Would this run dayz?

[Patguner14 0]

Hi guys,

I'm just wondering if this pc would run dayz ive not got it yet im also buying a graphics card seprate i dont care what it runs on(low,med or high) as long as it does not run like a slideshow here are the links

1. http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5087145/Trail/searchtext%3EDELL+INSPIRON+620.htm
   
2. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-EAH6570-Graphics-Memory-Dual-DVI/dp/B004XANON8/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1344454776&sr=1-3
   

I hope it can run dayz

thanks guys

-Patguner14

[Tweakie 199]

should run it decently, on semi empty servers.

If you want to play on populated server you will need abit more oomf

EDIT: TBH, the CPU should do FINE (not great), but you probably want to look at a better graphics card.

Edited August 8, 2012 by Tweakie

[Patguner14 0]

could you link me a better one i live in the uk mind

[deepfried 95]

if those parts are an indication of your budget then I think you're going to struggle.

I'm hoping you can stretch further, can you give a definitive budget?

As for where to buy components (amazon, argos, and dell aren't exactly the best) I use these stores:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/

http://www.dabs.com/

http://www.ebuyer.com/

http://www.scan.co.uk/

Overclockers are the best, with great stuff and excellent service, you tend to pay a bit more though.

[Patguner14 0]

Around 400-500 pounds if you could tell me somthing off of that that would be awesome.

thanks continuity and everyone else

I know its not much but its all i can afford really.....

Thanks again

-patguner14

Edited August 8, 2012 by Patguner14

[jorro0121 6]

http://www.hardware-revolution.com/budget-gaming-pc-july-2012/

I found this site really useful when I built my pc. Hope it helps.

[tomfin 25]

Continuity's spot on, but add www.aria.co.uk to that list of online shops. eBuyer give free shipping to most UK destinations, but so will many other shops when you're spending £400 all at once.

You might want to talk to the sales people at Aria and eBuyer over the phone, they can often custom-build a PC to better spec than an off the shelf machine like the Dell and for the same price. It'll come with less crapware preloaded on it too.

Ebuyer have a couple of lower-priced gaming PCs.

eBuyer's Zoostorm at £402.61 is a little better than your Argos Dell and Amazon Graphics card, at just £20 more. GFX card might need a boost, so see if they'll swap it out for something beefier.

Aria also have a decent enough range with the nearest being £449, and is reasonably okay.

Try for a quad core CPU at 3.0Ghz or better, and 4 or 8gb of RAM. Should be doing okay after that.

An Nvidia GTX 560, or an ATi HD 5850/6870 or better will see you right, but expect to pay around £100 or more for those cards. You can work out which graphics cards give you the best bang for buck with the help of Tom's Hardware Graphics Card Hierarchy Chart.

Just so you know, I have Dual Core at 2.5ghz, 8GB and a single Radeon HD 5770. It's nothing like as good as pretty much everyone else who's playing DayZ, but I can scrape by between 20 and 40fps. Almost anything you buy around £450 is going to be better than mine :)

Don't expect DayZ to run perfectly on any kind of hardware yet, especially if you want to live in a city. Drops to 11fps are not uncommon for people who are running two GTX 560s in SLI. Performance will improve as it becomes more stable.

Edited August 8, 2012 by tomfin

[Hetstaine 10852]

whatever you do on ..dont buy a budget off the shelf like that dell you linked in your first post. :) waste of money.

Like said above, speak to some of the sales people and see what sort of decent rig for your budget they can put together for you. If you could possibly squeeze a gtx560 and an i5 into your budget then you are well on your way to medium/max settings. You dont need a mega board, gigabyte do some really good budget gaming boards.

[tomfin 25]

Did a bit of homework.

PatGuner14 was looking at this Cyberpower machine from eBuyer:

http://www.ebuyer.com/369710-cyberpower-battalion-500-gaming-pc-ecc01101

£499.98 delivered.

• AMD Quad-Core FX4100 3.6GHz
  
• 4GB RAM + 1TB HDD
  
• DVD±RW
  
• AMD Radeon HD7750 1GB
  
• Windows 7 Home Premium 64
  

I've had a skooch around and found these two on Play.com.

