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I've been looking around on google/youtube aswell as looking at reviews and came up with the list of items and well was wondering if it is capable of running diablo 3 and battlefield on decent settings.


Sapphire 11179-09-20G HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 Graphics Card

AMD HDZ965FBGMBOX Phenom II X4 965 - 3.4 Ghz AM3 Black Edition CPU, Retail Packaged

Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 SKT-AM3+ Motherboard (Rev 1.0)

750w Sata Power Supply

Seagate ST31000524AS 3.5 inch Barracuda 1TB GB 7200rpm SATA Drive with 32MB Buffer

LG GH22NS 22x SATA DVDRW Drive - Bare Black

Vantage Black Midi Gaming Tower PC Computer Case 4 Blue LED Fans and Card Reader

Corsair Vengeance 8 GB : 2 x 4 GB Memory - DIMM 240-pin - 1600 MHz ( PC3-12800 )

Additional Information:

Also looking for a sound card/network card as well as installing a windows 7 operating system

My price range is about £600 and i'm just wanting to know if this will work tbh. I'm new to this and any advice will be appreciated

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mattmilne94 said:
I've been looking around on google/youtube aswell as looking at reviews and came up with the list of items and well was wondering if it is capable of running diablo 3 and battlefield on decent settings.


Sapphire 11179-09-20G HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 Graphics Card

AMD HDZ965FBGMBOX Phenom II X4 965 - 3.4 Ghz AM3 Black Edition CPU, Retail Packaged

Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 SKT-AM3+ Motherboard (Rev 1.0)

750w Sata Power Supply

Seagate ST31000524AS 3.5 inch Barracuda 1TB GB 7200rpm SATA Drive with 32MB Buffer

LG GH22NS 22x SATA DVDRW Drive - Bare Black

Vantage Black Midi Gaming Tower PC Computer Case 4 Blue LED Fans and Card Reader

Corsair Vengeance 8 GB : 2 x 4 GB Memory - DIMM 240-pin - 1600 MHz ( PC3-12800 )

Additional Information:

Also looking for a sound card/network card as well as installing a windows 7 operating system

My price range is about £600 and i'm just wanting to know if this will work tbh. I'm new to this and any advice will be appreciated


Yes, the hardware components you have setup will run Diablo 3 and Battlefield at Decent settings. And do install Windows 7 OS, the 64-bit version. 2fast4thetown_down also suggests a better Intel alternative.
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ok, proximon queried the power supply it is a

ACE 750W Power Supply with PCI-Express 4x SATA 3x Molex & 20/24 pin - Great Value for Money Power Supply by Ace

wil that be powerful enough, i'm also sure about a sound card and a network card and its purpose

No, that's a very poor choice. let me just visit Scan and see what we can do:

Here is the list at scan

http://www.scan.co.uk/shop/computer-hardware

i3 2100
Asus P8H77-V LE
InWin MaNa 134 Black
600W Corsair Builder Series
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-10600 (1333), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, 1.50V
2GB Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 Overclocked, 4800MHz GDDR5, 28nm, GPU 975MHz, DL DVI/HDMI/mDP+Free Dirt:Showdown*
500GB Seagate ST500DM002
Samsung WriteMaster SH-S222BB/BEBE

Total W/VAT £558.23

Add Win 7
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/microsoft-windows-7-home...

Ok so after that my system would consist of :


XFX ATI Radeon HD6950 XXX Dual Fan Graphics Card (PCI-e 2GB, GDDR5 Memory Dual-DVI HDMI DisplayPort HDMI)

Intel i3-2120 Sandybridge Core i3 Dual-Core Processor ? 3.30GHz, 3MB Cache, Socket 1155, 3 Year Warranty, Retail Boxed"

Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H Socket 1155 VGA DVI HDMI DisplayPort 8 Channel Audio ATX

Corsair 600W CX Series V2 PSU - 6x SATA 2x PCI-E

Seagate ST31000524AS 3.5 inch Barracuda 1TB GB 7200rpm SATA Drive with 32MB Buffer

LG GH22NS 22x SATA DVDRW Drive - Bare Black

Vantage Black Midi Gaming Tower PC Computer Case 4 Blue LED Fans and Card Reader

Corsair Vengeance 8 GB : 2 x 4 GB Memory - DIMM 240-pin - 1600 MHz ( PC3-12800 )

Questions:

Is it worth getting the motherboard with wifi or buying a network card sepreately.

