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Hauscrew

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Hey i was planning on getting a new computer soon, but don't know if this will play on the high end games like arma 2 on max settings. please let me know if it does!
Intel I7 3820 4x3.60GHZ/10mb L3 cache, liquid cpu cooling system, 16 GB Memory sticks, Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB, 650 watt power supply, 128 GB ADATA SX900 SSD for data hard drive, 180 GB Corsair Force GS SSD for primary hard drive, Asus Rampage IV extreme motherboard. let me know if i'm forgetting anything, thanks alot for responding
 
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Going for I7 DOES make sense, times are changing on the market pretty fast you will NOT regret those extra threads.

EXAMPLE: Hey go buy a dual core its allot better in games! *Bought quad-core*

Dual core: I must get a new PC
Quad Core (q6600): Im fine, still going strong

Dont go Ivy Bridge and just go haswell, same price if all goes wrong in your PC youll be able to upgrade it significantly, a 6/8 core is expected for socket 1150, your liquid cooling will be very nice with a haswell.

For GPU: check this please, http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-performance.html

AS mentioned above, 128gb SSD only as bootdrive not as datadrive, just get yourself a Seagate 1tb or 2tb.

Also 16gb WILL be used, as you...
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I almost have to think you're trolling...

But anyway... Arma 2 is a VERY low end game. its overpowered for playing actual high end games by a large margin. I7 and sandy bridge E don't make sense in a gaming rig, the 780 is a poor price/performance card, 16GB of memory won't be used, you should not use an SSD for a Data drive, and should get a 256GB SSD for OS/programs.

If you intend to play actual high end games it will work, but doesn't make much sense budget wise unless you're doing other things with it too. If you just want to play Arma 2 it makes no sense at all.
 
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Going for I7 DOES make sense, times are changing on the market pretty fast you will NOT regret those extra threads.

EXAMPLE: Hey go buy a dual core its allot better in games! *Bought quad-core*

Dual core: I must get a new PC
Quad Core (q6600): Im fine, still going strong

Dont go Ivy Bridge and just go haswell, same price if all goes wrong in your PC youll be able to upgrade it significantly, a 6/8 core is expected for socket 1150, your liquid cooling will be very nice with a haswell.

For GPU: check this please, http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-performance.html

AS mentioned above, 128gb SSD only as bootdrive not as datadrive, just get yourself a Seagate 1tb or 2tb.

Also 16gb WILL be used, as you can see the first signs in direct-x 11.2 and who knows gta 5?
What about making ULTRA HD videos!!.

The moterboard is overkill, if you must go overkill id still recommend MSI z87 gd65 gaming or the cheaper variant the g45. (in combination with haswell ofc.)

PSU: If haswell you must have a PSU compatible with haswell, i got a cx750 corsair.

IN SHORT, you have a very futureproof PC, i mean by that it will last quite some time, i can see the above comment does not understand your will to spend.
Crysis 3 will be fine so im sure arma 2 will also be.

 
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Bohemia Interactive Studio's titles are designed to scale to hardware that won't exist for 3-5 years after their release date.
When you say max settings, I'm assuming that's what you mean.

Sadly ARMA2 doesn't scale well past four processor cores, and it will be a very long time until 6GHz Haswell equiv CPU's are on the market.

A quad-core Haswell will probably perform about 25% to 33% faster in ARMA2 vs previous Intel processors, regardless of their core count.

ARMA3 is a completely different story however.
 
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Hauscrew

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Hey guys thanks for all the feedback, so I got that I should change the gpu, and the motherboard. Any other suggestions? I just want to be able to of that will play games good in the future as well as right now. Thanks for any input!
 
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You can build it yourself, np atleast if the Cooling is a closed loop but i think its best for someone else to build it for you because it seems you do not have allot of knowledge on this matter.

Just print out the list and give it to a shop, youll also get warranty so they will fix any issues with it.

 
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