$500 rig for BF3

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Hi everyone, I've got a budget of about $500 and I'd like to build a rig that can handle BF3 on ultra settings. Ill be overclocking the video card and the CPU. I'd like to see what builds you guys come up with. I want to buy it all from newegg, so get the parts from there. I definitely want an iCore processor, at least an i3 CPU. I want it to be an intel board & CPU with a NVIDIA card. Everything else can be up to you.

Exclude a, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and headset from the build unless you find a bundle. Thanks!
 
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The best I could come up with for $600. Any reason Intel and Nvidia? Its either the cheapest i3 or a AMD fx4100 quad core that overclocks more. And the card, a 6850 for the price is hard to beat.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103996&Tpk=fx4100

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157305

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146075

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908
 
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Thanks for that. I've always been an intel and nvidia guy, but since Im on a budget it doesnt really matter. If I can save some money and still get great performance that is awesome. Beggers cant be choosers :p.

And the price is what I was expecting. Its hard to build a rig to handle a game like BF3 on high settings without spending quite a bit. The 6850 doesnt look like it can handle BF3 on ultra, but it will run on high after some overclocking. That CPU is a great deal.

Anyone else gonna give it a shot?
 
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BF3 Ultra for $500 isn't really feasible. Lower your expectations or raise your budget. What resolution are you going to be playing at?
 
wolfeking

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a 4870 will do medium @ 1366*768. A 6850 will not do ultra at 1080p. It is not strong enough. It needs a 6950 or 560 to do it. and that is strait from battlefield.

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, Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950.
Graphics card memory: 1 GB
Sound card: DirectX compatibl sound card
Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version
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wolfeking said:
a 4870 will do medium @ 1366*768. A 6850 will not do ultra at 1080p. It is not strong enough. It needs a 6950 or 560 to do it. and that is strait from battlefield.
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Well Ive seen it done, like watched him play it, and there is tons of vids showing it, but whatever. It will play high and maybe ultra, can we agree on that?
 
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@wolfeking. It doesnt say wether thats 60fps or 30. I consider 30 fps quite playable. and on smaller maps my 6850 is playable at 1080 ultra. High is fairly comfortable and medium is obviously smooth as butter performance. But ultra (if you dont mind a fair few hiccups) is generally fine.

This is coming from experience. Only thing is player count over 32 (alltogether) and maps like caspian will not play ultra at 1080.
 
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The best I could come up with for $600. Any reason Intel and Nvidia? Its either the cheapest i3 or a AMD fx4100 quad core that overclocks more. And the card, a 6850 for the price is hard to beat.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103996&Tpk=fx4100

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157305

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146075

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908
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That's a great build there, only appears to be missing a power supply. A Corsair CX 500 would do the job and they can be had relatively cheaply.

If you want an Intel CPU and an NVIDIA graphics card, you'd need an i3 2100 and a low-end Z77 board paired with a GTX 550 Ti if you want to stay within/around $500. The Radeon HD 6850 is a better/faster card than the 550 Ti for about the same cost and the FX-4100 is likely going to be a better option than an i3 2100 because the FX-4100 can overclock very well - should be able to hit 4.0-4.5GHz easily with the cooler in Hyper's build because it is multiplier unlocked, whereas the i3 is not.

Anyway, if you must have Intel and NVIDIA, here's what you need:

i3 2100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115078
ASRock Z77 Pro4 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157296 (Pro3 can be had for 5 bucks less if you prefer)
GTX 550 Ti http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130625

The Intel build would be more expensive. I'd probably go for the FX-4100 + 6850 build myself.
 
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vistakid10 said:
That's a great build there, only appears to be missing a power supply. A Corsair CX 500 would do the job and they can be had relatively cheaply.

If you want an Intel CPU and an NVIDIA graphics card, you'd need an i3 2100 and a low-end Z77 board paired with a GTX 550 Ti if you want to stay within/around $500. The Radeon HD 6850 is a better/faster card than the 550 Ti for about the same cost and the FX-4100 is likely going to be a better option than an i3 2100 because the FX-4100 can overclock very well - should be able to hit 4.0-4.5GHz easily with the cooler in Hyper's build because it is multiplier unlocked, whereas the i3 is not.

Anyway, if you must have Intel and NVIDIA, here's what you need:

i3 2100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115078
ASRock Z77 Pro4 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157296 (Pro3 can be had for 5 bucks less if you prefer)
GTX 550 Ti http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130625

The Intel build would be more expensive. I'd probably go for the FX-4100 + 6850 build myself.
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I picked out a cx500, forgot to post it. I would also go with the AMD route on this one.
 
Benny Boy

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$400 isnt much for gpu power. Better to save up some more $ unless you need a pc right now, in which case - something close your graphics expectations would come with a future upgrade.
 
claptonman

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Go Nvidia with BF3. Not sure about the 7xxx series, but the 6xxx series got destroyed by AA compared to Nvidia cards.

And yeah, it will play ultra, but not at very high fps.
 
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Do you have windows covered?
Benny boy, you forgot a case, and did no see a heatsink and he wants to overclock, I think a 4.5ghz+ 6100 and the 570 would be a much better rig, but thats the OPs decision.
 
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