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<blockquote data-quote="Originality" data-source="post: 4137381" data-attributes="member: 123382"><p>Quoted from PM:[spoiler]<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">BF3 and Skyrim are the only intensive games you've named. Skyrim will be absolutely fine with the above build. BF3, I've no idea since, as I mentioned, I've seen it lag on a build with a Core i5-2500K and a GTX 560 Ti.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">And honestly, you don't really have the budget for an overclocking build. Bulldozer may be able to overclock, but it's performance has been disappointing all round. For Intel, you need a K series processor (i5-2500K or i7-2600K) and either a P67 or Z68 motherboard. You will also need a good cooler (Arctic Freezer 7 is ok, 13 is better, Gelid Tranquillo or Be Quiet! Dark Rock Advance better, Antec Kuhler or Corsair H60/80 best) and a much better PSU (600W minimum for overclocking). Fortunately it's fairly easy to overclock.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">My suggestion, don't go for an all-in-one solution. Either get the CPU (and motherboard) you want for a stable basic build, then save up a little longer to get a better graphics card, or get the best graphics card you can afford and upgrade the CPU later.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">CPU path: Get a Core i5-2500K and either a MSI P67A-GD53 or any Z68 motherboard (like the Asrock Z68M). I've got an Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z (Z68) myself, to give you an idea. If you get the P67 motherboard, you'll need a cheap graphics card to fill in for the time being (something like a HD 5770 will be good for a year or two whilst you save up for better). If you get the Z68 motherboard, you can use the integrated graphics (good for only certain games... I heard Skyrim can run on it, but I don't know how well) and save up for a real graphics card. This is also beneficial since the Kepler series graphics card will be out by then (GTX 660 and up).</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">GPU path: Get the G530 or G850 CPU and either a P67 or Z68 motherboard, then as high up the GPU scale as you can manage (you could get a GTX 570 Ti for instance, if budget allows). Leave out the Arctic Freezer and Thermal Paste for now if it helps you get that little bit better graphics. This is good because you can game straight away. You may have to turn certain settings down to make it easier on the CPU... although this isn't usually necessary.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">EDIT: Also, Ivy Bridge will be out soon.</span>[/spoiler]</p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In short, I recommend a higher budget for BF3. Intel Core i3 is dual core with HyperThreading (which makes it "effectively" quad core) whilst Core i5 is true quad-core (with no HyperThreading). Any motherboard can game, but only P67 and Z68 can overclock. If your budget doesn't stretch far enough for overclocking, just get a H61 motherboard - the cheapest one you can find. If it's truely necessary in future, you can upgrade to a better motherboard then. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Originality, post: 4137381, member: 123382"] Quoted from PM:[spoiler][font=Verdana]BF3 and Skyrim are the only intensive games you've named. Skyrim will be absolutely fine with the above build. BF3, I've no idea since, as I mentioned, I've seen it lag on a build with a Core i5-2500K and a GTX 560 Ti.[/font] [font=Verdana]And honestly, you don't really have the budget for an overclocking build. Bulldozer may be able to overclock, but it's performance has been disappointing all round. For Intel, you need a K series processor (i5-2500K or i7-2600K) and either a P67 or Z68 motherboard. You will also need a good cooler (Arctic Freezer 7 is ok, 13 is better, Gelid Tranquillo or Be Quiet! Dark Rock Advance better, Antec Kuhler or Corsair H60/80 best) and a much better PSU (600W minimum for overclocking). Fortunately it's fairly easy to overclock.[/font] [font=Verdana]My suggestion, don't go for an all-in-one solution. Either get the CPU (and motherboard) you want for a stable basic build, then save up a little longer to get a better graphics card, or get the best graphics card you can afford and upgrade the CPU later.[/font] [font=Verdana]CPU path: Get a Core i5-2500K and either a MSI P67A-GD53 or any Z68 motherboard (like the Asrock Z68M). I've got an Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z (Z68) myself, to give you an idea. If you get the P67 motherboard, you'll need a cheap graphics card to fill in for the time being (something like a HD 5770 will be good for a year or two whilst you save up for better). If you get the Z68 motherboard, you can use the integrated graphics (good for only certain games... I heard Skyrim can run on it, but I don't know how well) and save up for a real graphics card. This is also beneficial since the Kepler series graphics card will be out by then (GTX 660 and up).[/font] [font=Verdana]GPU path: Get the G530 or G850 CPU and either a P67 or Z68 motherboard, then as high up the GPU scale as you can manage (you could get a GTX 570 Ti for instance, if budget allows). Leave out the Arctic Freezer and Thermal Paste for now if it helps you get that little bit better graphics. This is good because you can game straight away. You may have to turn certain settings down to make it easier on the CPU... although this isn't usually necessary.[/font] [font=Verdana]EDIT: Also, Ivy Bridge will be out soon.[/font][/spoiler][font=Verdana][/font] [font=Verdana]In short, I recommend a higher budget for BF3. Intel Core i3 is dual core with HyperThreading (which makes it "effectively" quad core) whilst Core i5 is true quad-core (with no HyperThreading). Any motherboard can game, but only P67 and Z68 can overclock. If your budget doesn't stretch far enough for overclocking, just get a H61 motherboard - the cheapest one you can find. If it's truely necessary in future, you can upgrade to a better motherboard then. [/font] [/QUOTE]
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