Is this worth the money?

[Black Eyed Peas]

Processor: Intel i5 3570K @3.4 GHz
Motherboard: ASUS P8H77-M iH77
Video Card: PCI-E XFX Radeon HD 6970 2GB DDR5
Casing: SHARKOON T9 Red Value Edition
RAM: 8 GB (2x4) G.SKILL @1600 MHz

Price: $1040

Is it a good gaming rig?
Can it run BF3 on maximum settings with constant +30 FPS?
How long before the rig would start to show age?
Is it worth the money?

[Loouis]

Yes.
Not sure.
1,5 year.
(recalculating to euros): 827,30

I'd say do it.

[Paradox]

It would run bf3 max settings 40+

[Black Eyed Peas]

It would run bf3 max settings 40+

Hope the processor can overclock, wanna bring this pussy to 60FPS

[scotbud123]

Unless you REALLY don't know how to, I would recommend that you buy parts and build your own computer. You can re-use your old case, probably power supply, maybe hard drive. So overall you can get something WAY better for a lot cheaper.

If you do want to do this, try newegg.com. You can find some pretty cheap stuff there.

[InCognito]

Hope the processor can overclock, wanna bring this pussy to 60FPS

DW, I have a Phenom II x4 965 @ 4.0GHz and a GTX 570 and it runs BF3 max settings 60FPS.

[Paradox]

DW, I have a Phenom II x4 965 @ 4.0GHz and a GTX 570 and it runs BF3 max settings 60FPS.

overclocked with 60 fps?
or normal

[InCognito]

overclocked with 60 fps?
or normal

Video card? Stock clock because BF3 crashes when I overclock.

[Paradox]

Video card? Stock clock because BF3 crashes when I overclock.

awww.
ok .

[Delko DJ]

for gaming is good
lol ati cards sucks

[yugurt]

for gaming is good
lol ati cards sucks

they are worse then the current generation of nvidia cards but they far from suck

[SmackTalk]

Yeah, it's a good buy.

[scotbud123]

for gaming is good
lol ati cards sucks

I agree, not only are nVidia cards simply just better but ATI cards ALWAYS gave me issues, be it with drivers, or just straight out performance (like crashing or not doing as good as their nVidia counterparts).

nVidia has never failed on me and their cards have always treated me good. :P

[InCognito]

I agree, not only are nVidia cards simply just better but ATI cards ALWAYS gave me issues, be it with drivers, or just straight out performance (like crashing or not doing as good as their nVidia counterparts).

nVidia has never failed on me and their cards have always treated me good. :P

>buys nvidia card
>becomes nvidia fan boy
>"ATI SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS"

[scotbud123]

>buys nvidia card
>becomes nvidia fan boy
>"ATI SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS"

I've actually had many of both during the years. I also had ATI first. My nVidia cards have NEVER had any issues. My ATI have ALWAYS had issues. Not to mention that nVidia cards simply out perform ATI cards.

I said all this in my first statement, it seems you just can't read. Keep making assumptions about me though. ^_^

Oh, P.S: I still like ATI as a company though, they've given me some of the greatest moments of my childhood with the Gamecube (and even the Wii).