My budget £850 budget pc

[alexoo]

Hello I am going to order a new pc soon and it will be used for playing games such as call of duty, bf3 and minecraft, all of these need to run max settings with no problem whilst lasting a long time (around 3-4 years). These are the specs:

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 QUAD CORE 970 (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3)

Motherboard
ASUS® M5A87: AM3+ PLATFORM, DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0

Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)

Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)

Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software
None

Anti-Virus
None

Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity 1




So could you guys tell me if this will run as planned and also is it worth it going for the Titan Fenrir Evo Extreme cooler or will the standard one do ok as well?

thanks

 

[mantadog]

For £850 i don't think you can buy a pc that will run any game on max settings for the next 4 years.

The GTX 570 you have chosen should be able to run bf3 at fairly high settings, is one of the most demanding games out at the moment. If you want to be able to play games in a couple of years maxed out you will need to look at getting a bigger PSU and a SLI capable board so you can add in a 2nd 570 to your system.

I would also advise an intel CPU as the Phenom is getting a bit old now, all of these things will add £100+ onto your build but it would be worth it in the long run.