New Gaming Rig, Please Help!

To play games like bf3 at 1900 x 1200 res at highest settings with good aa, you gonna want a sli setup, like 570 sli, so your budget is not gonna let you do that.

you can look at ode 1, it can be upgraded by you to sli but, 1. you will endup with sli 560, which is not gonna be great for bf3, and 2. if you want to go to 570 sli, the money on the 560 that comes with it, is gonna be wasted, and you nobody wants to waste money.

so we are basically stuck with a single gpu system and at 1900 x 1200 you can only ask for so much.

metro is another game that needs more power. at hd res.

IMHO your options right now are to go with ode or go with this add your own 570 to it, and then in a few months if you like, you can add another 570 for sli:

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You can get a stock evga 570 for around $310 to $330 if I'm not mistaken, its over your budget a bit but will give you a 570 now and a 570 later if you need it.

I really like to stick you in a 2600K but budget does not allow.

If you can't do my config, I would go with ode 1 then, you can sli 560 that down the road, and since you are ok with not everything being high, you should be ok.

Edited by DST4ME - 27 Jun 2011 at 1:29am

both my config and ode 1 should give you more then what you are asking and with sli 560 is will do even better, in a couple of years tho, you may need a gpu upgrade. For future performance I like the 2600K better to be honest.

My pleasure and good luck

Edited by DST4ME - 27 Jun 2011 at 1:39am

At 1440x900 you should be able to max out a lot of stuff, I would run it at 1920 x 1080 (full hd) first and see how I like that, then if I was not happy I would move down to 1440x900, I think you should be ok at hd res with settings turn down some, with high settings I see it gets around 30 fps, so with aa/settings a bit lower, you should be rockin in hd res.

AS for DS, if it was not a good company, I would not donate my time for free to help out their new customers and make sure they get the best bang for the buck, nor would I give them 10 grand to build the terminator you see in my sig.

With the way they care about their customers, People like Alex to deal with, great tech support, amazing workmanship, I 100% recommend DS to anybody and everybody.

And you will here other customers say the same, just look at the review section of the forum.

Also ask as many questions as you like thats why we are hear and we love questions

Edited by DST4ME - 27 Jun 2011 at 3:59am

My pleasure and good luck