New PC - how would it be with full hd gaming

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Yavi

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Hi!
Will I be able to play new games on full hd with my new pc?

The most important parts are:
i5 2500K
Sapphire/ Asus Radeon HD 6870 1gb
4gb ram
 
Well that's a little vague. What motherboard, and power supply will you be using?

I would say for the most part you should be able to play the way you want.
 
well by hd if you mean 1080p as in 1920x1200 or whatever it is that gpu will be fine but the shading might suffer, if you want to max game out at 1080p then you'll want a HD6950, and as he said we need to know the mobo and psu, those are very important parts that are not at all good for going cheap on for these parts.
 
looks decent, but i'd look for a gigabye motherboard, their are a better brand, or asus too. and also z68 is a little better but p67 is fine. also don't forget to get a copy of windows oem 64-bit and it is better to have 2 sticks of ram than 1, so look for a dual channel kit. also athlogh ocz isn't a bad brand or anything if there is a corsair/antec/xfx/silverstone/seasonic/pc power&colling for a similar price they are better rated brands.
 
well the high detail might not happen at 1080p with the 6870, battlefield 3 recs a 6950 but it is a good bit better than most other games out, so the 6870 will do fine on most other games.
 
Definitely get the best PSU you can afford, don't scrimp on it - I have done this in the past and had to keep replacing it, also you risk your other expensive hardware with a cheap PSU.
 
I recommend you go with the HD 6950 2GB Dirt 3 Edition.

This card isn't much more at all and offers 2GB of VRam so it will be prepared for games to come possibly within the next year that require more than 1GB of Vram. I also suggest the Dirt 3 Edition not because it comes with the game but because it has two cooling fans instead of 1. You can spend a tiny bit more now and save from having to spend hundreds more a year later to upgrade. I am a bit concerned about your Power Supply. Not the brand but the Wattage. Perhaps you might want to consider a 600 Watt???
 
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1. HD6950 1gb is my maximum. I can't afford anything that costs more.
Initially I wanted to buy x4 955 with hd6870 and the set i5 and hd6950 costs few hunderts more.
2. About PSU:
I'll go with
OCZ SXS 2 600W or
XFX Core 550W

They should do the job, right?
 
i'd at least try for a corsair/antec/xfx psu for a similar price but the ocz's aren't that bad otherwise.
 
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