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Steam: VinxVince

Setting for FOV cant be used ingame but there is a way!

http://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield3/comments/ku740/change_your_fov_to_90/

Money from the Canadian gov.

@Towers: Haha so have I. No idea how I didn't know about it. My friends must not know either haha.

@Towers: Oh ok yeah I didn't even know there was a hustle button then haha, I thought he was talking about L2. Crazy, don't know how I missed that, good thing you asked Hobbies!

They are horrible. The team ratings are pretty wack I must agree. Also Thomas and Luongo should have their ratings switched. I would like to hear the devs reasoning for their current ratings.

Cool PC man! I wasn't ready to make the jump to SSDs myself hope yours works out! What kind of stuff do you with Vegas?

@Jnal said:

Thanks for all the input guys, I figured it would be wishful thinking to max out BF3 without multiple GPUs, I've downgraded to the i5 and bumped up the graphics card to the GTX 570 after reading up some and also looked at Geno's thread about building a computer.

@bonorbitz: I haven't looked into a sound card, but did think about it. Some sites I read said there was no need to buy a sound card unless there was any music editing you wanted to do. I talked with a guy today who swears that I should get one as it gave him some of the best sound he had ever heard out of a PC. I still might as my current computer skips audio every couple of seconds during cutscenes that don't happen in game and no amount of researching online has fixed it.

@Kidavenger: I've been talking to a few people about the AMD processors, and looked at benchmark test between the Phenom II X6 1100 and the first gen i7s and i5s which match really well given the price difference. Unfortunately I can't find any comparisons to the Phenom against sandy bridge processors. Everything I've read points to the sandy bridge i7s and i5s being vastly superior until the new Bulldozer chips but can't confirm that. Would the difference even be noticeable enough to justify the price tag of the 2nd gen i series processor?

Edit: @Kidavenger: Also forgot to mention that from reading on Newegg the Phenom will only support up to 1333mhz for Ram. My ram knowledge isn't the best, so I don't know if I would use a faster ram speed if I don't plan on overclocking.

2500K and GTX 570 are awesome choices. I have them and they don't let me down.

Personally I would also go with this motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128494 if you don't need integrated graphics with z68 but want the other z68 features and this ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233202Those will help you save some money on top of switching from 2600 to 2500K. Also this PSU is a good brand and is at an awesome price http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703027. I can't comment on sound cards because I don't use them. So with your other parts your at roughly $1024. If you could I would spend a little more and get a better case.

Good luck with your final choices and the build!

Edit: If you want a bigger psu for sli 570s in the future I say go with Corsair HX850 for an extra $60.

Well my tip for 12 would be don't try and skate around the defence and dangle and don't use long passes unless your player is wide open. Use dump and chase and short passes. The AI is deff improved over 9,10,11. Before you could manual deke the D every time now you can't. It's alot more fun IMO.

You press it and the player pushes the puck ahead and skates faster. It just might give you a step on the D or help on a near breakaway but other than that its useless.

Is this your first NHL? I don't have the game yet but I played the demo and had no problems just like previous NHL's.