I just decided to jump the gun now to upgrade before school started. I finally start my animation course and with that I can finally get big discounts on software which I'll be messing with all semester long.

My gtx 580 will be working with my gtx 275 which means I had to lose my 650w power supply for a 850w (Hungry suckers and this is the first time that I will use 2 cards). I have 12gbs ram, i7 and my motherboard should be plenty good (this upgrade should hold my pc up for 5-6 years before my next pc). My last rig lasted almost 8 years with 1 upgrade so I hope that will be the same with this one (its still kicking but its been cleaned and really I might use it once in awhile for 16bit games).

I also added another 1TB drive and a cooling kit (don't have the paper in front of me, little disorganized right now).

Actually, I disagree. The i5-2500k is almost exactly the same as the i7-2600k but for $100 less. For gaming purposes, there will literally no difference between the two (or a difference so minimal that you wouldn't notice, not for $100 anyways). I heard the i7-2600k is only useful for video encoding or tasks that require a lot of CPU usage for a long period of time, and even then you're only shaving off a few seconds (depending on the task).

Bara

I for one will not be upgrading for Battlefield 3, mostly because a new Windows isn't cheap, that's the only thing that would actually need upgrading, but that would imply retooling my software, and that'll take ages. I still wish they would pull a Crytek and make DX10 features magically work under Windows XP.

My guess is that I'll play it near the end of next year, when I plan to switch to a new editing rig. I'm going hexa core(probably a zambezi or the komodo if they release it by then), with 16GB of RAM, but I'm not that keen on changing my video card. The 5850 packs a lot of punch, and seeing how poorly some games currently use it's raw power, I'm really not that interesting in getting a new one, probably until the Radeon series switches back to triple digits (as in, it goes over 9000). Unless of course they make DirectX 12 mandatory for all games.

And yes, the i7 is mostly aimed at software that actually is designed to use all the cores at maximum load. Games can't really do that yet, video rendering and editing on the other hand will gobble up anything it can get it's hooks on. 

Besides Civilization 5, BF3 will be the only game that supports and makes use of multithreaded rendering on Nvidia cards, so having a card in the 5xx range could pay off (the Civ5 performance rose noticeably when it was implemented).

I don't need to upgrade, since I have Nvidia560Ti.

Unfortunately, I don't like Battlefield franchise.

Oooh, I wonder if those are beta requirements or final game requirements... This also implies that the beta will have full graphics. 

According to those requirements, a GTX 580 should run the game perfectly... 

Bara

And of course, I don't have a GTX 580, all I got is ancient stuff like a GeForce 4200 Ti and a GeForce 6200, much less sufficient RAM, about the only thing that is acceptable is the processor. I guess I really need to build a new computer of my own if I ever want a play a new video game ever again.

So I purchased most of the parts I need for my new build. Only thing missing is the CPU (which I'll be picking up from Microcenter when I get the remaining parts) and the video card (which I'm waiting on BF3 benchmarks before buying it... or at least an indication of what it takes to run on Ultra). I can't wait to start building this thing

Bara

I'm running the 8800GS and I'm still super stoked about how it performs! Too bad my 3.4ghz Pentium D is finally on it's way out as far as processing speed ...

c'mon 64-bit coding!!! I want a reason to upgrade!!!

So my power supply died on me. Sent a request to Amazon to have it replaced. I'm using a backup power supply in the meantime, and since I don't have my video card yet it's been working well. I've stress-tested my CPU and RAM and they've been fine. Hopefully when my new power supply and GPU get in (which should be within days of each other), they work properly otherwise I won't get to play BF3 on launch

Bara

Holy crap... watch this 

Hey Brad you should buy this and let everyone try it out.

Yeah ... I'm not very thrilled about the origin software.

In the user agreement it states that anything on your harddrive is fair game to be reported back to EA. How about those tax records? Those pictures of friends, family, etc. How about that one little program you're running that EA dislikes? Guess what, it all gets reported back to EA and then they have the explicit right from that user agreement that forward that information onto whoever they want whenever they want. Period.

Excuse me? I would like to keep what is on my harddrive mine.

Unfortunately, that origin issue has kept me from buying the game. Not on any moral grounds, but the fact is I use my gaming computer as a workstation too. It would be quite illegal for me to allow a third party program to sniff my files.

Origin is not spyware, is it?

Origin is not spyware, and does not use or install spyware on user’s machines. In order to allow Origin to install games and their patches for everyone to use, Origin implements a permission change that results in Windows, not Origin, reviewing the filenames of every file in a directory and can have the appearance of a scan. This is an ordinary Windows function, not an information-gathering process – Origin is not scanning the directory, no information is accessed, collected, stored or shared by Origin during this process. However, we are aware that this process has created some customer confusion, and are updating our software in future releases to eliminate unnecessary operations. Consumer privacy is very important to EA and we take every precaution to protect our users’ data.

Does Origin access, collect or store information from my system?

Origin collects a limited amount of information needed to provide players with a service that allows them to purchase, download, access and play games and game content, connect online with other gamers and directly provide content and software updates. The information is also used to identify and fix software bugs as they arise. No information such as pictures, documents or other personal data unrelated to the application’s performance on a player’s system is accessed or collected. The collection and use of information by Origin helps ensure that consumers are able to access their games as easily as possible and are able to enjoy the best service and experience from EA.

Is my information secure with Origin/EA?

Yes – consumer privacy is very important to EA and we take every precaution to protect personal and anonymous user data. EA would never sell your personally identifiable information to anyone. We do not share information that personally identifies you without your consent, except in rare instances where disclosure is compelled by law.

I'm not even sure they still have the section you're all talking about.  I am still awake at 6:30am, mind you, but I'm just not seeing it.

(And yes, I know I quoted the FAQ rather than the ToS, but I read both.)