Is this a good gaming computer?

[Maxwh2o]

I will be using this to play BF3, Cod and maybe more. What quality and FPS will this play bf3 on?

CPU-AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

Mobo-BIOSTAR TA870U3+ AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138303

GPU-HIS IceQ X H687QN1G2M Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161396

Case-Corsair Carbide Series 300R Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811139011

Memory-G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231314

Power supply-SeaSonic M12II 620 Bronze 620W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095

DVD drive- ASUS 24X DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827135204

total with Win 7 is $722

 

[TheBigTroll]

you will be playing on high-ultra with some settings turned down. i would ask you tweak the power supply since that model tends to be not very efficent and unreliable. a good one is the seasonic M12II 620w. it is almost silent and is 89.99 onsale at newegg

 

[TheBigTroll]

also a cheaper case is the antec 302

 

[Maxwh2o]

ok thanks I changed the power supply but kept the case because it is only 10 more

 

[TheBigTroll]

also i recommend a better board from asus. Biostar tends to have lots of DOA stuff. read the newegg reviews

 

[Maxwh2o]

changed some of the parts

 

[Robbaazz]

Mine plays BF3 on ultra at 40FPS. I have:

Asus M5A78L-M/USB3
AMD Phenom II x4 965 @3.4
XFX HD 6950 1GB
CM GX650W
8GB Corsair Vengeance
320GB WD Caviar Green
Basic DVD THINGY
CM Storm Enforcer

Yeah, and it only costed £439, so not sure what that is in USD, but it's a cheap and VERY Good aming rig. Just helping out

 

[TheBigTroll]

of course. put all your money towards a graphics card. its the major factor

 

[Robbaazz]

Yeah, that's the main part of my rig, I am not bothered one bit by bottlenecking because I don't play CPU intensive games, a 965 is PERFECT until I upgrade to Piledriver

 

[Maxwh2o]

CPU-AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103996

Mobo-ASUS M5A97 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131767

GPU-HIS IceQ X H687QN1G2M Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161396

Case-Corsair Carbide Series 300R Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811139011

Memory-G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231314

Power supply-OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W Modular High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandybridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817341018

DVD drive- ASUS 24X DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827135204

total with Win 7 is $710
how about this?

 

[TheBigTroll]

i told you to switch out the power supply. FX is worse than i3 in any game. if you really like amd, then i would suggest that you stick with the phenom II 965. the 965 is better than fx in games

 

[TheBigTroll]

actually according to toms hardware, a intel pentium will beat fx or tie it

 

[Clariska]

Actually Tom's Hardware aint 100% accurate.As my Brothers got an I3 2100K and im running FX 4170 and there's no way that it can keep up with my FX.I actually dlded the best gaming cpu's list of july and only a high end I5 are faster and that beinging said in my country i paid R1500 for my cpu where a I3 cost around R2000 and the I5 cost around R2500.It just not worth it here.There's also another big factor to consider is win7 doesn't support the FX series thus they brought out 2 hotfixes for AMD.But im over Microsoft in anycase.I'll rather run linux than an unstable windows