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Question

Wondering if these parts will work well for what I need?

Sep 21, 2013 3:48PM PDT

CPU- Intel i3-3245
Motherboard- ASUS P8Z77-V LK Socket LGA 1155 Z77 ATX
Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX650Ti Boost 2GB

How would these parts work together? Do you think this could run BF3 Mid settings around 40FPS?

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BF3
Sep 22, 2013 1:34AM PDT

How would these parts work together?
Quite well I would think.

Do you think this could run BF3 Mid settings around 40FPS?
No idea.
Only someone with those exact parts can answer that.
Based on sys reqs for bf3 and benchmarks for the parts you listed......you should be fine.

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Thanks, all I needed to hear
Sep 22, 2013 1:51AM PDT

I'm building my first computer and those are the parts I thought could do the best for $600, but I wanted toaje sure they were captible.

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No.
Sep 22, 2013 1:50AM PDT
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-650-ti-benchmark-gk106,3318-6.html

Looking at the benchmark there we see 36.0 and 40.6 FPS in the first chart.

And looking at the rig they used at http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-650-ti-benchmark-gk106,3318-4.html we see that you are electing for something more than a few steps back.

My answer is no.

-> When folk want a gaming machine on a budget I have 2 answers for that.
1. This Haswell value build.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2040319/build-the-ultimate-intel-haswell-pc-for-under-1000.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7790-bonaire-performance,3462-8.html shows it trade places with the 650 so I'm calling them comparable.

2. If budget is the issue I give the nod to the AMD A10 based machine with good ram. It games without the wallet drain.
Bob
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More on the AMD A10
Sep 22, 2013 2:49AM PDT
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Wrong link there.
Sep 22, 2013 7:46AM PDT

Sorry I'll add the link about the RAM later today.

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Correct memory scaling link.
Sep 22, 2013 7:52AM PDT
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Wrong gpu?
Sep 22, 2013 6:40AM PDT