linkin
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IMO:
2500K (2600K just adds hyperthreading)
P67 board (ASRock make some great ones)
8GB DDR3, more if you do video rendering work
SSD for boot drive + Samsung F3 for storage
GTX 580 if you can afford it, otherwise GTX 560Ti/570 will be good. And you can SLI in the future.
~850W quality PSU (see PSU sticky in the PSU section)
Also note that my 570 did great in the BF3 beta, however from what I know, some of the Ultra effects weren't enabled. I would go with a single 580 and see how it pans out once the game is out. Don't forget that future driver releases will bring better performance.
2500K (2600K just adds hyperthreading)
P67 board (ASRock make some great ones)
8GB DDR3, more if you do video rendering work
SSD for boot drive + Samsung F3 for storage
GTX 580 if you can afford it, otherwise GTX 560Ti/570 will be good. And you can SLI in the future.
~850W quality PSU (see PSU sticky in the PSU section)
Also note that my 570 did great in the BF3 beta, however from what I know, some of the Ultra effects weren't enabled. I would go with a single 580 and see how it pans out once the game is out. Don't forget that future driver releases will bring better performance.
