need help with building gaming pc

[pie4muh]

I know this forum is filled with these, but I require the assistance of some of you computer guys.I am looking into getting a gaming pc for Christmas, and can build it my self. I would like a decent pc for gaming that is able to run battlefield 3 on at least the lowest settings. whats the catch? my budget is around $800 (im not looking at mouse keybopard etc)

can this be done?

any help is appreciated and thanks in advance.

 

[Meeder1]

It's definitely do-able, you will be able to run BF3 on a lot higher than lowest settings for 800$'s.

Sadly, I'm not the guy to be suggesting you parts or things like that.

 

[Noodles :)]

Easily doable.
I can help a bit later.

 

[Christopher`]

Yarp, let me make you a build up right now.

 

[Pass N Run]

Make sure you overclock your system to gain more performances​

 

[gecko101]

Get a core i5 and a mid range Gfx card and you are set

 

[pie4muh]

still need help here guys i have decided to go with the i5-2500k for cpu because it sounds like its my best bang for my buck but now i still need a motherboard, i am leaning towards the asrock z68 extreme4 can anyone suggest a good case to go with said motherboard? i will be buying parts from newegg most likely so if you can link me to parts there that would be great.

still looking for video card/power supply/RAM/optical drive/hard drive,

lthanks

 

[Noodles :)]

Corsair 400R or 500R are nice cases, or if you want cheaper the Antec 300, or a Bitfenix case.

Just pickup 8gigs of DDR3 2x4 set. Harddrive just a 1tb seagate/samsung.
Videocard depends on your budget, an ATI 6950/GTX 560 TI
Powersupply just a 650-750W Corsair, Antec, Seasonic, Silverstone.

 

[xeetr2]

Corsair just makes awesome everything. With that said...

- CPU: ($200) i5-2500k.
- Mobo: ($150) Any Z68 from a major maker like Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, etc...
- GPU: ($250) GTX 570 or 2GB HD 6950.
- RAM: ($30) Any 4x2GB DDR3 RAM will work.
- SSD: ($120) For the OS and some games/programs.
- HDD: ($75) 2TB HDD for everything else.
- Case: ($60) Antec 300
- PSU: ($80) Anything Corsair or Seasonic around 600W

Overclock : You can bring an i5-2500k from 3.3ghz to 4.5ghz pretty easily. But you'll have to invest an extra $25-$60 for a good cooler. I suggest the ($60) Corsair H60. But you can get by with some cheaper ones.

And as far your budget goes, if you remove the SSD you'll be near $800, but for general everything use, a SSD is the biggest gain in performance you'll see. I hate using computers without SSDs now. Even the extra split second it takes to load simple programs like Firefox annoys me. :embar:

 

[Noodles :)]

4x2? ew.
2x4 is better, less strain on the memory controller=better OCing, and you can add another 2 sticks later on. ALWAYS go with 2x4 when going 8gigs.

SSD, for his budget isn't worth it. And your HDD prices is way off.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
HDD.

 

[xeetr2]

I meant 2x4. :embar:

And holy crap at the HD prices! Those floods really did push prices up, I mean damn! I bought two Samsung Spinpoints (2TB) for $65 each at one point.