Millkymeal Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I'm tryin to get together a build under 1500$ that can play this game no problem. The further under 1500$ the better so its easier to tell the wife I'm spending the money. Heres what I have so far, CPU: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004EBUXHQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=newbc06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004EBUXHQ Motherboard: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0050HZ7AQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=newbc06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0050HZ7AQ Memory: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004DDI0IE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=newbc06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004DDI0IE Hard Drive: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00461G3MS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=newbc06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00461G3MS PSU: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005E98EI2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=newbc06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005E98EI2 Case: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004O0PAKW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=newbc06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004O0PAKW DVD Drive:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002C9K3UO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=newbc06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B002C9K3UO Video card: http://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view-upsell.html?ie=UTF8&storeID=electronics&nodeID=172282&HUCT=1&newItems=UKEFLC0WRA951%2C1 I'm not very proficient with computers so I'm wonderin if there will be any conflict or compatibility issues with what I have. Also I'm gonna be in need of some cooling so if anyone has any ideas thats not to expensive I'll appreciate it. Criticism or improvements are welcome. All these parts come to a total of 994$ plus I need to include shipping. Oh one more thing, would it be worth it to add another 6850 video card for crossfire? Thx to anyone who replies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millkymeal Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 And I would like to order it all as soon as I can if it all works Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chodetrain Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Your video card is a link to the cart therefore it leads to nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millkymeal Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 Sorry maybe this link is better Video card: http://www.amazon.com/HIS-Radeon-Eyefinity-DisplayPort-Express/dp/B005D6P0N8/ref=lh_ni_t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoobie Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) That all should work fine together. How many monitors are you running? If you only have one, then one 6850 should be fine. But if you got the extra cash and want a little more "uummpphh", then grab a second 6850. As far as cooling, do you mean for the CPU? If so: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186039 Cheap and decent. And don't forget Windows (64 bit). Edit: now that I see the card....that thing is powerful and would easily run 2 or 3 monitors....don't really think you would need a second, unless you want that extra little something. Edited January 5, 2012 by Skoobie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chodetrain Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 The second 6850 for crossfire is situational due to the micro stuttering between having both cards but if you want the power go for it. But the ACTUAL video card, you can find the same model number but a different type because incase you're running on like 3 monitors, eyefinity isn't needed so you can get a basic version of the 6850. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kunitsukami Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Go for an i7 cpu if you can afford it and the 6850 is an update of the 5700 range not the 5800 range. If you want the one up from the 5870 you need to go for the 6970 or 6950. Get a second hand 5870. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Grissom Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) Well, here is my rig. My stuff was expencive at the time but it runs the game great with no issues at all. Note that I am playing on a 28' monitor at 1920x1200 resolution running everything on full settings with FPS at 65+ at all times. I will list the prices that they were at the time of purchase, july 27th of last year now. Case: Cooler Master HAF X Blue Edition $209.98 (It came with all of the fans except one and all were blue instead of one red one. That includes shipping) CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k $314.99 Motherboard : EVGA P67 FTW $239.99 PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold Series 1000W $199.99 GPU: EVGA Superclocked GTX 560 (Im getting a second one of these but for now, one runs battlefield on full settings with no issues) $204.99 RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7D-8GBXH $79.99 Windows 7 home primium x64 OEM $99.99 Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Paste $11.99 Cooler Master Megaflow 200 Blue LED Case Fan $21.99 TOTAL PRICE: $1368.89 (This price was back in july, I believe some of my parts are probably less expencive now.) Please note that this system already had a seagate 500gb 7200 RPM HDD that was recently upgraded to this Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLHX 150GB 10000 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive (My computer is not finished as I still need to purchase a CPU Cooler and a second graphics card.) Edited January 5, 2012 by Darth_Grissom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furrywal Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) You cant crossfire Radeons on a intel board. Edited January 5, 2012 by Furrywal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millkymeal Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 Awsome!! Thank u guys so much. I spent all day at work goin over these things and was dyin to get home to ask ur opinions. I'm just runnin one monitor so I'll just stick with one video card for now. Can always add another later. Thank you for the links to the cooling stuff and yes I was wondering what i can use to cool the CPU. So I dont need to go with the HIS brand video card with only one monitor? What other make should i go with then? Any cash saved is a plus with me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediGerad Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Honestly I put together a budget build at newegg for $650 that runs max settings, shadows off, just fine. One thing to do to make sure everything is compatible is start with the motherboard, or cpu. Go to the website for whichever part you are choosing, and they will have a list of all the compatible parts for them. I built mine off the motherboard so I went to the ASUS site and it gave a long list of every processor and memory that is compatible. Oh, and I'm using the intel onboard graphics at the moment just to further elaborate the cheapness of my build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furrywal Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Dont worry about getting thermal paste... cause most cpu's already come with it on them and adding too much or too little cause fry your cpu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Grissom Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Awsome!! Thank u guys so much. I spent all day at work goin over these things and was dyin to get home to ask ur opinions. I'm just runnin one monitor so I'll just stick with one video card for now. Can always add another later. Thank you for the links to the cooling stuff and yes I was wondering what i can use to cool the CPU. So I dont need to go with the HIS brand video card with only one monitor? What other make should i go with then? Any cash saved is a plus with me Well as you can see, my rig was close to top of the line back in july. And it was under your budget. I suggest going the intel/Nvidia model as apperently both of those work together better then ANI and intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furrywal Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I bought all my parts for my computer off newegg having friends that own a computer store building gets me cheap parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furrywal Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 if your crossfiring ati get a amd board. and if your sli'ing nvidia get intel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediGerad Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 And another thing. If you aren't going to overclock, then it's really not necessary to buy a cooling fan for the cpu. The processor will come with one which will work just fine unless you start overclocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Grissom Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Honestly I put together a budget build at newegg for $650 that runs max settings, shadows off, just fine. One thing to do to make sure everything is compatible is start with the motherboard, or cpu. Go to the website for whichever part you are choosing, and they will have a list of all the compatible parts for them. I built mine off the motherboard so I went to the ASUS site and it gave a long list of every processor and memory that is compatible. Oh, and I'm using the intel onboard graphics at the moment just to further elaborate the cheapness of my build. I would have done that but I NEEDED to run swtor AND battlefield 3 on max settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millkymeal Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 Wow all these numbers are so confusing, rly with the video cards. Thx for all your inputs. I'm gonna have to put more thought into this I guess. For 1k-1.5k I dont wanna just buy random parts that dont match up well. I thought an HD 6850 was almost one of the best ATI video cards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furrywal Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) the 6850 is a reallly good card for the price it sits at. I have a 6850 in my pc atm. its overclocked tho. Edited January 5, 2012 by Furrywal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodspoon Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 You cant crossfire Radeons on a intel board. Actually you can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoobie Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 You cant crossfire Radeons on a intel board. Not true anymore. Look at the MB. It says it's Crossfire ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furrywal Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) Actually you can well **** i guess im just out of date then. Edited January 5, 2012 by Furrywal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusFTW Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Looks good to me but i'd probably go with a nvidia gtx560ti for a mid range card over the amd offerings. 6850 is quite underpowered for a budget build. CPU cooler wise if you wanna go all out get a noctua nh-d14 its massive and cools like a beast but because of this you can run it really quiet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoobie Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Wow all these numbers are so confusing, rly with the video cards. Thx for all your inputs. I'm gonna have to put more thought into this I guess. For 1k-1.5k I dont wanna just buy random parts that dont match up well. I thought an HD 6850 was almost one of the best ATI video cards? The 6850 is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furrywal Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 ati is cheaper with almost the same perfomance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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