First time builder so any advice is appreciated. Mainly building to play games like WoW, BF3 etc at High quality with about 40+ frames as well as general browsing. Have a $600-$700 budget so if any improvements have been made I'd appreciate it.
a little over budget but some deal hunting should be able to bring it down
with this build you can most def get constant 60 fps on high on bf3 but you'll get 50-60 on ULTRA @ 1920 x 1080 with it as well
i found a similar build on youtube right here running bf3 on ultra high 50-60 fps range
bonus is you have MAJOR overclocking headroom with both the CPU and GPU. its just a matter of providing adequate cooling. especially with the 7950, it can be overclocked to the 7970s stock speeds
With what I have, what avg frames am I looking at for High settings? also, is it worth it to bump up to an I3 2120 and go with a 7750/7770? (the monitor i have currently isn't 1920x1080)
that build with the 7850 is still good, since you arent playing at 1080 you would actually get a performance boost. you would be hitting the 60 fps mark, constant 45-50+s for sure. it would be surprising if you didnt get a constant 60 fps even
heres a comparison vid of a 7850 on ultra @ 1080 vs a 660 ti
30+ FPS is perfectly fine for eyecandy. you're playing at the same FPS as current gen consoles, but with more eyecandy. only thing is, once you know how 60+ FPS looks like, everything seems choppy.
and lemme post another build that would blow everything out the water, especially for a gaming build
its not a K processor so you can't overclock it BUT, this completely eliminates the chance of bottlenecking your system, which you would definitely run into if you chose the i3 for being a dual core system.
to answer the i3 question:
older/recent games still only use up to 3 cores and a majority still only use 2, but newer titles are starting to utilize these cores. BF3 uses the Dice Frost Bite engine, which actually uses 4 cores (especially for 64 player maps). the CryEngine 3 has been reported to use 6 cores. so if you want to keep your rig up to par with the newest games AND play online, I suggest anything BUT a dual core now.
yea it is, honestly its like lego and the only reason you should pay someone to build it is if you can't read english/ figure out picture instructions. also its pretty fun knowing that you're gaming on something you've built
