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   Budget:

Looking without a particular budget in mind. I just don't want to toss money at a PC to be sure it's good enough.

Expectations:

This may be a bit contradictory but I am looking to build a BF3 ultra graphics settings machine, as cheaply as possible. 

To prevent the contradiction, I don't expect this to be cheap. I just don't want to over shoot my mark by tons of money.

Usage: As stated before. BF3 on ultra settings. This is *hopefully*

without horrible drops in frames per second or any other thing that would affect the playability

Additional note: This is only concerning the computer it's self. Not the monitor, keyboard or any other thing along those lines.

I greatly appreciate any help on this subject. I am fairly hardware illiterate   as it's been a long time since I've even had to think about a video card, or ram ect.

Thank you again.

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idylehandz Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19 Jun 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Quote Reply Topic: New Here, Out of Pc gaming a while Posted: 19 Jun 2012 at 11:55pm
	Budget: Looking without a particular budget in mind. I just don't want to toss money at a PC to be sure it's good enough. Expectations: This may be a bit contradictory but I am looking to build a BF3 ultra graphics settings machine, as cheaply as possible. To prevent the contradiction, I don't expect this to be cheap. I just don't want to over shoot my mark by tons of money. Usage: As stated before. BF3 on ultra settings. This is hopefully without horrible drops in frames per second or any other thing that would affect the playability Additional note: This is only concerning the computer it's self. Not the monitor, keyboard or any other thing along those lines. I greatly appreciate any help on this subject. I am fairly hardware illiterate as it's been a long time since I've even had to think about a video card, or ram ect. Thank you again.
	~Idylehandz

idylehandz Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19 Jun 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jun 2012 at 12:07am
	And Just for examples sake I will assume the rig to be running 1920 x 1080 monitor, same as one linked to in another post.. I would simply link the same, but the site won't let me due to some spam protection.
	~Idylehandz

bprat22 Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE DigitalStorm East -- (Unofficially!) Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 20391	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jun 2012 at 3:54am
	Hi idylehandz......Welcome to the DS forums. There's two ways to go to game on the 23/24" monitor at 1920x1080 resolution, with BF 3 on Ultra settings with great fps...., pre-built and custom. The ODE lvl 4 is a great system with SSD, blu-ray player. a nice case for cooling and the sli, 2x gtx 670 video cards. For $2499, this rig is impossible to beat. If you want a custom build with very similar gaming performance, but a better case, motherboard, power supply with 7 year warranty and an air cooler, the Noctua D14 for the cpu for great relaibility, then here's a config to check out . Config # 700843 Cost $ 3110 Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master 942 HAF X Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish Processor: Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz (Unlocked CPU) (Quad Core) (Requires Z77 Motherboard) Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE (Intel Z77 Chipset) (Higher Overclocks and Unique Wi-Fi Features) System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) Power Supply: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) Expansion Bay: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (180GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 520 Series) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (Model: Black Edition) Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Video Card: 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB (Includes PhysX) Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 Extreme Performance H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal Lighting: - No Thanks Enhancements: - No Thanks Chassis Mods: - No Thanks Noise Reduction: - No Thanks LaserMark: - No Thanks Boost Processor: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires Pro/Deluxe/Sabertooth Motherboard) Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s) Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD) Virus Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks Game: - No Thanks Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: - No Thanks Mouse: - No Thanks External Storage: - No Thanks Exclusive T-Shirt: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Large) Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 10-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty This config will give you the same gaming, but is another $500 because it is custom, and some of the parts are more money for better quality. With a custom build you can tweek the parts to fit the budget. For example, if you want a smaller SSD or no SSD at all ,then there's money saved from what I put in. If you don't care about a mobo with built-in WiFi, then the Sabertooth mobo for $48 less is an option. You can save another $130 by going to a cheaper 800W psu like in the ODE 4 that will work but doesn't give you the headroom for expansion, etc. Like I always say, it's all depends on budget and your own expectations. See what you think and best of luck.

idylehandz Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19 Jun 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jun 2012 at 9:36am
	I've seen quite a bit of posting from you here on the forums. Thank you much for such a prompt and easy to understand reply. This will be incredibly helpful when it comes time for me to get the pc. And now I have a approximate cost to save to. Thank you again!
	~Idylehandz

bprat22 Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE DigitalStorm East -- (Unofficially!) Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 20391	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jun 2012 at 9:47am
	Need anything, let us know. Best of luck.

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