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/30029931/828769373/Galaxy-3-Intel-Quad-Core-I5-1tb-8gb-DDR3-ATI-Radeon-6770-1gb-Desktop-Gaming-PC/ListingDetails.html

£454.99 delivered.

• Gigabyte H61M Motherboard Technology
  
• Intel Quad Core I5 2380P 3.1Ghz CPU
  
• 1tb Sata Hard Drive
  
• 8gb DDR3 1333 Memory
  
• ATI Radeon 6770 1gb GDDR5 with HDMI
  
• Galaxy 3 Gamers Style Case
  
• 24x Dual Layer Sata DVD Writer
  

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/30030733/828773576/Galaxy-3-AMD-FX-Quad-Core-3-6Ghz-Desktop-Gaming-PC-1tb-16gb-DDR3-ATI-6770-1gb/ListingDetails.html

£432.99 delivered.

• Asus M5A78L-M USB 3.0 Motherboard Technology
  
• AMD Bulldozer FX 4100 3.6ghz 8mb Cache
  
• 1tb Sata Hard Drive
  
• 16gb DDR3 1333 Memory
  
• Galaxy 3 Gamers Style Case
  
• 24x Dual Layer Sata DVD Writer
  
• ATI Radeon 6770 1gb GDDR5 with HDMI
  

The only thing I'm not seeing on Play.com is Windows 7 64-bit included. That's about £80 extra if needed, but can be ordered seperately - in fact it's better to have a proper disc than a recovery partition in case you need to reinstall.

What you forum guys think? These are both superior machines for less, correct? The HD6770 will just about beat the HD7750 according to the Tom's Hardware chart. And in any case, the £433 AMD Galaxy 3 seems to be better specced (16GB RAM) than the eBuyer model for almost £70 less. There's your Windows licence right there.

[Patguner14 0]

Thanks man thats really helpful im thinking about the 432.99

Edited August 9, 2012 by Patguner14

[andu12 4]

A few tips and pointers: tinyurl.com/falconguide. The prices are in USD, buying from europe you can expect the numbers to remain the same, just replace the $ wih €.

I put my gaming PC together last summer and im running i3 (OCd to about 130%), 460GTX (Also OCd to around 130%) and 8 GB ram (i was on a pretty tight budget). I had 4 gb up until last week and after upgrading, most of the freezes i experienced kind of dissapeared. I'm currently running dayz at med settings and get about 50-60 FPS, 30-40 in towns.

As for the PCs mentioned in the earlier posts, i'm sure each of those is useful and wonderful in its own way but one thing you really should keep in mind is, when buying the CPU, more cores is not always better (the AMD 8 core cpu is more or less crap since there's next to nothing that actually uses 8 cores simultaneously). ArmA2 can't properly even use 4 cores so, if you want to play dayz, a good dualcore is the way to go. The i3 is technically a dualcore and does its job pretty well here. In fact, the only game i've ever had trouble with was witcher 2 and that was that goddamn ubersampling that nobody can run properly.

Another thing to keep in mind is that radeon graphics cards don't get as much support as nvidia does. If you look around on gaming forums, you see around 8 people out of 10 having graphical problems have radeon cards while the 2 using nvidia got theirs fixed in 2-3 posts. The AMD CPU + Radeon GFX is cheaper and the popular titles get good support, though.

Properly choosing the chipset (essentially the CPU socket) is a must as well, since that sets your upgrading limits. The intel 1155 socket will probably have you covered for several years, seeing as they're designing ivy bridge CPUs for the same socket. No idea where AMD is going with their AM3+. SLI/Crossfire capability is something you should keep your eye on too. If you buy a top of the line card now, it'll be useless about 3 years down the road, but in 3 years, you won't be paying much for that card so you can just put them together and get a fair preformance boost and postpone getting a new GFX card for another year or two. Just make sure the PSU can handle 2 GFX cards.

Overall, putting together a PC is not something you do on the go. Your new PC is going to be a good friend to you for quite a few years so you'll want to choose carefully. Read reviews and other people's opinions, google for frequent problems, etc.