$300 PC Build work for Dayz?

[valadone 0]

hey I'm thinking of building a new PC for a budget of around $300 and I came across this build

http://toptengamer.hubpages.com/hub/build-under-300-gaming-pc

Says it's good for LOL and Minecraft but how would it do with DAYZ?

 

[terminal_boy 860]

Not a chance.

[s1rGr1nG0 81]

You might get a video card for that much. ;)

[27 others 102]

Hey, if its good enough for Microsoft Pinball, its good enough for everything.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I`m an expert.

Edited January 23, 2014 by 27 others

[africanhungergames 192]

Hey, if its good enough for Microsoft Pinball, its good enough for everything.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I`m an expert.

LOL

[Punkrawks 136]

Lol, that's half of what I spent on my processor alone. I'm running a $1900 build and even I get graphic issues. A $300 build? Not a chance.

[DKR 104]

I'm running DayZ on $180 gpu and $75 CPU. Lowest frames in cities are low 20s. Highest in wilderness low 40s

So...is my machine magical?

Edited January 23, 2014 by DKR

[mercules 1290]

 

An alternative solution to that processor would be one of AMD’s APU or accelerated processing units. These combine the graphics card and processor in a single solution for the budget-minded consumer.

 

Well... that right there about sums up all anyone would need to know to answer the question. 

 

[ninjacalypse 551]

hey I'm thinking of building a new PC for a budget of around $300 and I came across this build

http://toptengamer.hubpages.com/hub/build-under-300-gaming-pc

Says it's good for LOL and Minecraft but how would it do with DAYZ?

 

A good video card is going to cost you more than a 100 bucks for a decent 2GB card.  If you want to go on the cheap, I would check out some HP Pavilion desktops which are actually pretty decent, you can get a quad-core for like 4 or 500 bucks or so, then just get some extra memory for it and drop in a new GPU.  That's if you don't want to make your own PC from scratch.  .

[ninjacalypse 551]

Lol, that's half of what I spent on my processor alone. I'm running a $1900 build and even I get graphic issues. A $300 build? Not a chance.

 

What graphic issues exactly?  And just because you spent 1900 bux on it, doesn't mean you don't have a problem with your GPU.

[astrallycan 1]

I had a 400$ pc and it hardly ran Gmod lol so no. you might get 8 fps.

[St. Jimmy 1631]

I'm running DayZ on $180 gpu and $75 CPU. Lowest frames in cities are low 20s. Highest in wilderness low 40s

So...is my machine magical?

Add motherboard, hdd, cd drive, case with fans, psu and ram and then we can comment on that one.

No it's not magical.

[sk1y 4]

Make it 600 $ and we can start have a conversation. But it doubt you can build gaming PC with 600 $. Maybe 700-800.

Edited January 23, 2014 by sk1y

[astrallycan 1]

All i did was trade someone my tiny asus aspire quad core dektop for a dell inspiron desktop that's dual core and put a 60$ 2gb graphics card in and 80$ 8gb of ram and i had 50+ fps in towns before this last update. so i only spent 140$ to run it perfect.

Edited January 23, 2014 by astrallycan

[louist 163]

You don't need a beast to run dayZ, however. I'm on the process of upgrading, but I'm currently still using an old nVidia 1gb 260 gtx, and the game is extremely playable. They aren't produced anymore, but you can find them on eBay for like 20$.

That said, if you're planning to get a card that will still compete going forward, something like a 660 2gb card will last you a while and costs about 100$.

[ninjacalypse 551]

I had a 400$ pc and it hardly ran Gmod lol so no. you might get 8 fps.

 

Newegg sells a Gateway for $500 with a 3.7GHZ quad core/1TB hdd/8GB ram and a high end integrated GPU, it's still an integrated GPU but just slap your own GPU in their, and there ya go.  Personally, I wouldn't go with Gateway but that's just an example.

 

Computers are getting better and the costs are going down.

[DKR 104]

Add motherboard, hdd, cd drive, case with fans, psu and ram and then we can comment on that one.

No it's not magical.

 

That's fair.

 

Free Case - Free server case from friend / painted / modified

$90 PSU - GS600w Corsair

$80 Mobo - Asus M4A79XTD EVO

$15 DVD Lite On drive

$75 Western Digital 160gb HD (I don't store a lot of stuff at all)

Free 180mm case fans w/ case (4 of them)

$150 GTX 660 gpu (typo earlier)

$75 Athlon II x3 3.0ghz cpu

$70 8gb memory

 

Just below $600 if it helps you OP.

[TEST_SUBJECT_83 465]

I'm running DayZ on $180 gpu and $75 CPU. Lowest frames in cities are low 20s. Highest in wilderness low 40s

So...is my machine magical?

Damn!...Im running a GTX680m and am getting 15fps in cites and 20 to 25 everywhere else.

 

These are my EXACT specs if anyone's interested (except I upgraded to 16gb of memory): http://www.cnet.com/laptops/msi-gt60-0ne-220us/4507-3121_7-35406334.html

 

I feel I should be getting a steady 30fps at least, with drops around the low 20's in cites, without turning everything off or to the lowest possible setting.

 

I know this game is a hungry beast at the moment, but a 4GB 680 should enough to not drop below 10fps regularly.

 

Any suggestions other than this? - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=216291078#150061

Im sure it's a driver/GPU setting thats causing some lag, and the fact that I'm a noob when it comes to PC gaming...hence me spending $2,400.00 on a laptop a year and a half ago when I could have spend half that and got something twice as powerful. Wish I had known "faceplam"

Edited January 23, 2014 by TEST_SUBJECT_83

[RebelCowboySnB 20]

I run it on this...I do turn some stuff down some but it still looks good..

 

Acer Aspire M3 AM3470G-UW10P AMD Quad-Core A6-3620 2.2GHz 4GB 500GB DVD+/-RW Win7 (Black)

[omgwtfbbq (DayZ) 1069]

$1800 PC and it lags like fucking crazy in cities still. Thanks, update (and obama).

[QbitzR 157]

 

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

----------------------

Minimum;

OS: Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7 SP

Processor: Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz or AMD Dual-Core Athlon 2.5 GHz

Memory: 2 GB RAM

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 88 GT or AMD Radeon HD 383

or Intel HD Graphics 4 with 5 2 MB VRAM

DirectX: Version 9. c

Hard Drive: 14 GB available space

Sound Card: DirectX - compatible

 

 

 

Recommended;

OS: Windows 7 SP 1

Processor: Intel Core i5-23 or AMD Phenom II X4 94 or better

Memory: 4 GB RAM

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 56 or AMD Radeon HD 775

with GB VRAM or better

DirectX: Version 9. c

Hard Drive: 4 GB available space

Sound Card: DirectX - compatible

 

[Buck10489 29]

Hey, if its good enough for Microsoft Pinball, its good enough for everything.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I`m an expert.

 

This made me LOL big time. Well done

[Buck10489 29]

hey I'm thinking of building a new PC for a budget of around $300 and I came across this build

http://toptengamer.hubpages.com/hub/build-under-300-gaming-pc

Says it's good for LOL and Minecraft but how would it do with DAYZ?

 

You can't even get a "next" gen console for that much. Keep saving

[africanhungergames 192]

I hear the playstation 3's are quite cheap nowadays. That might be better suited for you.

[Krylos225 1]

i just got on and im doing perfectly fine with the new update, better than before actually.  My specs..

 

2gb nvidia 660m

16gb ram

2.3 i7 processor

 

I think a lot of people are forgetting to upgrade their CPU and hard drives.  The faster your rig can pull the info from the HD, the smoother itll play.