Budget : 1000$
Resolution: 1920x1080
Games / Settings Desired: Battlefield,Titanfall
Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc): no
Country: Australia
Parts that can be reused: SSD
Do you need an OS?: No
Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)?: No
Computer is for my brother, this is what I came up with.
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.00 @ CPL Online)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Respire T40 68.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.00 @ CPL Online)
Thermal Compound: Noctua NT-H1 3.5g Thermal Paste ($9.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($85.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($99.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($249.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case ($52.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.00 @ CPL Online)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($22.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $1000.00
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-11 13:06 EST+1000)
If you must insist on using a non-sanctioned sitting apparatus, please consider the tensile strength
of the materials present in the object in question in comparison to your own mass volumetric density. In other words, stop breaking shit with your fat ass.
You may want to check if the place where you are getting the motherboard from can update the BIOS or you won't be able to boot with a Hashwell refresh CPU with the older chipset.
That is only with the H81, the B85 does not have that problem
If you must insist on using a non-sanctioned sitting apparatus, please consider the tensile strength
of the materials present in the object in question in comparison to your own mass volumetric density. In other words, stop breaking shit with your fat ass.
From what I can tell anything else than H97 or Z97 will need a BIOS update for Haswell refresh CPU's, according to Intel that's BIOS 1.1 but Asrock lists 1.3+ which is not loaded by default (I assume):
So from what I can tell the higher clocked i3, might actually handle BF4 single GPU slightly better or at least on par and since there is no overclocking available, perhaps the higher out of the box clock speed will come in handy?
That will leave room for a nicer case, pretty much all the $60 and below ones seems quite mediocre. If you're fine with the BitFenix case then save the money.
Higher clocked, 150MHz, out of the box MSI GPU.
Faster, 1.5v RAM for just a few extra dollars.
Swapped the PSU to a lower wattage but modular model, same price. The 520W unit will handle anything this system will be using.
@tielknight I'm not 100% certain this is better but i thought it was worth mentioning, what do you think?
Lastly if those two games and similar titles, where GPU power is more important, is all you really play then the 280X with i3 or locked i5 will be the best combo. If you also play more more CPU bound games like for example most MMO's (WoW etc.) and you stuff like raiding, big battlegrounds etc. then it would probably be better with a 270X, i5-4670k, Z97, NZXT Respire T40. That would still leave you with good performance for BF/TF especially with details on High.
270X (and other cards) Battlefield 4, 1080p, Ultra and High:
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