With operating system included that comes to £670 without a soundcard, any recommendations on a soundcard that will keep the price below £700?



mattmilne94 said:
Ok so after that my system would consist of :


XFX ATI Radeon HD6950 XXX Dual Fan Graphics Card (PCI-e 2GB, GDDR5 Memory Dual-DVI HDMI DisplayPort HDMI)

Intel i3-2120 Sandybridge Core i3 Dual-Core Processor ? 3.30GHz, 3MB Cache, Socket 1155, 3 Year Warranty, Retail Boxed"

Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H Socket 1155 VGA DVI HDMI DisplayPort 8 Channel Audio ATX

Corsair 600W CX Series V2 PSU - 6x SATA 2x PCI-E

Seagate ST31000524AS 3.5 inch Barracuda 1TB GB 7200rpm SATA Drive with 32MB Buffer

LG GH22NS 22x SATA DVDRW Drive - Bare Black

Vantage Black Midi Gaming Tower PC Computer Case 4 Blue LED Fans and Card Reader

Corsair Vengeance 8 GB : 2 x 4 GB Memory - DIMM 240-pin - 1600 MHz ( PC3-12800 )

Questions:

Is it worth getting the motherboard with wifi or buying a network card sepreately.

With operating system included that comes to £670 without a soundcard, any recommendations on a soundcard that will keep the price below £700?


Looks like a really cool gaming rig it will do what you want and exceed all expectations :) 

You get better transfers even with USB 2 devices, usually. I don't know where you got that idea. Most modern USB hard drives are USB 3, Flash drives are USB 3. I own both and have for about a year... it's not new tech.

Sorry i am a bit confused should i get the i3 2120 or the i3 2100 which you said to get earlier, i will most likely be going with the build that you suggested

The price of the i3 2120 is £90
The price of the i3 2100 is £90

so which one is better? sorry i'm a newb :S



can someone help me out with the processor, is i3 2120 better than i3 2100 for the system which proximon suggested.

i3 2100 or i3 2120?
Asus P8H77-V LE
InWin MaNa 134 Black
600W Corsair Builder Series
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-10600 (1333), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, 1.50V
2GB Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 Overclocked, 4800MHz GDDR5, 28nm, GPU 975MHz, DL DVI/HDMI/mDP+Free Dirt:Showdown*
500GB Seagate ST500DM002
Samsung WriteMaster SH-S222BB/BEBE

They are both £89

Intel i3-2100 SandybridgeCore i3 Quad-Core Processor ? 3.10GHz, 3MB Cache, Socket 1155, 3 Year Warranty, Retail Boxed

OR

Intel i3-2120 Sandybridge Core i3 Dual-Core Processor ? 3.30GHz, 3MB Cache, Socket 1155, 3 Year Warranty, Retail Boxed

Which one is better because the dual core has higher GHz and well the other one is a quadcore


ok thanks my total build comes to £648 which i am willing to spend :) 

Just so I am clear this system will run well:


2GB Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 Overclocked, 4800MHz GDDR5, 28nm, GPU 975MHz, DL DVI/HDMI/mDP+Free Dirt:Showdown*

Intel Core i3 2130 3.4 GHz Processor with Socket 1155, L3 3Mb, Sandy Bridge, 32nm by Intel

 Asus P8H77-V LE, Intel H77, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, PCIe 3.0 (x16), USB 3.0 D-Sub (VGA) / DVI-D / HDMI, ATX

 600W Corsair Builder Series CMPSU-600CXV2UK, 80% Eff', 80 PLUS, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX v2.3, PSU

 500GB Seagate ST500DM002 Barracuda SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.5ms, NCQ

Samsung WriteMaster SH-S222BB/BEBE 

InWin MaNa 134 Black Mid Tower Performance Gaming Case Side Mesh with USB 3.0 w/o PSU

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM Operating System

8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-10600 (1333), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, 1.50V

Thanks for all your help proximon

Can anyone recommend a decent case for around the £40 work that works as well as the:

InWin MaNa 134 Black Mid Tower Performance Gaming Case Side Mesh with USB 3.0 w/o PSU

I'm just not fond of that case :S
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