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I'm planning on buying a new PC
And I was thinking of something like this:

Processor: Intel Core I5 760 2.80 GHz, Boxed, Excl. Videochip, Quad Core
Motherboard: GigaByte GA-P55A-UD3
Videocard: GigaByte GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024 MB
Casing: Cooler Master Sileo 500 Zwart, no supply
Supply: GigaByte Superb 550p 550 Watt, 24 Pins
Cardreader: HP 22-in-1 Media Card Reader black
DVD-Burner: Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE S-ATA, Bulk, black
Hard disc: WD Caviar Black 1 TB, 7200 Rpm, 32 MB, S-ATA II/300 (Refurbished)
Memory: Adata 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800 DC Kit
809,-

What are the thoughts on this prebuild computer?

Have you considered the Sandy Bridge i5? You'll get .30 GHz more speed for your buck, .50 for just a bit more, though maybe the Motherboard would make it more expensive.

No I haven't, I don't know much about hardware.
But I'm wondering if this could run mainly PR fine?

If this is a brand new build make sure you have an OS. With 4GB RAM you might need 64-bit. (I would get 64 bit anyways). If you cant afford the full windows 7 price look at OEM for about $100~ off.

Nemesis_2142 wrote:yea dude if anything it will rape it be ur vid card alone will prbebly be running it at 150 frames (estimated guess)

BF2 Max frames is 100 but games like arma 2 will run better!

8800GT: 100FPS
GTX 470: 102FPS

Cheers for the replies, I will get this PC in may so I can finally play PR properly again and other games

That card is working great for me (1920x1200, 2xAA, all highest = >45 FPS on all maps). Double check that you are getting the 1GB version and not the 756MB the latter has severe performance drops.

Personally I went with 6GB RAM (3x 2GB) to get 3 sticks and have it run in tripple channel mode. I am hitting a total of ~4.2GB used RAM when playing PR (very few other processes running) so I am able to switch off my page file and have 1.8GB as buffer, wouldn't be possible with only 4GB.

Make sure you get a 64bit OS, preferably win7 (Home Premium sufficed for my gaming machine).

on a side note: I believe the 100 is only the default for "game.lockfps" which would mean it could go higher if you set that value higher.