Which of the 3 PC's is the best? (DayZ/Arma3)

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mrbrilla

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So, I am looking to buy a new pc. All of these builds are about the same price. I was wondering if you could tell me which PC is better. And also, if you could estimate how smoothly I would run ARMA2 DayZ, ARMA 3, and DayZ standalone on each build. Thank you so much! (I am not taking suggestions on changing the builds)

Build 1:
Case
Raidmax Horus Gaming Case - Black

Processor
Intel® Core™ i7 4820K Processor (4x 3.70GHz/10MB L3 Cache) - Intel Core i7 4820K

Processor Cooling
Liquid CPU Cooling System [Intel] - Standard 120mm Fan

Memory
8 GB [4 GB X2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module -

Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 - 2GB - Single Card

Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 -- 4x PCI-E 2.0 x16

Power Supply
500 Watt - Standard

Primary Hard Drive
120 GB ADATA S510 SSD -- Read: 550MB/s, Write: 510MB/s - Single Drive

Data Hard Drive
1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 32M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive

Optical Drive
24x Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - Black --

Sound Card
3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard

Network Card
Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)




Build 2: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Case: NZXT Source 530 w/ USB 3.0, 10-port fan hub, Side-Panel Window

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4770K 3.50 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150

CPU / Processor Cooling Fan: Asetek 570LX 240mm Liquid Cooling Extreme Performance CPU Cooler

Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z87-HD3 ATX w/ Ultra Durable 4 Plus, GbLAN, 2 PCIe x16 (1 Gen3, 1 Gen2), 2 PCIe x1, 2 PCI

RAM / System Memory: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG V2)

Video Card: AMD Radeon R9 270X 2GB GDDR5 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card

Power Supply: 800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply

Hard Drive: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

Optical Drive: LG 12X Internal Blu-ray Drive & DVDRW, 3D Playback Combo Drive

Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

Internal Network Card: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network

Flash Media Reader/Writer: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR)




Build 3: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Case
NZXT Phantom 630 Windowed Gaming Case - Matte Black

Processor
Intel® Core™ i7 4820K Processor (4x 3.70GHz/10MB L3 Cache) - Intel Core i7 4820K

Processor Cooling
Liquid CPU Cooling System [Intel] - Standard 120mm Fan

Memory
16 GB [4 GB X4] DDR3-1600 Memory Module

Video Card
AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB -

Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 -- 4x PCI-E 2.0 x16

Power Supply
500 Watt - Standard

Primary Hard Drive
1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 32M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive

Optical Drive
[12x Blu-Ray] LG BLU-RAY Reader, DVD±R/±RW Burner Combo Drive - Black

Sound Card
3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard

Network Card
Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
 
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C12Friedman
I wouldn't think medium settings would be needed for enjoyable game play. Many if not most all of your settings can be in the high/ultra range while a few others you can drop to medium. Which parts I can't say off hand (usually water textures and the like) but you should be able to find that information rather easily in the appropriate game forum.
It is reported that Fraps does lower frame rates but I haven't used any of the recording programs like that so I really can't say but some of the threads I've looked at show huge frame rate drops (like from 90fps to 20fps) while others don't say
here's a 4670k/GTX770 combo in Dayz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txx5mb6CD0M for reference
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C12Friedman

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I'd say number 2 is the best gamer but this looks to be a CyberPowerPC build - I will highly, no wait, HIGHLY, yes that's it, discourage the "Standard" PSU. Opt instead for a Corsair or Azza PSU from them. The 'standard' PSU they use is branded as XtremeGear, a search may be enlightening
 
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Sorry for the late reply, I was playing in CyberpowerPC's website for a while seeing what I could configure - Instead of a configuration, I'll list my suggested hardware for an excellent gamer.

CPU- Core i5 4670k (hyper-threading offered by the 4770k not needed)
MB - Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3
RAM - 8GB or 16B 1600MHz ram (minimum frequency), you can use their default (1866MHz) there
GPU - GTX 770 (2GB is good, 4GB version is better)
PSU - Corsair, AZZA or EVGA, avoid the "standard" and Thermaltake offerings

The rest is at your discretion, the i7 4770k can be used but when you can get virtually the same performance for $100 less, why pay the extra?
With a GTX 770, Dayz is reporting average FPS of 40 at ultra detail settings 1080p. With a GTX 770 ARMA 3 should be around 40FPS ultra detail at 1080p but the benchmarks seem to vary for that (some showing in the 20fps area). The AMD R9-270 will get just a little less in most games
 
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I wouldn't think medium settings would be needed for enjoyable game play. Many if not most all of your settings can be in the high/ultra range while a few others you can drop to medium. Which parts I can't say off hand (usually water textures and the like) but you should be able to find that information rather easily in the appropriate game forum.
It is reported that Fraps does lower frame rates but I haven't used any of the recording programs like that so I really can't say but some of the threads I've looked at show huge frame rate drops (like from 90fps to 20fps) while others don't say
here's a 4670k/GTX770 combo in Dayz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txx5mb6CD0M for reference
 
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I think you can record using the nvidia shadow play rather than fraps, it is said that fraps reduces fps by 15%-20% whereas shadowplay only reduces fps by 5%. C12Friedman is very right about everythin and an i5+better graphic card will ALWAYS be a better choice for gaming.
 
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