Need a High Priority built for the Battlefield 3 game

[Debraj]

I am willing to get a high priority built for Battlefield 3 game and above and I want it mostly for gaming, and some video/audio streaming gaming and I am preferring AMD processor, gigabyte motherboard, radeon graphics card and I also want to have it for overclocking and SLI or Crossfire as well but you all can suggest me other configurations and specifications as well and I have a budget of $1000-$15000. Any suggestion for this will be appreciated

[Vicky Woodley]

I have the following parts if you want you can check them out:

• Cooler Master Storm Enforcer USB 3.0 Mid Tower ATX Case with Window and Black Interior (SGC-1000-KWN1)
• GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
• AMD CPU HDZ955FBGMBOX Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz AM3 125W Retail
• Corsair XMS3 8 GB (2 x 4GB) 1333 MHz PC3-10666 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit CMX8GX3M2A1333C9
• XFX AMD Radeon HD 6850 775M 1 GB DDR5 Graphics Card HD685XZNFC

[Hymavath]

I think that the following is the best choice and I am saying it so because I am using these and trust me this is the best configuration I ever had and this will cost you in between $1400 to $1500 which is under your budget as well. Just check it out:

• Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
• 2x EVGA 012-P3-1571-AR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
• ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
• G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR2
• COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Fans-1x 230mm front RED LED fan, 1x 140mm rear fan, 1x 230mm top fan, and 1x 230mm side fan
• SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

[Amadou]

I think that the Intel Core i7-2600K or i5-2500K or Core i3-2100 will be better than having a AMD processor but you will have to pay some extra for that and if that’s not the problem then I will suggest you to get the Intel Core i7-2600K processor as it has the following good features:

• 8-Way Multi-Task Processing
• Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
• Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
• Intel Smart Cache of 8 mb
• Intel HD Graphics 3000

[Dabert]

As far as my test I have found that the Core i7 processor with a single GeForce GTX 580 card won’t be able to give the expected performance for the Battlefield 3 and while testing them I had noticed that there was a 49% increase in clock speed and only a 6% increase in frame rates so I think that the Battlefield 3 is not that cpu demanding. If you think that I am wrong then you all can perform a test on these as well and check out the difference in performance you all are getting.

[Denholm]

If you can spend more than you can get one form the below:

1. ASRock Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
   
2. ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

[Gameli]

I think that the below built will be the best for you:

• ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
• Intel Core i5 2500K Quad Core Unlocked Processor LGA1155 3.3GHZ Sandy Bridge 6MB
• CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Profile Desktop Memory Model CML8GX3M2A1600C9
• GIGABYTE GV-N560OC-1GI GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video card
• SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive –Bare
• ASUS Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Drive Model BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM
• Corsair Cooling Air Series A70 HIGH-PERFORMANCE DUAL-FAN CPU Cooler LGA1155 LGA1156 LGA1366 AM2 AM3
• OCZ Z-SERIES 1000W 80+ Gold Certified 24PIN ATX 83A 12V Afc Modular Power Supply W/ 135mm Fan

[Dannai7]

I think that the OCZ power supply is wont be a good choice if you are running single graphics card.I think that the following will be a good options:

• SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold ((SS-650KM Active PFC F3)) 650W ATX12V V2.3/EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
• CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply

[JErastus]

If you are planning to go for 212+ then you can have the following but then you won’t get i5 Sandy but I think that it won’t make much difference:

• Intel Core 2 Duo
• Intel Pentium
• Intel Celeron
• Intel Core i7 Extreme
• Intel Core i7
• Intel Core 2 Extreme

[Faiyaz9]

I have recently switched to i5 2500k and I was using the AMD 955 and trust me I have experienced a much better performance.I mean I was getting 15-20 FPS previously when I was using the AMD 955 and now with the i5 2500k I have noticed that I am getting 60+ when it is on ultra setting.I will also suggest you to use the hyper 212 Plus with a 1155 mobo as it really fits well under 1156 settings. Hope that helps

[Chahel]

You can get all this for Total:$1,434.91 approximately:

• Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
• 2x EVGA 012-P3-1571-AR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
• ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
• G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR2
• SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
• Logitech G110 Black USB Wired LED Backlighting Gaming Keyboard
• COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Fans-1x 230mm front RED LED fan, 1x 140mm rear fan, 1x 230mm top fan, and 1x 230mm side fan
• Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM