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^^^ this ^^^ It's best to record to a different drive than what the game files are on.

HDD isn't really imortant. I've seen builds with 15TB HDD and builds with 64GB. (You can also use an SSD, which loads programs faster and is only really used for your OS.) Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought Arma2 benefits from a fast HDD/SSD. Is it not why setting up a ramdisk is an advantage? I'm thought I read that somewhere before. But to somewhat answer your question, my $2000 AUD computer struggles to maintain a decent framefrate at times.

If you can hold out for a bit you might want to go for one of the Intel Haswell processors coming out later this year.

I agree, what's with this guys love for the i7. It will hardly make a difference with gaming.

Exactly, although the Titan is pretty though. Two of them would look extremely sexy in my case!

A pair of gtx680s is going pretty good for me at the moment. I was just trying to gauge what the masses are thinking about the Titan release?

The rest could build a homeless shelter!

As the title states is anyone thinking of upgrading to this? Benchmarks suggest that 2 gtx660ti's are somewhat close to it in performance for a lot less money. However 6gb of memory is a nice overhead if you run hi res or highly modded games. Any thoughts?

I take it you mean the "I5 "the OP referred to, as a i5 3570k is extremely good for gaming.

Will run it but its not a very balanced system, 16GB of 1333Mhz ram with a older generation Amd graphics card, not the best combo bang for you buck wise. You could build much better for nearly the same amount of money.

Imo get a 660ti. When you overclock it you with get close to a stock 670 performance. Go with Asus or MSI, they seem to run cooler than most other brands. Stick to 8gb of ram and use the small amount saved elsewhere on the build.

If you are happy to keep that monitor and not upgrade anytime soon go for either a 7770 or a GTX650, anything more would be overkill. However, if you think maybe in 6 months time you might want to get a better monitor go for the 7850/7950 or GTX660. "Smooth Graphics" are not always possible in DayZ/Arma2. I'm running 2 GTX680s on a 1440p monitor with a 3570 overclocked to 4.6GHz and sometimes the fps drops in the 30s in the cities.

You want something bigger than the average monitor with high resolution? You're probably looking at about 27" upwards right? If you don't care about 120Hz go for a 1440p monitor from either Asus or Samsung, but you're going to need to spend a little bit more than $500 (not much more though). You could also look at one of the Korean hi res monitors such as the Catleap which will be a bit cheaper than the well known brands. So waiting for 120hz 1440p or above panels to come out. http://www.asus.com.au/Display/LCD_Monitors/PB278Q/#specifications

Depends what resolution monitor you have and what graphical settings you're hoping to run. If only 1080p go I'd go for either of the last two. Do you intend to SLI or Xfire down the track? (psu requirements). Also consider the Nvidia 700 series cards won't be far away. You might want to keep the $500 difference of the system cost up your sleeve.

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