 inch SATA Gaming MLC Solid State Disk [-106] Data Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD Optical Drive: Asus BR-04B2T 4X Blu-Ray Player Optical Drive 2: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO Network: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network Keyboard: Razer Lycosa Black USB Gaming Keyboard Mouse: Razer Deathadder 3500 DPI High Precision 3.5G Infrared Gaming Mouse Flash Media Reader/Writer: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer USB Port: Built-in USB 3.0 Ports Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit Edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CC.Decayed=US= Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 You buyin this prebuilt? The SSD's are first gen SSD's, not that great. Cards and cpu are total overkill but at least you will bench high :) psu is avg for that kinda system they should at least include a better one. I'm guessin you do stuff other than gaming to go 980x over sandy bridge, but that's a nice system for sure. I'm guessing it's $4000+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BoneSmasher Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 its running me 4K and I am having this custom built for FSX and a few other games I have, this is byfar the best PC I have seen in a while and cant wait to pick it up tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CC.Decayed=US= Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 The only thing I'd say about this is the chip is almost 16 months old. It's definitely powerful, but the fact is the 2600k beats it or equals it in a lot of ways, but is $700 cheaper. The motherboard socket is end of life, so you have no upgradeability. I would personally recommend to not spend more than 2k on computers because the average life cycle of a computer is dropping fast. I predict that even this beast will be moderate in 2 years, maybe 3 at most. I would take the next few years and learn how to build a computer so you can save a ton of money in the process and also make sure you get the highest quality parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BoneSmasher Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 money is not an issue I have too much to to know what to do with it, so I just spend and spend and dont care what the price is, but what you are saying is the motherboard is not upgradeable? if its not I will just buy 2 more better ones and install those tommorrow. I am getting 2 more GTX 590,s while i am at it, and going to get upgraded SSD's, that should fix me up. I am having all six moniters with this system linked together, so i will see what happens when i get it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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