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I'm looking for a high end pc that will have no problem running games such as BFBC2, Dirt 2, Dragon Age: Orgins, Crysis 2 (when it's released) on high/max settings with eyefinity.

I currently have a 22" Acer V223W so I guess 2 more 22" would be best. Which monitors would you recommend buying?

My budget is £2000ish. Am I on the right lines with something like this: http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saving/show.aspx?id=1A5UAQ ? I thought it would be sensible to only buy 1 5870 and see how well games ran before paying another £300 odd for another. I do not need a blu-ray player, monitor, keyboard, mouse or speakers.

I didn't realise it was so easy to put a PC together from scratch so I will most likely buy all the parts from http://www.overclockers.co.uk or http://www.ebuyer.co.uk instead of buying it pre-built.

I am not getting the money for ~3 weeks so I have lots of time to scratch my head and get the perfect setup.

Any advise would be great, looking forward to your replies :)

our basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5870 "Dirt 2 Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5870 "Dirt 2 Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £309.99
(£263.82) £309.99
(£263.82)
Patriot Torqx 128GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (PFZ128GS25SSDR) Patriot Torqx 128GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (PFZ128GS25SSDR) £290.99
(£247.65) £290.99
(£247.65)
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66GHz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail + Assassin's Creed II Game Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66GHz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail + Assassin's Creed II Game £220.99
(£188.08) £220.99
(£188.08)
Kingston HyperX 6GB (3x2GB) Intel XMP DDR3 2000MHz CL8 Triple Channel (KHX16000D3ULT1K3/6GX) Kingston HyperX 6GB (3x2GB) Intel XMP DDR3 2000MHz CL8 Triple Channel (KHX16000D3ULT1K3/6GX) £189.99
(£161.69) £189.99
(£161.69)
Asus P6T SE Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard Asus P6T SE Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
(£123.39) £144.98
(£123.39)
Corsair TX 950W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-950TXUK) Corsair TX 950W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-950TXUK) £119.99
(£102.12) £119.99
(£102.12)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £91.99
(£78.29) £91.99
(£78.29)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £64.99
(£55.31) £129.98
(£110.62)
Sub Total : £1,275.66
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £225.43
Total : £1,513.59



Then 2 Monitors of your choice... Make sure one monitor has display port built in!

I've done a bit of research myself and spoke to a few friends and come up with this:



What will that be like running at 5040x1050?
Do I have everything I need?

My budget is ~£2k and i'm just under it with that basket.