LiamFX (DayZ) 77 Posted September 1, 2012 Hey guys, i'll cut to the chase.I'm Not a new player and have been playing dayz for a month on a laptop which isn't great for gaming, i run it on low for pretty much everything but I didn't know where else to stick this so.I've not had a desktop for a few years now and haven't built a PC in about 4 so it's almost completely new to me but I'm trying to see if I can build a PC for about £500 ish to run Arma and obviously dayz.I have a half decent monitor and all the periphery stuff so it's just the tower I need.So if you guys could throw some ideas my way i'd be really greatful, cheersps, I dont mind whether I go AMD or intel, just something fiarly quick and in the price bracket! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
that 1 stranger 19 Posted September 1, 2012 http://teksyndicate.com/videos/build-epic-650-pc-july-2012 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KennyNZ 121 Posted September 1, 2012 You really need to build it for ArmA 3 to be honest. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to build something that'd not going to be able to run arma 3 or standalone dayz which will be out in alpha at least by the end of the year apparently. Unless you plan on buying a better pc at christmas time or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LiamFX (DayZ) 77 Posted September 1, 2012 cheers for the link stranger and kenny, i pretty much heard that if your PC can run arma 2 reasonably well then yo ushould be able to run arma 3. that was straight from the developers too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dcskill 117 Posted September 1, 2012 You can look to get something like this, but try for something a bit better. :)i7 with 3.2 GHz HD 5770 or better (preferably better like a 2gb card)500gb HDD8gb DDR3700w PSU Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LiamFX (DayZ) 77 Posted September 1, 2012 dcskill I'm not sure that falls under the £500 build margin. nice though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bat (DayZ) 230 Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) motherboard : MSI H77MA G43CPU : i5-3570KGPU : MSI Nvidia Geforce GTX 570 (if you're lucky enough to find a discounted one) or ATI radeon 7850ram : G.Skill 8 GBHDD : Seagate Barracuda 7200 SATA III 500 GoAntec HCG Series 620 WCooler Master Elite 310In my country (france) I can find this for about 720 €It would be an ideal config for Arma 2 at a reasonable price.(You can expect smooth gameplay with maxed out graphics at 40-50 FPS)(If you're too short on budget, go AMD and a GTX 560 TI graphic card, I guess you would reach 30 fps with high graphics)Edit :Also BIS at E3 had computer with a single GTX 570 for the Arma 3 showcases, I guess you're good for arma 3 with this config. Edited September 1, 2012 by Bat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boneboys 7988 Posted September 1, 2012 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/Take a look. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LiamFX (DayZ) 77 Posted September 1, 2012 bat that looks great but not sure if i could get it for that price, I think the prices in france for components might be a little cheaper than over here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dcskill 117 Posted September 2, 2012 dcskill I'm not sure that falls under the £500 build margin. nice thoughIt will if you build it yourself. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
