look at this spec ;)

rudolph93

rudolph93

Silver Level Poster
basically i want the pc for medcore gaming for playing games like bf3, mw3 and swtor, £775 pritty much top of my price range really, got the webcam so i can skype and also gives me a mic, atm i have a laptop so its all built in but finally decided time to, step gaming up a gear and stop playin every game on min settings.

also can stretch to a radeon 6950 if people thinks it is better than a gtx560ti.
so whats peoples thoughts on the spec will it run bf3 and med-high settings and get decent fps?
Thanks in advance ;)


Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE

Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION

Motherboard
ASUS® M5A87: AM3+ PLATFORM, DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0

Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)

Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready

Free Item
FREE Batman Arkham City with any Nvidia® GeForce GTX560 or above!

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)

Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)

Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL

Webcam
Logitech® HD Webcam C510 - 720p HD Video, 8 Megapixel Photos (£35)

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £775.00 including VAT and delivery.

Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/amd-top-spec-pc/
 
Fear

Fear

Prolific Poster
Your spec looks pretty good for your budget so there is not really much else you can do but i would reccomend spending an extra £13 and getting a corsair 650W PSU as these are normally enough to cover the top end GPU's that are out so could come in handy if you decide to upgrade the GPU during the life of the machine.
 
mantadog

mantadog

Superhero Level Poster
The 6950 and the 560ti are similar cards, they should be able to handle medium settings easily. Anything more im not sure on as it's not something i have ever really looked into.

For your budget you are probably spot on spec wise. About as good as you can get, you would be looking at spending another £100 to get the next step up.
 
rudolph93

rudolph93

Silver Level Poster
soo instead gettin a gtx 560ti should i get the next one up and get a gtx 570 or radeon 6970 instead so the newer games that come out my the card will be able to keep up with them better?

if i can get the extra £100 together to get it that is tho :s.
 
mantadog

mantadog

Superhero Level Poster
It's tough to say, with a new generation of cards coming out at the end of this year or first quarter next year. The 560ti is a very good card for the money and will serve you perfectly well for medium specs at the moment. A 560ti is like the sweetspot of the Nvidia range very good performance for a very good price compaired to 570's and 580's. Really it comes down to how many fps you think is playable, if you want 60+ fps get a 580, if you are happy to stick with 30-45 on lower than ultra settings then a 560ti is a perfectly able card.

As suggested by Fear, if you upped the PSU to the corsair one you would have plenty of spare capacity to add in a top end card in the future should you wish to do so.
 
rudolph93

rudolph93

Silver Level Poster
so if i get 560ti and then say get another 560ti down the line for a boost in graphics performance would that be a better idea? and i will change the psu aswell
 
Teaz

Teaz

Godlike
The 560Ti and the 6950 should be comfortable to high settings or near max depending the game and settings. They are both good cards. the 6950 is a little better in performance.

Specs are good, definately go for a good quality psu like the corsair. power supplies usually gets overlooked alot for a good decent spec as this.

If you added a second 560Ti down the road, you may need to up the psu 750w and secondly a SLI ready motherboard.

The board you chose isnt SLI ready as it doesn't have an extra slot to support it.
 
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rudolph93

rudolph93

Silver Level Poster
awesome so made some adjustments, based on all the brilliant feedback from you guys, to make it more cheaper for when i do decide to add the 2nd gpu in a year or so. (unless i happen to win the lottery xD)

so would you say this spec is good now?

Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE

Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION

Motherboard
ASUS® M5A99X EVO:USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, Quad CrossFireX™/SLI™

Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)

Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready

Free Item
FREE Batman Arkham City with any Nvidia® GeForce GTX560 or above!

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)

Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£16)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)

Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL

Webcam
Logitech® HD Webcam C510 - 720p HD Video, 8 Megapixel Photos (£35)

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

Price: £834.00 including VAT and delivery.
 
rudolph93

rudolph93

Silver Level Poster
see tempted as i am to go for the radeon 6950 if i can get it order before batman comes out nvidia ftw lol.
and +rep to everyone whos helped thanks.
 
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