Gaming PC build

[reubenno]

Hi everyone,
I have recently been looking at building my first gaming rig and I was wondering if you guys could help me by telling me if the parts I have chosen are high quality and are worth the price.

My system specs:
Processor- i5 3570k £160
MotherBoard- AsROCK Extreme 4 z77 £110
RAM- 8gb Corsair Vengeance £30
CPU fan- Cooler Master 212 EVO £25
Case- Antec three hundred two £50
Graphic card- Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OC Vapour X £238
PSU- XFX Pro Core 850w £80
Wifi Card- £20
Hard Drive- Western Digital Caviar blue £62
LG Or liteonihas disk drive £15
Windows 7 £40
Full HD Monitor £75
TOTAL £905

Will this PC run games like Crysis 1 and BattleField 3 on maximum graphics with smooth frame rates?
Thanks

 

[stormweaver1983]

Looks like a pretty solid build. I would point out that the power supply is overkill at 850 watts unless you're planning on buying a second 7950 for crossfire.

May also want to consider a SSD for boot drive and favorite games...check out Samsung, Crucial or OCZ.

 

[andrewcarr]

It should as long as you're playing on one 1080 monitor. Only thing I'd change is the HDD I'd get a caviar black but another consideration is to add an SSD.

 

[reubenno]

I chose the 850w psu cause its only an extra £5 more costly than the 750w model.
I might do a dual screen setup at 1080p. Would the card handle it quite well and if not what graphics card would you suggest?

 

[stormweaver1983]

Even 750 is overkill for a single 7950, 650 would do you just fine.

I don't have much dual screen gaming experience, so I'll leave that one for someone that does. However, if the 7950 doesn't cut it, can always go for the 7970.

 

[reubenno]

Okay, I am probably just gonna stick with the 850 so I have enough power if I decide to crossfire later on.
Any ideas on frame rates I would get on BattleField 3 and Crysis 1?
Thanks

 

[andrewcarr]

Here's some benchmarks. The performance preset is what you should look at. It seems BF3 will get an average 70 FPS and Crysis 2 direct x ll gets 70 FPS also. This should handle current games on one screen no problem and games for a year (At least to come) without having to lower graphics (although possibly Crysis 3 if they do what their promising, to melt your PC).
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2012-vga-gpgpu/compare,2938.html?prod%5B5471%5D=on&prod%5B5620%5D=on
Use Ctrl+f to find a game otherwise it's a pain to search through. Make sure you're checking performance preset not entry or extreme. Although extreme would be about the FPS of two 1080 monitors (it is at 2560 x 1440 which is 3,686,400 pixels and 2 x 1080 x 1920 is 4,147,200 pixels. So it would be slightly lower than extreme preset.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/graphics-card-benchmarks-charts-review,3154.html