Hello Chaps,
I bought my new machine via pcspecialists about 8 months ago, with the following specs:
Case
ANTEC NINE HUNDRED TWO - UK, The Ultimate Gaming Case, Evolved
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 970 (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR IV FORMULA: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, R.O GAMERS
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6970 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TX SERIES (TX750) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£88)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Now, loving it thus far, havent had any issues, playing games on 1920x1080. I've played Rift on very hight setting with 30 to 90 fps. I've played crysis, supreme commander 2, wow, ut3, and other less demanding games, all without any trouble, but moving on. Battlefield 3 is coming out soon, and it will probably take over my life. now, I want it to run as smoth as possible all of the time on as high a settings as possible, which is a lot to ask in a action packed gigantic map with 64 people doing all sorts of stuff.
I wanted to know if:
A – Can I upgrade my PSU and add a second 6970 via pcspecialist?
B- is it even worth it having a crossfire set up with a single monitor? (my guess is yes, but im a computer nub)
C – is it worth doubling the ram? My guess is not with a single gfx card, but I haven’t got a clue regarding it with a crossfire set up if I was to go for it.
Your comments and help are, as always, much appreciated.
Kind Regards,
José
I bought my new machine via pcspecialists about 8 months ago, with the following specs:
Case
ANTEC NINE HUNDRED TWO - UK, The Ultimate Gaming Case, Evolved
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 970 (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR IV FORMULA: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, R.O GAMERS
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6970 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TX SERIES (TX750) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£88)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Now, loving it thus far, havent had any issues, playing games on 1920x1080. I've played Rift on very hight setting with 30 to 90 fps. I've played crysis, supreme commander 2, wow, ut3, and other less demanding games, all without any trouble, but moving on. Battlefield 3 is coming out soon, and it will probably take over my life. now, I want it to run as smoth as possible all of the time on as high a settings as possible, which is a lot to ask in a action packed gigantic map with 64 people doing all sorts of stuff.
I wanted to know if:
A – Can I upgrade my PSU and add a second 6970 via pcspecialist?
B- is it even worth it having a crossfire set up with a single monitor? (my guess is yes, but im a computer nub)
C – is it worth doubling the ram? My guess is not with a single gfx card, but I haven’t got a clue regarding it with a crossfire set up if I was to go for it.
Your comments and help are, as always, much appreciated.
Kind Regards,
José