Administrator madd-hatter Posted November 12, 2011 Administrator Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 After completing my own custom PC, I'm helping my buddy Kyle build his own. This thread will serve as notes and progression. Any help or thoughts from you guys will be appreciated, mine wouldn't have turned out as well without you. My goal is to build a machine capable of running Battlefield 3, at ultra settings, while staying under or around $1,000. (Shouldn't be easy.) The project begins: 11/11/11 Casing and cooling: Case: Antec 900 - Newegg - $60 Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast series 750W - Newegg - $70 Heatsick/Fan: Undecided Additional case fans: Undecided mobo & components: Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe, LGA 1155, duel ethernet - Amazon - $270 GFX Card: XFX Radeon 6950 2 GB (With Dirt 3) - Newegg - $250 Processor: Intel i5 2500k Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 - Newegg - $220 RAM: Corsair Dominator 8 GB DDR3, 9-9-9-24, duel channel - Amazon - $40 HDD, SSD: SSD: Intel 320 series 79GB - Newegg - $ 81 HDD: Undecided Drive Bays: CD/DVD: ASUS SATA DVD/CD burner OEM - Newegg - $18 Bluray: Undecided ~~ Hardware Total: $1008 after rebates (so far) Software: OS: External: ~~ Grand Total: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joz Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 For power supply, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703028 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seto Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 For around 1k seems pretty cheap .. My comp uses: Asus P8P67 delux 8gb (2x4gb) Corsair vengeance ram I7 2600k Antec truepower 750watt powersupply Corsair Performance 3 128gb SSD (Got this since sandforce controllers had so many problems this was a slightly slower option since it runs on the Marvell controller) Corsair obsidian 650D WD Black 640gb XFX Radeon 6870 That ran me about 1.5k last year, Prices are slightly lower but I don't think you'd be able to get anything to play BF3 on ultra since that requires a MUCH more powerful gfx card.. that will cost about 150$ more than mine. Prices are a lot cheaper in the US though so maybe you can find a build for cheaper. And as for SSD I'd stay away from them until they fix the sandforce controllers.. I had 3 die on me before I switched to the Marvell one. The sandforce is faster than marvell though.. but if you're jumping from an HDD to SSD you will still get a huge performance boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator madd-hatter Posted November 27, 2011 Author Administrator Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Link me to your gfx card. You should play BF3 with us. http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/fear_my_ego/stats/250231574/ He's bought several things over the Black Friday period. Updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seto Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150561 thats my graphics card, it seems they closed the gap in the price differences since I bought mine for 180 back in May, oh and that 1.5k was in May not last year I forgot when I bought it xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator madd-hatter Posted December 6, 2011 Author Administrator Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Updated. Nearly completed already and only $740 spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator madd-hatter Posted December 10, 2011 Author Administrator Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Updated. To my surprise we are at $1,008 and all of the components have been ordered and most received. The specs are looking phenomenal at this price (mostly due to this project taking place during Black Friday/Cyber Monday week.) We plan to begin construction in 4 days. I'm already jealous that I don't get to keep it when we're finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seto Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 1008 after tax or before tax? that's about 300$ cheaper than my build. pretty good.. I want a LGA2011 computer >.> too bad cheapest motherboard is about 500$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator madd-hatter Posted December 14, 2011 Author Administrator Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 I'm posting from the new PC. 1028, after tax, and it tests 7.5 WEI right after boot. Gfx card is a beast, 7.9 in both categories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 I'm posting from the new PC. 1028, after tax, and it tests 7.5 WEI right after boot. Gfx card is a beast, 7.9 in both categories. That's pretty sick for staying around 1,000 dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seto Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 What's limiting it to 7.5? Mine got rated 5.9 due to shitty temp hdd while my ssd is being rma'd it was 7.6 with processor and ram limiting gfx was 7.8 in both and ssd was 7.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator madd-hatter Posted January 5, 2012 Author Administrator Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Not positive but I think it was the intel SSD or the ram. I'll post pictures up soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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