PC For Black Ops 2

[gamer123321]

Just settled down and bought a house, looking to get back into gaming. I have a steady job, and a pretty good budget. My current interest is to build a gaming computer for Battlefield 4, but since that isn't going to be coming out for a year, I suppose I'll build a gaming computer for Black Ops 2. After looking at the system requirements I was surprised to see that they are a little higher then expected. I'm just your ordinary casual gamer, so I'm not looking for a computer to be able to do so many things with. I will be using it only for gaming. So, general question - How much do you think I'm looking at to build a computer to be able to play Black Ops 2 on medium settings?
Gaming Requirements: http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=3685&game=Call%20of%20Duty:%20Black%20Ops%202

Quite honestly, I have a budget of $800. But this isn't Battlefield 3, so do you think I could get away with maybe $400? If not $475?

 

[cutebeans]

An $800 build will easily smoke that game.

Realistically, if it's tower only ( no os, no monitor included) it would be about $500 to $600 range.

 

[cutebeans]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($28.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.98 @ Outlet PC)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.31 @ Compuvest)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $494.22
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-11-17 22:36 EST-0500)

This would have no problems running Ops 2.

 

[stickg1]

Lets go ahead and make that a Z77 motherboard so he can throw in an i5 when BF4 comes out.

 

[cutebeans]

Z75 is more or less the same so he can go up to an i5 if he wants to upgrade.

 

[gamer123321]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($28.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.98 @ Outlet PC)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.31 @ Compuvest)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $494.22
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-11-17 22:36 EST-0500)

This would have no problems running Ops 2.

Cutebeans, thank you very much. I plan on purchasing this possibly next week. Is there ANY information, advice, suggestions, or anything I should know relevant to purchasing this pc? I stated I only needed it to run medium, which is all I need, but do you think it could handle the game on max? Also, I plan on using Team Speak 3, a voice chat system for gamers to communicate while gaming, do you think I will be able to run this easy going program while gaming without an issue?

 

[gamer123321]

Best answer selected by gamer123321.

 

[stickg1]

Yeah that will be fine for medium/high settings. IF you wanted to up your budget a little bit this would run you on high settings and would be a good build for when you get BF4 and you wont have to upgrade anything.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($149.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($38.98 @ Outlet PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($190.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.31 @ Compuvest)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ Outlet PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) ($91.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $701.20
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-11-18 09:58 EST-0500)

Obviously more expensive but is a really good build for the price.

EDIT: That build has Windows 7 in it, I'm not sure if you need that or not. If you don't need it then subtract $91.

 

[rmockett7]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($28.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.98 @ Outlet PC)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.31 @ Compuvest)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $494.22
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-11-17 22:36 EST-0500)

This would have no problems running Ops 2.

Hello, i was just wondering if the heatsink and fan has been left out purposely or not. i am not a techwiz but am just wondering what fan and heatsink would be needed if it is required even though i am pretty sure it's required.

 

[stickg1]

Hello, i was just wondering if the heatsink and fan has been left out purposely or not. i am not a techwiz but am just wondering what fan and heatsink would be needed if it is required even though i am pretty sure it's required.

The Intel Core i3-3220 comes with a heatsink and fan. All retail boxed CPUs do.