New gaming PC for $1,200 in anticipation of BF3 - Hardware & Software

Heres my most recent build: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Boulier1.JPG[/img] I've fallen a few years behind and the time has come for me to upgrade. Playing Battlefield 3 is my main concern, along with whatever other interesting titles may be releasing in the coming year. Quieter cooling would be a preference but I don't much mind on that front as long as it doesn't sound like a helicopter is landing in my house every time I turn it on. For the graphics card, dual monitor support would be positively dandy. I already have keyboards, mice, speakers, monitors, a Win7 disk and silly stuff like that. No brand preference or site preference, just shipping within the US.

Hold on, i'll find you some plus i'm checking requirements: Recommended system requirements for Battlefield 3 OS: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU RAM: 4GB Graphics card: DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, GeForce GTX 460, Radeon Radeon HD 6850 Graphics card memory: 1 GB Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version Oh, quick note, £750 is $1200 So quick note to anyone.

There are no official Battlefield 3 requirements. [editline]17th July 2011[/editline] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.674899[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231274[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150517[/url] $1012 (Did I miss anything?) Get a bigger case if you want, but avoid the HAF 932 (It's overpriced as fuck right now, $175..really coolermaster?) [editline]17th July 2011[/editline] Should also note that if you're going for the quietest, go for a dual-fan GPU and get a NH-D14.

Thank you very much! As for hard drives and a disk drive what would you recommend? Is a 40GB SSD worth it for $100?

[QUOTE=bobsmit;31172743]Thank you very much! As for hard drives and a disk drive what would you recommend? Is a 40GB SSD worth it for $100?[/QUOTE] Usually a 40GB SSD is used for the OS, and I'd say a 1TB/500GB HDD for storage.

40GB will be EXTREMELY strict for an OS install, get 60GB-120GB.

I'd wait as much as I possibly could (maybe even after launch). Wait for the next generation of GPUs / Ivy Bridges

Well I heard the bf3 demonstrations were run on a nvidia 580 GPU

[QUOTE=3v3ryb0dy;31190934]Well I heard the bf3 demonstrations were run on a nvidia 580 GPU[/QUOTE] They ran on 2 580GTX's.

I heard this one could max out most games [thumb]http://www.eurocap.ch/shop/images/cpc_137.jpg[/thumb]

[QUOTE=Starship;31193958]I heard this one could max out most games [thumb]http://www.eurocap.ch/shop/images/cpc_137.jpg[/thumb ][/QUOTE] ricer

So I just watched the movie Apollo 13 and was inspired by all the space talk. If they could land a man on the moon using a navigation computer with a computational capacity equivalent to a microwave oven then I'll be damned if I can't run BF3 on the build Armotekma gave me. I ordered the parts to my office yesterday and with the mercy of the science gods I will be able to assemble it without a problem. Thank you FP for your assistance, I am eternally grateful!

[QUOTE=bobsmit;31197142]So I just watched the movie Apollo 13 and was inspired by all the space talk. If they could land a man on the moon using a navigation computer with a computational capacity equivalent to a microwave oven then I'll be damned if I can't run BF3 on the build Armotekma gave me.[/QUOTE] Amazing reasoning.

[QUOTE=Goz3rr;31190980]They ran on 2 580GTX's.[/QUOTE] hrmp, I guess it's unoptimized, still.